20 week U/S Pictures

So I am not the best with the whole scanning the pictures in thing, but here are my 6 photos of our little man.

The first one is a side view of his face, 2nd is profile view, umbilical cord, and his heart with 4 chambers, 3rd is BOY parts!!!

4th one he is waving hello! 5th another profile, and 6th you can really see his awesome spinal cord!

He was such a trooper throughout his photo shoot, some fun facts... He likes to lay just like mommy, with one leg straight and one WAY up, he was even sucking on his little toes at one point. He streeeeeeches out and leans his head way back. He is in the 96% for his weight right now, at 15 ounces. All of our measurements have me looking like 21 weeks and 2 days and today I am only 20 weeks and one day, they will not change my due date or anything because this could keep fluctuating with the pregnancy.

7 more hours

Dear Baby Wilson,
I thought about you and dreamt about you all night last night, (well I have been for my whole life, but you are so much more real now) you are growing inside of me and I love you very much. Today Daddy and I will go to the doctor to look at you on the screen and make sure you are happy and healthy inside my belly. Daddy is very excited to see you again today.
When we first learned of your news, of course I wanted a little girl I could dress in pink, and daddy wanted a little boy he could play sports with, but throughout the past weeks we have both gotten excited and anxious for the opposites as well, I would be thrilled with a little boy, who always loves his mommy of course, and daddy, well daddy I think likes his girl name more than anything and would be excited to use it.
But most of all we want you to be happy and healthy. We want you to grow up to be smart and be whatever you want to be in life. We want you to love everyone around you for who they are the way we try to. We want you to know that family is the most important thing in the world and there is nothing mommy and daddy wont do or fix for you. There is no amount of money that can buy happiness or love, for these things we will take care of for you. We want you to love God and we will teach you how he will handle anything that is just too big for you, after all daddy and I prayed for you and God made that happen.
I have wanted to be a mommy my whole life, it will be a learning experience for all three of us, but it is something we will all have fun with. I hope for us a house full of laughter for the rest of the lifetime to come for this perfect little family we are so happily creating.
We cant wait to see you today baby, If you are anything like your mommy and daddy you will not be modest at all and you will show off your goods loud and proud. Then we can go start shopping for you!
XOXOXO

A Mothers Prayer

One of my good friends sent me this for my first mommy-to-be Mothers Day!

It is so sweet and special... Thanks Joy!

A Mother’s Prayer

The Most Important Person on earth is a mother.
She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral.
She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any Cathedral--a dwelling for
an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby's body.
The angels have not been blessed with such a grace.
They cannot share in God's creative miracle to bring new saints to heaven.
Only a human mother can.
Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other human creature.
God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation...what on God's earth is
more glorious than this:
TO BE A MOTHER

And with this sweet one from Lauren, I am now weeping at my desk at work:

A Newborn's Conversation with God

A baby asked God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?"

God said, "Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you."

The child further inquired, "But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do anything but sing and smile to be happy."

God said, "Your angel will sing for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel's love and be very happy."

Again the small child asked, "And how am I going to be able to understand when people talk to me if I don't know the language?"

God said, "Your angel will tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak."

And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?"

God said, "Your angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray."

Who will protect me?"

God said, "Your angel will defend you even if it means risking its life." "

But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore."

God said, "Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you."

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could be heard and the child hurriedly asked, "God, if I am to leave now, please tell me my angel's name."

God said, You will simply call her, "Mom."

Birthday Dinner

Ashley from KC came in town to celebrate with me, LOVE her!
The girls and I....

And baby Wilson! Isn't baby Wilson going to have SO many amazing mommies, they are all already so excited about meeting him/her!

My wonderful hubby and I

Saturday night we went out to dinner at Trattoria Branica Wine bar with my closest friends, we all had a very good time, and I have to say I do not think I have had a better birthday, great food, great wine, live band, and great company! There is just nothing like being surrounded by all the people that mean the very most to you!

Here are some shots captured from the night, My friend Lauren has some cute pics of me opening my birthday present from Luke, he has been doing great at work and surprised me with a David Yurman bracelet, I LOVE his stuff and I told Luke now we can start a collection ;) Luke hit this birthday outta the park!

Sunday we got together with my family to celebrate my birthday and my cousin Blake's Communion. My grandma had been to this little place and wanted to take us, it was actually in this guy's 130 old house and they only do one family/group at a time he cooks all the food homemade and OMG it was the best ever! ALL breakfast/brunch food, ALL amazing, it was a fun family get together and a very interesting lunch!

Thanks everyone for a fabulous weekend!

Happy Anniversary!

Also, happy OPENING DAY Cards! Hope our Anniversary brings you some good luck!

Two years ago today, I was finishing up my hair appointment, getting my makeup done, hanging out with my favorite girls, and getting ready to marry my prince charming!

Our wedding day was the best day of my life and it was the day that truly all of my dreams came true. It has been a wild ride these past two years, but I have to say I could not be any happier today or change one single thing about our life together... ok ok maybe if I had it my way we would of won the lottery by now, or something like that ;)

But really I do feel very blessed that all of our dreams are coming true right before our eyes... or belly!

Happy Anniversary babe, I love you.

Ultrasound Photos

Baby Wilson at 12 weeks head, body, and a little hand in there!
Excited Mama Wilson!

These were scanned in, the top two are from 12 weeks and the bottom two are from 8 weeks.

How Luke and I found out!

Read first if you want a Recap!

It was a Wednesday night, I was supposed to "start" on Saturday or Sunday so I decided (after my friend Meghan saying I HAD to) take a pregnancy test. Once I took the famous one question test I could not believe my eyes, 5 minutes my butt, this bright pink line on the "yes" side showed up RIGHT away! I was a good girl and waited before freaking out, I even decided to chug some water from the bathroom faucet to calm down, my way of starting to be healthy?!? I texted a picture of the test to my friend Meghan who was home with her husband and friend doing some major home remodeling, and she called me right away and told me in fact what I saw was true! (she is kind of an expert on this) I must of asked her 150 times if it was right, I didn't want to get happy or excited if for some reason it was wrong! She assured me over and over again to go ahead and believe it, I started bawling instantly, something I have wanted for my whole life had come true! I've known I have always wanted to be a mom and watched friends struggle with infertility, and just like that on a Wednesday night God blessed me with a miracle.

Another post on How I told here: http://ashleyluke.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-i-told.html

I decided I would have Boomer tell Luke, he is after all our first born and I thought it would be a good memory. I quickly made him a shirt to wear that said "I'm going to be a big Brother" When Luke normally gets home from work, Boomer is very excited to say hi to him and tell him about his day so to get this on film I had to put Boomer in our room (I lie and tell Luke I accidentally left him upstairs when the UPS man came to the door) Then I tell Luke to look at the mail on the table so that I could get a good "shot" of him. His reaction is so speechless so the video didn't turn out as good as I thought. But like I said...a great memory for us, and for baby Wilson someday!

Sidenote: at the end when I tell Luke he is on candid camera, I should of kept the video going because he then thinks this was all a joke, he says "that was a mean joke!"... I assured him it was real and I am not THAT mean!

As we enter this next journey in our life, it makes me wonder how we will fit it all in a day, we barley do it now with no kiddos! That is why I am going to keep the blog going. not sure how many people read it, I know about 5 for sure (ha!), but to me it is a heck of a lot easier than keeping a scrapbook or journal for my child. I might try to be a super star and do both in the beginning but we all know that good intentions sometimes slack off in the end. Luke and I are so in love with baby Wilson already we feel very blessed that God chose us as parents and we are going to be the best darn parents we can be for this little baby.

Cardinals Spring Training 2010

Crab Leg Night, Our waitress was so cute, she was foreign and asked us if Lady gaga was a guy or girl! :)
Dave got the all you can eat and ate 5 plates of crab legs! Whoa!

Luke in heaven!

This might be my favorite picture of us 4, all very happy for the first day, and opening day for the Cards at Spring Training!

A new pitcher

Some of the Cardinals pitchers

The strip at Los Olas there were people and spring breakers everywhere, got to enjoy some fun relaxing people watching, ohh and Luke got hit on by a guy in a bikini, classic!

At Hooters people watching, The had 3 mocktail (non alcoholic) drinks for me to choose from, YUM!

We had a great trip, good weather, good friends, good baseball (even though we lost both games we went to) We went to some really fun places in Jupiter, West Palm Beach, and Fort Lauderdale! So glad we could go this year with Colleen and Ross, and there were plenty of little ones there having a blast so hopefully we can make it back again sometime! Loved the energy and the intimacy of baseball at Spring Training!

Now lets get this St Louis weather going in the right direction and kick off baseball season right.... Opening day in St Louis is on our 2 year anniversary, Go Cards!

How I told...

I found out I was expecting on a Wednesday right after work, after freaking out from excitement for a minute and a long phone call to a friend confirming what I saw was indeed correct I began to think about how to tell Luke, I had thought up a few situations in my head but decided to let Boomer do the talking, he is our first born! ;) So I quickly made him this shirt, then I decided I would need to get this memory on film! But Luke would know something right away if I was standing there with a video camera when he walked in the door so I strategically placed it hidden and had some mail for him to look at on our kitchen table. I will have to post this video, cute! Luke was very excited and mostly speechless but I don't think I will ever forget that amazing look in his face, happy and scared shitless!

My girlfriends and I had plans to go to the Melting Pot (one of our FAVORITE restaurants) for a girls night out so it only seemed appropriate to tell them all there, together and all in person. I had cards made up with Boomers picture that said "mommy and daddy are excited because I'm going to be a big brother, Baby Wilson coming Sept 2010" They all opened them together and there were screams, tears, and cheers! It was such a fun memorable night!

It was so tough to keep this from my family, especially my mom, she is one of my best friends and I tell her EVERYTHING! We were going to dinner for my moms birthday and I knew I would have to tell them then, my mom had already been with me and I opted out of the usual glass of wine so I knew she would get the hint if I was not drinking on her birthday. We were on the phone for a long time the day before dinner and I just couldn't keep it in any longer I blurted it out! She was thrilled, the next night I told the rest of them. My sister could not be happier, her little boy turns one this Friday! I had them all open appropriate clothing, my dad was confused at first, I think he thought his was for Bennett!

Two Pink Lines!

Yup that's right! Luke and I are expecting our first little miracle, we are both so overwhelmed with happiness, love, & excitement! Tomorrow (Tuesday) I will be 9 weeks along, we found out right around 4 weeks and kept it a secret for a little while. We had our first doctor appointment this past Wednesday and saw our little bean and its heartbeat, it was so special for both of us and made it such a more "real" experience. I absolutely LOVE my doctor, and she spent the next hour with me talking about everything and answering any questions I had etc...

Answers to the first questions everyone asks me:
Officially Due date is: Sept 27th 2010
So far I am feeling great, I am tired a lot, but feeling great!
My pants are a little snug but I will fit in them for as long as I can.
We are not 100% sure yet if we are going to find out the sex, that appt is at 20 weeks so we have a while.

Paint, Paint, Paint!

These pictures are from last weekend, when the painting began, it ended up being a pretty big project since our kitchen and family room all run together!
Our TV hung above the fireplace, YES! And you can see the difference in the paint colors from what we used to have on the right hand wall here. Don't mind the messy house, painting weekend got messy!

My happy little painter, Luke is so good he doesn't tape he just takes his time and uses his patience (both things I am NOT good at) and is very careful. We started painting last Saturday and finished up this Sunday, over a week later!

Christmas pt 2

This year was Bennett's first Christmas, it was fun having a new member in the family to share it with! He was napping while we all did our family gifts, and then he woke up and did his, he even got the hang of ripping the wrapping paper! Even though he didnt need anything of course he got spoiled along with the rest of us! My dad was getting B boy interested in this rawhide more than his own presents.
Bennett standing!!!!

Brother in laws

Grandparents

Dad and daughters

We're back!

We got back from our week long trip to Can cun Mexico Saturday afternoon, it was an amazing week. We ate too much, drank lots of fun cocktails, and laughed so hard we cried!

I had a great spa morning, with massage, facial, and pampering, and Luke and a day of golf.

We are so grateful for our great friends and for being able to do fun things like this with each other... sometimes you just have to get away!

A KC Halloween!

After much contemplation about the upcoming weekend, I decided to be spontaneous! I am very bad at doing this and realized that if the pitter patter of little feet ever come into our lives I will not be able to just up and leave when I want.

The original plan was to surprise my good friend Ashley in KC and just show up at her door Friday, but I CANNOT keep a secret for the life of me so I ended up telling her I was coming, She was still very pleasantly surprised and excited since she didn't have weekend plans either.

We had a great time hanging out, catching up, visited my dad at a cow show, went to a bloody mary bar (over 100 different toppings!) shopped at the plaza, (I am done Christmas shopping for 3 people!!!) and we went to a fun Halloween party on Saturday night! We decided at about 8 pm we would go so we had to use our imagination to come up with some costumes...

I was the bridesmaid and Ashley was the Bride (Mrs.Wilson!) for a batchlorette party Halloween!

I had a really great time and fun weekend, Thanks Miss Ash!

With one of my new best friends, this dog was AWESOME! Dancing with Rhonda the cross dresser, this guy kept his act up the entire night!
The BRIDE and I!

The blushing Bride!

FUN times! Notice all my BLING, that made the night that much better! :)

Go Cards!

Greg with his students
Cause we don't have ANY Game pics together... ;)

A, not so happy new little fan!

My Grandma Ad, Mom, and I

Wednesday my brother in law Greg lead some of his students in the singing of Take me out to the ball game, so we all got tickets to go watch and cheer him on. My grandparents from out of town also came in to go and it was my dads birthday, so an eventful week!

The game was my nephew Bennett's first Cards game, of many I'm sure, he didn't like it so much this first time, loud noises, lots of people, and he was tired...