Wilson's World!

Yes, I know, I’ve been slacking on the ol’ bloggeroo again.  A LOT has happened in the past few months to keep me busy.  Most importantly the birth of my third child – London Emily Wilson.  So get ready for the onslaught of pictures about to come your way!

 

 

 

 

The first time I held my baby girl in my arms – and yes, I was crying – from the pain of delivery and the emotion of that sweet girl in my arms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

She weighed 7 lbs 10 oz and was 20.5 inches long.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I LOVE this picture – Daddy sleeping with London at the hospital.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time to go home!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brooklyn and Liam love their new little sister, Liam will hold her any chance he gets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They are so cute together!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first smile I caught on camera.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apparently I can still hold all my kids at once – and take a picture!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Halloween was fun, we did trunk-or-treat at the church and the kids dressed up.  Liam was Tigger and Brooklyn was an adorable pirate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was at Thanksgiving.  We went to my parents home in Chubbuck (Pocatello).  The kids absolutely LOVE Grandma’s house.  Brooklyn asks me at least once (usually more) a day if she can go to Grandma’s.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grandpa holding London.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is at the park by Grandma’s home.  It was a bit cold that day but the kids had a lot of fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a good Christmas, we stayed home just the five of us together.  This is our Christmas Eve ham dinner.

 

 

 

 

Here are the kids in their new Christmas jammies.  On Christmas the kids were hopped up on sugar all day – I figured I should just let them eat all their candy in one day rather than stringing it out over a long time.  Brooklyn and Liam each got a candy cane full of M&Ms and a box (10 small packets) of gummies.  Liam sat and ate all of his M&Ms first before he would go through the rest of his stocking, it was pretty funny.  Then the kids were coming to me all morning asking for me to open another packet of their gummy treats.  Now a month later Brooklyn is still asking me, “Mommy, will Santa bring me more Toy Story gummies next year?”  They love those things.  I used to use them for snacks but stopped when I decided to try to feed them less sugar and more healthy snacks like raisins and string cheese.

New Year’s was also really low key, Ann came over for a few hours but left by 10 pm then Chris and I rang in the New Year alone.

 

Now here come more of those pictures of London I warned you about!  She is all smiles, a totally happy, perfect baby!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the latest picture – taken today.  Can’t even begin to tell you how much I love this girl.

 

 

 

 

As of last week my perfect baby London is consistently sleeping through the night – anywhere from 9-11.5 hours straight.  I have been so lucky with all 3 of my kids in this respect.  Brooklyn was sleeping through the night at 2 months, Liam at 3 months and now London at 2 1/2 months.

And just to even out the score a few more picture of the other kids.

 

 

 

Family Picnic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hello Liam – his new favorite thing to say “Hello Mommy”

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scotty and Liam in timeout (I think they are having too much fun for timeout!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Brooklyn at her soccer class – she and Liam started soccer about 3 weeks ago, they like it, they have a lot of fun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love when my kids get along!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well that’s all for now folks!  Hopefully it won’t take another 3 months for me to post again – XOXO

 

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First of all I have to say Happy Birthday to Chris!  When he came downstairs this morning the kids ran to him and gave him hugs and wished him a happy birthday, I think Brooklyn was more excited for his birthday than he was.  Ann’s present to Chris was watching the kids for a few hours today.  While she watched them we went to the Apple store and Chris bought ME a new MacBook Pro!  Yes – that is what I am using at this very moment!  I’m so excited – my other laptop bit the dust a few months ago, so it will be really nice to have a computer again!

Just 4 weeks or less until baby #3 is born – it can not happen too soon, I am so ready!  She is super active in utero and I think she is trying to tell me she wants out!  I will post more about the past month next week, (unless this baby comes sooner than later) I won’t have my pictures on this computer until Friday when the new IOS is updated.   Also in baby news, my sister-in-law is pregnant, my cousin is pregnant and Chris’s cousin is pregnant!  Not to mention at least 5 other women in my ward!  Pregnancy is so exciting, two of the ladies in my ward are on baby girl #4, I think that is so cool, but really glad I have a boy (I mean what would life be like without my spunky little Liam?).

Ok, well I will stop boring you with all this text and try to get new pics on ASAP – love you all!!

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August was so hot!  Didn’t really fall below 90 all month so we had a huge electric bill due to the AC being cranked (worth every penny I might add – especially when you’re pregnant!)  We had a small down pour one day, but even that day was super warm, so I let the kids go running out in it with no shoes or jacket.  They had a blast, especially watching the “river” in the street gutter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday I took the kids in to get their annual pictures taken.  I try to do it around their birthday each year.  I wanted some cute bows to match Brooklyn’s outfits so I decided to try my hand at making some.  The ones I did turned out pretty cute, I was excited – might just become a new hobby for me!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’m not usually a crafty type person so I was quite happy with them!

Last night Chris and I got a babysitter and went to Smoky Mountain Pizza to watch the first Boise Broncos football game of the season.  It was a great game and we won!  Chris doesn’t really get into the games as much as I do.  Luckily he brought his iPad so he wouldn’t get too bored.  At least he got some work done – it was kind of an expensive date after paying for food, tip and a babysitter!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

On Friday I had to go to the Dr to take a 3 hour glucose test – not fun.  First they draw blood, then you have to drink this nasty super sweet drink and then they take blood again every hour for 3 hours.  I get the results Tuesday, hopefully (fingers crossed) I will be negative for gestational diabetes.  My friend Breanna watched the kids while I took the test and Chris went with me.  I sure am spoiled!

Just a note to all my pregnant comrades out there (and to myself) HANG IN THERE!  I had a really rough week, like uber crazy pregnancy hormones going on.  Somehow I made it through and I am feeling a lot better this weekend.  Call a close friend (or in my case a sister) and let it all out, it helps!  Just 2 months left for me – I always forget how hard the 3rd trimester is!  I have a feeling they will be a LONG 2 months……..

 

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The last post worked so well I kind of got on a kick and decided to post one more!  Aren’t you so excited (yes I am talking to you 3 people out there that actually read this blog, hehe).  I have a lot more pictures and fun to dole out before I go to bed tonight so let’s get this show started!

So have I ever mentioned how much I love kids pajamas?  My kids have so many they never wear the same jammies two nights in a row.  However, I am also a penny pincher so I usually find them on sale (or Wal-mart has cute sets for just $5 everyday!).  So I found some on sale at Wal-mart for $2-3 and got some for my adorable nephews, Sam and Scotty!

Here they are modeling them while relaxing on their Mom’s lap. They say “Moosin’ around” so cute!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then on my trip to Pocatello a few weeks ago I stopped at the Carter’s Outlet store just outside of town and found some great deals on jammies.  Here is Brooklyn and Danika modeling the matching ones I got them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also found some for Liam with a dinosaur (he loves dinosaurs).  Here he is sleeping on the floor with his sister (they look like they are doing ballet, hehe).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This was 15 minutes earlier (with his cousin Tavon next to him).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I also got him some rad monster jammies.  Check out his cheez ball grin – his smile is infectious!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The feet on these jammies are awesome.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So enough about the kids’ bed clothes.  As I said earlier, I made a trip to Pocatello, it was just a few weeks after the family reunion but I had a friend I wanted to see that was going to be in town so I went.  I actually only got to see her for an hour or so (because I cut the trip short since I missed my hubby) but we had a ton of fun visiting Grandma, Grandpa, Aunt Melanie, Uncle Spencer and a few cousins.  Here is Liam playing peek-a-boo with his Aunt Melanie.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This summer we bought the kids camp chairs.  I think they’ve been used more inside than outside at this point, but they love dragging them around the house and sitting wherever they want.  On this day Brooklyn was relaxing while Mommy was cleaning the kitchen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

She also likes to play dress up to entertain herself.  This is her favorite costume, my cute little fairy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last week Liam woke up from a nap with red spots covering his entire body, I thought it might be chicken pox.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But it wasn’t.  The doctor said it was Roseola a viral infection that can be accompanied by a fever (he did have a very low one).  I asked the Dr if Brooklyn would get it too.  She very condescendingly told me only kids under 2 ever got it.  Well guess what?  2 days later Brooklyn got up from her nap covered in red spots.  Luckily none of it seemed to bother the kids at all, they just kept playing like they were perfectly fine. The Dr also told me, “Don’t let him go near anyone who is pregnant.”  Uh, hello?  Me!  Then she back pedaled and tried to assure me that as long as I was not prone to Rubella I was fine.  Gee thanks, I feel a lot better now, lol.

 

Also last week, my sister Bonnie was in town with her 3 youngest kids.  We went to the local splash park and had a blast.  It was overcast that day and not really hot (which I LOVED) so the kids basically had the water park portion to themselves!  Below is Brooklyn and Liam, with cousins Ben and Nathan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I have been trying to come up with fun new ways to style Brooklyn’s hair.  We’ve come up with a few cute ones (though I should get more help/tips from my super creative sis-in-law, Lindsay).  This day we did 2 braids then made them into little buns.  When it was nap time Brooklyn told me, “I can’t lay down, I’ll mess up my cute hair!”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This week my sister, Melanie is in town babysitting Ann’s kids while she is out of town.  Ann’s husband is still here so he watches them at night and Melanie comes over here to sleep.  She brings the kids over everyday to play.  Today the kids got in the pool, yesterday they just played with the toys in the backyard and relaxed.  Here is Liam and Scotty (notice Liam’s rug like hair that needs a cut!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So today I took the plunge and cut Liam’s hair.  It grows so fast I knew no matter how bad it turned out it would be fine in a week or two.  I was actually pleasantly surprised.  It didn’t turn out perfect, and I won’t be giving anyone else lessons anytime soon, but it definitely looks better than the shaggy shag shagness we had going on yesterday!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OK so I promise I will try harder to keep this more up to date!!  I do have something brewing that is really exciting so check back for the big reveal in a few weeks!!

 

 

 

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So this is actually my 4th attempt at updating this blog!  I just checked after writing that sentence and apparently the “Save” feature is working this time around, woo hoo!!!  However, I now feel the need to “save” my progress after each sentence just for good measure, still better than losing it all at the end.  So yes, my poor blog has been neglected.  So let’s get caught up shall we???

In July we had our Collier Family Reunion in Declo, Idaho.  Below is a picture of Liam walking with his Aunt Terri and Uncle Kevin at Lake Walcott.

 

 

I think Liam got a little heat stroke that day because he woke up sick and puking the next morning, here he is trying to sleep it off.

 

We spent a lot of time at Bonnie’s home (my sister), here is Brooklyn being pushed by her cousin Danika – they are so cute, they are only 6 weeks apart in age.

 

Bonnie lives on a dairy farm and we adopted one of her cute kitties and brought him home – we named him Bill.  Bill only lasted about a month at our house, the kids got scratched too much and the poor kitty got a lot of abuse from 1 and 2 year old.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have I mentioned yet that Brooklyn got glasses, how cute are they???  We threw a “Glasses Party” with her friends, complete with cupcakes and games to get her excited to wear them.  She does great with them now and her opthamologist says there is already a big improvement.  I get asked all the time how I knew she needed glasses and it is because she started going cross eyed in one eye.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a typical summer afternoon for us, playing in the pool and enjoying the sun (of course I usually sit in the shade and watch, lol).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just had to include this photo because I LOVE it~~  He climbed up there all by himself and was so proud.  Absolutely love my kids!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS Did I tell ya’ll I’m having a girl???!!!  So excited!!  We already have a name picked out – London.  Do you love it?

 

 

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Oh where to start…….

Well first of all I have lost 40 lbs since January.  I was participating  in a weight loss contest with 87 other women, we all paid $20 to participate.  When I first started I didn’t think I’d have a chance of winning any of the prize money because there were so many participants.  But I still used the contest as a motivator.  By about week 6 or 7 I was in top place but I wouldn’t let myself get excited since it was a 12 week contest.  I ate healthy, spent lots of time on my treadmill and did a lot of workout videos.  In the end I won the first place $700 prize – so awesome.

Two weeks before the contest was over I found out that I am pregnant!  The last week and a half was brutal – morning sickness and fatigue like you can’t imagine.  My goal was to do 40 miles on the treadmill the last week (I had worked up to 30 miles a week before that), but I was so exhausted that I only did 10 miles that last week and lost less than 1/2 a pound.  But I am already feeling less tired and nauseated so I am back to getting on the treadmill.

I can’t believe I am going to have 3 kids!!!  My due date is 11-11-11, fun eh?  Last Saturday Ann participated in a 5k race and I watched her kids.  My kids just LOVE their cousin, baby Sam and gave hime tons of love and attention, I can’t wait to see how they interact with their new sibling.

Sam loved all the attention he got too!

The other good news is today Brooklyn finally took her last dose of antibiotics.  She got strep throat and was just miserable.  This is how I could tell she was not feeling well:

She made a nest out of her tunnel, her blankets and a pillow.  She just laid there all quiet, which is not like her at all.  Usually she is doing silly stuff like this:

Oh the Pull-Up over the pajamas, I thought I would pee my pants I was laughing so hard.  She says, “I funny, Mom!”  Yes, Sweetie, you are! 

Chris has also been feeling a lot better too, yay! 

I sure love my boys!

Also we got our family pictures done last month by Chris’s former boss, he has done photography for National Geographic and the Discovery Channel.  Check out some of his work HERE 

Some day (hopefully soon!) I will get the photos off Chris’s computer so I can post them!

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This last month (February mostly) my family has been taking turns being sick.  Chris has been sick almost the whole month, Liam was sick twice and Brooklyn was sick twice (I got sick for a day and a half but that doesn’t really count).  Finally this morning I got Chris to cave and go to the doctor.  The doctor ordered a CT scan because he was having neck pain in addition to the cold and flu symptoms.  Good news is it just turned out to be a sinus infection and ear infection.  I also got the doctor to look at Brooklyn really quick and turns out she had an ear infection as well.  So antibiotics all around and some pain killers for Chris.  I’m so ready for this to all be over!

It wasn’t been all doom and gloom in February though.  Ann threw an AWESOME Valentine’s Day party for the kids.  They did pudding painting, decorated sugar cookies and made fish and butterflies from heart shaped pieces of paper.  Here are some pictures from the party:

Pudding Painting

Brooklyn’s cookie – she really heaped on the sugar heart decorations!  (And she wouldn’t even eat the cookie, haha!)

Liam’s cookie – he wasn’t as interested in decorating it as he was eating the frosting.

Chris was sick on Valentine’s so we didn’t go anywhere but his request was a spice cake with cream cheese frosting.  It tasted especially good to him because it was made with LOVE (and the kids loved sharing it with him).

Also February is my birthday month.  I spent the day with Ann and Lindsay and later that day my friend Breanna came over.  It was purely coincidental that they all got me Hello Kitty stuff (like a Pez dispenser, pencils, notepads, toothbrush, bandaids, bag, stickersetc)

Cool, eh?

Brooklyn and Liam have been spending a lot of time playing together and getting in trouble together (they even like  sitting in timeout together).

So this is Brooklyn’s face when she is irritated – so funny!

And here is Liam on one of his sick days – he loves putting the blankets on the floor and cuddling in them.

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…..and his name is Liam.  We upgraded to the toddler bed about a month ago, and he has decided he’d rather sleep on the floor.  Sometimes next to the door – as shown below.

Yes, I got on the floor and took a picture of him under the door.  He also likes to sleep next to his sister and in the middle of the floor.

Brooklyn and Liam have been really enjoying their newest cousin – Baby Sam.  They love to rub his little head and play with his belly.

We got one nice day last week.  Brooklyn had fun playing with the fence.

However, we have been trapped inside a lot lately.  The other day Brooklyn got on the forbidden treadmill (forbidden to her, not me) and started pressing buttons.  This was the result:

I felt really guilty because I had forgotten to fold it up like I usually do.  Hopefully she’ll stay away from it from now on.  She also skinned her hand and neck.  Poor thing.  I will never forget to fold it up again.

In other news, I finally cut up my last credit card.  It was truly painful.

But it is a good thing, it is going to get me to goal of being debt free. 

Today was warm again and we went to the park.  Brooklyn and Scotty rode on the red swing together (Aren’t they adorable?)

Last year it wasn’t that tight of a fit.

Liam this year:

Liam last year:

Sheesh!  He was practically bald!  Glad that stage didn’t last long. 

Please leave a comment if you read my blog (just wondering how many followers I have out there)

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It’s been a great start to the new year!  Mom came to visit last week, the kids loved having her here.  Every 30 seconds Brooklyn would say, “Hi Grandma!” 

Ann’s washer was broken for a few weeks so I got to have her over a bunch while she did her laundry.  We had a couple late nights.

We also had fun shopping together!

Brooklyn and Scotty were showing Sam the love!

Yesterday Chris and I needed a break so we called a babysitter and headed to Boise.  We went out to eat then went to the mall (which was so crowded you would have thought it was Christmas!).  We found a little kiosk with the cutest little tutus, they were only $6.99!  We got a white one and a green one for Brooklyn and some fairy wings.  They look so cute on her!

Life moves fast, stress is ever present, but the little moments we capture together as a family slow it down just enough for us to remember what is really important.

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My heart is so full this Christmas day.  We have sooo much to be thankful for today.  We have 2 beautiful healthy children, good health, a comfortable home and family that loves us.  We definitely have our share of trials but nothing compared to what many are going through right now.  This year I am really trying to not take my blessing for granted.

This year I tried extra hard to give service to help get me in the Christmas spirit.  I want to teach my kids more about giving service than getting presents.  I tried to teach Brooklyn about the meaning of Christmas, even though she didn’t grasp most of it, she will eventually.

Last night we opened our new Christmas jammies – the kids looked adorable in them!!

This morning was a lot of fun.  The kids got us up at 6:30.  We opened our stockings first – there wasn’t much in any of them but we had a lot of fun.  Liam got 3 dinosaurs, and Brooklyn got a coloring book, a toothbrush and a stuffed Cat in the Hat.

Then we looked outside, and since we didn’t get a white Christmas, this was the second best thing.

Gorgeous, isn’t it? 

I got a label maker (score!) and a hand mixer.  Chris got socks, a blanket and some Dave Ramsey CDs.  Brooklyn and Liam got some matchbox cars, a rocker and a few other toys.

Like I said, we are sooo lucky!  It was so much fun watching the kids play with their new toys, and Brooklyn has been going around a ll day saying, “Merry Christmas!” sooo cute!

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