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.