HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

October

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMA!

Today is my Moms birthday!!

Happy birthday!!!

CAMPING

ozzies glam shot
gunner swimming out to nowhere

the dock

don't worry, she was warm

gammy made this beenie when she was born, I was hoping it would still fit

We recently inherited the Wilson family tent trailer so we took it up to Ponderosa (near McCall,ID) and took it for a test run. I had never camped in a trailer of any kind before and I loved it! Especially with Dakota, she was nice and warm all night because we had a space heater plugged in and didn't even have to use the actual heater in the trailer.

Then we took the dogs out to Payette lake and threw duck decoys in the water and had gunner fetch the little duck. Hyrum took Gunner out to the dock and gunner got curious about the water and took an accidental nose dive off the edge and just kept swimming out to the middle of the lake, we were afraid we would have had to jump in after him. SO FUNNY!

We were sad that we waited until the end of the camping season to head out, but we are ready for next year!

update of america

I think we are over due for an update...

Of course I'm going to be a cheesy mom and post plenty of pictures of Dakota She FINALLY enjoys some tummy time (THE MOHAWK IS NATURAL!)
Sucking her thumb is very naughty, but so cute!

Bumboing it up (thanks Jonelle, she loves it!!)

Solid foods are an adventure

People say she looks like her dad. This picture is a winner! :)

BLESSING

Kota gets a blessing 6/13/2010

From back left-Glenn Wilson, Raymond Lo, Hyrum, Clint Thomson

Front left- Ralph Jordan, Ken Wilson

we loved having everyone come for Dakota!




CAYUCOS

Cora owning the camera

Sea Lions

Buried Beck, Brixton and Jordan

"RED ROVER RED ROVER SEND BECK RIGHT OVER!"

cheese

We love going on our bike rides! Hyrum on his John Deer cruiser, sweet!

Festival of balloons in Boise

A pickle mascot,amazing

Hyrum, Dakota and I have been having a blast this summer! We are slowly figuring out how this parenting business works, but so far we love it! We love watching Dakota learn. She loves her feet and talks talks talks. I cant wait for her to say her first word ( probably gonna be "momma" because I'm drilling it into mind by walking around saying "momma momma momma").

We just finished our month long vacation starting out with Kota and I flying to Utah for Mr Bowen Pathe Jordans blessing. I love baby blessings, they always make me a little weepy. Then we went to Grandma and Grandpa Wilsons for a Wilson family reunion. WE HAD A BLAST! But, I cant prove it with pictures because I couldn't find my camera the whole time, so sad! We played minute to win it, went to the SLC temple so Ashley could prepare for her mission to Bolivia, went swimming and had some yummy campfire dinners.

After that we jumped in the car and drove to California. Dakota did great! She snoozed about 85% of the drive. We met up with the Jordan clan and hit the beach! Plenty of tans and games!

We are already looking forward to the next time we get to see our families but things are already getting busy for the next long while who knows when that will be!

I will try to update our blog more often so you wont have to catch up three months at a time!

3.5 months

One of my girlfriends out here in Star,ID is building up her portfolio as an up and coming photographer and asked if she could photograph Kota for her "Babies" section. Shes amaizing!!

ohhh baby baby

uh oh, nakey baby
ohh that face!

of course we have a helmet picture

squishy face

My sister in law Faye and my Mother in law came to town and we set up a little photo shoot in the man room. Faye is still going to doctor up a few photos these are just the rough draft, cant wait to see them!

Dakota Rae Wilson

Cousin Sadie

first bath


he's such a good dad




gorda:)

We had a baby!!

April 13th Hyrum and I went in for our weekly baby appt and the nurse took my blood pressure and it was about 140/100. Or maybe it was 170/100....who knows, its kinda a blur:) The Dr came in and took my blood pressure again and said she was worried that it was a little high, and that she would induce me that day. She said it like our whole lives weren't about to change drastically. I always pictured balloons and streamers to fall when she announced we would be having the baby. Ok, not really, but it would have made things a little less scary.

Hyrum and headed over to the hospital and they hooked me up to an IV, which is totally yucky feeling. I'm not a fan of needles AT ALL, and to have one stuck in your hand for 2 days is no bueno. But they kept me happy by keeping the grape juice and ice coming. They later wheeled me to the labor and delivery room where they hooked me up to some pitosin ( If that's how its spelled) and the contractions started kicking in. Remember that Im terrified of needles so I tried to let the contractions go as long as I could, but then the time came where it was to much and they called the big bad needle guy in. I didn't look at him once. I was afraid I would catch sight of that scary needle everyone told me about, and to be honest, the needle was the least painful. Its the part where he shoves golf balls into your back, or at least that's what it felt like. The epidural kicked in...bliss. BLAH BLAH BLAH yadda yadda yadda, here comes baby, push, push, push...57 min later baby Dakota popped out with all five fingers and toes. Not to mention the hairball on top of her head ( that explains all the heartburn). She broke the scale at 8lbs 9.4oz and was 20 inches long.

So far she is doing great. Shes dropped a few lbs because nursing is killing me, and she doesn't want to have much to do with it. But, shes still gonna make it. She does what most of us dream of doing, eat,sleep and cries when she wants to. But sleeping is her favorite, we even have to wake her up at night to feed her every 3-4 hours.

Mom just left this morning, so lets see if we can still function without her. We LOVED having her!!!

We have more pictures, but I will have to post them later today:)

Family pictures

This is our style:)

33 weeks

So this is pregnant Margaret at 33 weeks. Ohh boy, I'm ready to have a baby! BUT, Hyrum says I cant have her until my due date...darn. Everything is going great with the pregnancy. I don't think I ask all the right questions when I go to the doctor so I don't have all the tid bits of info that people would like. But, I know I am measuring right where I need to be. My feet and ankles think its cool to swell up into sausage toes and cankle nation and I see spots every now and then, we thought it was signs of preeclampsia, but my blood pressure is perfect, so I'm just starting to think its part of being pregnant. Hyrum has been so sweet with helping me do a lot of things. He puts my shoes on, cooks dinner, cleans and helps me get up and down all the time. What a sweety!

We are so excited to do family vacations this summer that we have to keep reminding ourselves that we have to have a baby first:) Annnd there is still lots to do to get ready for baby, like clean the carpets, so I better get crackin on that!

Heart shaped Pancakes?

That's right, that's what that's supposed to be:)

Something I was successful at was the chocolate dipped strawberries. YUM!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY EVERYONE!!!

McCall, ID

McCall, ID is about 1.5 hours away and is beautiful! We drove up there this last weekend to go to the Winter Festival where they do what some people call ice sculpting, but I call is snow sculptures. Still, amazing. We had fun watching the parade and eating some yummy Mexican food. It was nice to get out and see a little more of Idaho. Although we have been to McCall a few times before, never in the winter. There is a huge lake up there and it was amazing to see it frozen over, people were out walking on it, something I've never seen before. Anyways, it was lots of fun!

TAH DAH!

Much to my dismay I thought it would be time to share with the world what a pregnant Margaret looks like. So here is belly framing picture:) Big cheeks and all.

Explanation for how huge my tummy is-I have ZERO torso room for baby to grow so she just pushes her cute little way out towards walls. The other day I was at Hobby lobby (I could do a whole blog on HL, but that would just be ridiculous....right?) and I ran right into the cart with the big 'ol belly. I also just about shut the truck door on it too. The tummy gets in the way all the time! I see all my cute pregnant girlfriends and family members and I covet their loooong torsos that carry babies so beautifully. Even the ones that have carried twins (that's right Marin, Im talking about you) seem to have been smaller than me.

Baby is healthy! 10 more weeks! As my mom always says "onward and upward!"

UPDATE

..."Recently my wife has gotten a little lazy...or as she likes to call it, 'pregnant'..." Jim Gaffigan

That's got to be the quote of my life. When I first got pregnant Laura was living with us, and it was embarrassing to have her come home and see me laying on the couch with dishes in the sink and clothes everywhere. I was being lazy, or otherwise, pregnant.
The second trimester was GREAT! I had energy, I could go for long walks, and the house was ALMOST always clean (minus my bedroom, I have a problem with keeping my room clean, Hyrum loves it...alright, he doesn't). It was as if I weren't pregnant.
As of about right after Christmas I decided that work was going to have to come to a brief halt as of Feb. 6th. Swollen feet, sore tendons,standing for 1-3 hours per client, and a hand full of clients letting me know my tummy is awkwardly rubbing against them during their haircut has made me decide that some time off would be nice. I'm not being lazy, I promise, just being pregnant.

As for Hyrum, he's had some big changes at work! He no longer works for North Ada County Fire and Rescue, he now works for the largest fire district (is it district? I should know this) in all of Idaho. He works for BOISE FIRE! We are so excited! So far he's only worked 2 shifts with them, but he LOVES it! He gets to meet a lot of new people, and turns out there is a guys in our ward who works for Boise, and his wife and I have become RS buddies. His schedule is super amazing, he works 2 days on and 4 days off. That's right folks, that's 4 days OFF! Its nice to have him home. Some days he gets to act pregnant, but others hes cleaning out the garage or pulling boxes from here or there. But, what he wants to do every day is take Gunner out hunting by the river. This week is the last week for duck season, so I'm sure Hyrum will have some early morning hunts and long afternoon naps.
Also, Hyrum and I (MAYBE myself ) have decided that we will both go to real estate school in the next couple of months. It will give Hyrum something to do on his days off, and it will allow me to help bring in some extra dough while still doing hair. We'll see how that goes. Anyways, there is the update on our lives.
As for people who have requested belly pics, I really hate taking the "frame the belly" pictures, but Ill see what I can do:)

Christmas and a Mystery

Christmas was in California this year and it was SOOOO fun!!! We started the week off with a photo shoot at In n Out, no joke, we all were matchy matchy and cute together. We finished the shoot off with some tasty burgers. Christmas eve we started the day off with a Tri and my sweet man got 2nd place, he's so fast:) We had a beautiful Christmas eve dinner of ham and beef and everything yummy. Read The Story from Luke. Then Kerchief (Mom) and Cap (Dad) read The Night Before Christmas to everyone and we heard Santa's sleigh bells in the backyard and the kiddos darted off to bed.

Christmas morning we woke up when Grandma Pathe and Uncle David arrived and went to town on our Christmas morning cereal (Jordan fam tradition) and presents.

THEN, we had a murder in the house. Louise put together a 1920's murder mystery dinner. It was so fun to dress up and play the part.

We had so much fun and I can't wait to see family again in July! Maybe earlier!