Bode Blake Nelson

It has been ten days since this little guy came into our lives and it has been Heaven ever since! There is something special about babies when they are first born, but even more so with this one. Bode Blake was born February 1st at 12:22pm in the afternoon, weighing in at 9lbs 2oz and 22 inches long. This little (or should I say BIG)baby was a surprise from the beginning until the very end! I went to the doctors the end of August thinking I was 6 weeks along only to be surprised by really being 17 plus weeks along. Also, we thought we would leave finding out if this little baby was a girl or a boy until the end, (well I guess only I, out of the "we", was on board). Blake called my doctors office and asked to know the sex of the baby and someone told him it was a girl. So to his very big surprise it was a boy instead of a girl. It was the best surprise ever! and I loved not knowing.

The most fun about our trip to the hospital is that my sister-in-law Emily delivered her baby the day before. A beautiful baby girl named Rebecca Nola Nelson. Here they are a day apart.

Does any mother get that intuition with what they are having while expecting? I have with all my children and this one especially. While packing my bag to go to the hospital, it was hard to put any pink in.

Anyway, I am so grateful for this little guy, he brings the spirit into our crazy, loud house and I can barely put him down! And grandma too!