Wee Wilson Tales

Well, this is the song that is stuck in my head as I write this blog. You know, the old Milli Vanilli song. I suppose it's because I have worked really hard to blame it on something ... anything ... because my counting method has just been impeccable. Ha! Well, I can no longer brag about that. Once...Twice...3 times a mommy - I am due July 8 th . So how did this unfold??? I will start with Wednesday (10/28) when I called my gyno's office and told them I needed to reschedule my annual appt . I said that I was all crampy and I just knew that I was about to start early. They encouraged me to keep the appt and just said to call Thursday morning if I couldn't come in. I went in for the appointment. Dr. Stinson was so pleased with how I'd lost all the baby weight, and my blood pressure was perfect! We even discussed my counting method as he shook his head (I don't take the pill due to the prior concerns with blood pressure), and planned for me to come in the follow...

What an emotional holiday...I love to be with my family. I hate that Lisa is sick. We had my mom's Thanksgiving at our house this year. We went to Corrie's house for John's Thanksgiving. Family is such a blessing! Not only did we accomplish the pictures at Portrait Innovations that you already saw...we also went to Then Enchanted Forrest, Red Robin, and Ronin tackled walking up the steps.

I say it every time, but taking the kids to have their pictures made is soooo very exhausting. I look around in the studio, and I feel that no one struggles quite like me with this process. I seriously left after an hour with sweat pouring down my skin, and my hair all tangled into a mess. It's such a struggle to get them in one spot, and STAY there, and to smile. It just rarely happens. I left Portrait Innovations surprised (yet again) that any of the pictures actually had my kids in them, and that some of them were okay. I bit the bullet and decided enough was enough...I ordered my Christmas cards there too. No sense in making another hair pulling day out of me chasing them around with a camera trying to catch the perfect Christmas card picture. Karen and I had a good day though, and it's fun for the kids to get out and do something new. We left PI and went to eat at Red Robin. Then we took the kids to the Enchanted Forest. It's just a tradition. My mom took Karen & m...