Rounding out.

So I already posted this on Facebook and all, but some aren't able to see it on there so I will just post it again here!


Its the latest. I have honestly loved being pregnant. It has its moments where I wish it was over already, but really, its a blessing that God has allowed me to carry this baby, so why complain!? I've had a very easy going pregnancy thus far and I am grateful for that. I just keep praying it stays uneventful until the big debut.


It makes me feel so good, even though my belly is getting bigger everyday, that Nick just loves on the belly so much. Saying how cute it is and so on. Definatly helps the self esteem when you are gaining pounds, lol.
We were laying on the couch watching TV the other day, and had his head in my lap against my belly, and Brynlee was kicking and kicking his head. It was pretty neat. He turned to the belly and whispered "Hey now, I'm trying to watch TV" haha. I love when he talks to her.


We started, or should I say, Nick started the crib yesterday. (Its mine and my sisters, and its white so we are stripping the white off and painting it brown). I can't wait to have that finished and put it up and start really working on her room. Part of me wants to paint her room, but we will have less than a year left here when she is born, so I don't see the point, next house, its definalty going to be painted!


Hope this tiny update finds you all have had a wonderful Christmas and hoping you all have a great New Years! Can you believe 2010 is already here!? I can't!

Awesome Canvas

I ordered this adorable canvas from Ashley's Artistry. Unfortunatly, she has closed down her painting business. I ordered this right in time! I absolutely love it. We were gonna have her middle name on there also, but at the time of ordering, we hadn't fully decided on it so I just left it to having just her first name on it. The colors match her room for the most part. {the purple is a little lighter but it works!}

I just wanted to share, I love it so much and was so excited when I saw it came in the mail today! I surely wish I could free hand paint like this! This is better than my regular hand writing!!

Puffy Snowmen

We had a Christmas Ornament Exchange at church with all the ladies this past month. It was lots of fun seeing what everyone made and such. I did mine when I was in the states, my mom helped me too. I think they are so cute, so I had to take a picture to share! I was going to go with the traditional top hat, but then decided to make them a little more personal I guess you can say. Anyways, I just wanted to show off my Puffy Snowmen!

Holiday

Whew! What a couple last days its been! But I'm going to start 2 weeks ago when I left for the states.


Most know I went stateside to visit family. I left here Dec 1 and got to Balt that evening, spent the night in the USO and then headed to Arkansas where my Grandparents and mom were waiting for me. The flight from Balt to Little Rock was horrid. Seatbelt sign the whole time and for me, needing to use the facilities half way through the 2 hour flight, the bumps did not help at all! When we landed I was walking out to meet my family and my mom hugged me and then unzipped my jacket to have a look at the belly. She then began rubbing it and so on. Haha. She loved it. She was obsessed. Always asking if she was awake and moving around. It was great to go to AR and have my family be able to see me in the lovely pregnancy state that I am. Lol. My mom, nana, and sister all got to feel Brynlee move. ( My sister flew in a few days later from FL)


We did a lot of shopping. Mainly for Brynlee's room and such. My mom is making her comforter. Its very cute and bright! I got some wooden letters that spell her name that I am going to paint and hang by ribbon over her crib. Found the stroller/carseat combo I was hoping to find. Checked it as a bag, so no shipping cost! She got quite a few outfits from my mom and sister and nana. I only bought 2 little things clothing wise and Nick saw them all and was like "I thought you weren't going to buy her any clothes!" I replied, "I didn't buy any of this but these 2!" I better get use to that though, my sister and mom just love buying baby clothes!


My sister was only there for 4 days. Short and sweet. We did Christmas while we were all there. So that was pretty fun. Even did the big dinner after presents! Oh man have I missed my nana's cooking! Speaking of that, she did indeed teach me how to make her oh so yummy chicken and dumplins. I am excited to try it out and see what Nick says. He has had her's so we'll see how they compare. I'm sure they won't be anywhere near as good but hopefully still yummy!


The whole visit was great! Lots of relaxing, shopping, and card and domino playing. Which I love! I am very thankful that the military has the Rotator jet that is so very cheap to fly out from here. Granted you might or might not get on, but you still save lots of money! So I am thankful.


Only to find out when I got home that my Kodi boy was missing. That of course is how Nick greeted me at the terminal, as he didn't want to leave it out too long, which I am glad. When he told me I of course lost it. That was a rough evening, not the homecoming anyone wants. I don't have children just yet. Or don't know the exact feeling you can say, definatly a lot for this little girl already but when she's born I know it will grow significantly. I do however feel that these dogs of mine are my children, and I love them so much. So coming home and finding out one is missing, for me, was hard. Some may not understand but thats ok. I'm really not even sure if all that actually made sense, but again, thats ok.


All in all we found Kodi. Or someone did and took him to the pound. He looked so happy when I walked through that door to go leash him up! Oh was I glad to see him! Only thing that we notice wrong is his feet. The pads are very torn up. Not sure if that was before or after the pound. He did spend the night there. So who knows. He licks and messes with them a lot right now, only time will heal and if thats all that is wrong, I thank the Lord!


I am so happy to be home and back in my hubby's arms! I am very thankful that the Lord let me go visit family with no troubles, but I love being where my hubby is! Thankyou for all who prayed about me getting on the flights to and from. Thankyou to all who prayed for Kodi's safe returning. I am excited to spend this holiday season with my hubby, as we as military spouses never know when our airmen will be home for the holiday's or not.


Hoping everyone has a very Merry CHRISTmas and a wonderful New Year! Stay safe! Stay warm! And don't forget,


JESUS IS THE REASON FOR THE SEASON!

The verdict is...

Well as most know by now, we found out today that we are having a baby girl! We were shocked as everyone has said boy but a few people so I was definatly convinced. I am good now, as long as we have a healthy baby thats all that really matters to us!


She is measuring at just the right size and was very wiggly throughout the whole exam. The tech was chasing her around really. She never gave up the shot he wanted of her spine, but he got a good enough one he thinks. Not that I wouldnt' mind having another ultrasound. Hehe.


Her name will be Brynlee. We aren't for sure on the middle name as we really hadn't discussed it in depth since we thought it was a boy! I will let ya'll know when we finally made up our minds!


Bring on the bows and dresses and everything pretty! Lol

Bump is definatly making an appearance now!

Can't really hide it now! Just wanted to share the latest picture. I will admit though, my belly button is not as deep as it use to be, not out or flat yet, but I am pretty sure at the rate its going, it will be poking out sooner than I'd like!


Enjoy!

Long but short...

This week was a long one, but yet it was a short one at the same time. Might not make too much sense but thats how I feel. We had lots of preparing and such for Thanksgiving at our friends Josh & Holly's house. Well, maybe not lots, I'm sure they had more to do, but we helped some.

Holly came over Wednesday to cook the turkey in our oven. They have an Italian oven, and yeah the turkey won't fit in it. Lol. So they opted to cook it over here. Nick was weirded out by cooking the turkey a day early, but thats how Holly's Grandma always does it, so I was convinced. Plus, what else would we have done?! It wouldn't fit in their oven, lol. Nick made his yams that everyone always says are so very yummy, I do not like them however. Not because they are his, I just am not a yam/sweet potato person. I tried them last year, as it was our first Thanksgiving away from family, and didn't like them. Well I told him I'd try them again this year, maybe being pregnant I'd actually like them. Nope. Same taste. Lol. We also made a ham, and that was a first. Since there was no leftovers, I'd like to assume it was good! Then I made some cookies. Peanut butter blossoms and the Cinnamon Tassies Arlene introduced me too! Hard work, but they are yummy!


We had a very good day on Thanksgiving. Lots of great yummy food, awesome company and just all out fun. We even brought Kodi and Kaci with us. They were very well behaved, I was pretty impressed. Not that they are bad dogs, they just get really hyper when they are somewhere and sometimes are hard to calm down. They were awesome though. Buddy was very glad to have friends at his house this time. {He always comes over to Kodi & Kaci's}


Friday Nick and I got all the Christmas decorations out from the attic. Put the tree up and stockings and all. Doesn't look different from last year, but I love the way the lights twinkle at night off the walls, it just makes it feel so cozy to me. Lol. Then we went to see the movie 2012 with Josh and Holly. It was ok. Just the same ole end of the world story. Wouldn't watch it again, but it was boring either. Too long really.


Today we are just relaxing. Going to take the dogs out for some exercise and let them run a bit. I am so ready for today and tomorrow to be over, MONDAY is the big day! I just keep praying baby cooperates so we can call it by name. Not to worry, I will let ya'll in on the secret after telling our families of course.


Then on Tuesday, I am hoping & praying that I am able to get on the Rotator{space-a flight} and make it to Baltimore that day. Then stay overnight in the airport, not thrilled about that but I'll make it. Hehe. Then off to Little Rock, Arkansas to see my Papa, Nana, Mom and soon sister. Kylie gets in on the 6th. I am very excited to go to my Nana's house. There is just something about grandma's house, and I hope everyone knows what I mean! I haven't been to her house since January of 2007. I have however, seen her since then, she just came to us. So again, I am quite excited. I have a couple of friends that I will get to see that I haven't seen in quite sometime also,{we lived with nana/papa while dad was in Korea in 2000-01, so Kylie and I went to school there at a local Christian school} I still talk to a few of those friends, so I am excited to see them.


I really wish Nick was going with me, and I think he kinda does now that its getting near. He's never been without me while being in Italy. Its always been the other way around. Lol. So say a short prayer for Nick while he is alone for the 2 short weeks I'll be gone. At least Kodi and Kaci will keep him company!


I think that is all for now, I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and thought of all the things they are thankful for, not just for turkey! Pray for Monday and Tuesday!

Just for you mom.

Here ya go! My mom has been wanting see the growing bump. It really looks bigger in person, lol. So I think. Or at least I feel bigger than this picture thats for sure. Definatly starting to pop. I love it though. Baby is moving everyday now. Still not hard or anything, but definatly everyday. Not to mention more times a day. At first it would be in the evening after dinner, sitting on the couch, now I feel it in the morning and some throughout the day. Still weirds me out though, lol.

Last night was the first night he{doesn't mean anything, just what I say} was moving around while I was going to sleep, didn't bother me, but I was thinking to myself 'and so it starts' . Haha.

Keep praying all goes smoothly with our ultra sound. It is November 30th. And also that I will have no problems flying space A on December 1 and on the way back.

Ok thats all. Definatly more than I was planning on typing, gotta get some stuff done around here! Have a great weekend!

Happy Fall!

So my mom bought me this wooden turkey last year when all the Thanksgiving stuff was on sale. I finally got it out and painted and stuck in my pumpkin! I still think the wings need more paint, but I didn't have the right color for it. So it will wait. All in all I think its really cute! Thanks Mom for thinking of me!

Snow Day

So it is definatly getting closer to winter in these parts! Its chilly most days, and there is tons of snow on the gorgeous Italian Alps right outside!

We went up there this past weekend to play in the snow. It was lots of fun, minus the driving up there. Now I am not fond of winding, tiny roads, that don't have a ton of room for two way traffic, and on the side of a mountain in the first place, but when there is so much fog and you can't see the car 20 yards in front of you.....it gets creepy! I should have taken my camera out to take a picture of how bad it was, but my hand was hanging on pretty tight in to the door handle and wasn't letting go. Thank goodness Nick didn't freak out too. We would have been in trouble then! I'm just glad I didn't drive up there!

When we got to the town of Piancovallo, where the ski slopes and sledding hills are, it was still so very foggy that we couldn't tell where the park was! Finally our friends that were with us, Holly & Josh found the sled park, but unfortunatly before that, we lost them in the fog! We went in circles a couple times before finding them! Then of course the fog just disappeared! So we played in the snow with the dogs and our new friends for a couple hours.

Nick brought our sleds and tried to get the dogs to pull him, they aren't the best sled dogs out there, but they also had 2 other dogs to distract them from their work.

They pulled him one way, but it was slighly down a little incline. The way back was not as fun. Lol. It was fun to watch though! The first time Nick tried he he forgot to hold the rope, and this is what happened;They ran full speed hooked together! Thank goodness they didn't round a tree or anything! That would not have been pretty! Ironically they ran very well tied so closely together!

Well, by the time we left the fog rolled back in, and of course was on those lovely, winding, not much room for two cars roads. I will leave you with some of my favorite pictures from the day. I definatly can't wait to go back and play in the snow. Oh by the way I couldn't do much, cause my snow pants, are just a bit too snug! Haha. I have to find some of those bibs with no waste band so I can still have fun and not get wet! Have a good week everyone!I love this picture!

We never figured out what they were so interested in, but Kodi was in that hole the rest of the time up there!

They played and ran so much, they were out cold that evening!

Jameson, Kaci, Buddy, & Kodi

He is on a mission!

See the fog rolling back in!

Baby Doc

Well today was our 16-18 week appointment. I am 16 weeks and 5 days. Everything is looking good. I've gained 8lbs total, since finding out I was pregnant. Baby's heart rate was in the 150s. By the way, I could listen to that sound for hours! Next stop, is the ultrasound, not for about 4 weeks. Definatly before I go stateside, and I pray that baby cooperates and can show us what it is! I'm ready to call it by name, rather than baby. Which I do call it a he more than anything, so we'll see. Here are our names we have chosen. We are 100% on the boy:


Zaiden Michael (pronounced: ZAY-DEN)


Michael is after my dad and Nicks brother. {dads first name, brothers middle} The girl, there are two. One is Nick's choice the other is mine. He is stuck on the K name but said he can sacrifice it to be a middle name, so we'll discuss it further when we find out the sex, lol. My fear, honestly, I don't want her to be made fun of or anything.


Brynlee Krickett OR Krickett Emmalin


I absolutely love Zaiden and think of it as a boy right now, so my mind will be blown if it ends up being a girl! Haha. We are more about not so common names if you couldn't tell!


Keep praying that I am able to fly space A with no problems Dec 1st and coming back here. That is the update from today!

16 weeks down....

Here is the latest. I think you can tell a lot more now. Not a ton but there is a bump there, lol. I don't have much to say, just a picture for today!

Whats new?! Not much!

Whew how time flies!


I can't believe that I will be 16 weeks pregnant tomorrow! Only 4 weeks till I am half way through! Crazy! It just seems like a couple days ago we found out, it flew faster than I thought it would really. Which means the last half will probably go even faster since we'll be getting things all ready.


I am very excited for sure, but its kinda nerve racking all the same. Being a mom for the first time. Having this little person be soley dependent on Nick and I. The whole not sleeping thing, that will be tough! Haha. I like my sleep!


Like I said though, we are super excited and definatly anxious to welcome this little person into our family. Even though, we both have agreed that we will definatly have some jealousy issues with Kodi. He gets jealous now, over Nick hugging me or loving on Kaci, so I know he is gonna be a handful when we bring the bundle of joy home!


As far as the pregnancy itself, its going great. I am slowly but surely starting to get more of a belly, so says Nick. I still don't see it as much but he says I do look pregnant. When Nick gets off work tomorrow I will have him take a picture, mainly for my mom, because she begs for them weekly. My next appointment is the 27th and then after that we get to schedule the big ultrasound!


I am planning on flying space A to my grandparents house the begining of December. My mom is there going to school and since I didn't get to see my sister when I was stateside this past July she is flying to Arkansas from Florida to see me! So I am pretty excited about that. Since it will be space A though, pray that all goes well I get on here and in Baltimore on the way back. It will be a short trip. Only 2 weeks but well worth it. And not to mention baby shopping! BX here is so limited and, well then we won't have everything the same as everyone else here! And then of course, shopping with mom and Kylie will be awesome too.


Thats all I have for now I believe, hope everyone is doing well, wherever you may be!

Well, here are a couple pics. They are both the same day, one was just before getting dressed for the day. Excuse the sweatpants. They are just so comfy! Lol.


All is going well. I had a cold the begining of this week and I believe its passed for the most part. I still have a weird cough going on and a stuffy nose every so often, but all in all, I definatly feel way better than I did. I am very thankful that it didnt' last long, and that it didn't progress into more than just a cold.


Pregnancy wise, I'm feeling rather well! I have a pair of maternity jeans that I got from a lady a while back cause she was selling her maternity clothes. I have wore them the last two days. Lol. Honestly I can still fit in my other ones. But when I sit, I unbutton the top cause it just feels better, so when I finally tried the maternity ones on, I thought "oh wow, they are stretchy this is nice" haha. Don't laugh! I also have a belly band. I love it. I wear it with jeans and skirts and it looks like I just have an extra tee shirt on. I have it in black. I am gonna order another in white. {I got mine off Amazon}


I think that is about it on my update. Hope all is going well with you! Happy Fall!

The one above, was after dinner. Haha. You can kinda tell the difference with that one and the one below!

The Belly.

Ok so here is the first official belly picture! Honestly, I feel silly putting it up here. Cause, I don't see much. When I feel my belly, it seems I feel more then I can see, if that makes sense.

12 weeks exactly. Hopefully soon I'll start to look more pregnant, and not just bloated. Lol.

Some Ramblings

Well, I have about a week till I'm out of the first trimester. That will be nice! Hopefully the blah feeling will start to subside after that, well thats what I'm praying for anyhow. Lol. I feel so bad. Not my body, I just feel bad because I haven't done much for about the last, say, 8 weeks. I can't stand it! But that doesn't actually stop me from not doing anything. Haha.


I do however, cook most days. Definatly not all. Its getting better thats for sure. Especially since I can do some preparing, then lay down, then do some more, and so on. So by the time Nick gets home and its dinner time, its all prepped and ready. That does help lots.

Cleaning on the other hand. Well thats another story! I will do the jest. Dishes, pick up kitchen, & vacuum living room. Thats about as far as it goes. But it needs to go farther! Like right now, I sit here typing this, and I'm telling myself, ok be productive, do a little more than normal. Then I think about it, and then tell myself. 'Eh, it can wait.'


I will say one thing,( I guess I've actually said a lot of things already, LOL) I am very thankful that I do not have to work/am not working right now. I just could see how hard it would be to get up at the crack of dawn and be out for 8ish hours. Yeah......no thanks. I give props to all those working pregnant women out there! Go You! And of course for the ones that have little ones already, and are pregnant. That would be just as tough I'd think. I'm not really looking forward to that time! Haha.

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On a flip note. I really wish the weather would make up its mind here. Its cold-ish then hot-ish. I want fall already! I keep praying I wake up one morning, let the dogs out and shiver!


Ok, the dogs are begging to go outside, as they have yet to go out this morning. So I better get them out there. I just felt like chatting for a bit. I hope everyone is having a great day!

PS. I will get to it soon, but my layout is still summer-y so I better get to changing it!

Baby's First Picture

This is as good as it gets. Its really not that bad though. Especially since I took a picture of it! Hehe. When we saw baby, I for some reason wasn't expecting it to look human. But it most definatly looks like a baby already! We saw its heart flutter ever so fast on the screen. I couldn't take my eyes of the screen, even to look at Nick. Not to mention, I knew I would tear up if I looked at Nick. Because one, I am very emotional now of course, and two I could just picture his huge, cheesy grin on his face, that always makes me laugh, and at this time, cry.

I have been MIA for quite sometime, mainly because I had nothing else to talk about but this, and we hadn't announced it yet. So hopefully now I will be better at keeping up with this, and updating everyone!

News.

Yes ma'am!

Nick and I are gonna be parents! We are quite excited about it!
We found out on August 5, 2009.

Weren't trying, but weren't preventing.

We had our first Ultrasound today.

It was so awesome seeing our baby. And its little heart pump so fast.

I am due April 8th, 2010.

11 weeks tomorrow {thursday}

I'm definatly ready to 'look' pregnant not just feel pregnant. LOL.

I will get the u/s pic up as soon as I can!

Hope everyone is having a great week so far!

I'm back!

We're back from our lovely vacay to the states. We were in Az for almost 4 weeks. We had a blast hanging with family and friends. Near the end we were definatly ready to get back to normal life. And not to mention our "kids"!

Here are some pics, I would love to put more up here but no time just yet. Its time for bed! Hope everyone is enjoying the summer as its about to come to an end!

I love this pic. It definatly says "Arizona" haha.
Nick and Keith gettin ready to go tubing, together, it didn't last long! And in the deep water they both couldn't get back on!

Kisses for Kylie at Olive Garden.

Nick and I chillin at WestGate.

Nick and his "little" bro. Lol.

Nana, Me, and Mom

Steph and I.

Me and Nick at the Diamondback Game.

Nick and Kylie walking home from the park.

Josh {Nick's Bro} and Nick on the waverunner.

Jason, Me, and Steph-before floating the river!

Baby Kylie and I at the park

Mom and I chilling at the pool.

Baby Kylie and I at Lake Pleasant.

Mom and I at Applebees.

Nick and Dad outside Ace Hardware{the van wouldn't start}

Stephanie, Kylie and I at Red Robin.

Dad, Kylie and I playing on the ski!

I'm behind...thats for sure!

I know I haven't been on here for awhile and I had a quick minute so I figured I would let all know we're alive still!


We are having a great time here in the hot Arizona heat! We are missing our "kids" very much and can't wait to see them again. Time hasn't flown while being here, but I have a feeling its going to start to speed up! It seems as if we have been here for a long time and its barely 2 weeks!


Hope all is well with everyone out there! I will update with pics and such when we get back home!


Love The Nelson's

The Sista

So most of you know that my sister got chosen to be apart of the student program that Disney has to offer. She was able to choose either DisneyLand or World...hmm tough right?! She chose world so she up and moved to Flordia! She got there this past weekend, my mom went with her to help her get settled in. She got the apartment she was hoping for { there are like 3 dif ones, she got the newest and nicest} She found out she is going to be working at this resort. Not her first choice, but she surely isnt' complaining. She was hoping for the more upscale one, like this one. She said she is able to pick up shifts at any resort so she will do that and 'maybe' get transferred she said. Lol. All in all she is doing well. Almost her first week of being on her own. She is actually at Disney World Animal Kingdom right now, I just got off the phone with her and they were gettin off the train. Its her day off. She starts training for her job on Sat. Keep her in your prayers that she'll make the right decisions and make some great friends while she is there!

Randomness

I just figured since I hadn't posted in awhile I'll go ahead and post some random pictures. I don't really have anything to post about, so here ya go!

The above picture:

Caught in the rain. LOTS of it. Plus some hail. We were walking the kids on base, nice day, drinking some juice outside the BX, clouds roll in. Boom. Its not stopping, may as well make a run for it. Then it started hailing. Nick had dogs, I had keys {no remote for us, or auto locks. Lol} I unlocked my door, then reached for his, my hands were so wet I couldnt' get it up and it was hailing! Poor Nick! Once we were in the car, we were histarically{sp?} laughing. Ah memories!

No he isn't allowed on the couch all the time. Only when we call him. Bad habit yes, I tried, Nick persisted he wanted to cuddle. Looks like I lost eh!?

We went out to the E Club on base for my birthday dinner. Nothing fancy, just Nick and I.

PS I wasn't wearing a tiara, I edited it in!

Gotta love the tongue.

I just realized there are no Kaci pics. Oops. But she's good. She got spade on Thursday, now she is all back to her usual self, minus the pit stops to sit for a bit. Guess she's still sore.

Well

there is a couple more pics to come, but for some reason the uploader is givin me problems. I will try again tomorrow!

Croatia by Boat

I have more, and they will be in the post after this. But for some reason it is either going REALLY slow or just won't let me add anymore pics. We went to Croatia this past Saturday the 30th. It was so much fun. We did a by boat tour through ITT on base. Very worth it. The water is so clear, the people and food were awesome. We both agreed that we should go back! We wanted to get in the water, but it was a tad chilly. So maybe later in the summer and we can get in! Enjoy my picture overload!

Rovinj Croatia behind us.

The church on the hill.

When we first got on the boat.

I'm so creative. Haha. Not that this hasn't been done before, I just am glad I thought of doing it.

One of my faves!

Great hand stand, too bad Nick cut off my hands!

Nick had fun takin pics of the seagulls

Gelato in Croatia

Nick's fave.

At one point, this is what you saw on both sides of the boat.

Can you say GORGEOUS!

I love him so much!

I think I want to print this one big.

Nick looks like he's gonna fall.

Took this when we first crossed the border, but obviously its the GoodBye sign.