WHAT PREGNANCY DOES TO YOU

Ok, so I know that this may be kind of stupid to blog about, but last night Taylor made my heart melt. I love when he prays for our baby, it makes me feel so good inside. Usually, he'll say something like "bless the baby that she will continue to grow and be healthy..." something like that. But last night while he was praying he said, "bless our daughter" and he's never said that before or referred to her as "our daughter" or made any comment about her being a girl during a prayer! Anyway, so this is what pregnancy does to you. It makes the smallest of things make you want to cry and I think it makes you take to heart what your spouse says. For good or bad. But this time it was definitely good! Anyway, that's all for now!

More From Recent Days

Here's some pictures that were taken recently. Sorry my lunch is almost up, otherwise I'd give detailed descriptions. Enjoy!

3 MORE MONTHS OF TORTURE

So yesterday was the 4th of July, and today is the 5th of July. This marks 3 more months of torturous pregnancy woes. It's not all bad, but the bad is really bad to me.

Yesterday, Taylor & I slept in until about 10am (b/c the night before, we saw Transformers and didn't get in until about 2am). We woke up and contemplated what to do with our day. We had been invited to to go to Shawn's lakehouse, but with the weather and finding out that there were going to be be BUCCO people there, we decided against it. Instead, we headed out to Babies R Us to pick up Baby Girl Nielson's crib bedding. Thanks, Mama Nielson!! Taylor & I have the best moms, I swear! After picking up the bedding, Taylor quickly ushered me out of the store before I could buy anything else.

Then we went to Best Buy where Taylor cried for about 30 minutes about wanting to get a PlayStation 2, so we could get Guitar Hero. Sadly, I had to turn him down b/c I simply can't justify buying an old system just to get one game. He thinks he'll play it all the time, but I doubt it. Maybe for Christmas, hun!

After Best Buy, we headed to Southlake Town Square. Taylor took me to a genuine 4th of July BBQ at Taco Diner. Haha, ok so maybe it's not exactly BBQ, but we were feeling it! Of course we had to stop in The Buckle and got Taylor squared away on clothes for the next 6 months. After that trip, we were done spending money for the day!

We went home and Taylor went to play tennis with Brett. Some little 7 year olds wanted to play doubles with them, and kept trying to pick up their tennis balls for them. TOO CUTE! Taylor didn't seem to think so, he said it was annoying. They just wanted to hang w/ the big boys, Taylor!

This is the BEST part of the whole post so listen up! After tennis, Taylor came home and I actually convinced him to set up the crib with me! After only about 15 seconds of "pretty pleases" he finally caved! So, we ran to Target, grabbed some dinner and picked up the baby's mattress. I guess a little more money was spent, after all. We got home and Taylor started on the assembly. The process took about 30 minutes, but with Taylor's negative attitude, it felt like 2 hours. He rambled on about how stupid mexican factory workers can't get anything right and how such and such didn't make any sense, and then he got mad at me b/c I wasn't holding something right. So then I got my feelings hurt and stormed off. This was so fun! He apologized and asked me to come back an help him, so I did.

Here's a photo of him putting the crib together. He only faked smiling b/c he doesn't really enjoy putting things together. He made sure to let me know about that.

And this is the finished product!!

Isn't it beauty-ful? I love it so much. After all of that was put together, I went on a cleaning frenzy and dusted every corner of the room. It is usually our laundry room, and I had tons of clothes to fold and put away, so I took care of that too. I reorganized Taylor's closet in there and got as much of the dog hair out of the room as possible. The room is to remain closed when we're not home so Romy can't go in there and mess anything up. I'm pretty sure Taylor is starting to think I"m crazy.

Even though we didn't go out and see fireworks, (which by the way we saw a good display on July 3rd when we were outside waiting to see Transformers, so I really didn't need to see another one) we had a fabulous day!!

That is, until about 1am. You see, I was cleaning and cleaning and folding and laundering for so long that I didn't realize that it was 1am! I'm usually in bed by about 11, so I rushed off to bed after learning this. Then, I had the most HORRIBLE SLEEP EVER. I didn't get a wink! I must have slept for about 1 hour the whole night. I was miserable when I woke up, miserable when I got to work, miserable at 9, 10, 11, & 12. I just ate lunch and drank a ton of water, so hopefully that will pep me up. I have no idea why I couldn't sleep. I wasn't hot or cold, I wasn't hungry, the baby wasn't kicking me, I just plain and simple couldn't sleep! It was tragic and all I felt like doing earlier today was crying. So tonight, I'm going home, cooking dinner, relaxing on the couch, taking a bath, and going to bed by 9:30pm! I can't wait! So, this is one of the woes of which makes my title for this post.

Hope you enjoyed my post today, sorry it's been a while. Hope all my friends & fam are doing well. Love you guys!

I HATE WORK! I WISH THE BABY WOULD COME SOONER SO I COULD QUIT!!! LIKE...TOMORROW!!!

Memorial Weekend Getaway

Do you feel like each day of the week is the same as the last? Do you feel like it's difficult to break out of this cycle? Well I do and I had to do something about it! My good hubby took me on a short break from "real life" and whisked me away to the metropolis of downtown Dallas, TX for an evening! We spent the weekend hanging with his family that was in town, and on Sunday, we headed to Arlington for a Texas Rangers baseball game. It was fun even thought they lost! Then we headed to Dallas to stay at the fanciest hotel I know I've ever stayed at. The Adolphus Hotel was exquisite and the dining was impeccable! We checked into the hotel and got up to our room located on the 17th floor. Our room was pretty huge and of course the first thing Taylor did was turn on the TV. Imagine that. Haha, we just relaxed for about an hour and then we got ready to go down to the restaurant. We got all dressed up, and since it was a Sunday night, hardly anyone was in there with us! We got all kinds of attention and we got to make out in the corner! Haha, just kidding, that would've been awkward! So we had dinner and dessert and then we just walked around the lobby for a little bit. The lobby was insanely huge and there were all kinds of fresh flower arrangements, pianos, sitting areas, artwork, tapestries, skylights, etc! It was amazing and we had it all to ourselves! We sat and talked for a while and acted like we had no worries.... (Next sentence was deleted)... Total joke! I will probably delete that comment in the next 24 hours, so for those of you who read it, yay for you and for those that didn't, well, you won't know of my sexual humor. Anyway, we slept in the next day and ordered Breakfast in Bed which was DELICIOUS! We were so full and ended up hopping right back into bed waiting fo some of it to digest! Sadly, the time came to check out. We got ready and headed downstairs, the valet retrieved our car and we were back to our normal lives as we know it. I LOVED this little mini-vaca and I hope we continue to do little things like that to mix it up a bit! It will probably be the last time we get to do something like this until well after Baby Girl Nielson is born, so I savored every moment. I honestly don't even want to think about our anniversary in August b/c I know how huge I'll be by then. So we agreed that this overnighter would be considered our anniversary celebration. Now I'm back at work and getting back to the grind of it all. I'm so lucky to have my husband and for all the happiness he brings me!

WHIRLY BALL!!!

"What the ______ is Whirly Ball?" Hahaha, that is seriously what it says on their building! I thought it was awesome. Last night all the employees of TWG went to this place in a race for the championship. Personally, it seemed very "Provo" to do this. I was very surprised that Taylor even did it. I figured he'd be anti. His team was the "Face Crushers". Well, their faces were the ones getting crushed in most of the night. Here's the night in action!

3 members of the Red team looking excited to play some Whirly Ball...shortly thereafter their faces looked not so happy...

Kinda blurry, but man is Taylor getting into it!

All I'm going to say about the night is that the way the game is played is extremely unfair. If you want to know specifics, let me know. Otherwise, I will just keep my mouth shut about it and try to be a good sport. I'll let you know how that works out.

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LAKEHOUSE 2007

We have big plans this summer of getting to the Lakehouse as often as we can. Last weekend, we decided to get out of boring ol' DFW and make the 1 1/2 hour trip to Kerens for a short getaway. We invited our friends, Cagan & Mary Randall to come with us and we had a ball! Sadly Brett & Jamie couldn't come though b/c they were on their San Antonio Vaca. Anywho, most of our weekend was spent just relaxing. We got there late Friday night and went home Sunday morning. Short trip, but worth the drive! The weather was beautiful and although we weren't able to go out on the boat, we still did a little canoeing. Mostly we just chilled outside and talked, or chilled inside and talked. We did get a little covetous of some neighbors taking out their jet skis and boats...but maybe next summer we'll have one of our own to brag about! Haha. Here are some pics to document the trip.

Isn't my hubby so handsome? Love it!

Here is Cagan's bug. He thinks this was the smallest praying mantis he has ever seen! WOW! Haha, funny guy!

Here's a shot of Cagan and Mary. They are so awesome! Crossies!

Our puppies, Romy & Zoe...CUTE!!!

I hope to add way more pics of our mini vacations to the Lakehouse over the summer. It's nice just to be able to get away from everyday life. It makes me happy that Taylor could just relax for a day or so and not have to think about work or money or obligations. I can't believe that next summer, Baby Girl Nielson will be in tow when we go to the Lakehouse!

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BABY BOOTY!!!

Well, much to Jamie's pleasure, I have decided to break the boredom of the typical Monday and surprise her with a special addition to our blog!!

I've decided to share pictures of some of Baby Girl Nielson's new gear! Does anyone else feel like I have to wait FOREVER for her to come already!? I wish I could just skip the whole summer and then August 30th, I'll be done working and I can take the last month to just relax and await her arrival!

Anyway, let's all take a moment and just stare at all of Baby Girl's newest furniture...she's so spoiled! Her bedroom furniture already costs way more than my bed, mattress and nightstands combined! She deserves it though! Thanks Lupe!
Here is Baby's new rocker. Mama and Baby will hopefully use this a ton! I think Papa may also use this quite a bit. Can I just say that I think Taylor is so stoked now for his Baby Girl? She's practically all he can talk about! Love it!

This is a shot of Baby Girl's new car seat. I loved the colors and I was hoping to have a girl b/c I thought the colors would go a lot better w/ a girl than for a boy. I'll still use it when we have a boy though. I'm hoping to have a chocolate or mocha colored diaper bag to go with it!!

Finally, here is Baby's crib. I'm especially happy that this item of furniture is taken care of! Taylor still hasn't set it up yet, but that's mostly b/c of me. I just can't decide where exactly I want it to go! It's a tough decision, I don't care what Baby's Daddy says! And yes, I know it will only be in our apartment for about three months of Baby's life, but it has to be in the perfect spot! One day I'll just know. I will.

Well, finally, the best item of news to fill you in on!

WE HAVE THE BABY'S NAME!!!

Haha, just kidding, we're not quite there yet. We do, however, have some strong leads! Keep coming back to the blog in anticipation, as I know you do most every day.

Until then, hope you all are having a great week!

IT'S A GIRL!!


That's right, the boy that everyone seemed to think that I was having will not be joining us after all! It looks like Taylor is going to have to wait a bit longer for a Jr. The wait is over now and we are so happy that in about 4 1/2 more months we'll have a little baby girl in our home. I think that Taylor is a bit nervous now that he knows that we're having a girl b/c he's never really been around little girls and so he's not sure how he can be around them. I assured him that she's going to look up to him no matter what. I know he'll get used to the idea and will fall in love with her the minute he sees her. I have to say that he really was shocked that it wasn't going to be a boy. I think he just assumed he could only produce males or something! Haha! Are all men like this? Please respond w/ your thoughts.

So now it's the race for a name. I'm open to any and all ideas you may have so either respond to the blog or email me! I will tell you in advance that we're not looking for names that could be confused w/ a type of fruit, a stripper, or a city (Taylor's choice, not mine...sorry Karlee...he just doesn't care for names that are the same as cities. I personally would love the name Savannah!). Anywho, if you have a good name, let us know!

The baby is weighing in at about 11 oz right now which is ahead of schedule apparently. We could be looking at a due date at the end of September if you ask me! But for now, she's scheduled to arrive October 5th.