A Gift

Hello All-

Weston and I recieved the sweetest gift from the daughter of a woman in our ward. She is a professional photographer, and being in need of some soul rejuvenation, offered to take photos of our new born and this new little family - making it a gift to us. The picts she took are beautiful. You should all take a look-see at the following web site.

http://www.winslowlane.com/nelson


We are doing well. Eva slept for two four hour stints last night and I am so very very happy about that. Also, her umbilical cord is also almost off. Last and least of all, she is suffering from quite the case of baby acne. I'm hoping she can get that out of the way now, and not have to mess with it in the years to come. A mother has to hope for good things for her child! I'm sure you can all tell that my life quite completely revolves around this little one. It's true. I am hoping to get to the dishes today though... I think Weston would appreciate that. He's been on 100% dish duty since, well, since my folks left... wait, I think I did do them once....

Hope this finds you all well.

Morning Time

Eva and I like to sleep together in the bed once Weston gets up - then I don't have to worry about him squishing her... :) She is so sweet when she is asleep...


Did I mention her in long lashes....


I think little Eva's theme song may be "waking up is hard to do..." After all this fussing, she still slept for another hour or so. She only lets me know she's hungry by fussing in her sleep. She leaves it up to me to actually get her to be awake enough to eat...

Little Eva's First Week

Day 5

Here are some picts we took when she was five days old.

Eva Esperanza Nelson

Introducing Eva Esperanza Nelson. Yes! She finally made it. We first got to meet her at 8:03pm on October 30th after about 26 hours of labor. She weighted 7lbs and 15oz and was 20 inches long. As you can see, she was born with a head covered with dark hair and eye lashes to boot. I have never seen anything so beautiful in my life as she looked to me the instant she was born. They come straight from heaven. That is for sure. I'll write more later, after I've had a chance to write it all down for myself in my journal. And I'll post a few more picts from the last week. My best to you all.


The new Dad. He's a natural. She's lucky to have him. And so am I!


Here's the new Momma - still amazed at how perfect she is.


Measurements. We don't have a pict of them measuring her head, but it came in at 13 3/4 inches! WOW!!! No wonder it took 26 hrs! But it was worth it.