Christmas and Snow!

Watching Ethan open his gifts was so fun this year. He is getting older and is really enjoying tearing into the paper and playing with the gifts.





Snow after Christmas! We got around 8 inches and it was so pretty. Lance and Ethan played in it and made a huge snowman.
Ethan really got into it this year and had a blast with his daddy.


Our Christmas picture 2010, don't ask how many times it took us to get this one. And of course Ethan is still not looking at the camera! But, look at the pretty smile he his giving his daddy.






Christmas morning with the 2 candy canes just hanging out in bed. Some how you find a way to hold both at the same time and it feels so good! I love my little guys.















Ethan got this 4 wheeler from grandma Addie this year. I can't wait for it to warm up outside so he can get on and ride around. He was a little scared to sit on it but I hope that he will see how cool it is and love it.

Hope everyone had as good of a Christmas holiday as we did being with your loved ones. We are so thankful for having the twins home and our family together.

Leaving the hospital

It's here, the day had come. We are taking the boy's home! One last diaper change in the hospital bed before we put Drake in the car seat to go home.












Cute are what!!!!! 2 by 2 bundled up for the cold weather outside on this Saturday night. Here they are waiting for their daddy to bring the van to patient discharge so we can get out of here. Drake is on the left and Dallin is on the Right.
Ethan gets his first sight of the boy's, he really does not know what is going on. However, they brought him a dinosaur gift so he is really happy. Thanks for the advice Cherre!!!

Ready or not here they come 12-6-10

I can not believe that Drake and Dallin are home. It's finally here. As of Monday night they were discharged from Wake medical hospital. We are so thankful for the wonderful staff that provided great care for our little ones. We are also thankful to our friends and families that have emailed, called and prayed on our behalf.
They are home after spending 58 days in the NICU.
A little about Drake, he is weighing 6lbs 8.8oz just a cutie pie!
Then there's Dallin, he is weighing 5lbs 15.4oz what a little ham he is! Catching up to Drake.
They have there first doctor's appointment on Wednesday to get a weight check, wish us luck.
We are so happy and blessed that they where able to leave at the same time. We were told that it is rare that multiples go home on the same day. We know that our prayers have been answered and Ethan is adjusting to all this excitement.
We will keep you posted and get pics of all the boys soon!
Love you all!

Two Personalities! 11-28-10

Drake is our little serious one. He is usually content until he has a dirty diaper or hunger kicks in than it's your going to hear from me. He weighs 5lbs and 14oz as of today and has very dark black hair. Out of my 3 boys he has been born with the most hair. He is a tough cookie see his dino shirt!














Dallin has the sweetest little face there is. He is always smiling. Yes, he's smiling even when the picture is being taken where he's in the background of Drake. He makes all the nurses and staff smile too. He is patient and more laid back. He weighs 5lbs and 7oz today. I can not believe how much they have grown, hope we will have them home soon.....

The many faces of Drake

Mommy and me time! Yea! Drake is now on room air and has no need for assistance anymore, this is a major milestone and is weighing over 4 1/2lbs... I just love to hold Drake and look at his little face and take it all in. I can't believe that they are over a month old now.
Drake is a beautiful baby (if I may say so). He is a good sleeper but when he is ready to eat, that milk better get to his stomach fast or else.


I'm changing his diaper and checking his temperature getting him ready to eat. He's yawning saying hurry mom I'm hungry.














Now fed and asleep I wonder what it will be like once he's home? Again, what more can I say he is soooo cute.

A baby shower to remember 11-6-10

I am so lucky to have a friend and a mama plan such a beautiful baby shower for me. I can't thank them enough for not only giving me a wonderful shower but having to plan it twice. Since the first time we had to cancel because Drake and Dallin were coming early. Thanks Cherre and Mama for getting this shower put together. I loved it!





I received many wonderful gifts for the boys, but I just had to put this one on the blog. Mary from my church made these cute train blankets for Drake and Dallin. She is so talented.


They decided to do a brunch, which I thought was a great idea and the food was excellent.





What a cute and tasty cake! I love the blue buddies. Thanks to everyone who made it a very special day.

Ethan's first time at the Fair 2010!

We are so excited that Ethan got to go to the fair this year, after waiting till he was old enough to enjoy it. Here we stand in front of the building to buy our tickets all eager to see what awaits on the other side.
Lance's mother Millie and her friend Rod went with us to the fair, and it was there first time also.





Standing in front of the midway! This area is where all the BIG rides are and when it gets dark the midway lights up.
We went to the petting zoo and Ethan had a blast (I think grandma Millie did too). He could have stayed in there the whole time. Ethan wanted to get to all the animals so he could feed them. We got to see goats, camels, llamas, and cows.

By the time we got to the rides for Ethan we were tired and ready to go. But Ethan had to play the fishing game to win this sponge bob bat. He was excited about that bat. Look at my little man standing in front of one of the many kiddie rides with his bat! He was so fun to watch, we can't wait till next year!

WE ARE 23 DAYS OLD NOW

Here's a little update hope you enjoy!
Look at Lance's wedding ring on Dallin's foot. Can you believe how small it is?



Today, I got to hold Drake and Dallin together for the first time. It feels so nice to have our little boys in my arms.This was a great way to spend Halloween!
If you look at the picture you will see that
Dallin is on the left side and Drake is on the right. Can you tell who is who on the next pictures? Drake is the one with his eye opened. Dallin is snoozing away.
At this point they are doing well and gaining weight Drake weighs almost 3 1/2lbs and Dallin is a little over 3 lbs.

It's Halloween?

We had a sick little Ethan for the past week, with fighting off a cold/upper respiratory infection. It started off last Monday and went the whole week, even missing out on Halloween this year. The good news is that he is finally moving around and being more of himself. Ethan is such a cutie, and looks so pitiful when he is not feeling so good. So we hope that this will pass soon.

A little about the Twins..........

We wanted to tell you all the news if you have not already heard about the twins birth. On the 29Th week and 5Th day of my pregnancy they entered the world on 10-9-10 at 3:10pm for baby A and 3:11pm for baby B. With baby A being named Drake and baby B Dallin. Drake weighing in at 2 lbs 11 oz and little Drake weighing in at 2 lbs and 1 oz.
We have been very busy to say the least these past couple of days since the arrival of the boys. They are in the NICU getting the best care in the world.
We are pleased to say that they are strong spirited individuals and are giving it everything they got.
We appreciate ALL the prayers of love and support from our family and friends. We have truly felt the power of prayer! Thanks for the phone calls and emails that have been so uplifting for us.
We will continue to give updates on their status as time goes on. For now we take it day by day and continue to pray.

October News

In the spirit of Halloween I bring to you these spooky images of ghosts from the "House of Haunted Wilson's."





Seen here is the the tortured and angry ghost of Lance "the madman" Ellett. He was spotted in the house around October of last year.










"O" this one is great, getting a picture of a single ghostly aspiration is rare but look here Four definite P.Oed ghosts. This house is truly haunted!







Wow, this image shows a women not only scary but taunting the photographer. As you can tell in the back ground she had brought her slaves with her to haunt the inhabitants of the Wilson House!
After much research I was able to find the name of this spirit and it is Beth "the slaughtering monarch" Ellett.




Below is the most horrifying image taken that ghastly night. Clearly the each demon spirit did not want us there that night. The manics on the left and right were once said to have lived in the Wilson home. Until, they disappeared without a trace on the night of Halloween. Its said they entrap the souls of all who enter living or dead and cause them to pose with funny faces and take pictures of them with little green lights. AAAAAHHHHHH.


That was kind of fun, but the real reason to update the blog was to say, Dallin and Drake are here. After the delivery on the 9th both are doing well. Beth is doing fantastic! much more will be coming about this wonderful event in our life's. Thanks to all who prayed for us and helped us in any way!!!

Im a big kid now!

I can't believe another year has gone and our first born is now 3 years old! Ethan is such a energetic, funny, loving kid. He has brought so much joy to our lives. Sorry the pictures are backwards, but anyway this is what was left of the cake and Ethan got to enjoy what was left of his cake the next day. Look at that cute smile!

We had grandparents, cousins, aunt's and uncle's at the party but the one thing we did different was to invite Ethan's friends over from church. Well, here they are playing on the swing set they really had a good time. I'm so glad that we had friends over.

Ethan told us that he wanted a Ni-Hao Kai- lan cake she's like Dora but she is Chinese. He did not want a Dinosaur or cars cake only Kai- lan and he was sure of it. So he blew out the number 3 candle and was so happy about his cake.

It was like Christmas at our house Ethan received so many things from his family and friends. I think Zander his cousin, is checking out the cool things Ethan got and hoping that Ethan will forget about one or two of them. Thanks to everyone for enjoying Ethan's birthday with us.

Trip to Wrightsville beach

So here we are at the sound side looking out from the house we stayed at. Look at this wonderful view, and Ethan could not get enough of the water. The sound is sooo much better to swim in if you are not crazy about the sand, rough waves or afraid of getting stung by something.
Ethan was happy to swim with his Nana (my mom) he just thinks she is the funniest thing ever. I am so glad that we got to take this trip with her even though we were only there 2 days, it was worth it!

Ethan decided that while daddy was building sand castle's, he would sneak off and play in the sand by himself. I can not believe how sneaky they are at this age, he wanted to be on his own. How cute and big is he?

As we were leaving we made time for one last picture, I know that it will be some time before we make it back to the beach. Next time we go will have more little ones with us. What an awesome time this trip was!

What's new?

Well we finally got a minivan! Woo, what a crazy time for us. We sold both cars in order to get a minivan for this growing family. By the way I am 21 weeks prego in the picture. We knew that 3 car seats would not fit in either cars so getting a van was the only thing. I am so thankful that we were able to sell both cars and buy the van that we wanted most. Plus, having a great mom that gave us her car when we needed it for the past month.

I forgot to say that lance will be driving his dads old pick up 90 ford ranger, that's it behind the van. However it has no air condition so that's the next task for us.

Lance, could not make it to the pool with us, he was in his first day of Radiology class. But we got to go with nana Addie (my mom) cousins Jessie, Emily and another friend. Ethan loved the pool but he really enjoyed this play area for the little ones.


The summer is going fast and before you know it we will be putting up Halloween things but until then gotta love summer time! Ethan had the best smile, like (catch me if you can). He loved going through the tunnel of squirting water.

This is our Izzie girl. We have had her since January and we were told that she could have a little Sheppard husky or terrier, what do you think? Either way she is a great dog and we love the pink nose on her.

GOT NEWS!!!!

Here it is, are you ready?
They are both boys!!!
We are very happy and excited to add two more boys to our little family.
Ethan will be a big 3 year old in September and the twins are due in December.
A big thanks to our friends and family for all your love and support.
We have lots to look forward to in the upcoming months and will keep you posted.

A View From The Past

Ethan was around five or six months here. I can't believe how much he has changed. He has really brought a lot of happiness into our life.


Anytime you want to find Ethan just look for him at the computer with Da-Da. Looking for animals and choo-choo's.


It's amazing how fast time goes by and before you know it, he is a little boy.


Check him out! He loves to pretend to drive in anything. I can't believe that he was moving the sticks around. Before we know it, he will be asking for a car! YIKES!!

He loves to rock out on his guitar! Ethan is so talented that he can jump and play at the same time. He sure is cute!