Getting the nursery ready for Baby Wilson!




Brandon painting the trim in the baby's room!  The color we went with is called "spirit whisper"!   Hopefully it has a calming effect hahaha!

 

  The grandpa and grandma-to-be helped paint too! 

Curtain I found on eBay to match the bedding along with the mobile that plays "Imagine"!  One of our friends is going to make letters to spell out the baby's name after we find out the gender when it's born and announce the name (its a secret too!).

The aunt-to-be and the "big brother" Rambo with the changing table I found at a garage sale and the wall hangings to match the bedding that I ordered off of eBay!  The diaper cake is from one of my students - so sweet!

20 Week Ultrasound!

Here are the pictures from our 20 week ultrasound!  It was so much fun to see our little one kicking and flipping and moving all around!  Halfway there - can't meet this little one!!!

16 weeks and counting!

I'm finished with my 16th week now (or 4 months along!).  I know looking back on this it will seem like it flew by but I'm so anxious to feel the baby kicking and to meet our little one that it feels like time is just inching along!  So far this second trimester has been easy as pie though!  I have A LOT more energy and I haven't been sick in over a month now!  We just had our last check-up yesterday and everything is going great - heart rate at 160 - it sounded like a galloping horse!  We have really kicked it in gear getting ready for this little bundle of joy!  The first thing we bought was a beautiful crib we found at Burlington Coat Factory that was a great deal!  We've also been going to some garage sales looking for baby stuff and have had some great finds!  We found an awesome pack-and-play, exer-saucer, activity gym, a lot of toys, a glider, and a lot more!  We even found the cutest bedding and I've been ordering matching decor from eBay!  Finding the baby deals is my newest hobby - I get so excited when I find a steal and see how much I've saved!!!!  Here are a few pictures of what we have bought so far for our baby!

 Our beautiful crib!  I can't wait to see our little angel sleeping in there!

 We're ready for Halloween!  I found this at a garage sale and couldn't pass it up!  The baby may only be a few days old this Halloween but their costume is ready!  In case you didn't know - I LOVE Halloween!!!

Baby-Einstein Exersaucer I found at a garage sale for $15! Fisher Price activity table I found at another garage sale brand new for $10!

Our Graco Pack-and-Play I found at another garage sale for $35!  It's amazing - I thought I had won the lottery when I found this!

Our bedding I found at yet another garage sale!  It came with 3 sheets, the bumper, a comforter and wall hanging clips, and a lamp!  I've ordered the matching mobile, wall hanging organizer, book-ends, night light, window valence, family tree picture, tri-fold picture frame, hanging crib toy, and finger puppets all from eBay auctions to go with it!  It's from the John Lennon Real Love/"Imagine" collection from Carters from a few years ago!  It's perfect for a gender neutral nursery!

We're Expecting!

We are so excited that we are expecting our first child in late October!!!  As of today, I am currently 12 weeks and 5 days along and we just cannot wait until October to meet our little bundle of joy!  So far it has been a pretty easy pregnancy with only a little nausea and a bit of fatigue.  I'm feeling fantastic now that I am moving into my 2nd trimester and most of my symptoms are gone or reduced!  We had our first ultrasound at 6 weeks at got to hear and see the hearbeat (120 bpm) and just had another ultrasound at 12 weeks (heartbeat was 160 bpm) and saw the baby kicking and waving and moving all around!  It wouldn't even sit still for a picture!  We are waiting until the birth to find out the gender so we won't get to have another ultrasound until I'm at 20 weeks and hopefully by that time I should be feeling the baby kick!  I can't wait!

12 weeks - Ultrasound picture of the left profile of the baby!  It's head looks huge since he/she will probably be a genius!!!








12 weeks - The baby waving at me!  It did this right when the technician turned on the ultrasound - it was so amazing!

Welcome to our family blog!

I've never tried blogging before so bare with me - this should be interesting!  A lot of teachers that I know have blogs for their families that are really cute so I thought it would be worth a try!  I don't have a lot to put on here right now but we're planning on having some more exciting posts in the future!  Here is a little more information about who this blog is about:

Rambo Wilson - Our 2 year old boxer-beagle mix we adopted when he was 8 weeks old in May 2009 (a week after we bought our house - we just couldn't wait to add a puppy to our family once we got out of our apartment!).  He is quite a handful and always entertaining and we love him to death!

Brandon Wilson - My wonderful husband who is currently working at Kinder-Morgan downtown and finishing his masters in Computer Information Systems from U of H Victoria in December 2011!

Madison Wilson - ME!  I work at a junior high in Katy as an 8th grade U.S. History teacher and I coach 8th grade C- team girls basketball (we just won the district championship this past season!) and tennis.  I am working on my masters in Curriculum and Instruction/Digital Learning from Abilene Christian University and I will finish in the Summer of 2012!


Brandon and Madison in front of their new house - May 2009



Rambo - October 2009 (at 7 mo.)