Our Baby Nursery!!

We have been greatly anticipating this baby girl for some time but now it is time to get everything in order for the big day! We have been slowly cleaning out the guest room so it could become a nursery!

We purchased a crib, diaper table and glider and finished setting it all up in June. We still had a few things to take care of and we kept trying but we couldn't get it done!

Than I had a fabulous shower thrown by my sisters Lindsay, Julie and Erin on July 6th and got more baby stuff that we needed to find a home for! This past weekend I also went shopping to picke up some remaining items!

Phil and I kept meaning to work on the room each evening but we had other things we had to take care of first. So on Wednesday I came home for lunch and again we discussed that we wanted to get the room finished! To my surprise when I got home from work Phil had completely taken care of the room! He had even put the bedding in the crib and put things on the changing table and cleaned it. It was the best present ever! I love walking by and looking at it and am very excited to have a baby who lives in that room! Thank you so much Phil!! I love you!






The little outfit in the crib is what we plan on bringing her home in with a cute little yellow bow that I got from Erin at my shower!

I am also planning to get butterfly decals to decorate the walls with this weekend!!

Utah Valley Marathon

Last October when Lindsay, Julie, Phil and I were running the Denver relay and Denver half marathon we decided to run the Utah Valley Marathon after seeing a booth at the Denver race expo. I signed Phil and I up for the full marathon as an anniversary present. Julie and Lindsay followed by signing up shortly thereafter. Phil and I knew I might not be able to run it if I got pregnant but knew I could defer my registration to 2012 if needed. We were right, I was pregnant by December and the race was out for me.

In February, Phil started out on his marathon training! There were many ups and downs and it was harder because he didn't have me or his friend Justin as a running buddy. Fortunately, Phil and Uncle John were able to get a few long runs into together! Phil was really discouraged towards the end of training and didn't feel like he was doing very well but after some motivation from Julie and I he was determined to do the race!!

We arrived in Utah on Friday afternoon and had a yummy carb-loading dinner with Julie, Lindsay, Adam, John and some of Lindsay and Julie's friends who were also running the race to get prepared!

They all spent the night at the Marriott and woke up very early to head up the mountain for the race.

The support team headed over to the race around 8:30 to make sure we were there in time for the big finish. We just didn't know who would finish first and how fast so we were there in plenty of time! We enjoyed watching all the runners come in and had much anticipation waiting for our runners! First Adam came in at about 4 hours. He did a great job!

Than we waited a bit more and suddenly I got a text from Marilee saying the Julie's dad had seen Phil and was headed to the finish! He finished just under 5 hours official time. I was so proud of him!! John finished about 2 minutes after that and than Julie and than Lindsay finished it out! They were all fairly close together! We were concerned about Lindsay because Julie said she had a foot issue possibly a stress fracture:( but she finished like a trooper!

I was so proud of all of them and am excited to get to try it out next year! It will be motivation to get back in shape after the baby comes!

Here are some pictures to enjoy!

26 Weeks!!

As promised here is a picture of the growing belly at 26 weeks!! All is going well so far, I had the glucose test done today so hopefully all is well there! We registered for gifts last week which was a tad overwhelming with all the baby stuff out there! This week we have a hospital tour scheduled at Sky Ridge. We are also planning to order the nursery furniture soon so we can get our baby girls room all ready! We are very excited! I knew once May hit things would start flying by and they have! I am sure during my last month it will slow way down again!

We are having beautiful Baby Girl!!!!

Yesterday we found out whether we were having a girl or boy next summer!! It was so fun to watch the ultrasound looking at everything and seeing our baby! We asked the tech to please wait until Grandma LouLou got there before she told us what we are having. Everything is growing really well....and after much anticipation we found out we are having a baby girl! Here is a picture of her!

Of course I started crying tears of joy because it made everything so real! Phil pretended he was tough but got teary eyed too! LouLou and Phil had a hug and we kept on with the ultrasound! We love her so much already! We do have a name picked out but are choosing to keep that a surprise! Her middle name will be Lola after Grandma Wilson!
Phil is super excited and she already has him wrapped around her finger! Now he has two girls in his life he can't say no too! He will be such a great Dad!
A fun side note was when we finally saw the doctor she pointed out that our girl has long legs!! So surprising since her mother has no lack for legs!!

Belly at 16 weeks!

Here are a couple of photos of my growing belly at 16 weeks! Things have gone pretty well! I am still pretty tired but don't feel sick to my stomach anymore! So far I am growing all out in front and hope it stays that way but we will see! We have been able to see the baby twice on ultrasound and heard the heartbeat yesterday! It is so cute to see Phil's eyes light up at our doctors appointments when we get to see or hear our precious baby! We are very excited to find out what the sex of the baby is on April 21st!! Sorry about the 2nd picture, I had no make up on for the day yet!

Close up of belly!

Sorry for the no makeup!

We're Pregnant and Christmas!!

Two weeks before Christmas Phil and I found we are expecting our first baby!! We were super excited and anxious to tell everyone but thought it would be the most fun to wait and announce the news on Christmas Day! It was tough to keep the fun secret....especially when the Brinks were over for dinner and Papa asked why we had pink and blue frosting and did we have something to announce?? The frosting was just a coincidence but we had to play it off!
We decided we were going to create a card for each of our families and have them opened on Christmas Day! These are the pictures included on the card...



We were successful in keeping the secret from family until right before the Christmas chaos began....we saw this really small stocking next to ours and thought someone had figured it out. Matt saw us talking about it and put two and two together. Come to find out the stocking was going to be used for Savannah but it was great that Matt new so he could videotape when Papa and LouLou opened the card.


It was a fantastic Christmas morning and was so fun to share the news!! After the presents Phil and I headed to Castle Rock for a lovely Christmas dinner with the Thompsons! We were again excited to share the news with loved ones! Dad opened the card but it took him some time to figure out what was on the card! Cheryl figured it out immediately and started jumping up and down!


It was such a great day and we are extremely excited to welcome our baby next August! We know with both of our great families our baby will be very loved!

Thanksgiving 2010!

For Thanksgiving this year, we decided to stay in Denver and spend a quiet Thanksgiving with Papa, LouLou, Josh and Taylor!! We had a great time watching football and eating, eating and eating! I headed over Thursday morning and provide lemon jello, deviled eggs, 7-layer dip to fill our tummies! I enjoyed watching the Macy's Day parade and taking some time to rest after a busy week of work! Phil drove down that morning and made it in time for a delicious feast! Here are some pictures to enjoy from that day!

Fun October Weekend!!

So my birthday weekend Lindsay and Julie decided to come to Denver to visit during the kids fall break! TJ and Colton also decided to come just a day later! As usual we had many events we wanted to do!
On Friday, we headed to Taylor's Cross Country meet to cheer him on! It is amazing how fast he is! I wish I could run 3.1 miles in 20 minutes but I hit about 30 minutes!




It was fun to see him do so well and that we could all be there to celebrate!

Afterwards for a yummy birthday dinner we headed to my favorite mexican restaurant for my birthday dinner! It was so nice to have so many people there for my 32nd birthday!! Phil bought us yummy cupcakes to have for my birthday dessert!
Saturday we headed to Josh's football game! While they lost the game it was fun to be there cheering him on together!!
Sunday Lindsay, Julie, Phil, Taylor, Justin (Phil's good friend) and Lou Lou headed downtown for the Denver RocknRoll marathon!! Phil and Justin were both running their first half marathon! Lindsay, Julie, Taylor and I made up an awesome relay team!! Lou Lou was our driver and did a great job for us! Phil did an awesome job and finished in 2 hours 7 minutes! We are pumped to try to run a marathon in Utah in June!! Our relay team kicked butt too all doing well on our runs!!
It was a fabulous weekend and had so much fun with everyone!

Phil Turns 31!!

Phil turned 31 on September 22, 2010!! We enjoyed a nice dinner out at Texas Roadhouse and we purchased a lovely piece of cake at Safeway to celebrate!! A couple of week's later I did make a homemade German Chocolate cake and we had the Brinkerhoff's and Kylie and Angie Thompson to blow out candles! Hope you have a great year Phil!

Goodbyes!!

So on the unfortunate side of life, I have had to say far too many goodbyes the last couple of months for my liking! First, the Smith's left to move to Utah for Colton's new job! That was very tough as we had loved have them and their little girls so close by!! We miss them all the time!
Than my friend Sharalyn got a great job in Los Angeles and headed that direction the end of September! For the past 4 years Sharalyn, Jeff and I had gotten together on almost every Thursday to watch The Office and Grey's Anatomy and to meet up with each other! It was the end of an era to have her leave and thus our "Finer Things Club" has ended. All good things must come to end I suppose! Here is a picture of the FTC at Sharalyn's goodbye party!

Grandpa Wilson's 90th Birthday

After our fun trip to Disneyland we came home for a few days and than headed to Utah! Grandpa Elgie Wilson was celebrating his 90th birthday and we wanted to be there for the big party!
We arrived late on a Thursday and went and stayed at Lindsay and Colton's so we could see the Smith's and Brinkerhoff's on Friday! It was fun to see the cute kiddos and have Football eve by watching "Remember the Titans" in the new movie room at the Brinkerhoff's!!
Saturday we headed up to Roy, Utah to visit with the Wilson side of the family. We met up with Michelle at Mama Thompson's grave and than headed for a yummy lunch! It was quite the big crew with all of the kids but it was fun to visit and spend time with them! We than headed over to the church gym to see if we could help with anything! It was fun to see all of the old photos and Army uniform of Grandpa's. It was also fun to meet new family members and get to know them. Grandma Lola also gave a really nice gift of a beautiful photo of Sharon before she got married!
After the fun party, we headed back to the Wilson home to ride horses with Diane and Leon! It was such a good time to be there and learn so much about them!

This August Phil and I decided to take a trip to southern California to visit Matt, Erin and Daniel and to also visit Disneyland!! Phil in all of his 30 years had never been to Disneyland so we thought it was time!

I went out a few days earlier than Phil to spend some much needed time relaxing before the big days of Disneyland!! I had a great time watching tv and eating!! I probably a little too much too eat since I am still trying to get rid of 5 pounds I gained! Poor Erin had a gall bladder attack but I got the opportunity to spend quality time with Daniel my first night there!! Daniel was so fun and would yell "ALI" really loud if I was not in sight!! The boy is always running and it sooo cute. I love his big brown eyes!!

Phil showed up on Wednesday to begin the Disneyland fun on Thursday! I was afraid that he would think it was lame but he loved all of it! We spent Thursday on the rides that Daniel could go on, even going on the Small World ride which is one of Matt's favorites. The lines were great, we only had to wait the longest may 30 minutes...we only fast passed one ride!! It is the happiest place on Earth and we hope to run the 1/2 marathon there September 2011!!

Monday, July 26, 2010

Texas!!

My family suggested I use this blog as more of a journal so I am going to start with that approach today!! This summer has been fairly uneventful, no big vacations or anything but Phil and I have enjoyed the weather and got our first grill which we we use quite frequently!
Although we have not gone on any trips yet I have made two visits to Texas for work. The first was to Dallas in June to visit American Airlines and today I did a day trip to Houston to visit Texas Children's Hospital. I am sure Texas is a great place if I got a chance to see it but I see the airports go visit a client and head back to the airport. I do know that I don't love the humidity. It is like walking into a wall when you go outside and even when you are inside everything feels damp. I guess I am a little to used the dry heat of Denver!
Today started out at 3am and I was back at 4pm Denver time. I didn't really need to be at a meeting in Houston but it always nice to meet face to face with your new clients! I sometimes go on these trips or have important meetings at work and I wonder how did I become a responsible adult who has to go out and impress clients. I am grateful for the job I have and all the opportunities it provides but sometimes wish I could spend the summer by the pool!!
I am hoping for more exciting travels in August to California and Utah to see family!

Our 2010 Garden

This past Wednesday we decided it was time to plant our garden for 2010!! Last year we had great success with the tomatoes and cucumbers!! Here is a picture from last year with proud Phil by his garden!!



This year we decided that we would plant tomatoes, cucumbers and red onions!! We also decided to put flowers in the planters on our back deck!! It makes me smile to look outside and see the beautiful flowers!! We are hoping to find a deal on a good grill this memorial day so we can spend quality time outside on the deck!!

Hawaii Honeymoon

We only had to wait 4 months or more like 9 months but we finally got to go on our Hawaiian honeymoon in Maui!! It was awesome:) We were a bit worried that we wouldn't be able to go due to the supposed tsunami that was coming but all went well and we left for Maui on Feb 28th. We used my parent's timeshare at the Marriott Beach Club which are very grateful for!! It was raining the day we arrived but after that low 80's and although it was a bit windy, it was perfect!! A few of the highlights:

1. Laying at the pool reading a book
2. Ordering lava flows and nachos by the pool
3. Traveling to the volcano on Maui
4. Laying at the pool reading a book
5. Eating at lots of yummy restaurants
6. WHALE WATCHING
7. Going to a luau
9. More time laying at the pool reading

We both needed a vacation after a very long 2009!!! We had so much fun and besides relaxing our favorite thing was whale watching!! A mama and baby whale swam right under our boat:) We also tried to keep our workout alive by running. I only did it once but Phil went running 3 times! Good job Phil!!

We talked about moving there but decided that the novelty would wear off and we would still have to work even if we lived there so decided to keep it as a vacation stop!! Next time we would like to spend a week on Oahu!! I know I take a terribly long time posting so sorry! I need to be like Julie and Lindsay and just write about random things!!

Our next goals are to start training for half marathons we want to run this summer!!