Extending rational maps of nodal curves

Let $R$ be a discrete valuation ring with fraction field $K$ and $C, D$ two nodal (=prestable) curves over $operatorname{Spec} R$. If I have a map $C_K to D_K$ between the restriction of the curves to the generic point $operatorname{Spec} K$,

1. can I blow up $C$ to extend this to a map $C to D$ over $operatorname{Spec} R$?

2. If I blow up $C$ to do this, can I ensure that the result remains a nodal curve and the generic fiber $C_K$ is unchanged?

If it helps, the map $C_K to D_K$ is a "partial stabilization" — it contracts $mathbb{P}^1$‘s.

Remark: This is pretty clear for smooth curves, and well documented in the stacks project.

(My plan of attack so far:

A) Stacks 0BX7 should let me extend the map away from a finite set of closed points in the special fiber of $C$.

B) I believe these closed points should be nodes that get smoothed out in the generic fiber — if the node persists, then maybe I can define the map at the node via specialization of the two generic points without a problem.

C) If the node gets smoothed out, this is etale-locally pulled back from $mathbb{A}^2 to mathbb{A}^1$ and one can see directly the blowup at this node remains nodal.

D) By taking the closure $Gamma$ of the graph of the rational map $C dashrightarrow D$, I can argue that the projection $Gamma to C$ is a blowup at nodes in the special fiber that get smoothed out, since the map can be extended already away from those points.

I don’t completely believe any of these steps — this is more of a sketch than a proof. I’d very much like citations and references to any argument, esp. to the stacks project. )