Welcome Baby Nelson

hospital pic
opening day

Well we got back to St. Charles in time for our new baby. We went to Warrenton to the campground to find no water yet. We stayed in town and dry camped (no water or sewer) for 2 days and then went to Mark Twain to the condo. We were going to start packing our personal things so we can put the condo back on the rental plan. Good thing we have until Memorial Day, we didn't' get anything done. We relaxed caught up on rest and then received a call on Monday morning March 24th that Andrea was in labor and headed to the hospital. We packed the car and started the two hour trip in. We stopped by their house to drop off Sophi and then headed to St. Lukes (the same hospital Andrea was born in). Andrea had a long labor and a tough time at the end but at 12:42 am Tues. March 25th we welcomed Parker David Nelson into the world. 7lb 9oz at 19 1/2 inches. He is such a cutie and are very proud of our new little guy.

Carlsbad New Mexico

Jack at the opening of Carlsbad Caverns

Lions tail

On our way home we stopped at Carlsbad Caverns and were really glad we did.
We walked down into the cavern instead of riding the elevator, but we were glad to ride them back. It was 750 ft. down to the Big Room where we took the self guided tour. If you ever get the chance to go it is worth the trip. But I will warn you there is absolutely nothing else around the area.

Yuma, AZ

Castle Dome
Castle Dome
Oh Yeah, check out the Corvette
His and Her Thunderbirds

After coming back to Yuma we went to Castle Dome. Castle Dome is an old mining town that has been rebuilt and it is full of period stuff. I have not seen a collection like this before. It was really interesting.

We were also in town for the Midnight and the Oasis. There were over 900 classic cars in town.

We spent over 2 hours looking at cars and enjoying the beautiful cars.

Andrea's Baby Shower

Mary's daughter makes these and had one sent for the shower, it is made of baby diapers
How many squares of toilet paper does it take to go around moms baby belly

The last day of Feb. I took a shuttle from Yuma to Phoenix to catch a flight home for the weekend. I went home for Andrea's baby shower. Mom and Stacey gave her a really nice shower and I was glad I got to go home and check on her. She is doing really great and we are getting excited for the baby to come.