HaPpY 31

Happy 31 indeed! Don surprised me with a mini getaway! We ate at Olive Garden, Stayed the night at Little America, had room service breakfast Mmm..Mmm, He also gave me a years worth of well deserved & much needed Massages, well...HE didn't, but he bought them!

Our lovely view from the 17th floor!

We brought along my favorite present of the year...me & her, we're inseperable!

Hollie was awesome and me and Don both got the sleep we had been missing! It was lotsa fun! 31 is going to be awesome!

Oh...& thanks mom for babysitting!

Hollie's First 4 months!

Here are a few of my favorite Hollie moments & Faces...I have only 10 or 12.... million!

My 3 Girls...gangly legs and bed head!

Newly Home from NICU about 2 weeks!

My little man & his "baby Hollie"

2-1/2 weeks

1-1/2 months...gaining chub!

2 months

1 month

3-1/2 months

4 Months!

Hollie is the sweetest baby! She is so quick to smile at me..makes me feel extra special. I can't help but feel something very unique and special about her. Whatever it is about her it's like I knew it in heaven but can't remember exactly what it is! She is amazing and so so sweet! The journey to get her here was long and hard, but I felt all along she was meant to be here. We love her so much at our house and are so very thankful for her!

She is my Nummy Nummy baby!

So far so healthy... 4 month appointment next week, cant wait to see how much she has Grown!

My sister Jennifer and her husband Jason left for their next adventure the day after ThanksGiving! Moved far far away to Texas to live with the Air Force and fulfill Jason's dream of being a pilot! We are proud of them but sad also! ThanksGiving was extra special and extra hard because it is our last as a COMPLETE family for a while!

Jen, Jason & all the kid's

(they are going to miss their aunt Jen and uncle Jason)

"No No jen...that's my baby!"

Mom & Jen

Jen & Me...i think, although i hope the real me comes back

Jen & Hollie

Jen & Brenda..the perty ladies!

Hollie & Jesse

Jessie & her Lily

This ThanksGiving i was especially Thankful for my sweet sweet baby Hollie and My own life!

I was also extra Thankful for my only sister, sorry i yelled at you when you spilled my zit medicine and made you cry, sorry i put tape down the center of our room cause your side was messy, sorry i didn't play with you more, sorry i was mean sometimes...I love you and miss you already my Jen! Thanks for all you did for me this whole past year!

( you said you wanted some farewell attention...hee hee)

We blessed Hollie Conference Sunday in October! Our Bishop let us in the Relief Society room, where Don blessed our sweet girl! We blessed her that day because it was the only time we could before her uncle Jason was leaving with the Air Force! We wanted as many of her Uncles there as we could! We just had Family come...Great Food, Great Company, Great Movie! My Brother Jesse set up his huge inflatable movie screen and we watched "UP" in the backyard and ate candy & visited! It was great, even though Hollie's dress drowned her! I took pictures of her in the dress a month and a half later so she would finally fit into it!

My Angel baby!

Her awesome Grandma's! Without them I don't know how we would have got her here!

The Men!

Hollie & Don

The Best Chefs I know!

All the Monkey's!

Hollie is lucky...Her family is Awesome!

HaLlOwEeN

I LOVE Halloween.....but, this year I am very very tired! The kids wore things we found in their closets, they didn't mind a bit!

Jessie (Cinderella), Hollie (tree Frog), Skylar (Cow Girl), Jake ( skeleton with a cape, messy hair and a spider on his cheek guy)!

Jessie wore her fairy outfit for her preschool Halloween party!

Hollie dressed as a witch! Kazumi my awesome neighbor made this set for her because we couldn't find something so tiny for her! So stinking cute! Hollie wasn't much impressed with me taking her picture and trying to pose her though!

My little tiny tree frog....also compliments of Kazumi!

The kids loved trick-or-treating in the rain. the adults....not so much! I think me and Don have eaten most of the loot!

Hollie Ainzley Mae Christensen!

This is our Hollie! (2 1/2 weeks)

This is my Bestest Boy Jake & his "Baby Hollie"

All the Monkey's helping with Hollie's 1st bath!

Hollie in the Special Care nursery NICU!

The girls meeting Hollie for the first time in the NICU!

Hollie spent 2 weeks in the NICU learning to nurse and eat before she could come home! LONG days & nights! we couldn't wait to bring her home! She had her first doc appointment yesterday and she weighs 4lbs 11oz. Up from her birth weight of 4lbs 7oz! She is doing awesome and she is so sweet! I am doing awesome despite my recovery from the c-section/Hysterectomy! We are now hiding out at home for the RSV season! Hollie is allowed only healthy adult visitors, no kids, doctors orders! We gotta keep her healthy! The NICU people are great, but I don't ever want to be there again...ever!

We are loving her to bits! I will post more when it's not late & I have had a nap!

Hollie Baby & our bed rest adventure!

Well it looks like what they said would/could happen did! We were planning on delivery at 36 weeks if nothing happened before hand, we were not that lucky! We came to the hospital late Saturday night (33 weeks) because of a slight bleeding scare...again! They said they wanted to keep me here overnight to make sure everything was OK! On Sunday morning the doctor told me I was here til I delivered! I fell apart & looked like a red eyed dragon all day! Bed rest for 3 weeks? Could always be worse! The next day my doctor told me at this point they wanted to move the delivery up to 34 weeks! Safer to bail out when they can go in prepared then wait til it's an emergency!

I am now 34 weeks & 2 days! been here for 8 days laying around eating, reading, sleeping, staring, visiting, hoping, praying, waiting...sounds like a lazy dream vacation, but I would rather be at home with my babies! I am scheduled for Tuesday! I am nervous and calm at the same time! There are so many unknowns with this delivery that I can't wait to be on the other side of the surgery and on the mend!
I know I am leaving this hospital without a few bits and pieces just not sure exactly what! They are very confident that things will go well for me and for baby! She has had her steroids to help her lungs develop quicker & hopefully my lazy eating week has helped to plump her up a bit. I am hoping her little body adjusts quickly to this world & that we can take our little girl home sooner than later! It's hard to express in words how much I already love her and hope so much for her! I can't wait to bring her home to join our family & add her to my collection of beautiful babies, they are so excited too! Don & I are so blessed to have the amazing kids we do!
Thanks to all my Family, Friends & neighbors for your visits, phone calls & prayers! I don't know what we did to deserve such wonderful people in our lives, but are so thankful! Thanks to my Jennifer for making my hospital room a pregnant photo studio & feeding me pizza!

Love to all! I will post pictures of our pretty little wonder as soon as I can!