Day 138. | South Eastern Ohio Family Portrait Photographer

December 16, 2009.

You may remember Talon from when he was only a few weeks old. It's his first Christmas and his mommy asked me to take his Christmas portraits. He is such a cutie!

Unfortunately, his daddy can't be with him and mommy because he's fighting for our country in Iraq but we took this photo to let him know they were thinking of him.

We pray that he comes home safely.

-Mrs. Nichelson ♥

Day 137.

December 15, 2009.

"My daddy's a stud too..."

Day 135.

December 13, 2009.

Spaghetti Casserole
Yield: 2 casseroles (6 servings each)

1 package (16oz) angel hair pasta
1-1/2 pounds ground beef
1 jar (26oz) spaghetti sauce
2 cans (8oz each) tomato sauce
1 can (10-3/4oz) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
1 cup (8oz) sour cream
2 cups (8oz) shredded Colby-Monterey Jack cheese

1) Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, cook the beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in spaghetti sauce and tomato sauce. Remove from the heat.

2) Drain pasta. Combine soup and sour cream. In two 8 in. square baking dishes, layer half of the meat sauce, pasta, soup mixture and cheese. Repeat layers.

3) Cover and freeze one casserole for up to 3 months. Cover and bake the remaining casserole at 350 degrees for 55-65 minutes or until the cheese is melted.

4) To use frozen casserole: Thaw in refrigerator overnight. Remove from refrigerator 30 minutes before baking. Bake as directed.

*We did not freeze our casserole and we also had some french bread with ours.

Day 134.

December 12, 2009.

We made home-made ornaments for my mom's Christmas tree.



This is Kevin's:

This is mine:

-Mrs. Nichelson ♥

Day 133.

December 11, 2009.

Lets try this again... :)

Day 132.

December 10, 2009.

I tried taking some Christmas portraits of Dallas but he wouldn't cooperate.

He was completely terrified of the rocking chair...

And these are the only decent shots I got of him in his Santa hat. He would tear it off once we placed it on his head.

-Mrs. Nichelson ♥

Day 131.

December 9, 2009.

Dallas and I went for a walk this morning and my goodness, was it nice out! But, my goodness, did I regret it later. Dallas was just fine but I got a cold :'(.

Day 130.

December 8, 2009.

Day 129.

December 7, 2009.

Day 128.

December 6, 2009.

My hubby bear frying up some deer meat. It was yummy.

Day 127.

December 5, 2009.

I've told you that Dallas was expected to be a girl for the entire 38 weeks and 6 days he was in my belly, right? Okay... If not, now you know.

Maurice's mom went back to check and see if Siera had Isabelle yet. Because, she was expecting a girl her whole 39 weeks and 3 days she was pregnant. Janice comes back with the news that she had been born and that they were cleaning up then we'd all get to go see her. She told us that she had asked the nurse "boy or girl?" and the nurse told her that she couldn't tell and she laughed and said "Oh, I know she's a girl..."

Marty comes out (Siera's mom) and tells us that everything went well and they're both healthy. Then, she holds a camera up to Janice and I and says "His name is Gabriel Simaan, 7 lbs, 7 oz..." We were caught off guard... Snap.

"Whaaaaaaaaat?!?!? You're kidding! You swear to God?" Janice asked. I was still in SHOCK. NO WAY could this happen to me and my best friend within' almost a year's time! I was stunned but so very excited for Siera and Maurice! Even though, I kind of ruined their surprise because they didn't expect it but it wasn't such a shock to them as it was to me and Kevin since they knew someone it'd happened to before. Siera was smart though and didn't take the tags off of any of her clothes. Unlike me >_< *hehe*

I'm so proud of you both. You are great parents!

-Mrs. Nichelson ♥

Day 126.

December 4, 2009.

You may remember Siera, I posted a few photos from her baby shower and a few of her baby bump here and there. Well, she is my best friend since 3rd grade and she was due December 8th. Kevin, Dallas and I were at the mall eating dinner when her mom, Marty, called me and told me Siera had gone into labor! We found a sitter, packed up and headed to the hospital about two hours away.


That's my husband, tired as heck, waiting for baby Isabelle to be born!

-Mrs. Nichelson ♥

Day 125.

December 3, 2009.

Day 124.

December 2, 2009.

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December 1, 2009.

Day 122.

November 30, 2009.


This ornament is hanging on my mom's Christmas tree. My brother's got it for me when I first got out of the hospital to start rebuilding our collection.

-Mrs. Nichelson ♥

Day 121.

November 29, 2009.

She sure loves her Sweat Pea.
He sure loves his MeMa.

One plus about driving for 9 hours during the day: I got a photo of my most favorite cross!

I love crosses. There are two in town that I have yet to capture on camera and there are either two or three on our road trips to Missouri (from Ohio.) But this is my favorite. It's huge! And right off the highway. Also, my first shot of any type of cross.

-Mrs. Nichelson ♥

Day 120.

November 28, 2009.

We went to Meremac Springs and it was beautiful!

Kevin's mommy, Dallas' MeMa, my Momma Mac

We took pictures of eachother ^_^

Kevin and I really love this photo of her.

And one of my favorites of my boys.

Isn't my hubby the CUTEST? :<3)

-Mrs. Nichelson ♥

Day 119.

November 27, 2009.

These two absolutely melt my heart.

Day 118.

November 26, 2009.

Happy Thanksgiving! It was our first in Missouri and I loved spending it with Kevin and his family.



Aren't they the sweetest?

-Mrs. Nichelson ♥

Day 117.

November 25, 2009.

Ever since Kevin and I found out we were pregnant with Dallas back in March of '08, and we told our parents over the phone, I have felt terrible about it. We were too scared to tell them in person and we promised eachother we would tell them in person from now on. (It's a tad bit easier any way, since we do already have one.) So, with that said, we were in Missouri and I always would want to take a pregnancy test (unless of course we were for sure we couldn't be pregnant) just incase if we were, we could tell his family in person. Without Kevin knowing, I bought a cheapo at the Dollar General next to the hotel we were staying at. It was $4 and I really thought it would turn out negative, no doubt in my mind. We get to the hotel room and I show it to Kevin and he calls me a dork and I go and take it... Wait a minute and look at it and I start to see a FAINT plus sign... I FREAKED! I told Kevin, come look at this, I think my eyes are messed up. Well, he comes over and pretends it's not even there so then I know my eyes aren't fooling me. Then, it gets bolder and WOOOW... Was that a SHOCK.

So, what does Kevin do once we realize... This is a positive pregnancy test. He CALLS his mom, while she's at Walmart (where she was when he told her we were pregnant the first time!) and asks her to buy another pregnancy test and not to get a cheapo (even though they work just the same, obviously... We'll let him think what he wants *wink*) because I just took one and it came back that I was pregnant.

HE TOLD HER OVER THE PHONE! That is what I DID NOT want to happen.

Well, she and grandma get to the hotel room... I take it and it's a digital and it comes back "pregnant" within' a minute (it felt like any way.)

I'm due August 7th, according to Baby Gaga. I go to the doctor January 11th and I am so anxious. It doesn't feel real at this moment in time but once we hear the heart beat, it'll make things more clear. We were in major shock but we couldn't be more happy or blessed.

-Mrs. Nichelson ♥

Day 116.

November 24, 2009.

Day 115.

November 23, 2009.

Day 114.

November 22, 2009.

Second day of hunting and Kevin got a baby deer! Boy was he a happy camper. He was disappointed it wasn't a buck but a doe will do. We still (in 2010 now) have some deer meat from this little thing in our freezer.

They were all surprised that it still had it's teeth.

-Mrs. Nichelson ♥