2 wk ckup....

Slade had his 2 week checkup today and weighed 8lbs 10oz and was 20.6" long...he is progressing well and will only take a bottle...so unlike his sisters. We are enjoying this lil man and the only time we hear noise out of him is when he is hungry or when he needs to poop! Already got those "male" characteristics down! LOL! He is a great lil sleeper..lets pray all this continues after Tom heads back!

Xmas 2008

We had a really nice Christmas this year. It started with the birth of Slade on the 16th....My mom was there with me in the OR while he was "hatched" and she was able to cut the cord! Celia and Christina were taking care of my kids and my dogs and I am sooooo grateful to them because I don't leave my kids hardly ever and esp overnight but they did a great job with them and my kids were well taken care of!!! A HUGE thank you to them!

We came home from the home from the hospital on the 18th and on the 19th at about 530ish I FINALLY got a phone call from Tom after about 3 days of no word from him that he was in Atlanta and would be home in 3 hours!!! Words cannot describe the relief I felt to know that he was safe and would be home soon to meet his new lil son and to see all his girls-me included!! My mom and Celia left on Sat morning and on Mon Toms family arrived!!! Mom, Dad and Troy drove straight through from Denver and Todd and Nicki flew in and Tom picked them up at the Austin airport.

It was a pretty easy going week...we didn't do much except enjoy lots of great food...starting with Nicki's amazing baked potato soup and rolls, the next day was Xmas dinner consisting of ham, green bean casserole, twice baked potatoes, salad, corn, fruit salad, the amazing Nicki rolls again and cheesecake. The day after mom made lasagna with garlic bread and we had left over cheesecake!!!!

Xmas morning for the girls was pretty exciting. This is the first year Elena has actually understood and had an interest in unwrapping gifts. It was pretty cute. Bella's first question was why are all the gifts wrapped in our wrapping paper....only Todd and Nicki heard her so the question went unanswered! The girls got a ton of Disney toys that have been sitting in my closet since May and things from Iraq and Paris that Tom brought for them! I got all 4 books of the twilight saga from mom and dad and things from Spain, Paris, and Bahrain from Tom....I have already finished the 1st book and I will be starting the 2nd one today!

On Sat evening Slade was blessed here in our home by Uncle Todd. Slade looked soooo handsome in his white dress shirt and khakis. He was perfect during his blessing. We are thankful that Bro and Sis Spencer took time from their family to come and be here at our house so that Slade could be blessed and we are grateful to Dad, Troy and esp Todd for being part of his blessing.

We have a lil over a week before Tom has to head back to the sandbox to finish out his tour-about 4 more mos to go....so we will make the most of this week. Slade has his 2 week checkup this week so we will see how he is progressing! mom has all the pics from Xmas and the blessing on her camera so once i get them from her i will post pics!!!! We love and miss you all and hope everyone had a merry Xmas and a wonderful new year!!!

He is FINALLY here!!!

Slade Marek Wilson was born on 12/16/2008 at 1059 am. He came via c-section and weighed 8lbs 4 oz and was 20" long. He is a BEAUTIFUL baby and is a good mix of both of his sisters. We are all doing good and still waiting on Tom to get here. Thanks for all your well wishes and support!!!

Quick Update....

Im sure some of you were wondering if maybe we had the baby and thats why I havent posted in soooo long but NO! He is still snug as a bug in there and doesnt seem to have any desire to emerge anytime soon!!! I am dilated to a 3 and have had the membranes stripped but nothing! We go to the dr again tomorrow but dont think we will have anything to report! We do have a c-sec scheduled for Dec 16..changed from Dec 12 because we are hoping that Tom will make it home in time for the boys birth....I am lucky that the drs have been so flexible with letting me change dates so much to go along with toms leave dates changing. Keep your fingers, toes and eyes crossed that he makes it here! The girls are driving me CRAZY...I know right now its a very short drive to get there but my patience for them and the messes and acting up is wearing very thin! It doesnt help that they have been sick off and on for the last month!!! We keep getting these random 102-103 fevers with no other symptoms! Our house needs to be rid of the crazy germs and illnesses before baby gets here so that he doesnt end up sick!

Thanksgiving was good. My mom came and made thanksgiving dinner for Christina and I. We had turkey, grn bean casserole, funeral potatoes, mashed potatoes, homemade rolls, stuffing, fruit salad, relish tray and pumpkin pie. It was all very good. Too many leftovers but very good!!! My mom was here for almost a week and helped me accomplish soooo many things in my house! Thanks a million mom! She will be coming out again at some point either during or after babys birth-of course depending on Toms schedule!!! The next entry will prob be letting the world know that the boy has made his grand entrance into this crazy world!

Veterans Day

Just wanted to take a minute and remember all those who have served in the Armed Forces!!! I have a Grandpa who served in WW2 and 2 uncles that served in Vietnam and now a husband and a brother currently on active duty and deployed. When I was in High School I was in JROTC and every year we would go and march in the Veterans Day parade...what an honor it was to be able to honor those who have and are serving. I am thankful that my child is in a school district that honors Veterans Day, that is not something that happened in my school district as a kid and I think it is important for kids to know and acknowledge this day!!! My sister in law sent me a story called Sack Lunches yesterday and at the end was this quote...I dont know who said it but it really touched me!!!!

"A veteran is someone who, at one point in his life wrote a blank check made payable to 'The United States of America ' for an amount of 'up to and including my life.' That is Honor, and there are way too many people in this country who no longer understand it.'" -unk

Thank you to those who have written those checks to the USA to keep us safe and give us the freedoms we have today...thank you for taking the fighting overseas so that my children dont have to wake up to gun battles and bombings and can feel safe in their home! God Bless the Armed Forces!

Denver 2008

All the sisters!!!!



Girls group hug



All of my mom and dads grandkids



Half the Wilson grandkids for Halloween



My pink poodle and my purple butterfly for Halloween


We had the opportuinity this last week to go to Denver for the week. We left on 10/29 and stayed at my moms house. We were able to spend Halloween with the Toms Mom and Dad, Tammy, Mac, Monique, Joey, Levi, Quinn, Tia, Deven, Shaeliegh, Tiff, Kayden, Tara, Lincoln and my mom. The aunts took the girls trick or treating-thank goodness cause I dont know that I could have walked that much and then carried Lena home like Tiff did! On Sat my mom, Steph, Celia and Toms mom threw me a baby shower and I was so glad to be able to see and spend a lil bit of time with friends and family!!! We got alot of really nice things and much needed things. Sat evening we went to Casa Bonita for Elenas 3rd Bday...again thanks to ALL the aunts for tending to the girls and taking them all over Casa Bonita so that I could sit and rest!!! I think everyone had alot of fun! We were also able to spend quite a bit of time with Paul, Steph, Mia, Kylie and Marcus. The kids had so much fun together. Bella and Mia are already BFF's-I hope Lena and Kylie will be the same way. We FINALLY got to meet lil Marcus and he is such a lil sweetie and soooo adorable! He is such a good baby-I hope my new lil guys is that good! The only down side to the trip was that I was sick the whole time and still am and that Lena starting having problems with her asthma again but thankfully we had the nebulizer and we were able to start her on those so that she didnt have to go to the hospital. The girls were also able to get 2 appts in with Dr Andrews at Denver Allergy and Asthma and both have been diagnosed with asthma and allergies now! They are both on daily meds and inhalers and thankfully they seem to be helping! We have 5 more weeks til the boy's birth and 6 til Tom makes it home!!!! I cant wait to see them both!

What a Blessing!!!!

I received this pic on my email this morning!!! This is my sweetie and my baby brother. Carlos is stationed at Ft Carson and Tom is stationed here at Ft Hood BUT Carlos unit is also overseas and just happens to be at the same place my sweetie is!!! Carlos' actual platoon hasnt made it to that camp yet due to lack of space but Tom and Carlos have been able to see each other a couple times now. It is such a blessing for me to be able to have my husband and my brother being able to check on each other even if it is only for a few minutes!!! I am sooooo proud of both of them for serving their country!!! We miss you guys and you are always in our thoughts and prayers!!!