Past Halloweens

I love looking back at the previous years- the time seems to go by so quickly! I will post this years pictures soon!

Frontier & Family

My dad's company is a sponser for Christmas Carousel this year and we needed to put together a big picture to hang in the gallery of one of the lots and my kids! Jr League sent out an amazing photographer and of course it was cold and windy but we got some great pictures- these are some of my favorites:










I can't wait to see what the final product looks like! Check out Jason's website he is great to work with!

http://www.jasonmcd.com/

My girl

Here is a look back at my sweet girl growing up before my very eyes! I love you so much KenzieKay!

Makenzie Grace is 5 years old!

My girl is 5 years old- I can NOT believe it! I remember being pregnant and bringing her home from the hospital and feeding and changing her and now she is a big girl! Makenzie has the sweetest heart she is such a doll and she wants to know why things are the way they are- she asked me the other day why the boys in her class at Rainbow always get in trouble :) She is a pleaser (Sorry sis you got that from me) and a helper and is always eager to learn new things. She has a pretty big vocabulary and it cracks me up sometimes because she tries to use words that she doesn't quite understand what they mean or she just makes up a word. She is so smart and is always dancing around and singing. She really loves gymnastics, ballet and church choir. She is the best Big Sister to Alex and she is very interested in playing the piano. She loves to be outside but is very concerned about wasps and fire ants. She likes to pick out her own clothes and shoes and how she wants her hair (right now she is growing it out to the floor) and I try really hard not to say anything unless it is picture day at school or something. She likes to plan things out in her head and sometimes get sad if they don't go just as she had planned. She is my beauty, my angel from God and I am so grateful for his wonderful gift that He has given me.



For her birthday we make cupcakes for her class at school and that night she got to pick where we ate dinner with my parents- of course Chuck E Cheese! And then her party was that weekend- a 50's party at the Grace Museum- she had a wonderful birthday! She has a lot of people that love her so much and she brings a smile to a lot of faces!

11 months ago...

Last night we had a Jr League meeting at Abilene Regional and the new Neonatologist was our guest speaker and hearing him talk about babies being premature and having to stay in the NICU for weeks and months reminded me of where we were 11 months ago.

Alexander was not by any means premature- he was 8 pounds and 21 inches- but the labor went too fast and apparently he was in shock when he was born. I got to hold him for a few seconds before they took him away from me. He was born at 11:36am and I knew they had to give him a bath and check him out but I had no idea what we were in for. A few hours after labor they moved me to my regular hospital room and I kept asking the nurses when I could see my baby and no one would tell me anything. I found out later that my parents had talked to one of the labor and delivery nurses because they could tell that something was wrong and they asked the nurse if he was going to be ok and she could not give them an answer.

It is hard to get any information at a hospital and 4 hours had gone by and no one would tell me anything. My parents, my brother and Bryan's parents were waiting to meet baby Alex. People had come and gone, bringing gifts and their congratulations and what I thought would be one of the happiest days of my life was turning into one of the scariest.

Finally someone told me that he was in the NICU, he had some fluid in his lungs and the Dr was doing his rounds and we could go see him at 5:30. We had been waiting 6 hours and so Bryan and I were there at exactly 5:30- we had be buzed into the NICU, sterilize our hands and put on these yellow plastic robes. Then they led us to our son- he was hooked up to lots of machines, had an iv in his little hand, and a tube in his nose and down his throat and patches on his chest to measure his temp and heartbeats and he was under warming lights. He was asleep with all the machines beeping and babies crying and nurses doing all their routine stuff he was asleep. I was scared to touch him. I felt guilty like this was my fault somehow, that I could have done something to prevent this.

Makenzie got to meet her brother around 10 that evening- I was scared she would not understand what was going on but she did really great and washed her hands and put on the huge plastic robe and we taped a picture she had made for him in her Big Sister class on his bed. She asked what all the machines and tubes were for and we tried to answer her honestly. I was glad she didn't know how frightening this all was- she just thought that all big brothers and sisters go see their baby wearing plastic robes so the babies don't get any germs.
Our First Family Picture- can you tell I had been crying alot? My eyes were swollen shut practically. I stayed in the hospital 3 nights. They never rolled Alex into my room in that little baby bed. I was told when I could and could not see my baby. It was terrible. Then I went home. Without my baby. He had been with me for 9 months and now he wasn't with me. I went to the grocery store- I wasn't pregnant- but I didn't have my baby- it was so strange. I didn't know what to do with myself. I pumped alot of milk- that was all I could do to help him.

We started making some progress, they took him off his oxygen, took his feeding tube out, we got to give him a bottle, turned off the heating lights- then he started getting jaundice so they put him under some tanning lights. We just needed to get off of IV fluids and make sure he can maintain a constant temperature and oxygen level in his blood.


I had to take a baby CPR class before they would let me take Alex home, but on November 20th at 9pm we brought our baby boy home for the first time. I was so happy to be able to hold my baby without all the cords that attached him to machines and I could hold him whenever I wanted to and people could finally meet him and they could hold him! All these things I took for granted when I had Makenzie. But you really can not understand what a blessing a healthy child is until you experience the other side of it. I thought everything was going to be as smooth and easy as it was with Makenzie, but it wasn't, it was very different. It was a terribly hard experience but I am so thankful to the NICU nurses and doctor for taking such good care of my baby. And although I did not appreciate the restrictions and rules and the bill that came with the NICU- I would give anything for my happy healthy little boy. I thank God for giving him to me! He is so sweet and loves to talk in baby jibber jabber and he has a little temper when he doesn't get his way. He is our big strong healthy boy and I have LOVED these past 11 months with him!

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I can't believe you are almost 1 my baby! This year has flown by! Mommy loves you Alexander Ray! I am so excited to celebrate your 1st birthday with you! I thank God for you my son!

Computer Virus

"Mommy why did we have to get a new computer?"
"Because someone sent us a virus"
"What is a virus?"
"It is something people can send you that makes your computer sick and broken"
"Why would some boy or girl want to do that?"
"I do not know sis"
"They must be really mean"

If something random pops up on our computer screen and you are not 100% sure what it is- DO NOT CLICK ON IT!!! This thing looked really official "from Windows Defender" and I totally fell for it- then this thing pops up saying I have spyware detected and to click here to remove it- so I clicked again and it was all downhill from there- it was a virus telling me I had a virus or something like that. Finally my computer just kept restarting and restarting and luckily I paid geek squad $150 to retrieve all my pictures (4 dvds full) but I was freaking out for a while so please BACK UP your stuff! And of course all this happened while I was trying to make Makenzie's birthday invitations and print nametags for our wed night bible study- but everything worked out just fine and I am loving our new computer and wireless printer!!! But the whole ordeal was very annoying so friends beware!

2am = My time

Seriously, I don't know how mom's with multiple children keep up with these things! There seems to never be enough time!! I am currently planning Makenzie's 5th birthday (she wants a 50's party) and then there is Halloween and then Alexander turns 1!! I can not believe it! The days seem to go by faster and faster! We are still trying to get settled into our house and there is always something that needs to be done!! Bryan hates it when I stay up this late- but every now and then I just have to get some things done!

What is going on with the Wilsons?


Makenzie Grace is my beauty- inside and out. She is such a sweet girl and is enjoying gymnastics, ballet and church choir. She loves watching America's Got Talent and is learning how to play songs on her little pink piano so that she can go on that show :) We were very sad that our favs didn't win. She is such a big help to me and at times is pretty stubborn and I get so frusterated but really it is because she reminds me of ME!! Never just taking no for an answer. But she really is such a good girl- very smart and polite and trying to figure everything out. She loves making cards for people and she is constantly asking me how to spell things and spelling things out to me asking what that spells- she hasn't quite got the hang of spaces yet and alot of the times she tries to make up words and she doesn't understand why QTMYRFD doesn't spell anything. This morning at church she drew a picture of our family- all stick figures, I was holding Alex and she labeled each of us: DADA, MOMMY, MAKENZIE, ALEXAN(on the next line)DER :)

Alexander Ray is my precious baby boy! He is such a BOY! I am learning that boys and girls are VERY different! A few weeks ago Alex was playing in the den we were all winding down and all of a sudden he starts screaming!! He was pulling up on our iron rod magazine rack that I had blocking the TV cords because I knew he could never pull it over- well he didn't pull it over but he did fall and knock his front top tooth to where it was sticking out about 90 degrees from where it should be. There was blood everywhere and it took all I had not to freak out! We took him to the ER and Dr. Smith pulled it out so my baby will be without a tooth for about 4 years! He is such a happy baby and I love how he crawls with his left knee and right foot sometimes. He is learning his way around the house and even went from the den with Bryan tonight through the kitchen down the hall to find us in Makenzie's room! He crawls so fast and is on the verge of taking his first step!! I am still trying to baby proof!! This is my favorite Cheese smile he does- and this is one of the last pics with two top teeth :(

Bryan and I have been married for over 5 years now! That is so crazy! I still remember the night I first met him- Thanks to Tyler Lawrence and Heather Edmondson, Nutcracker weekend and Spanos. We have been through ALOT together, good times and bad but we are stronger now and I thank God for bringing us together! We just got back from a Cruise to Alaska and it was wonderful!! Alaska is so beautiful and the weather was refreshing! It was like a week long date! We went to shows on the ship, played some blackjack, ate some incredible food, looked out on the ocean, Bryan sang kareoke to me, we went on an ocean raft and then rode a rino up to a volcano, watched whales jumping out of the ocean, saw some massive glaciers, explored Alaska together and in Juneau Bryan bought me a new diamond for my wedding ring! It is so beautiful! I told him that wasn't necessary- but he insisted- my sweet husband- I love him alot!


The Wilson's are doing pretty good. I feel so blessed!