The Nielsen's 

What a cute little outfit! 

The Nielsens

Thanks Jennie for posting our pictures of Katie. I wasn't sure I'd find the time to figure out how to post pictures. This week Katie is 5 months old and Ian turned 7. Next year he'll be baptised. Where does the time go? December 16th Katie will have been in our home for 6 months. Our adoption finalization court date is set for that exact day, with her temple sealing following (not scheduled until after court finalization) and blessing scheduled for the first Sunday of the New Year. We'll inform you of exact temple dates ASAP. Meanwhile . . . we are moving to South Jordan to our new home 5112 W Woodridge Drive. Ken was looking forward to negotiating a good deal on a new home, put a low offer on a house that had been vacant for awhile in a great area, and they took our offer without blinking an eye. Last week we started showing our home and it's already sold. I was hoping, in the back of my mind, to have a place big enough for both our families to come for Katie's sealing & blessing but seeing as it's already November that seemed a far cry. Surprise, surprise! Best of all, there are two steps to enter the front door and that's it: everything I need is on one floor. No more children waking each other up all night long, a garden tub I can get into by myself, a large fenced backyard and enough storage space to put everything away. Yahoo! We're close to the Jordan River temple, Jordan Landing and Ken's work.

Katie is a dear, wonderful blessing in our lives. She has big brown eyes and spends most of her awake time taking it all in. Her big brown eyes calmly look you straight in the eye until she bursts into a smile from ear to ear. Ian is a great big brother. He's so good with her. He does love to scare her though, which also sends Ken & I through the roof. I had to laugh the other morning before the break of dawn when I heard Katie squeal as loud as she could. Her little head bobbed up like a turtle from her basinet as she looked around. She saw Ian asleep in his bed and let loose a big squeel. He retorted, "You stinky skunk" and rolled out of bed with his heart still racing from the scream. Like Ian, the first week Katie was in our home she fixed a stare and Mom & Dad's picture any time she was in our livingroom. You could turn her body any direction and her head would turn to look at their picture. I know Mom & Dad love Katie. I can feel it every time I hold her. I can't wait to take her to the temple and have her share in the blessings of our eternal family. Heaven sure opened up to get her in our home. So many, many miracles.

It sure was fun to see Aunt Lorna at Carolyn's. She grabbed Katie and put her right on her lap, while the rest of us patiently waited for our turn to hold her.

Thanks Jennie, for organizing this site.

Linda

The newest member of the Nielsen family! 

Ian the big brother! 

With Aunt Kath 

Aunt Lorna and Baby 

Stefanie & Jan on the ferry with Manhattan in the background. 

At David and Rebecca's house in NJ