Faith Marie Nielsen

Well, she’s finally here!!!! We headed to Shawnee Mission Hospital around 6:30 am on Monday morning to be induced. I started to get hooked up to the IV’s and monitors a little after 7 and at 11:13 am, Faith Marie Nielsen made her way into the world!! Everything went very well, so there are no complaints here! She weighed 8 lbs 14 oz and was 20 inches long.

As of right now (Tuesday and 2:30 pm), Noah has not met his baby sister yet. We think he has a little stomach bug, so we don’t want to bring him to the hospital just yet. Last night Rick stayed home with Noah and my Mom stayed with me and Faith at the hospital. This morning, Rick and Mom did a shift change, so Mom is spending time with Noah. If he’s doing better this afternoon, we might bring him to the hospital tonight to meet his baby sister.

We will be able to come home tomorrow, so that will be nice. I’m sure it will be an adjustment to get used to a newborn again. I just hope that Noah doesn’t bury his sister in all his Hot Wheels and trains!!

I’ll be adding more pictures, but for now, here are the pictures we have so far.

Still Waiting

Well, we are STILL waiting to meet this little girl. My due date is tomorrow (the 20th), so maybe she’ll be like Noah and come on her due date. I think I must make it a little too comfortable for them in my belly. But lately, I’ve been trying to “force” her out. I’ve been eating some hot stuff, going for walks, or just standing around hoping that gravity will do it’s part and help this baby come out! All the walking and standing has had an opposite effect on me though – I had a doctors appointment yesterday and my legs are starting to swell up. I was told I need to relax and put my feet up. So what did I do??? Well, Rick did make me lay down during Noah’s nap time, but then me and a neighbor took the kids down to the park. Then we went to Taco Bueno for dinner. I loaded my tacos with jalapeños and salsa, hoping that would do the trick! Then we thought we would stop at Sonic for some ice cream (this is what I was eating with Noah when I went into labor, so figured it wasn’t going to hurt!)

My mom is on her way down as I type this. She has the next week off so she’ll be a big help when we have this little one! If I don’t go into labor by Monday morning at 7 am, then they are going to induce me. I’m not too excited about being induced, but at least there is an end in sight!!!

The photos were done by Amanda Trei with Bits of Life Photos a few weeks ago. She only lives a few miles from us and when she found me on Facebook, we started talking and she was willing to take some photos. She is also planning on doing some newborn photos too!!!!

Well, hopefully the next post will be that we have a healthy baby girl!!!!

How to eat pudding

Well, tonight for dessert, we gave Noah some pudding…chocolate of course. Here is a few pictures of him eating the pudding.

Step 1: Try to drink the pudding.

Step 2: Try to use a spoon to eat the pudding.

Step 3: If the spoon doesn’t seem to be working…just use your hands! Yeah, that’s much better!!

I think we should switch to vanilla pudding!!! There was chocolate all over…in his hair, in his ears, up his nose, not to mention on the floor. He needed a bath for sure!!!

March Means…No Pants

Well, Rick’s rule is that he only wears pants for 3 months of the year…the other months are reserved for shorts only! He will, however, wear shorts around the house no matter what the temperature is outside. So today, I was gone all day, so it was a Dad and Noah day. When I got home, guess what? Yep, Noah was in shorts!! Rick said it was March, so no more pants. I guess I’ll have to dress Noah from now on!! I’m not sure what the high was today, but when I came home, the temperature was 38 degrees…not sure if that is really “shorts weather” for a little boy!