Our Year in a Nutshell

Warning!! This is a very long post. I am catching up for the year and hopefully this next year I will be better at blogging!! (I am not promising anything!)

Abigail’s Blessing. We had a bunch of family and friends over to our home after. If I remember right we counted around 80 people!!

We went to a pumpkin patch. We rode a tractor and picked our own pumpkins. I think we may have to make this a yearly tradition!!

Halloween

Our family picture

Christmas

Our Kids got spoiled this year!!

We went to Bear Lake for New Year Eve!! Had a great time

We even went sledding. Lindsay is pulling Ian, Jaden and Noah!

We have a fun time!! Abby liked to stick out her tongue so we had to do the same!!

Swinging

Jen’s sister Natalie got married to Dustin

Jen’s whole side of the family

BJ’s sister Heidi got home from her mission

BJ found that when he works from home he often needs his head protected!!

Easter

Some of Jen’s Family

This year we decided to have a jelly bean spitting contest!! We had quite a good time and lots of laughs!! First we would see who could get it in the bowl, then we did a distance contest.

 

We were able to go to the zoo!! (Thanks Aunt Janice)

Bear Lake in the Spring

We went on a nature hike to Farmington Pond

We had a bird make a nest and lay eggs in our hanging plants on our front porch. We also had some try to make their nest in our BBQ, but we were able to stop that before they laid any eggs.

Golden Spike on Memorial Day

BJ tore his Achilles tendon playing indoor soccer. He ended up having surgery on it. What a way to ruin your summer. Bummer!!

4th of July at the Nielson Home. Jaden with some of his cousins.

Jaden has learned that he loves to take pictures

Bryce Canyon

We went to Bryce Canyon with Jen’s family for a family reunionHad fun doing some hikes!!

We went boating a couple of times

Jaden has found a love for his Daddy’s Ipad. He even fall asleep with it. Also, the binki fairy was able to come this year!!

Bear Lake

We were able to spend a week with BJ’s family at Bear Lake during the summer. We had a great time. Heidi, Kari, Jen and Kristen.

Jen and Jaden Kayaking at Bear Lake

Abigail turned 1. She is enjoying her cupcake!! She also loves to eat!!

We were also able to do a giant slip and slide a couple of times

Jen and Jaden – He is obviously loving it!

BJ and Abby. This is how we cleaned her up after her cupcake mess!!

The Davis county fair. Jaden loved riding the horses!!

Jaden turned 3

He got a scooter for his birthday and enjoys riding it!!

Jaden often falls asleep in odd places. This is just one of them – in the baby swing.

Jaden started Joy School

And one more thing that we found out this year…

March 11, 2012

 

Jaden is 2!!

Jaden turned 2 years old on August 19th. I can’t believe how fast two years have gone. Jaden is such a good kid. We love him so much! He loves sports and imitates a lot that you do. We couldn’t imagine life without him! He makes us laugh a lot! At his 2 year check up he weighed 26lb 13oz (35%) and was 36.25” tall (92%)

Some pictures from his birthday celebrations:

He got this lawn mower from Grandma and Grandpa Campbell. He loves to push it around the house and pretends to start it and put gas in it. When his Dad mows the lawn Jaden is out there helping with his lawn mower!

 

Introducing…

Abigail Amy Holt

Born: August 11, 2010

4:21 p.m.

9lb 2 oz, 22” long

2 Hours after she was born

I was started 1 week early. I feared having a huge baby and my doctor said I was a good candidate to being started. We got to the hospital around 7:30 in the morning, but didn’t get started until 9:30. Love the hurry up and wait thing! I got an epidural around 12:30, I think! While I was getting my epidural my water broke. I also got really sick about 20 minutes after my epidural. My blood pressure was really low and therefore I felt like throwing up and was sweating really bad. They got some medicine in me really fast and I felt so much better.  I was checked around 3:00 and was only dilated  to a 4. Great another long labor (I was in labor with Jaden for 34 hours). 45 minutes later my nurse came in because her heart rate was dropping and sometimes that happens if things are getting close. She checked me and I was at an 8. She started getting everything ready and 15 minutes later she checked me again. She said you are fully dilated and I can feel a head! She went to find a doctor (Mine was on a plane to Australia). Finally one came in. 2 other people were giving birth at the same time! I pushed through about 3 contractions and Abigail was born!! I got to hold her right away as Bruce cut the umbilical cord. Different that Jaden where they took him right to the NICU. I am so happy to have precious little girl here and that things went well.

 

Some of the visitors at the hospitalGrandpa Nielson

Grandma Campbell

 

Big brother Jaden seems to love Abby. He has had a cold, so he is so good to kiss Abby on the head! Although I did see him kiss her on her lips when we brought her home. Hopefully she doesn’t get his cold!

 

First Family Photo

 

So the first night I had Abigail stay in the nursery so I could get some sleep. My nurse brought her into me to feed her and told me she had been turning blue and spitting up a lot of clear fluid.  I fed her and she seemed to be gagging a lot, so my nurse came back and got her. She continued to spit up a lot and also her oxygen levels kept dropping. In the morning they pumped her stomach and did some x-rays. She seemed to have swallowed amniotic fluid and just kept gagging on it. So they kept her in a intermediate nursery where they had monitors on her the whole time. I had to go feed her in there and take visitors one at a time to see her. Her oxygen levels stayed good and she wasn’t spitting up anymore. So that evening she got to come back with me. I did have them take her to the nursery at night again so I wouldn’t have to worry if she was alright or not. That next morning she was all cleared and we were able to go home around 2 that afternoon. 

Abigail hooked up to her monitors

With Daddy in the nursery. That was her nurse behind them.

 

Going Home!!

She didn’t like her car seat at first, but that didn’t last long.

 

Abigail’s first Sunday at home. We didn’t go to church, but I couldn’t resist putting her in a dress! Yes, she does have bird legs!

 

  6 Days old

 

She doesn’t cry too much, but if she is hungry watch out! She seems to sleep a lot and is a good eater (I hope). She eats very fast, so I hope she is getting enough!

 

1 Week old

We love Abigail and we feel we are so lucky to have her in our family. Also, thank you to everyone who has helped us! From babysitting Jaden to bringing us meals and gifts. We really do have great family and friends!