Sunday Nap

On Sunday Jono fell asleep on the couch, he was out cold for an hour and a half, this is what he looked like, I guess he was sick of us, hint taken.

Random Pics

I have nothing to say, I just saw that it was a long time that I have posted, so I thought I'd throw a few random pictures on. I guess I have one thing to say, what is NBC thinking?? Of course Conan is soooo much funnier than Jay, Jay has a good monologue but Conan has a good monologue and funny sketches and is witty and funny with the guests. I can't believe he's not going to be on there any more. I would boycott NBC but Thursday's are still funny and Seinfeld's new reality show looks hilarious. I saw Tom Papa open for Seinfeld in Vegas and he is beyond funny. Oh well, one day people will consult me with all the TV shows they put on TV. I don't have a lot of real life skills but I know what's funny.

Family pics

How amazing is this picture? Brooke took it and of course edited it, she is out-of-control

Here are some of pictures that didn't work. You know how when you take pictures with the kids the parents just hold their smile and you wait for the kids to get on board, well, jono had a little bit of a hard time with that. If you know Jono at all these pics are pretty priceless.

Random Pictures

Here are a few random pictures, Elliana is getting so big and I'm surprised to see how much Kalia and her play together. I remember when I was in about fourth grade I wrote in my journal that I got to sit on a horse and that it was the best day of my life. Kalia has been to the beach, rode a pony, Disneyland, Sea World and the zoo more times in her short life then I did in the first 20 years of mine. Kalia also plays with friends almost everyday, she lives quite the charmed life. I hope that she appreciates or will appreciate these things as much as I did.

Which Is Which??

I can finally tell the difference between the two girls, but I'm curious if everyone else can. Watch out Seriously So Blessed, I am doing a giveaway on my blog. Unfortunately, I can't offer much but I will offer a snack-size, you heard me right, a snack-size candy bar for everyone that gets it right. (prizes will not be mailed)

Pure Laziness

I have not updated my blog for some computer reasons but my biggest reason was being lazy. Here are a few cute pictures I have. I went to Disneyland with Syd on Thursday, it was fun to go on all the big rides I haven't been on in years. Yes, one of those is a picture of the picture on the wall at splash mountain. I'm taking scamming Disneyland to a new level. Actually I saw a bunch of other people do it so I did it too. Thankfully it hides my face so there isn't evidence of how scared I was, I'm kind of a baby.

Kalia or Elliana????

On Friday at 11:10 am I became a Mom, again. Elliana Kristina Nielsen was 7.1 pounds and 19.5 inches long. The delivery went very smoothly and I was very grateful. My parents and Syd came out to help and we sure needed it. She had her days and nights mixed up and liked to be up all night. She is doing better now and things are good. Kalia had so much fun with her uncle Syd and played with him the whole time and barely noticed the new baby. Elliana looks exactly like Kalia did when she was born. I think most people know which is which if they have seen these pictures before but I seriously can't tell the difference.

Here are the hospital pics...........

Sisters and first family pic.......

Kalia and Syd.........

Also, I got to give a BIG thanks to Gay who took Kalia the night before and had her the entire next day. She also bought me lunch after Kalia left for Utah, which was very traumatic. Thanks to everyone for all of the help I have received, it's much appreciated.

So Sorry.....

So sorry I have not been keeping my blog updated. I am going to do better because I sort of have my computer back. My laptop has been gone for 5 months!! I had one request in my absense so here are the requested pictures. I have a halloween pic, only 4 months late. Also, pictures of Sydney's visit who came in December. Also some Disneyland pictures. Jono and I went to Disneyland with Kalia on my birthday and had a really good time. Hopefully most of you know that you get in free on your birthday but what you may not know is if you are a so-cal resident then you can get a yearly pass for $134 AND if you go on your birthday they give you a $69 discount. So my yearly pass was ..... $65, can you believe it? I have already been back and almost cried on the way there because I felt like I was going for free. For the first time, I walked away from Disneyland feeling like I have ripped them off, it was a good feeling for everyone involved.

PS In case anyone doesn't know, I'm pregnant and I have less than 9 weeks left, not that I'm counting. We are most likely having a girl. I have had over 6 ultrasounds and everytime the legs are closed but they never " see anything hanging" so they are counting that as a probably a girl.

PPS If you are hoping for baby bump pictures you are barking up the wrong tree, pregnancy and I are not close friends so if you want to see cute prego pictures you will have to check my list of blogs, almost everyone I know is pregnant.

Maybe next century.....

Let's go Dodgers let's go........



I know it seems crazy that we brought Kalia to a game 3 playoff game. I didn't think I could leave her when earlier that week we went to the stadium to try and get tickets and couldn't get into the stadium, she cried for about 20 minutes straight "dodger game mommy, I want to go dodger game" the whole time crying big crocodile tears. Although I think I will leave her home next time she was pretty good and we had a good time.

Poor Cubs...... just got swept by the Dodgers who they thought they would sweep. It reminds me of the 1998 Western Conference Finals when the Jazz were playing the Lakers. Lakers fans were stoked because they thought they would sweep us, I remember seeing the brooms on the news, a few Kobe air balls later and the Jazz swept the Lakers. Of course the Jazz went on to lose in 6 so I feel for the Cubs fans and they have been doing this forever. 100 years... wow. At the game people said "maybe next century" and chanted "sweep, sweep, sweep" every chance they got. Glad we swept the Cubs but I saw a little bit of myself as a Jazz fan. Deflated, hopeless and knew in their hearts that they were done. It's a weird feeling being on the other side, being a fan of an organization with money, confidence and hope. That being said, I love the Dodgers and the game was amazing. After the game we stayed and celebrated a little and I got a picture of Manny dumping champagne on some lady. We're going to the World Series, see ya then......

PS things that bugged at the game, Cubs fans (even though I felt for them, they were still annoying), people leaving early (someone left in the forth inning!), people with no Dodger gear on (come on it's the playoffs!)

Hole in the wall........

Our life unfortunately revolves around the TV, too much, but I don't think we are changing that fact anytime soon. TV has been bleak lately, granted there have been a few new shows and a few old ones have come back but most of them are waiting to make their debut next week and some in "early 2009." Lots of nerve if you ask me. First you cut our season short then you come back late September?? I think I will be telling my children, we used to have these shows called sitcoms and dramas. They don't do them anymore because they are too expensive and they take too long, that's why there are 12 versions of Big Brother on instead. Anyway, Thursday is usually our best night there is so much on and managing the DVR has almost become a refined skill in our family. Not today, there was NOTHING on. I saw this show Hole in the Wall. It's a game show where, you guessed it, if you don't contort your body to fill a hole in the wall you fall into water. Yes, it is as lame as is sounds. I taped it to show Jono how lame it was. He did not agree, he actually liked it. He watched the whole thing, even made comments about how difficult particular holes are. Is this the programming I have to look forward to? Have we been dished out so much lame TV that a show like this seems watchable. I know what some of you are thinking...... turn the TV off....... read a book........ do something constructive. I wish these were options but since these require more than slight consciousness we are going to politely pass. We can't just change a life long habit because of a few bad months. So we are going to hang in there with the TV and hope that our shows come back without rerunning every other week and maybe just maybe we can find some new, at least halfway decent shows. Any suggestions, we are not asking for a lot maybe just a little more than a hole in the wall to keep us entertained.

PS shame on you if read my title and interpreted it like a 14 year old boy would.

PPS Sorry the pic is not great, shockingly there is not a whole lot out there on this fabulous new game show.

Let's go Dodgers let's go.........

Kalia is becoming a huge Dodger fan. Usually in the mornings Kalia either sings, cries or says "Mommy, Mommy" until I come and get her. Recently she has been saying, "let's go Dodgers let's go, ch ch ch." She gets so excited to go to Dodger games and point out how many Dodger shirts she sees, including her own. (thanks Gay, I'll give it back one day, I promise). And yes those are Manny dreads she's wearing, I should have got a picture of Jono wearing them.

Her other favorite hobby, like most kids, is coloring. We all know she colors her toes but she decided why stop there. Apparently, while Jono was taking care of her, she colored herself all over. He gave her a bath, two seconds later she colored on herself again but worse. Frustrated he just put her in bed, when I got her up in the morning she said, "buggy color self mommy." She sure did. It was way worse than the picture and she stills has some on her.

I don't know how well you can see Kalia's feet but they are a little bit painted, but if you take a closer look they are not painted but markered. So that's weird. There was actually more marker but she just took a bath. I tried to figure out how that happened. Who would put marker on Kalia's toenails and not very well I might add. I knew it wasn't Kalia. I've seen her "draw", really it's more like angry scribbling. She can barely stay on the page, let alone stay on her toenails? Well the mystery was solved, I caught her doing it to herself today. I can't believe she was able to do that good of a job. I mean she is not getting at job at the nail salon or anything but there are times where it looks better than my toes which isn't saying much but still impressive. And where did she learn that? What a good idea, I'm going to start fixing my old toes with marker, maybe she will start a revolution.

My pictures are lame....

My family came to town and I got no good pictures, there are a few decent ones. I know, we went to Sea World where the animals seem almost magical and we have a picture of a turtle, but a 9 year took that picture so there's an excuse for that one. We went to the beach, Sea World and the Dodger game. I had a REALLY good, fun and relaxing time. Highlights of the trip:





1- Seeing Shamu - if I thought that Jono would not be making fun of me for the rest of my life I totally would have let the tears flow.


2- Having my mom potty train Kalia, well not quite but she sat on the toilet which she wouldn't even go near unless it was to stick her hand in it and say "yucky."


3- Having my mom volunteer to change her dirty diaper.


4- Having people, esp. Syd who she has confused with Jerry Seinfeld, playing with Kalia so that I don't have to feel guilty for not playing with her myself.


5- Kalia said "ball pease" to one of Washington Nationals players during batting practice and he could not refuse and he gave her the ball. Then she got it signed by former Dodger Odalis Perez. By the way, when I told Jono he said, really? He sucks.

It was a fun trip and my pictures are not bien so I guess I won't be entering them in any contests.

AI is back.....

Brooke performed at the Staples center, amazing. She did three songs and was amazing as usual. It was such a fun night. Jono had been sitting all day and two of his brothers are here McKay and Tanner, so he was a bit out-of-control. He was singing, dancing and making little comments. The other funny thing was how I had to convince Mckay and Tanner to go because they are both so cheap and don't like parting with their money unless it is for food or food. As soon as they got their first picture they were out of control. By the end of the night they had pictures with almost everyone from the top ten and Paula Abdul. They had to push their way through a fair amount of 12 year old girls to meet Archuleta but it was well worth it to them. The Paula pics are on their way so please hold your breath......

And here they are........