Newsflash: We have named the baby!!

Howdy ya'll -

It took us two days, but we finally decided on a name for our new little dude: Brody Alexander Nisbet



We had to spend an extra day in the hospital (where the food was great this time but who wants to sit in a hospital for two days!!) to make sure some tests for little Brody came out OK but finally were able to bring him home Monday night.

Stylin' BroMan!!



There was a big wind storm as we brought him back to the house, and an hour after we arrived all the power went out! So we huddled around the fire for a while, and when it looked like it wasn't going to come back on any time soon, grabbed some extra blankets and went to bed. Power finally came back around 8 AM, just in time for breakfast and hot showers!

Camden is enjoying his new little brother, and has been very sweet to him (so far!). He wants one of us to hold the baby when he cries and has hunted down the binky when we've asked him to. Aside from a little jealousy, Camden has been a real trooper as I know this will be a difficult transition for him.



I could not be more pleased with Camden and his growing love for his little brother - I really love my boys!!

As for Mommy, she is settling into the reality of midnight feedings, no sleep, crying babies, poopy diapers, etc - all the usual baby stuff. Good thing she has Camden around to help her????

We are really looking forward to having Brody here and to the wonderful challenges that are ahead for us.

Stay tuned for more to come......

The good, the bad, and the ugly....

Greetings one and all!!

Well, let's start off with the good (as stated in the title to this post)....

Erika, Camden and I are very pleased to announce the arrival of our newest family member: baby boy! Obviously we have not decided on a name, but we're close - REALLY close. Just need to make sure it is absolutely right....

Anyway, baby and mom are both doing well. Our little bundle arrived last night at 7:16 PM after a FAST labor of 2 hrs 11 minutes - yes ladies, you can be jealous of my wife the drive-thru baby-deliverer. He was 19 3/4 in long and weighed 8 lbs 5 oz. So far he is cute, cuddly, and sleeping a lot - which I am sure will change soon (except for the cute and cuddly part). Already done his first official #1 and #2, so looks like all systems are a go. We are so excited for the little dude to finally be here and and cannot wait to take him home!!

BTW - Camden is doing great. He is just getting so big, and we have been having sooo much fun. His vocabulary just gets more and more improved everyday, and I am amazed how much he understands. We have been trying to teach him that he was going to have a little brother, and their first meeting was a really cute, as Camden was awestruck by the little dude in mommy's arms, and was worried about his little crying. The real test will be when the baby comes home - we both hope Camden becomes accustomed to having a new little brother around and develops into a great big brother.

Anyway, things are great for all of us. We have now been in our new house for a year, and maybe one day soon we'll actually move in, throw some paint on the walls, and put up some blinds. Yes folks, we still do not have blinds on all our windows, so either our neighbors are really sick of seeing us walk around in our undies or they really like it. But I digress....

We are so excited to have the baby here and that he is (so far) healthy!!!

Now the bad....

I cannot believe how bad we have been about updating our blog in the past year. It seems like we have talked about adding posts and pictures, but just never got around to doing it. I know the 2 or 3 people that actually see this thing would have liked to know whats going on in our lives, and see pictures of Camden and the wife when she was pregnant. Well, let me see if I can give you a quick update:

House is good, really enjoying it. Work is busy, lots going on as usual. Pregnancy was a little bit of a surprise, but it went well although Erika was a bit more run down this time around - probably had something to do with trying to chase a 2 year old around while pregnant. Camden continues to amaze as he grows and develops into a cool little kid. We have had so much fun walking around our neighborhood throwing rocks, chasing cats, and finding frogs. Not to mention playing with the neighborhood kids. He had his 2nd birthday last month and I know will be just a great big brother.

So we are sorry that we haven't been good bloggers - yes, we have been very bad indeed.

And finally the ugly....

The US tax code. Is there any more convoluted, misconceived, and ineffective document in use today? Volumes of worthless laws that usually don't apply to most of us. And political ads! What is the deal with spending billions of dollars on ads that tell the American people that this person or that person will work hard to reduce the debt and lower taxes? Why don't they outlaw political advertisements and make lobby groups, political activists, and rich party contributors donate all that extra cash they have to burn on utter nonsense and put it in the US treasury coffers to help reduce the national debt, pay for education and healthcare, etc? Ok, I've had my ugly soapbox moment, I'm better now.

Well, we are so grateful for all our friends and family members that have continued to offer their love and support to our growing little family. We love and appreciate all of you, and cannot wait to have you meet our newest addition!

Love always,

Aaron, Erika, Camden, and "Baby Boy" Nisbet

So what's the BIG DEAL????

Here we are 10 months later after we bought our home and many of you know already and those who don't, we are anouncing that we are pregnant and have been for the last 5 months. Which really means that we are anouncing what kind of pregnancy... (drum roll)


We are having...



A...



BABY!!!!! Yeah!!!



I know last time many of you heard we were having a dragon, however that was only because of our infertility treatments. And luckily it turned out that we actually had a healthy baby, with little reminance of a tail.



This time, because everything happened naturally and as a surprise, we know it is a baby. (I hope...)



So that is our big announcement... I hope you are happy and excited for us. Thank you for all of your support over the years and that is all for now.





WHAT!!! Were you expecting something more?




Did I forget to mention that it's a...




If you can't read the ultrasound,





it says "BABY BOY"!!!

WE ARE GETTING A HOUSE!!!!

So this week we put an offer on a house and accepted their counter offer on Friday.

YEAH!!! We are actually going to be home owners! (HOLY COW!!!! I can finally paint my walls.)

Below is a picture of our house. :)

Are we getting a house?

It's been a long time and things have been really busy this year. Not much updating since the spring. We are getting close to Camden's 1st birthday and will be updating this with a yearbook of Camden at that time. We are so excited to see our son getting so big and we certainly love him.

Besides that there is more going on, we are finally getting serious about buying a house. YEAH!!!! We are not going to say too much yet, until we find the perfect house, but this will be the first thing we update when we do.

What?... Where have we been?...

So here we are, a couple of months into the new year and we have not posted anything to our blog. Sorry folks!!! :) We are the worst bloggers EVER!!!

I'm sure this picture will soften your hearts and forgive us...

In order to compensate for the lack of blogging, below are missing chapters to our lives in the Nisbet home.

Trouble with Bedtime

It's been a little struggle getting him to sleep throughout the night, but last night he slept for the first time from 9:30pm til 5am. I still was anxious and couldn't sleep because I kept anticipating him waking up around midnight and 3 am. He only squirmed a little bit then around 2 am I heard him get fussy. I waited about 10 mins then went in to check on him. I was really quiet to make sure he didn't hear me, and when I saw him, he was shaking his head with a really sad fussy look. When I looked closer, I saw that his eyes were closed and felt really bad that he was having a bad dream. So Saddies! Fortunately, he calmed down when I placed my hand on his chest and didn't fuss the rest of the night. Actually it worked so well last night, that when he woke up in the morning he was entertaining himself and never got fussy. He was actually a pretty happy baby today. :)

Happy 4 Months!!!

Yesterday was his 4 month Birthday and with that he had his 4 month check up and shots. You ask what his stats are? Weight is 16lbs. 5oz. (85%), Head is 42 1/4" (50-75%), Height 27" this is the kicker he is in the 97% for his height. So far he is right on track for those sports scholarships. YEAH!!!

Grandma Pehrson's Visit

Life is pretty good right now. Grandma Pehrson was here visiting for a few weeks and was able to get to know our little bug. She was wonderful. We have lots of extra food in the freezer that's easy to warm up and serve. Yummy!!! It was also quite the education for me. Raising 6 kids, having 7 grandkids I think would definitely make her the expert. She worked with Camden in ways I never thought of and watched how quickly he progressed with her "exercises, flips, and other things." The books talk about how to give a baby massage, but until I watched my mom give one to Camden , I never realized how much he loves to be rubbed down, especially his feet and hands.

Funny Story...

So our friends Will, Jen and their son Preston came over to our house one weekend. Preston seemed really facinated with Camden's feet.

As we faced the two boys in front of eachother Preston immediately focused on Camden's feet and preceeded to take his socks off.

Later that evening Camden was sitting in his bumbo seat in front of Preston.

Preston again focused on Camden's feet he preceeded to start to taste our son's feet.

I never laughed so hard.... :)
Apparently he enjoyed the snack!

Christmas 2008

Snow on Christmas Day!!!

Christmas was great this year. We had family and a friend spend the Holiday with us, plus it was Camden's first Christmas.Here we are...

Aaron, Erika, and Camden

(He doesn't look too happy.)

Then we have Greg (Brother-in-law) and Jayne (Sister)

Dewayne (Jayne and Greg's Friend)

Present Time...

Pictures were the popular gift this year...

Dewayne was a little bit of a surprise for Christmas day, but we were able to find some extra goodies for him to unwrap too... (Trade Show give aways... I always knew my marketing job would come in handy.) Everyone seems happy!

Camden hit the jackpot when it came to presents... How could you not spoil such a cute kid?

Picture Time

So here are some of the many hundreds of pictures we have taken. Camden is truly the apples of our eyes. He is very particular when it comes to sleeping and eating and he loves to complain, but the best times are when we get him to giggle. He has the best laugh. We love him so much.

Daddy and Son. So Cute!! I love my boys!

Nap time!

I'm even cute when I sleep...

Tummy time is the worst time ever!!!!

I love this picture. Camden is so cuddley!

Camden in his pink tutu! I told Aaron I would buy Camden a tutu even though he was a boy! The proof is in the picture... :) Ha Ha! I think this one is for the album I show his future girlfriends. :)

Maybe it won't be a sports scholarship... Ha Ha!

I guess he's not into the tutu! Cross your fingers for baseball.

No matter what he wears he is still so DANG CUTE!!!

I love to eat my Pooh Bear!!!

Our son already knows how to pray...

"Please find me a new family. Amen"

Gearing up for the Baseball Season... Go Mariners!

Caught on film... he is definitely starting to become a professional at grabbing things. Yeah Camden!

Life is too short to not take lots of pictures. That's all for now!!!!