Happy Valentines Day!

Sweet Parker is still fast asleep (its 8:40-but I had to give him cough syrup at 4:30- so who knows how long he will sleep for). Hopefully he wakes up soon, because I want to take the boys out for donuts this morning for a special Valentines breakfast.
Darin's in Florida... Again. Last time he was there I got to go too. In January, that is where we celebrated our 5th anniversary. We are definitely missing him. Hope he isn't lonely on this Valentines day.
Other than our donut breakfast we don't have any big plans for today.
I do have a funny story though. Actually a few funny things have been said around here lately. Mostly by Conner, although Parker has become quite the chatterbox lately.:)
Anyway, the other day we were talking about Conner's valentines, and his class valentines party and he said that if any girls in his class gave him a princess valentine he was going to have to throw it in the trash, because princesses are for chicks. Well, he did get some princesses and he didn't thrown them in the trash... in fact he had NO problem eating the princess fruit snacks that he was given.LOL
Also... I almost forgot to post it... BUT Conner can ride his bike now! I know that seems very late... At least I think it does, but once he started riding he just took off. Now he wants to be outside riding all day long! Yay! Its so much fun!
Hope your Valentines day is great and full of love with your loved ones!

What a disappointment.

Sorry to anyone who has checked this blog for the last two months or so. I have been such a lame blogger. My computer has not been charging well, so I am afraid to do anything I don't have to do before it dies.
Well, today it seems not to be rejecting the charger, so we will see what happens.
The last two months have been a sort of a blur for us. Darin has been traveling quite a bit and I have been pretty sick with morning sickness and most recently "intolerably low" (said the e.r. doc) blood pressure. Thankfully my nausea has gone away for the most part... So now I am just trying to figure out what to do about this blood pressure thing, while eating salt on EVERYTHING. LOL I'm not a huge salt person to begin with, so this has been fun...
Anyway Darin just got into town late last night... So this morning he had planned to take any boys who were "good for Mommy" last night while going to bed out for donuts this morning. That was a bit sad, because Parker had a really tough time at bedtime and we fought about it for at least an hour. So, Conner and Daddy got to have a date, and Parker has a chance to redeem himself today and then tomorrow he will get to have a date with daddy if all goes well. Lets hope! I know Darin really wants to take him.
So, while they were out getting donuts Parker went with me to go wait at a Lutheran Church here in town for them to hopefully call my name off of the waiting list. In hopes that Conner would get to go to school there. Well, I did get my name called, so Conner will be switching schools next year.:( We really like the school he is at now, Lamb of God, but we signed him up last year before we realized we were moving, and now it is just quite a drive. So... next year he will be at Faith Lutheran, and I am actually a little excited about it. It doesn't start until 9:30 in the morning (as opposed to 8:30) so getting out of the house won't be quite so hard. Especially seeing that we will have another little one in the mix by then.
Parker won't be starting school yet. I think in Fall of 2010 we can go there. But I am just not quite ready. Besides that I think it will be kind of nice to only have the monthly tuition for one at a time in preschool. By the time Conner goes to Kindergarten Parker will be ready for Preschool.
So... that is basically all that we have going on right now. Preschool shopping and dizziness. Thankfully Daddy is home for a few days!
Sorry its been so long since I've posted.

Is it so?!

I have now put off posting for so long that I am intimidated by my blog.LOL. I hope to get a big burst of energy tonight after the boys go to bed... Then I can post?! My nights for the last few weeks have consisted of my head hitting the pillow the minute I leave the boys rooms for the night. I've been asleep before them! So tonight... I will try to post a new blog to update for the last month or so.

Merry Christmas!

And a Merry Christmas it is here in the Wilson home! We are having a great Christmas!
... and a side note, Conner and Parker are expecting a little baby brother or sister!
Pictures of our Christmas to come.

Christmas time...

I love this time of year. I especially loved today! I got to snuggle with Parker for the last hour of sleep this morning, and we both slept until 8:30. That was wonderful. He is such a good snuggler. Seriously. Thank God for that sweet boy.

Speaking of sweet boys that I thank God for... when we picked Conner up from school his bag was sitting out in the hall (thats what the teachers do with the bags for when they get out of class) and by it was a christmas gift bag. I said "Conner look you got a present from one of your classmates." And he said "Mommy you can't open it until Christmas." So apparently the present was for Daddy and I. His teacher heard him say that, and she was so impressed, because she said that all the other kids either wanted to open it themselves, or they told their parents right away to open it. Well... about 2 minutes into the car ride home this is what I am handed....

and then I am handed this...

and then...

(if you can't tell this is a very abstract baby jesus in swaddling cloth- I assume it is very obvious since it was obvious to me... but who knows)...

Anyway, Conner was obviously just showing his teacher that he was listening when they told him to wait until Christmas for us to open our gifts, but he had no intention of actually waiting. Which is fine with me, because the first thing I did when we got home was to put each one on our Christmas tree! What a special gift. Maybe the best ever! Yeah, I think it was the best gift ever.

So... then we went and got some lunch and off to the post office to mail out packages... WHAT A RELIEF! I hate having that looming over my head, so getting that done made the day that much better! Came home, played for a little while, finished making Christmas cookies that we started yesterday, boys took a nap (all three of them) and I cleaned (another one of those things that has been looming over my head-yay)! And then when Conner woke up we played a game that he got for his birthday and for some reason we hadn't played it yet. But it was so fun!
Then this evening we ate dinner, delivered all our christmas cookies we made for the neighbors, and came home. Parker had hot chocolate and Conner had "nog." Then I got some snuggle time with Conner on the couch in front of the Christmas tree. That snuggly is so sweet, because it doesn't happen very often. At one point I started to get up to do something and he said "Mommy, why are you getting up for?" I immediatly sat back down. I didn't have anything that I would rather do. I just didn't realize it.
Anyway, then the boys went to bed and I did some more cleaning and watched a movie... Oh and Darin left during bedtime to go to New York... Luckily he won't be gone to long.
Anyway, I am sure tomorrow will be filled with even more cleaning and some organizing, and definitly more cookie making, because Conner's class Christmas party is Thursday, and I am organizing it. The kids will be decorating Christmas cookies, so we will have to make the cookies and icing tomorrow! That will be fun, since my boys LOVE baking. Especially the little one!
So... this is the end to my EXTREMELY long post...

I have some more pictures I'd like to post. I will try to do it soon, things have just been extremely busy around this house lately.

Happy Thanksgiving

Today we are celebrating Thanksgiving with NeMa and PopBob. The turkey is in the oven and man am I missing my double oven that I had for less than a year.:( I was soooo happy to get it, and it was so nice, and then we moved, and now I want it back sooo badly! Maybe my dear husband will buy me one for Christmas this year although if he does I might feel a little jipped because that was my Christmas present last year.LOL
Ok, it is Thanksgiving so I would like to just put a few things in here that we are thankful for.
First and foremost we are so incredibly thankful for the gift of Jesus Christ. His sacrifice for us is so great that I will forever be joyful the opportunity to spend my eternity with my Savior!
Secondly I am so grateful for my sweet family. I could have never asked for a better husband or children. Its funny, because I wished so much that Parker was a girl when I was pregnant with him, and now I am so so so happy he is the boy that he is! What precious boys I get the opportunity to raise. My biggest prayer though is that they are both destined to know our Lord and Savior. I hope that they will know him greatly and deeply, for the majority of their lives.
I am thankful for our church that we feel growth almost daily by being a part of it. Our pastor has a true gift from God of speaking truth to us, apologetically in a way that helps us desire to please God.
There are many more things I am thankful for such as the rest of our family, our friends, Darin's job, our dogs, our home, the food we will enjoy today, and tomorrow, and the next day. God has truly blessed our lives, and for all that He's done, we are so grateful. I just hope that through anything we will be thankful and constantly giving Him praise. Desiring His will to be done in EVERY circumstance.
I love Thanksgiving! What a great reminder to give thanks... the thanks that we should be giving daily.
Something else I am incredibly grateful for are my boys personalities. They say the funniest things. A couple of which I will share...
A few weeks ago or maybe even a couple months ago Parker saw a golf course and he said "golf, me." And I said well, you are too little to play golf right now and he said "dada?" And I said, "Yes, Daddy is big, so he can play golf. When you get big you can play golf too." So, lately anytime the words big, small, young, old... anything having to do with age or size Parker says "big-golf-me." And gives us this look that is so matter-of-fact. As I am writing this I am imaging it and it is hilarious! Everytime Darin or I hear this we laugh so hard. But I am thinking that you really have to see him do it. He's also been singing a lot. "Bado bado bado bado Badobado."
This morning we had to run to the store for french fried onions. You know, green bean casserole. I had forgotten them, and Thanksgiving isn't the same without them. Well, Darin took the car to work, so we were driving in the truck. In Darin's truck there is a picture of me. Conner asked "Mommy what are you doing in that picture?" I told him "I was flying an airplane." He said "Whats Daddy doing?" And I said "he was flying the airplane too. Daddy taught Mommy how to fly an airplane on our first date." He said "Who was babysitting us?" And I said "No one, you weren't born yet." and he said, "Oh, so we were just by ourselves then."
LOL, he knows that when we go on a date, they have a babysitter. He just has no concept of a time when he was not.
These boys are so cute. Just love them so much!
Thank you God for precious family!

Happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear Conner...

Today was Conner's 4th birthday! We had a great day! We started out with the breakfast of champions. A big bowl of captain crunch!
Then Conner had to get ready for school... To which he brought these yummy cookies that we made last night for his class. They turned out really cute! And we had SOOOO much fun making and decorating them! Here's some pictures. NeMa and PaBob are here visiting so NeMa helped us make and decorate the cookies! We just LOVE having them to visit!
This is us making the cookies...

and here's the final product that went to school with Conner today!

After school Daddy picked Conner up from school and took everyone out to lunch at McDonald's in honor of Conner. We had lots of fun! Then we came home and played cars and took naps (and opened some more presents). Ate dinner another of Conner's requests.... Fish, macaroni and cheese and corn. Well balanced little guy!:)

And then the boys got to ride with Darin to go and pick up his mom from the airport for a last minute visit! What fun we will have with our VERY full house. Now the boys are sleeping in our bedroom on mattresses on the floor, NeMa and PaBob are in the office on the guest bed, Grandma Wilson is in the boys room (which in normal times is the guest bedroom), and Mark and Kelly are in Conner's room and Corey in Parkers room! Wow, there are a lot of people and a lot of dogs here. 10 people and 4 dogs. Lucky for us we love each one of them soooo much! Especially the ones in our room!:)

Conner is having his birthday party on Saturday and he couldn't be more excited. We are getting a bounce house and he has invited all of his favorite friends. So we will have a load of fun... and one of his friends is actually having his birthday party the same day as Conner just a couple of hours later... SO that will be a really fun day!

A few weeks ago I wrote a list of 50 things I love about Conner. I am having trouble with my computer (so I am posting from Darins and can't cut and paste) so instead of retyping them all I will just put a few of them in here. Really I could come up with 50 million things I love about Conner, but I didn't think he or anyone really would be interested in reading a list that long:)... So I kept it somewhat short. Here are a few:

I love Conner's sweet and sensitive personality.

I love Conner's intense interests in whatever he is interested in at that moment. Enthusiasm!

I love Conner's typical answer for why things are the way they are, even when it doesn't really make sense- "because God made it that way." Like, why can't Buzz Lightyear really fly?

I love that Conner is very inviting to other kids. He may be shy, but I've not ever seen him leave another kid out.

I love that Conner loves his little brother and his daddy soooo much! And still has a special place in his heart for his mommy.

These are just a few things that I LOVE about Conner. But really God couldn't have blessed me with children that I could possibly love more than these two. They are both so precious, and my heart is melted everytime I kiss their sweet faces. Thank you God for two beautiful gifts!

Happy Birthday Conner, my big big 4 year old!