Blessing Day

On February 1st we were able to bless the kiddos. I have been waiting for this day a very long time. I had the perfect outfits, and getting to spend all day with my family and friends was wonderful.

Stellas pretty outfit was mine from when I was a baby. My Grandma Brimley made it out of left over material from my Aunt Sandy's wedding dress. She also had a wardrobe change into the beautiful dress my Grandma Wilson made.

Wilson was very handsome in his fathers blessing outfit. Justin and I found it a couple of years ago in Delta when we were going through some old stuff from his Dad's shed.

It was such a beautiful day. Justin did an amazing job with the blessings. And I am so thankful for the priesthood. And that I have a worthy husband that can bless his children. And being able to celebrate these beautiful babies with my supportive family meant everything to me.

I wanted to also explain why we chose the names we did.

Stella Grace Parkinson
Ever since Justin and I started taking about kids we knew the first girl would be named Stella. Stella was his Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother and Great Great Grandmother. So our little Stella is number 5.
Justin's Mother passed away when he was 12, and his Grandmother is such an important part of his life. It was only natural that we call our little girl Stella.

Her middle name, Grace, is my Grandma Wilson's middle name. My Grandmother is amazing. She is a huge inspiration to me. She was always a wonderful Grandmother, and a great example of love. She is a hard worker and extremely talented. I hope I can instil those qualities into my little girl.

Wilson Floyd Parkinson
Wilson is just a name we kind of threw out there a long time ago. When we said Wilson Floyd we both really loved it. I think we picked it out when we were first married on a road trip. We were just chatting in the car and it came up, and it stuck.
Wilson is of course my last name. We have a lot of amazing men in my family that Wilson can look up to.

Floyd was Justin's Grandfather (married to Stella). Stella and Floyd were such big examples in Justin's life we had to use his name. I think I may of met Floyd once or twice in my life but I know he was a great man, Justin can tell our little Wilson all about him.

And hear are the awesome pics of my sweet babes:

First Christmas

I was so excited for Wilson and Ella to come home for Christmas. I'm not sure how I would of handled being in the NICU on that day. I'm grateful I did not have to find out.

Christmas was so much fun! The kids will not remember it, but I always will. And I hope they will enjoy seeing pictures one day of the special events.

Christmas Eve is spent with Justin's family. We all go over to his Grandma Stella's home for the festivities. I am a bit of a perfectionist. I really try to not let it bother me if everything is not perfect, but the kids first Christmas I really wanted everything to be just right. I had the cutest little outfits for each of them that I got from my Aunt, cousin and Grandma. I dressed them right before we left, and told Justin to protect the outfits at all costs! Well....in the end, Wilson ended up peeing on his outfit right before we left. We let it slide because it was just a little spot and it would dry. We then went over to Grandma Stella's house early to feed the kids and get settled in. Right before everyone was there (we were only waiting on one person) he threw up all over me and himself (mostly on me).
I just about lost it. Justin gave me the keys and said "go home. Take whatever time you need, we will be fine." Have I ever mentioned I have the best husband ever?

I went home and changed my clothes, and wiped Wilson's outfit down and threw it in the dryer. While I waited, I sat in the quiet house and ate an ice cream bar. I felt a lot better and went back over just in time for dinner. I really wish I would not have let it get to me so much, but oh well. I appreciate my husband being so understanding and letting me take the time I needed to collect myself and get back to normal.

I think my favorite part of the evening was Santa. A good friend of ours played Santa, and it was so fun watching the kids get to sit on his lap and look at him with wide eyes and wonderment.

Another highlight of the evening was the live nativity that is always done. I have to say honestly I had a extremely bad attitude the whole day about it. I don't why, I just really did not want anything to do with it. But it turned out being really nice, and I'm glad I put the bad feelings behind me and enjoyed it. I think it helped that we had the cutest baby Jesus ever, and the sweetest Shepherds and lambs you ever did see.

The entire nativity cast

cutest shepherds and sheep you ever did see

out cute little family

Baby Jesus had Santa slippers right?

 Christmas Day was just as fun. In the morning we invited my parents and Justin's Dad and wife over. We opened a few presents we had for the babies and had some fruit and cinnamon rolls, and just enjoyed having the babies home.

Who said you can't get anything done when you have twins?

In the evening we went over to my parents house and had dinner and opened presents with the other kids. It was a wonderful day, and it was truly a blessing having my babies celebrate with us and the entire family. Anna, David and Jonny had not seen the babies yet, and it was really sweet to see their reactions. Anna was a little freaked out about the feeding tubes, and I had to explain how they worked and why they were there. She was also very careful and told me she had been sick last week so she better not get to close. She is the cutest 6 year old. I just love her. David was so excited to see them. He kept wanting to touch them, and kept saying "look at their little noses!" and "they have tiny ears!" Jonny was a little indifferent.

The day after Christmas we did something really special. We have been blessed so much this year in so many ways, we wanted to do something special for the people that helped us out the most.
Justin and I have been working on this project for a long time. We bought a lot of fabric during black Friday sales in November. We made 34 blankets for the NICU. And then, as gifts we made corn bags for everyone in the family out of the same material.
It was really awesome being able to take the babies back to the NICU and give back to them. My mother had also made some blankets and brought the nurses some hot chocolate for their break room. 

The way Justin and I work our schedule, I am up until about 2:00am and then go to bed. In the wee hours of the night. I get bored sometimes, and I like to mess around with one project or another. I had pictured in my mind these pictures for a long time. My Grandmother made me the most beautiful tree skirt and I wanted to use it for some pictures with the babies. I think they turned out pretty cute.

Upadate

July 2012. Sadly that is the last time I have updated this blog. My excuse is because I had another blog. So if you would like to see what we have been up to for the last little while you can check out that one. http://infertilityandivf.blogspot.com/
Our lives in a nut shell....we had twins. Introducing Stella Grace Parkinson, and Wilson Floyd Parkinson.

Welcome Clive

Justin's brother had a baby just the other day. Clive Parkinson (He had a middle name, I just don't know how to spell it)

Grandpas

 We had a busy month the end of May and June. Both of my amazing Grandpa's passed away. So I thought I would post a few of my favorite pics of them. They will be greatly missed.

Grandpa and Grandma Wilson

Gerald Gerrard Wilson Sr.

Richard Dahlen Brimley

Grandma and Grandpa's wedding day

The Great Weed of 2012

My grandpa has the most fabulous garden! He had been sick and unable to take care of it which broke my heart. So I decided to rally all of grand kids and go for a a morning and weed. It was a great success! Grandpa even sat in the window and watched us (he fell asleep pretty fast, but it was still nice to see him there.

Unfortunately Grandpa passed away shortly after, but it was nice to have that memory of that day. It was probably one of the last days he was up before he died.

We have be keeping up the garden since then every few weeks. Justin, my cousin Landon, and I go down and weed and trim and do what it needs to keep it looking great.

"We're here for RSL!"

Me and Justin were lucky enough to be asked if we wanted suit tickets to an RSL game. Unfortunately I don't think I can go to another game again, I've been spoiled, and I don't want to go back to sitting in the Coronals Corner.
It was so much fin! I go to sit and stuff my face while I sat in the suite and watched the game. Hopefully, we will get the opportunity again.

Aspiring Author

Ok, Ok, I'm really not an aspiring author. But there is a story behind the story. About six months ago while we were in Delta with Jake and Ann Marie and Magnus, we had a adventure. Magnus has this cute little stuffed steer named Stakey. Magnus cannot sleep without him. So it was nap time and we couldn't find Stakey anywhere! We looked and looked and couldn't find him. So Ann Marie tried to get Magnus to sleep, but he was just bawling in the other room. It was so sad. So finally Ann Marie had  a thought, and she found Stakey in the washer. We think it was left open, and Magnus thought it would be a good idea to put him in there, and then someone closed it.

Ok, I have had this story going through my head for six months, and I decided to try and illustrate it and give it to Magnus for Christmas, cause like most children, he LOVES books. So this is the finished product. We gave it to him Christmas Eve and Justin's family party. It was my talent, and Justin read it. It was super cute.