New Family Pictures!

Beautiful MaKenna

Makie and Lincoln

Mommy and Makie

Daddo and Makie

We got new family pictures done to include our newest addition to the family.
The pics turned out awesome! I just love them!! Thanks Heather Telford. You are amazing!

This website has a lot of fun turquoise items that I would love for home! Let me show you a few of my personal favorites!

This lamp is so amazing! I.LOVE.IT!

This bed is so awesome! I need this in my room!!

This chair is so fun!! Nice way to add color to a room.

Easter 2011

We had an Easter Egg hunt at my parents house the day before Easter. MaKenna loved running and getting as many eggs as she could. Her cousin Kai was so sweet and would put eggs in her bucket if it was a girl color. It was fun seeing all the cousins having a good time together.

This is Easter morning and boy was Makie excited!! She loved that she got Despicable Me! She loves that movie. She also got a lot of other fun coloring books and a darling swimsuit that I can't wait to put on her. This year I also told her why we really celebrate Easter. Don't think it made much sense to her but next year I am sure it will.
I didnt take any pictures of Lincoln but he got an Easter basket as well.

One week pictures

A friend of ours gave me a infant photo shoot as a baby shower gift for Lincoln. She came and took them in our house when he was a week old. The funny thing is that the whole time he was wide awake! But he was a good boy and let us try to position him and only cried a few times. Here are a few photos of his little photo shoot.
Thanks Heather Telford for these amazing pictures. You really are talented!

I do have to say that I have a very handsome baby!

Happy Birthday Lincoln John Neal

I will share with you the lovely story of Lincoln's delivery.

I go in for my regular 38 week check up on April 4, 2011 and guess what? Just like Makie, my blood pressure is through the roof. 162/92 to be exact. So the cute nurse tells me that she wants to check my blood pressure again and that she wants me to be relaxed and think of happy things. Well the only thing I could think of was, GET THIS KID OUT OF ME!! Once again my blood pressure is taken and it is still just as high. So they tell me to go to the room and that Dr. Ollerton will be in shortly to check on me. By this point Dave is ecstatic thinking that I just might be having Lincoln today!! He was way more anxious than I was. As I wait in the room for the Dr I am starting to feel nervous just like the day they told me that I would be walking over to the hospital to have MaKenna once my appointment was done. Almost like deja vu. But the only difference was this time I had my bags packed and they were with me. Just like I expected Dr. Ollerton walks in and tells me that he is going to call Labor and Delivery to let them know that I will be on my way there in the next few minutes. EEK!
As I get all settled in the hospital in my room I actually start to get nervous. I knew at that moment we will no longer be a family of three but four soon! After getting all settled with the pitocin and the Dr breaking my water it was now just the waiting game. Soon after that the nurse comes and and asks me when I want my epidural and I say when the contracts are getting bad. Few minutes later she comes back and tells me that the Dr wants me to get it ASAP so my blood pressure will stay down. When the nurse calls the anesthesiologist he is on his lunch break and wont be able to do it for an hour or so. By this time (12:30 pm) when the anesthesiologist actually makes it in to my room, my contractions are starting to get pretty bad and I am so happy that he is there to help with the pain.
My cute parents were there for a for a few hours just chilling with me, Dave and MaKenna. It was nice to have them there and keep us company. Right around 5pm my parents decide to leave and they take MaKenna with them. I believe by this time I was only dilated to a 6 so we figured it would be a while before I would have to start pushing. Dave decides to go get something to eat and while Dave is gone I all of a sudden get this HUGE amount of pain in my lower area and have the feeling that I need to start pushing. It is then that I realize first, my epidural has worn off and second that I may be dilated a lot more than ten minutes ago. Soon after Dave walks in and I can hardly handle the pain and I tell him to grab the nurse because I may start pushing on my own and don't think Dave is qualified to be the Dr at the moment. As the nurse checks me she tells us that I am ready to start pushing and she grabs Dr. Ollerton. Amazing that in less than
ten minutes I am pushing this little guy out. It was pretty intense because babies heart rate would drop as my contraction would come. Did I mention my contractions were less than a minute apart? So the Dr was starting to get anxious and told me I would have to push him out in the next few pushes or they would have to use the vacuum. I was having a hard time breathing so they had to put oxygen on me and I think that only made it worse. Within ten minutes of me pushing Lincoln John Neal was born on April 4th! 6 lbs 15 oz and 19 inches long. His lungs were having a hard time soon after he was born so they had to take him to start working on his lungs, so I only got to see him for a couple minutes. I was nervous but Dave would send me pictures of him and told me he was fine and they were gonna bathe him. I sat in my room alone for 30 minutes before they brought him to me. I was so happy to see my handsome boy. I just love him and he fits right in with our family.
We love you Lincoln!!

Happy Birthday MaKenna

Happy birthday to my sweet little girl, MaKenna!
She turned 2 on December 30th. I thought it would be fun to have it themed Olivia because it is one of her favorite shows! It took me some time to make the banner but she loved it!

I love this picture of my dad and Makie. My dad is such an amazing Grandpa! Makie loves her grandpa and the fact that he plays with her and her baby dollies!

*Cute lil Kinzley*

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Makie, Happy birthday to YOU!!

My big girl!

Delicious cupcake!

Makie opening her gifts.

Thanks to our family who came despite the previous day it had snowed a ton!! We love you guys and MaKenna loved all of her gifts!

Merry Christmas 2010

Better late than never! This past year I decided that the Wilkins family needed to start a tradition. So, my mom and I planned a Christmas party with all of us at my house. We usually just get together on Christmas day but to me, that just wasn't enough. Oh and to make it a fun party, I decided it should be an ugly sweater Christmas party. We had a blast!!

Adam the winner of the ugliest sweater! It was a beauty!

Edyn with her cute sweater!

Dad and Dave...kinda a dark pic though

Dennis lecturing my mom about something. And Kylee with her mouth full. hahah

Mitzi and AJ frosting the cinnamon rolls. Those are AJ's specialty. SO YUMMY!!

This Christmas was centered around MaKenna. She was in heaven Christmas morning.

MaKenna got a new table to build with legos, a house from grammy and papa and a car so she can go fast!

I attempted to make stockings myself this year and they turned out pretty good!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas. I know we did!

Kai's Birthday

I wanted to post a couple pictures from my nephew's birthday. The theme was "pirates" and it is so perfect for Kai's personality! It was a blast!!

GRRRR.... I'm Pirate Makie!

Cute Pirate Edyn

Each kid took turns to try to open the pirate chest to see the treasures inside!

Edyn

Emery

The birthday boy himself, Kai

MaKenna

Jackpot!! Look at all the fun treasures!

My Top 10

Top 10 for 2010
(not in order of importance)

1. Paying both cars off
   
2. Went to the Ellen Show in January
   
3. Finding out MaKenna is going be a big sister
4. Moving into a sweet house in Orem
5. Became an Aunt again to 2 sweet babies
6. MaKenna is almost smarter than me
7. Finding out the gender of our peanut and its a BOY!
8. Staying at the Montage Resort at Laguna Beach on Ellen's dime
9. Put a Ipod axillary cord in our car for MaKenna to watch movies
10. MaKenna saying her first prayer
    

IF ONLY...

Now if only I was half as handy as this lady!
This blog is incredible. This lady is inspiring me to become the handy man in the family. No dissing my husband in all but boy his hands are softer than mine!!! I kept showing him projects this lady has made and while I was at it I was throwing in a little...."See SHE made this" and "Wow, the LADY can make anything". No offense taken by Dave, his reply was "Well then, since SHE can make those items so can you." Not what I was going for but I guess I can do it too then. Of course with a little help of my father in law who has to be the best handy man around. When he is finished working on my brothers basement, I may have to borrow him for a few easy project that have to be made. Now, which project should I do first??? What do you think?

Go to www.ana-white.com for the great ideas!

Why Me??

Today has been one of those days.... I feel like no matter what I do its wrong or am being wronged. I guess I am going to have a pitty party. Wanna join?
I woke up this morning at quarter to ten and already knew my day would be bad. Its never a good day for me if I wake up that late. I was already feeling kinda down to begin with and so it was inevitable that I would end up feeling like I would just need to hop back in bed and sleep the day away. I almost did too. When it was time for MaKenna do go down for her nap, I almost went to bed myself. Too bad I didn't.
I keep telling myself its not healthy for me to stress or feel down, especially when I am prego. So this is my attempt to write down my stresses and then let it go.
So, here I go...
Stress #1- I lost my unemployment because my old employer appealed and won. Hope they have a great Christmas full of coal in their stockings.
Stress #2- Our heater/furnace is on the fritz we have had 3 guys out to see what is the deal and they have no idea!
Stress #3- I have no control over my emotions so that gets me in trouble.
Stress #4- I have so many items on my to do list that I feel like they will not get done in time. That includes Christmas shopping. (sorry Dave)
Stress #5- We finally were feeling we were on top of things then everything comes crashing down all in the same week. Is it ever going to end this roller coaster of good and bad? I would love a steady plateau of good luck. NO MORE UP AND DOWN!

Okay, so there ya go. Its out and now I need to buck up! To get me going on the right track I am going to list items I am grateful for!
#1- I am pregnant with a BOY!!! and that we are both healthy.
#2- We live in a fantastic home with a great ward.
#3- I have a fantastic family that loves me and I love them.
#4- We have no car payments... that is such an amazing feeling.
#5- Christmas is next week and it is the best time of the year!
#6- Last but most important, I am grateful for my relationship with the Lord that when I feel down I can turn to him and I know he listens and loves me.

Okay, time to be happy and relax and enjoy this time of the year and know that
"when you get to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on!" (Franklin D Roosevelt)

What did you say?

I just have to say that I love MaKenna! She really says the funniest things already! Here are a few things to add to the list.

Me: "Makie, those are Uncle AJ's candies, not yours."
MaKenna: "Okay my mommy. Its my AJ's tanny."
MaKenna thinks when we call her MaKenna, we are calling her MY KENNA. So everyone is my daddo, my mommy, my grandma.... So darn cute!

Me: "MaKenna, what do you want to eat?"
MaKenna: "PIZZA...umm.. hamburger and fenfries!"
This is an everyday response from her! She even requests that for breakfast!

Me: "Time for bed Makie."
MaKenna: " Okay mommy. Umm... bankie, tear bear and duckie too."
If I didn't limit her to what she could have in bed with her, she would have all of her toys!

Its a BOY!

On Monday were found out the gender of the peanut! When the doc started the ultra sound we instantly saw what we thought was male genitalia. So the doc said he normally doesn't state the gender right at the beginning but since we all saw what he did he just told us. He went back to what we saw and stated we were having a BOY! Dave was grinning from ear to ear. So cute! I really am happy that Dave will be having his boy. I think we just assumed we would be having a girl, since that is what us Wilkins girls seem to do. But I finally broke the mold! We continued with the ultrasound and everything looks great. We already have a 1 pounder and hopefully he will be larger than the typical Neal baby boys. I sure hope he gets his height from my side of the family. I actually really wouldn't mind if he ends up being as tall as my brother Dennis.
So, I do have a bunch of ultrasound photos but I am choosing not to post them because who wants to see the privates of someone elses baby anyways? PLUS, I am too lazy to scan the photos to post them. :)