We're having a girl!!!

Don't worry---if you can't interpret the ultrasound, this is NOT the proving picture of our daughter's identity:) This was just the best shot we got, it's of her sweet profile. We are SO excited, and we couldn't be happier. One of the coolest parts of the ultrasound was seeing her heartbeat, because you can see all four chambers at work, going so fast! It was incredible. I also loved seeing the spine, because I could see each individual vertebrae in perfect alignment. SOOO cool.

We have several girl names that we love....we just need to decide which name is THE one for our sweet little girl. It's weird how I already love her so much, and I just can't wait to hold her in my arms and see her cute little face and beautiful eyes. I am going to love this mom stuff:)

I'm a foodie. So what?!

i have a confession to make---i love food. i love cooking food, i love arranging food, i even love shopping for food. and it's not just any food...but it has to be GOOD food. not weird foods. i don't consider myself very picky, but the food has to look good, smell good, feel good in my mouth and taste good. i know that sounds picky, but there are not very many individual foods that i will not eat. (fish, shrimp, game meat--eww--and mushrooms) Other than that, it's either the way something is prepared or presented that i'm particular about. maybe because i was raised by a caterer......hmm

although i LOVE food, and appreciate really good food, there are only very few things that are stop-me-in-my-tracks amazing. These have also been my favorite in pregnancy. One of these things are:



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Amazing. I don't know what it is about this combination of a crisp apple with cheddar cheese, but it does wonders for me. Marie Calendars has said, "An apple without cheese is like a kiss without a squeeze". So true, Marie. When I eat it, it reminds me of the birthday dinner scene in Chocolat where I have to close my eyes and be caught up in the moment. Another food that has this same effect on me is Chocolate Covered Strawberries. It gives me chills. So there. Ahh---it feels good to have that of my chest;)

p.s. i THINK i may have felt my baby move today. but i'm not sure if what i felt was really what it was....if that makes any sense.

Happy New Year!

We arrived home from our Christmas break to see that we had missed a horrible storm that put our power out, and ruined our internet connection. I'm not sorry we went to Arizona for Christmas.
So because we JUST barely got our internet back, this post is slightly late.

Arizona was awesome. It was warm and fabulous. We went to H&M, launched rockets on Christmas day, hiked Camelback mountain with the fam, relaxed, played the amazing Kinect, and went to CAliFoRniA for New Years. It was SO good to be with my family and spend time with them.

I always love when Jonny and I get to go on vacation because we get to spend ALL day together for usually a week at a time! It's so wonderful:)

Well, baby is still growing, and I'm getting bigger...nothing too exciting has happened yet. This month, we get to have our first ultrasound and find out what we're having! YAY! Also, I keep waiting to feel the baby move because that's supposed to be happening any day now:)

Someday...

It's things like this that make me SO excited to have a little whippersnapper of my own:)

We're expecting!

Yes, folks that's right...we are having our first baby! We are so stoked to be parents and have a cute little addition to Jonny+Kelly:) The baby is due around June 4th. Soon enough we'll have one of these in our house:

SO excited. So far, we have heard the baby's heartbeat (so we know it's alive in there) and I've started to show a little. Yeah, I have a baby bump, and it's weird to get used to! Ha and it's only getting bigger.... (YIKES) Also, according to my pregnancy book, our baby is 4.5 inches long, has fingers, toes and fingernails, has hair, and knows how to suck its thumb! ha so. cute.
We will be able to find out if it's a little Jonny Jr. or Kelly Jr. in the end of January. (We are secretly wishing for a little girl, but I would love a little boy too:))
I can't help but think about what our little person will look like! We have some good characteristics that could contribute.....like bright blonde hair in childhood, full lips, and green eyes....but then we also have some bad genes in there and our poor child will most likely have really crooked teeth, gawky awkwardness in the pre-teen years, and be really tall and lanky. Sorry little guy...(or girl) haha
Well, as if I haven't stated it enough, we're extremely happy, and we'll keep you guys updated on the happinings of mini Neilson

Our California Trip

Jonny and I just got back from an interesting, but fun week in California. We went down to watch my uncle's kids in Chino Hills while he and his wife went on a cruise.
8 days
6 kids
1 Jonny
1 Kelly.

It was a really crazy week, but we had a lot of fun too. The hardest things were to keep up with the busy schedule, keep both eyes on the toddler AT ALL TIMES(otherwise he would climb on anything, ie the table, the trampoline, the playground), making sure Kennedy was ready in time for the bus to pick her up, changing poopy diapers in Chuck E. Cheese (yes; there were more than one), and watching wayyy too much Playhouse Disney and Nick Jr. for our own good. Other than that, we had a blast! And my little cousins are so cute. We played with them at the park, graffitied on the sidewalk with chalk, played games with them, went swimming and took a walk to the Tropical Smoothie Cafe.

Mark and Misty have two days that a housekeeper/nanny comes, so those were the days that we had off. On Tuesday, we went to Newport beach to have a picnic; and because of the overcast/windy weather, we just relaxed on the sand and read our books together. After that we went to The Shoppes at Chino Hills, the main purpose for going there that there was an H&M. WOW. This is my new favorite store! Jonny converted me. Cute tops, cute skirts, cute jackets, cute jewelry, cute everything. I think I tried on 50 things and I seriously wanted to buy EVERYTHING in the store....I'm not kidding. Unfortunately, I had to just settle with getting these adorable pastel yellow jeans, and a dark blue wrap-sweater. love.them. ok enough with my ranting....

On Friday, Jonny and I spent the day at Disneyland and California Adventure. We had never been together before, so we had a good time. The weather was perfect Disneyland weather, warm but breezy so it's not unbearable to wait in lines, but it wasn't even that crowded to begin with. Our favorite rides were: California Screamin, Tower of Terror, and Space Mountain (of course)... It was so fun!

The only sad part is that we forgot our camara's battery charger, and our battery was dead. So I'm sorry to say there are no pictures to accompany the post. :(

Overall, even though the trip was hard work, Jonny and I really enjoyed ourselves because we got to spend the WHOLE day with each other for each day that we were there. And that was nice:)

These are our Cancun Pictures....FINALLY up:) we went for my parents' 25th wedding anniversary. It was so much fun! Hope you enjoy!

Bloggers We Are.

YAY! We're finally on the web! After a year of thinking about it and helpful nudging from estee and devaun (thanks by the way)...We now have a blog. Woo-hoo! So feel free to look around, we will try to keep our pictures and posts current so you can all know what we're up to:)

Love, Jonny and Kelly