Lincoln Edward Wilkerson

Welcome to our newest edition. We got to have him two weeks early. 5lbs 15oz and 19 in. Mom is doing great. Lincoln is breathing heavy, so is being watched over night. Doctors say we shouldn't be concerned, they just want to monitor is breathing and take xrays to see if there is fliud in there.

A very tired, but happy mom

A very happy Dad

Big Sister Molly

Big Brother Gabe

ready or not

Today when I was weighed at the doctors office the scale said I had lost a pound from last week. Amazing. When I'm pregnant I only gain mass amounts of weight I've never lost any. But my blood pressure is high. (Usually my bp is low, but the past two weeks it has been getting higher. I think I'm still in the "normal" range, but higher than I should be.) I wasn't nervous until the doctor said she'd like to induce me tomorrow. Ready or not here we go.

Don't you love the funky shadow behind me? Oh well.

38 weeks

Finding out that the baby will be making his grand appearance tomorrow helped give me the motivation to put away all the laundry I washed Monday. Yay for not having multiple baskets of laundry in every bedroom. It also gave me the motivation to finish this little hat. I'm hoping it fits him. It's tiny. If not I guess it will go to one of Molly's dolls. I think it looks cute on bathtub.

I found the pattern for the hat here, it was really easy to follow. I did add some 1/2 dc in there for more texture.

36 weeks

Last week I was measuring small so my Dr wanted me to have an ultra sound. I LOVE the ultrasound tech. She is this adorable middle aged woman with a slight southern accent. Anyway, I walked in and she asked what we were having. I said a boy, hopefully it's still a boy. She then said that she's never seen one fall off. I suppose that's true. (I've known 2 people who were told they were having girls and surprise they had boys.) Anyway right when she started the ultra sound she said very excitedly it's still a boy. Look at that his daddy would be proud. I couldn't help laughing. Our little boy reminds me of a snapping turtle. The whole ultra sound his mouth was wide open biting/sucking on his hands and feet. Now at least I know what he's doing when I feel like he's trying to bust out. As of last week he was 5lbs 5oz. If he comes on my due date and he gains 1/2 a pound a week he'll be my biggest baby (a little over 7lbs). I'm hoping he comes sooner than later. Everyone keeps asking how I'm feeling. S.l.o.w. tired and BIG. I'm ready for this little guy to come. January 31st I started having contractions. Go to the hospital kind of contractions. Luckily they stopped after about 40 min. But it gave me the motivation to finish washing and putting all the baby stuff away. I kind of have the feeling that because I am ready he's going to be late....

2 is better than 1

We've been talking for a while about using our tax return to buy a car. The day came. Last Friday morning our tax return was deposited. Later that afternoon Drew went out to "look" at a car. A few hours later he came home with a little Hyundai Accent, or as Molly calls it "the little van". It's so nice not having to share. It's also nice that the little van gets great gas mileage.

Be Mine

Candy Fail/ I {heart} Home Depot

Our weather has been all over the place. When it's sunny it's usually below freezing and when it's warm (high 40's low 50's) it's raining. So I'm always looking for little projects for Molly, Gabe and me to do. Sometimes it's craft related and other times it's food. Last week we made some Valentines Day decorations, cinnamon rolls and caramel popcorn. yum. I thought today we would try making candy. I saw this recipe at The Idea Room for Sea Glass Candy. It looked easy and pretty. I was excited about this one, I even bought a candy thermometer. Well mine looks like the pictures at The Idea Room, but it's awful. I burnt it. I added flavoring, but it tastes like burnt sugar. SAD. On the plus side Molly and Gabe had fun making it. Maybe I'll have to try it again another time. Maybe next time I'll also try really paying attention. Who knew that 5 degrees would make such a difference... Drew was confused as to how I burnt it when I had a candy thermometer. I think I'll blame it on being pregnant.? I'm not sure what my excuse will be next month, maybe that I'm sleep deprived.

Speaking of activities did you know that Home Depot has a kids workshop day every month? That's right the first Saturday of every month from 9-12 you can go and make a fun little project with your kids. I had heard about it before, but something else would come up or I'd forget. Last time we were at the Home Depot a really nice older woman asked us if we had ever been and told us all about it. So when we got home it went on the calender. It was so fun. Molly and Gabe got little aprons, made a heart shelf (Molly did all the hammering/gluing all by herself. Drew assisted Gabe a little.), and then they got a pin for their aprons with a picture of the heart shelf on it. Some kids had a ton of pins. Maybe that will be us someday. I promised Molly and Gabe that they could paint their shelves. I'll have to post pictures of that when we do it. Maybe that will be tomorrow's project. I love Home Depot.

Spiderman

Drew and I have come up with a few front runners for names. Sometimes I'll ask the kids what they think of a certain name. Gabe responds with "No" and "Good" about equally. Molly always says "that's not a good one". When I ask the kids what we should name the baby Gabe likes to give me friends' baby's names or he'll say Moses. Molly always responds the same way "Spiderman". It has a nice ring to it doesn't it? Spiderman Moses Wilkerson.