Blessing Lynnli

I just wanted to make sure everyone knows when we are blessing Lynnli. You are all invited and we would love to see you there, but we understand if you are busy and can't make it.

We will be blessing her on May 4th at 1pm. Our church is located at about 8000 South on the East side of 2700 West. We will be having refreshments at our house after, so if you think you will make it please let us know so we get enough.

Thanks everyone! I hope we see you there!

Here's some more photo's!

Dad holding her little hand

Relaxing on mom

She has to have her arms under her head. It's so funny!

Uncle Jeff

Aunt Brooklyn

Aunt Candice

Grandma Hermansen

Grandpa Hermansen

Happy Granparents

I got tagged!

5 things on my to do list:
1) Clean the spare bedroom
2) Get Lynnli on a better schedule
3) Work on some laundry

4) Clean out the Fridge

5) Watch a movie

5 places I've lived:
1) Murray
2) California
3) Kearns
4) South Jordan
5) West Jordan

5 jobs I've had:
1) Assembling Cabinets
2) Restaurant Manager
3) Dealership Accounts Receivable
4) Car Salesman
5) Curves Manager

5 things people don't know about me:
1) I bit my tongue off when I was three
2) I've always wanted to be a news reporter
3) I used to want 8 kids
4) I absolutely love cooking and trying new things
5) I wish no one wore clothes. Not cause I want to see people, I just love being naked! It's so much more comfortable!!

I tag Jenna, Kristen, and Deidre.

I really do know my daughters birthday!

Yes, yes, I put the wrong date on my last blog. Lynnli was really born on April 3rd, not 4th. I must have been talking to someone when I wrote it and was thinking of the day we came home or something. Who knows.

Anyway, Lynnli is wonderful! We have had so much fun with her! She holds her head up already! She is so strong! She smiles at us and makes some of the funniest faces. She burps so loud! I don't know how such a loud noise comes out of such a tiny body!

I took her to her first doctors appointment on thursday. She now weighs 8lbs 11oz (48%) her length is now 20.5 inches (50%) and her head is 35cm (20%). Besides her head she is pretty average. I always said I didn't want a baby to hit 7 lbs before they were born. I have to say now that the 8 1/2 lbs baby wasn't bad at all, and I think her being bigger makes everything else better. She sleeps great, eats great, and is just a great baby!

Anyway, it's time for me to go cuddle with her some more! I'll put more pictures on here next time!

She's Here!!!

Wednesday, April 2nd, I was sitting at home thinking Lynnli would never come. I had some strange things happening, but didn't think much about it. I called the doctor thinking it was possible it was my water, but highly doubting it. The doctor had me come in to check. He didn't think it was my water either, but went to check under a microscope anyway. Ended up, I had a tiny tiny leak. Not enough to do much, but anything with the water, they try to get you going. I went down to the delivery rooms and they hooked me up to all the monitors. I was having contractions 5 minutes apart, but couldn't feel anything. After about 4 hours, I wasn't progressing so the doctor decided to completely break my water. When he went to check me again, before he did anything, it broke on its own.

After 6 hours, I was completely dilated and after only 3 pushes she was here! It was 1:22 AM, April 4th. She weighed 8lbs. 8oz. and was 20 inches long. We were able to go home Friday afternoon and she has been so wonderful! Her jaundice count was a little high when we left and the next day even higher, so we had to put her under billi lights. By Sunday evening she was back in the normal range.

She eats great and sleeps almost all night! She wakes up twice, eats, and goes right back to bed. I am getting more sleep now then when I was pregnant! Andrew is such a good dad and will cuddle with her all day if I didn't steal her. We couldn't be happier! She is just wonderful!

She is very content just looking around. There is always a smile on her face!

My sister Candice is holder her here while she has the billi light on her back.

Just chillin' nothing going on.

This was the first day we had her home. Big yawns!

Right before we started the billi light treatments. You can tell she is pretty yellow.

She makes some of the funniest faces while she sleeps! Its so fun to watch her.

This is right when we got home. Again, you can see the yellow.

Sleeping with daddy. This was today, her color is much better!

Well, I'm now 39 weeks. I'm starting to not believe anything my doctor says. At first, he was worried about making it to 28 weeks. Once I hit that, he didn't think I'd make it past 32 weeks. Once I hit that, she was going to be coming around Valentine's Day. It's now over a month later and she is still inside! I went to the doctor on Monday and he said he doesn't think I'll make it past this week. Well, the week is almost half done and I am not even having braxton-hicks contractions. So much for an incompetent cervix!

Other than being big, tired and swollen, I am doing great. I could sleep all day if I didn't have to use the bathroom every hour. Andrew is getting more and more excited everyday. Hopefully by my next post I will be telling all about our little princess! Take care!

I got Tagged! All About My Man

1. FULL NAME: Martin Andrew Nielsen
2. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED? 3 years this June
3. HOW LONG DID YOU DATE? Actually dating, it was 3 months before we were engaged, then we were engaged for another 6 1/2
4. WHO SAID 'I LOVE YOU' FIRST? Honestly? I have no idea! I think we both just knew. I can't remember who was the first to actually say it.
5. WHO IS TALLER? Andrew, of course!
6. WHO SINGS BETTER? Definitely Andrew. I'm not a singer.
7. WHO IS SMARTER? Depends on what you ask. But really, probably Andrew.
8. WHO DOES THE LAUNDRY? I think Andrew has moved the laundry from the washer to the dryer twice. He is very good at complaining about it not being done on his schedule though.
9. WHO PAYS THE BILLS? Me. He asks about it sometimes, but if I died, he would have no idea what to do.
10. WHO SLEEPS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE BED? Right now, I do. But for some reason whenever we rearrange our bedroom we seem to switch sides. Not planned, just happens.
11. WHO MOWS THE LAWN? Usually Andrew, but if he can't or is gone I do.
12. WHO COOKS DINNER? I do. He made me george foreman chicken once, but he doesn't cook.
13. WHO DRIVES? Usually Andrew. If it's on the motorcycle it's always him. Since I've been pregnant though, he likes to drive the motorcylce and have me follow in the car.
14. WHO IS MORE STUBBORN? I think we are both very stubborn. Luckily, we tend to agree and we both know each others limits.
15. WHO KISSED WHO FIRST? Andrew kissed me. If you ask him, he'll say I begged him too. Not true. I may have "hinted" but I never begged. Our first kiss was pretty mean too. Andrew leaned in really close, I was leaning in and up on my tip toes. Then right before contact, he stood up quick and said "Almost". He laughed so hard so I went and "pouted" and he came over and really kissed me. Needless to say, I didn't lean in this time. He had to come all the way himself.
16. WHO ASKED WHO OUT FIRST? I asked for rides in his huge jeep wrangler, but we never really asked each other out. We just were together everyday for months and then it turned into dating. We just knew we'd be together so no one had to ask the other out.
17. WHO PROPOSED? Andrew, of course. And his proposal was so amazing it won us a $25,000 wedding. Ask sometime and I'll tell you the story if you don't already know or haven't seen it on TV.
18. WHO HAS MORE SIBLINGS? Andrew. He has 3 younger brothers and 3 younger sisters. I have 1 older and 1 younger brother, and 2 younger sisters.
19. WHO WEARS THE PANTS IN THE FAMILY? It's really probably pretty even. Andrew is definitely the man of the house, but we both have a lot of say. We really agree on pretty much everything and we are both so laid back that life is just easy wih each other.
I love him! He is the best!

Still Waiting!!

Everything is still going well, just taking forever! On Thursday, we went into the hospital because I was having some weird feelings. No pain or anything, but thought we should just check things. I ended up getting my cerclage out because the feelings I had were contractions. I dialated to a 2 before the Doc. decided to give me tributaline to stop them. I don't know why he did though. I am 37 weeks along and I also had the steroid shots for Lynnli's lungs so everything should be fine. Oh well though. At least the cerclage is out now and I am no longer considered high risk. Now I just need my water to break and to get her out!!

Our house sold this past week. We had it on the market for a month. I don't know what everyone is talking about the market being slow. We had a couple showings everyday since we listed it. We still are having people call even though it's under contract. I'm very glad it sold so fast though.

Spending some time with the family now. I'll finish the update later! Take care everyone!

This is for the Layton's!

Saw this and thought it would be cool for everyone to do, so if you are reading this, you can do it on your blog too! Answer the questions with images from Google image search and pick a picture from the first page! Here it goes!!

Age I'll be at my next birthday:

A place I'd like to see or visit:

(Jerusalem)

One of my favorite places:

My favorite object:

My favorite food:

(Yes yes, I know, Mexican food doesn't seem so appealing seeing these guys!)

My favorite color:

My favorite animal:

(Yes there is such thing as a PINK dolphin!)

Name of a past pet:

Where I live now:

My middle or maiden name:

My college major:

(That would be cosmetology, not the study of Asians)

A bad habit I have:

My favorite holiday:

Ready for Lynnli!

Well, I went to the doctor on Tuesday. Everything looks good still, but I am a little upset with him now. For the last few times I've gone in, he has told me we will be taking my cerclage out this next week. Well, on Tuesday, he decide we are going to wait 3 more weeks!! I don't want to be pregnant that much longer! My stomach is so tight right now, when she turns so she's facing my back, her little bum pokes out and makes it look like my pregnant stomach has another stomach of its own! The rib kicking and lung squeezing is getting a little old too. Not to mention the hiccups she always has. We tell her every night it's time to come. It's been long enough. We are ready and I'm sure she is too. All 3 ultrasounds we've had she has weighed a little more than average. Plus I had those fun steroid shots to help her lungs speed along. She is ready. She can come now. :)

Anyway, everything else is going well. Our house is still getting tons of showings, just no offers yet. Our realtor said there is one couple trying to get approved right now and then they are planning on making an offer, but we haven't heard anything yet. Andrew is getting tired of the same job, and hopefully things will go well with our future plans and he will be able to leave in the next few months. We are happy though. We have been so blessed and it is very nice to know that he has this job that has been so good for us. He can always stay there a while longer and go through school or something.

Well take care and have a wonderful day!