So I said in my last blog I would announce the name we picked for our son soon so I figure it is about time I do so. After a lot of thought and consideration we decided to name him Maverick Cannon Wilkins. The meaning of his first name goes with Rogue's.
Let me explain:
Rogue- a playfully mischievous person; varying markedly from the normal.
Maverick- an intellectual, an artist, or a politician, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates.
Our nickname for the two of them is going to be double trouble : ) Yes I know we are setting ourselves up for trouble but what can I say, I guess we are glutton for punishment.
As for the middle name of cannon, yes we are naming him after the weapon. my hubby came up with it somehow and it just seems to work really well with his first name.
So with great anticipation and joy I will be ecstatic to meet my lil man Maverick sometime in May.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Rogue's 2nd birthday
First I would like to say that I unfortunately do not have any pictures of the little birthday girl on her special day nor of her birthday get together because until just the other day...our lovely camera was on the fritz and so I couldn't take any pictures...bummer. But I can tell you about it.
Her birthday was the 11th and since it was in the middle of the week we didn't do much to celebrate it other than I made her a brownie which she had with a little bit of ice cream and she got to open up her present from her Aunt Christina and family which was a cute little purse with a cell phone, mirror, wallet and debit card. She LOVED it. Ran around the house talking on her phone and stuffing everything she could find into her purse... it was pretty cute. On Saturday we had my parents, Aunt dawn, Cousin Justin, friend of the family Kaleb and Friends Jim and Angie over for dinner and cupcakes to really celebrate her birthday. It was a lot of fun, we had BBQ chicken, baked beans, fruit salad and of course chocolate cupcakes. she got to open her presents. she got the dvd's dumbo and bambi from Jim and Angie and a cooking set from my parents which went with our gift to her which was a toy BBQ. She loved them all. The funniest part of the party was when we gave her a cupcake with a 2 candle on it that was lit (for the record I was holding it and just held it in front of her). she started making noise like singing so we started singing happy birthday to her. she started laughing and then would run into the kitchen giggling and being shy. she would then come out and we start singing again and she would run back in. we taught her how to blow out the candle which was really cute and the poor thing didn't have enough umph to her blowing that she couldn't blow out the candle. Jeremy quietly blew it out for her the next time she tried. It was tooo cute.
It wasn't until the next day that we actually got the camera to start working again, which is funny because we also fixed a drill of jeremy's that we had sitting on the table. Rogue found it that night and started to play with it. so Jeremy took the bit out so she couldn't drill holes into anything but taught her how to push the button to make it go...needless to say, she thinks it is the coolest thing ever and because the camera was fixed...Jeremy was actually able to get pictures of it!!!
Her birthday was the 11th and since it was in the middle of the week we didn't do much to celebrate it other than I made her a brownie which she had with a little bit of ice cream and she got to open up her present from her Aunt Christina and family which was a cute little purse with a cell phone, mirror, wallet and debit card. She LOVED it. Ran around the house talking on her phone and stuffing everything she could find into her purse... it was pretty cute. On Saturday we had my parents, Aunt dawn, Cousin Justin, friend of the family Kaleb and Friends Jim and Angie over for dinner and cupcakes to really celebrate her birthday. It was a lot of fun, we had BBQ chicken, baked beans, fruit salad and of course chocolate cupcakes. she got to open her presents. she got the dvd's dumbo and bambi from Jim and Angie and a cooking set from my parents which went with our gift to her which was a toy BBQ. She loved them all. The funniest part of the party was when we gave her a cupcake with a 2 candle on it that was lit (for the record I was holding it and just held it in front of her). she started making noise like singing so we started singing happy birthday to her. she started laughing and then would run into the kitchen giggling and being shy. she would then come out and we start singing again and she would run back in. we taught her how to blow out the candle which was really cute and the poor thing didn't have enough umph to her blowing that she couldn't blow out the candle. Jeremy quietly blew it out for her the next time she tried. It was tooo cute.
It wasn't until the next day that we actually got the camera to start working again, which is funny because we also fixed a drill of jeremy's that we had sitting on the table. Rogue found it that night and started to play with it. so Jeremy took the bit out so she couldn't drill holes into anything but taught her how to push the button to make it go...needless to say, she thinks it is the coolest thing ever and because the camera was fixed...Jeremy was actually able to get pictures of it!!!
What a silly, sweet 2 year old girl!!
Correction to title, misleading aka NOT having twins!!! Is it a boy or a girl?
Right before Christmas was my 20 week ultrasound which would not only check to make sure all is going well with OB1 as we have nicknamed the baby but to also see if we were going to be having a girl OB1 or boy OB1.
I will have to say the first time with Rogue, They only ultrasounded me for a half an hour the got some pics, saw she was a girl and there ya go you are done. Plus the picture quality of those ultrasound pics were not that great with Rogue either. This time however they took about an hour got LOADS of different measurements as well as got the 3d ultrasound done as well. we only got one decent 3d pic because this little one is quite a mover and shaker but with the quality of the regular ultrasound pictures we were perfectly happy if we had just gotten those.
So onto the sex, well as you may be able to read from the first ultrasound picture we are having a BOY. Rogue with have a little brother to terrorize and then to be terrorized by!
I will have to say the first time with Rogue, They only ultrasounded me for a half an hour the got some pics, saw she was a girl and there ya go you are done. Plus the picture quality of those ultrasound pics were not that great with Rogue either. This time however they took about an hour got LOADS of different measurements as well as got the 3d ultrasound done as well. we only got one decent 3d pic because this little one is quite a mover and shaker but with the quality of the regular ultrasound pictures we were perfectly happy if we had just gotten those.
So onto the sex, well as you may be able to read from the first ultrasound picture we are having a BOY. Rogue with have a little brother to terrorize and then to be terrorized by!
I threw in the other ultrasound pictures we got just because they were cool and so clear.
Of course everyone has been asking what his name is going to be, well we have just recently decided and once we have told our parents I will be happily announcing it.
Updates
Well since the last time I posted we just moved and announced that we were expecting I figured I had better do another and get myself caught up.
Pregnancy: My morning sickness wasn't all that wonderful, I wasn't near the toilet as often as I was the first time with Rogue but it did feel worse, I think it was more due to the fact I couldn't just lay around and wish I were dead instead I had to entertain a toddler whom loves to play. Luckily it has now been gone for about a month now and I am starting to feel a little more energetic ( I can actually keep the house clean). Right before Christmas we did find out the sex and I will go into that more in the next post.
Halloween: Last year we were out hunting and didn't celebrate it, this year we were in town but didn't take Rogue out trick or treating. Jeremy and I felt that she was a little young and the last thing we wanted was to take her out and someone in a scary outfit opening up the door to scare the living day lights out of her. so instead she helped mommy hand out candy. She got to hear all the kids say trick or treat and Thank you. by the end of the night she was saying "thank you" all the time and became her new favorite word the lasted a couple weeks. I didn't mind one bit. she dressed up for a little while as Dorthy from the wizard of oz but before I could get any pictures she spilled juice (grape juice actually) all over it. we did go to Klickers pumpkin patch and pick out pumpkins where she slid down their enormous slide once then made daddy follow her as she climbed all over the straw pyramid that held the slide.
A couple days later we carved our pumpkins and then waited till it was dark and went out to take pictures of our handy work. Rogue was having a blast running up and down the stairs as we were doing this and one of the coolest pictures makes it look like there is a ghost on the stairs. we dubbed the picture "ghost Rogue"
Thanksgiving: We had it at our house this year. Jeremy's parents were out hunting over this way so they came over the day of Thanksgiving along with my parents, my Aunt Dawn, Cousin Justing and friend of the family Kaleb even one of our friend's Jim showed up for a little while. I "slaved" away and made turkey, smoked prime rib, and made some of the fixins while a some brought their favorite sides too. It was fantastic and we all had a blast. After Thanksgiving Jeremy and my parents stayed for a little bit. The In-Laws got a new puppy while here, she is an adorable lab/Aussie shepard mix. This is what she looked like when they got her. Now she is quite a bit bigger and full of spunk. But a very smart and loveable puppy.
Pregnancy: My morning sickness wasn't all that wonderful, I wasn't near the toilet as often as I was the first time with Rogue but it did feel worse, I think it was more due to the fact I couldn't just lay around and wish I were dead instead I had to entertain a toddler whom loves to play. Luckily it has now been gone for about a month now and I am starting to feel a little more energetic ( I can actually keep the house clean). Right before Christmas we did find out the sex and I will go into that more in the next post.
Halloween: Last year we were out hunting and didn't celebrate it, this year we were in town but didn't take Rogue out trick or treating. Jeremy and I felt that she was a little young and the last thing we wanted was to take her out and someone in a scary outfit opening up the door to scare the living day lights out of her. so instead she helped mommy hand out candy. She got to hear all the kids say trick or treat and Thank you. by the end of the night she was saying "thank you" all the time and became her new favorite word the lasted a couple weeks. I didn't mind one bit. she dressed up for a little while as Dorthy from the wizard of oz but before I could get any pictures she spilled juice (grape juice actually) all over it. we did go to Klickers pumpkin patch and pick out pumpkins where she slid down their enormous slide once then made daddy follow her as she climbed all over the straw pyramid that held the slide.
Thanksgiving: We had it at our house this year. Jeremy's parents were out hunting over this way so they came over the day of Thanksgiving along with my parents, my Aunt Dawn, Cousin Justing and friend of the family Kaleb even one of our friend's Jim showed up for a little while. I "slaved" away and made turkey, smoked prime rib, and made some of the fixins while a some brought their favorite sides too. It was fantastic and we all had a blast. After Thanksgiving Jeremy and my parents stayed for a little bit. The In-Laws got a new puppy while here, she is an adorable lab/Aussie shepard mix. This is what she looked like when they got her. Now she is quite a bit bigger and full of spunk. But a very smart and loveable puppy.
Christmas: For Christmas we all loaded up and headed down to Salem. and by we I mean Jeremy, Rogue and I plus my parents. We stayed over a Carmen and Gary's house (jeremy's sister) and had a fabulous time, We ate lots, talked lots and of course had a great Christmas. Rogue made out like a bandit of course and had a blast with her cousins Calista and Cassidy playing with all their new toys. It was quite fun watching the girls interact and play together. The older they are getting the more interactive they are becoming. We also celebrated LaVeta's (my mother in law) 60th birthday.
NewYears: We turned around after being home from salem for a few days and headed back down there because my father in law Darrell was also turning 60 this weekend and this was when we were really celebrating the parent's birthdays. we had BBQ ribs, homeade baked beans and chocolate cake as we watched the Oregon duck game as well as the stanford game. It was relaxing and a lot of fun.
Well I think I caught up except for announcing the baby's sex as well as Rogue's 2nd birthday which I will do in the next couple of posts.
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Another move and a big announcement
Sorry I haven't been keeping up very well with blogging I'm horrible at it really but at least I'm trying. Anyways, recently we moved. we moved out of our apartment in Kennewick to a duplex in richland which is really nice. Has a big back yard which Rogue LOVES!! and lots more room. granted the kitchen is smaller but I'll still take it over where we were living prior. It is also a lot closer to Jeremy's work which a big plus. We are also a couple blocks away from the columbia river and where there is a walking trail that runs along it. as well as a couple blocks away from an elementary school that has some nice toys for Rogue to have fun with.
The other news is that we are expecting again, Rogue will have another sibling around may 15th. During our move I had our first doctors appointment and of course got an ultrasound. we are nicknaming this child OB1, there is a funny story to that, obviously it has a star wars theme to it but I have twins that run in my family so there was some concern about whether this child could be 1 or 2 so it was thus nicknamed OB1 as is "Oh Be 1, please just be 1!"
The other news is that we are expecting again, Rogue will have another sibling around may 15th. During our move I had our first doctors appointment and of course got an ultrasound. we are nicknaming this child OB1, there is a funny story to that, obviously it has a star wars theme to it but I have twins that run in my family so there was some concern about whether this child could be 1 or 2 so it was thus nicknamed OB1 as is "Oh Be 1, please just be 1!"
and yes we are only having one. As of right now I am 13 weeks pregnant, these were taken at 9 weeks (sorry so late, bad me!)
I still have morning sickness that is of course happens anytime and not just the morning. Zofran and I are best buds *rolls eyes*
But anyways, all seems to be going well. Rogue is getting bigger and more like a little person instead of a little baby she once was *sniff* she is saying more and more words each day. Sometimes you have to really listen cause of the baby slur as I like to call it. She loves to mimic both words and actions, just wants to be a big girl!!! it is adorable I must say. She is now in a big girl bed since she could climb out of her crib- I knew it was going to happen soon luckily she never hurt herself. She seems to like it well though we are having fun trying to keep her in bed at times but of course that it normal.
On another note, for some reason I can't seem to figure out how to comment on other people's blogs via blog spot, if you are on facebook I can but I can't seem to do it directly not sure why but I'm not ignoring your comments...I just can't post back!!
Take care, I will post more soon especially about halloween and the activities leading towards it but I need to find the plug for my camera to the computer...aparantly I still haven't unpacked that.
Take care!
Monday, August 15, 2011
Updates on the fun of our lives!
Sorry to all for the lack of an update for a while....bad me! *smacks hand*
Let's see here, not much has really been going on till the last couple weeks I guess, Jeremy has been working lots (poor guy). we've have been making a point to try and take Rogue out for walks or take her to a local waterpark (badger mtn sports park for all those that are local) I LOVE that place and of course Rogue does too. It has a playground with lots of slides that Rogue just adores and then of course there is the waterpark that is just right for my little water baby. it doesn't have a pool but there are lots of sports themed sprinklers with a couple small water slides. It is a perfect area for not only her to get some physical activity but also some socialization. It also has a dog park, which we used when my parents came over one weekend and we took their dog tigra with us.
Jeremy and I got to have some adult time last weekend. We dropped Rogue off with my parents and went for a Motorcycle ride to Joseph, OR. It was a nice and very relaxing day for the both of us. Though I will have to say... You know when you are a parent to a toddler when you are riding on the back of your husband's bike and you see a cow and mentally you start saying "There's a cow, cow's go Moooo." Yeah....I needed that getaway. LOL. We also rode around Wallowa Lake, we were about ready to leave when laying right in front of a parked truck was a buck, happily relaxing and ignoring all the humans gawking at it. Of course we had to stop so Jeremy could take a couple of pictures of it (from a far of course since it is STILL a wild animal). Here is some of the pictures.
All in all it was a great trip!
Rogue is now in the copying stage...she wants to be a big girl SOOOO bad and just Loves and I mean LOVES to do anything Daddy does (she is a daddy's girl of course!)
Recently we baked some oatmeal raisin cookies and Jeremy's favorite way to eat them is to dip them in milk well...it was aparantly time for Rogue to learn to do that too!
I think she had more fun dipping the cookies and sucking the milk off than actually eating the cookie itself!
She also likes to help daddy wash his motorcycle. we had to get pictures of this as evidence for when she's older and refuses to wash the car when we ask:
Obviously she also had a lot of fun washing the floor too...hmmmm wonder if I can get her to mop the floor in the kitchen??
Talking wise she has started to mimic words and sounds. This last weekend Jeremy's sister Carment and hubby Gary came over for the night and Rogue's new thing is to hand you her coloring pencils and then take them back one at a time. well when she was doing it with Gary he noticed she was saying "ank ou" at the end!!! YAY big mommy hugs!!! Just last night she was mimicking the letters a, b, c, and d when I was reading her an alphabet book and then the word "cat." soon I am going to have a little talker!!!
We also may be moving to Richland here in the next month, we applied for a duplex which is bigger than this apartment, has a back yard, closer to Jeremy's work and it cheaper in rent. Let's hope we get it! We are also looking to rent out or house in Houston so that will be a blessing too.
Well that's enough for now, hope all is well with everyone else!
Take care and have a great rest of the summer!!
Let's see here, not much has really been going on till the last couple weeks I guess, Jeremy has been working lots (poor guy). we've have been making a point to try and take Rogue out for walks or take her to a local waterpark (badger mtn sports park for all those that are local) I LOVE that place and of course Rogue does too. It has a playground with lots of slides that Rogue just adores and then of course there is the waterpark that is just right for my little water baby. it doesn't have a pool but there are lots of sports themed sprinklers with a couple small water slides. It is a perfect area for not only her to get some physical activity but also some socialization. It also has a dog park, which we used when my parents came over one weekend and we took their dog tigra with us.
Jeremy and I got to have some adult time last weekend. We dropped Rogue off with my parents and went for a Motorcycle ride to Joseph, OR. It was a nice and very relaxing day for the both of us. Though I will have to say... You know when you are a parent to a toddler when you are riding on the back of your husband's bike and you see a cow and mentally you start saying "There's a cow, cow's go Moooo." Yeah....I needed that getaway. LOL. We also rode around Wallowa Lake, we were about ready to leave when laying right in front of a parked truck was a buck, happily relaxing and ignoring all the humans gawking at it. Of course we had to stop so Jeremy could take a couple of pictures of it (from a far of course since it is STILL a wild animal). Here is some of the pictures.
Rogue is now in the copying stage...she wants to be a big girl SOOOO bad and just Loves and I mean LOVES to do anything Daddy does (she is a daddy's girl of course!)
Recently we baked some oatmeal raisin cookies and Jeremy's favorite way to eat them is to dip them in milk well...it was aparantly time for Rogue to learn to do that too!
She also likes to help daddy wash his motorcycle. we had to get pictures of this as evidence for when she's older and refuses to wash the car when we ask:
Talking wise she has started to mimic words and sounds. This last weekend Jeremy's sister Carment and hubby Gary came over for the night and Rogue's new thing is to hand you her coloring pencils and then take them back one at a time. well when she was doing it with Gary he noticed she was saying "ank ou" at the end!!! YAY big mommy hugs!!! Just last night she was mimicking the letters a, b, c, and d when I was reading her an alphabet book and then the word "cat." soon I am going to have a little talker!!!
We also may be moving to Richland here in the next month, we applied for a duplex which is bigger than this apartment, has a back yard, closer to Jeremy's work and it cheaper in rent. Let's hope we get it! We are also looking to rent out or house in Houston so that will be a blessing too.
Well that's enough for now, hope all is well with everyone else!
Take care and have a great rest of the summer!!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Fourth of July Weekend and the In-Law's 40th Anniversary
This weekend was quite busy really. We went down to Salem to not only celebrate the 4th of July but also to celebrate Jeremy's parents' 40th wedding anniversary. Jeremy had to work part of friday so I spent that morning getting the car packed and ready so that way when he got home we could leave for our 5 hour drive down there. Rogue loves her visits but let me tell you what, she HATES sitting in her car seat for that long. She is however getting a lot better at it now than she used to. now she doesn't start fussing till about hour 4 when it used to be after hour 2. Since a couple of Jeremy's cousins from West Virginia were visiting his parents we stayed at my sister in law, Carmen's house. Which was awesome. Rogue got to constantly play with her cousins Calista and Cassidy. Calista is a little over a year older than her and Cassidy is just 6 months younger. It was great seeing Calista and Rogue chasing each other (cassidy is just crawling at this point) around their big back yard. They also have a play house which Rogue fell in love with. Sunday was warm enough that we set up a kiddy pool and the girls all had a blast, in fact Monday they went out and played in it again and I had to get Rogue out of the pool just to go home (she is such a water baby). As far as the anniversary, it went pretty smoothly. Mom wanted family pictures in a big way. We had an appointment to get them at 3 on saturday which was the actual date of their anniversary. Carmen and I ran around that morning and got all of us coordinating shirts and matching dresses and shoes for the girls as well as the cake, flowers and gifts. It was a little insane. we got back with an hour and a half to spare aka, get ourselves to stop sweating and do our hair and put makeup on....I should also tell you it was QUITE HOT that day! Our main concern obviously was how the girls were going to handle the pictures. Rogue was the only one that didn't get a nap but Cassidy was teething and quite unhappy due to it and there was so much excitement that even Calista was getting a little cranky. But over all really the pictures turned out better than expected. I would post them but I was asked not to just because they were wanting to surprise people with the pictures. Hopefully in a couple months when all dies down maybe I can post them.
We got back late last night, didn't really see any fireworks around here, we set off our own saturday night but since Jeremy had to go to work today and we were all pretty tired we didn't want to stay up and watch them. Heard a few bangs and booms though.
Well I hope everyone had a fantastic 4th of July!!
We got back late last night, didn't really see any fireworks around here, we set off our own saturday night but since Jeremy had to go to work today and we were all pretty tired we didn't want to stay up and watch them. Heard a few bangs and booms though.
Well I hope everyone had a fantastic 4th of July!!
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