Wee Whimsical Wilson Wife Writes

So . . . as I was rinsing split peas I began to feel the weight of the impossible resolution to read a book each week for 2010. Actually just to read 52 books by December 31st. As John said, sounds like a busy month for you. Then I remembered that I revised it to 24 books for 2010 and I felt much better.

Ring around the Rosies! They all fall down! Presents! Happy Birthday To You! Thanks for coming!

So if you want to read Spencer's birth story it's below. Thomas says the funniest things these days. For example: Gobby = vacuum, this week switched to bakim! (w/ the exclamation mark!) Dankim = Thank you I wub E = I love you brudder = brother aw = i want (aw pizza) cramma = camera crappa = grandpa Doty = Deedo Karyann = Keeann MariAnn & Mary Ann = MeeAnn Emalene = Em O ween Aw wow it = I want to wear it en Air = in there Daddy's wump all gone = Daddy has a pet Wump, just like Dr. Suess and it has run away. packpack = backpack propet = prophet Presa Monsons Thomas = President Thomas Monson wa wa wa eh-Mo song = la la la elmo's song a b c d ach g nope singing i me = alphabet song Bye U Cougars! = B-Y-U Cougars!

Disclaimer: This is my personal record of Spencer's birth. It is the short version, and don't be fooled it is not short. Leaving I knew around 1 or 2 am that I could go to the hospital, but decided I could also wait a little longer, and I didn't say anything. Then when I said, "do you think we should?" to Joanne she said, "Yes" and was all about making that happen right then. We arrived at the hospital just after 3, so it was probably a quarter 'til when we left. She said she would follow John and I over and we loaded up the car. I had a contraction on Main Street and it really hurt and I was pretty worried about having more but the second one I pushed on the roof of the car, and it tucked me into my seat and wasn't so bad. The third one was okay, pushing on the roof didn't help so I tried to relax my arms instead and it was short lived anyway. We parked, and I started walking slowly toward the doors. I had a contraction on the sidewa...

Inspired by a beautiful true story a good friend shared with me, I am finally going to sit down and tell you about Spencer's birth. The inspiring author wrote of a home birth that had recently happened a couple days before, and the excitement and energy she emitted into her writing reminded me of the same spark I felt for days after Spencer was born. It was truly a magnificent experience, one that I cannot capture fully into words, and which confuses me to try. I find myself giving to much and too little detail and then writing far too much, boring my readers into blogsearching for another entry from another person to fill their blog reading-appetite. So here goes. This is my official personal copy of my birth story. In many ways it is a journal entry, so I will not apologize for the length or the details, but I'll try not to make you uncomfortable with too personal details. I woke up on Saturday. I had been sure my baby was coming days before and now that it was a weeken...

Thanks to my super cool friend Ashley, I thought this would be fun. Just let me know which one you think is Spencer, and which is Thomas. Let's just pretend this is hard, k?

Once upon a time a newlywed couple perused bookshelves in a well-known bookstore, looking to spend an "employee of the month" giftcard. Walking by the self-help isle, the husband glanced at a few titles before the subject was snubbed by the wife, who viewed all literature as written for enjoyment and self-help books as not written for that purpose. John surprised me by bringing up this experience because I have been reading quite a bit of self help books lately. Enough that I feel guilty blogging because I should be reading or sleeping or more importantly- working on my New Year's goals. I am really excited about the things I'm aiming to do this year and I can't believe January is well on it's way out with all I have set to do. In order to be effective or should I say resolute in my resolutions? anyway, in order to up the odds for my success, I'm reading Eat That Frog. I'm also studying children's sleep by reading The No-Cry Sleep Solution, and...