The Willardson Family

Thursday, January 8, 2009

Van Thomas Willardson

This is what I looked like after giving birth WITHOUT DRUGS! Not a good look for me!

Mia meets her brother for the first time

Can you believe I have THREE KIDS!?!?!

My mom missed baby Van being born:( Someone just had to stop and get a diet coke, didn't they?!?

Once all the pain was gone, I finally got to meet my little man!

Van Thomas Willardson. Born 1-5-09 @ 9:24pm 7lbs 3oz 19 3/4 inches long

So Van finally arrived! I had just finished bathing my kids and getting them ready for bed. Roy wasn't home yet so the kids and I decided to be 'cozy' on the couch and watch a video before bedtime. That's when I started having these weird pains that kept coming and going every 2-4 minutes. I couldn't believe it could actually be labor since I had felt fine up until that point?! So Roy gets home and I very calmly tell him that I 'think' I 'might' be having contractions?! But I wanted to wait to see if they got worse or would just go away....Well, I think you all can guess what happened next....The contractions got worse, FAST! We seriously made a mad dash for the door, dropped my kids of at my sisters, and made it to the hospital where Van was born 20 minutes later! It was the most pain I have ever felt in my entire LIFE and don't wish that upon my worst enemy! But don't I have the cutest baby to show for it?! LOL! Welcome to the world my sweet baby!

Thursday, January 1, 2009

Happy New Year!

Large and in charge!

Our gracious hosts! Thanks Kirsten & Chris!

Rhandi and Graham

Happy New Year!

Kathy vs the chocolate fountain

Cameron & Kathy

Kristen & Shawn

Shawn & Carter (aka 'neck hair guy')

Happy New Year! We had a fabulous night of games, good company, and a chocolate fountain. I think you can all guess what my favorite part was:) I am just amazed that I made it to midnight! I should get a medal:)

Cool Guy

This will be a great bribe video one day:) Mia (and especially Max) were having a lot of fun
applying make-up and glitter. Max kept saying he was a 'Cool Guy' while applying the lip gloss?! Not sure if I should be worried!? lol!

Monday, December 22, 2008

Christmas Dinner @ Mom's

Grammy & Popop Maris know Max very well! Anything batman is the way to Max's heart!

Grammy & Mia

Mia pretty much peed her pants when she opened her 'Liana' barbie!

The Three Stooges:)

Simone and Dylan (Bam-chicka-bau-bau!)

We just cannot get Mia to take a normal picture!

My mom hosted an early Christmas dinner at her house...SO YUMMY! It was so great getting together with family and having all the cousins together to open gifts and get psyched for Santa's arrival in three days! I am totally experiencing the magic of Christmas through my kids and feel like a kid myself! I hope you all have a fabulous Christmas!

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Baby Van

Here is the latest picture of our little man (I had the ultrasound tech double check that it was indeed a boy!) I just can't wait to meet him!! My doc said I am already 2cm dilated and that when the baby comes, I prob won't even need an epidural because it will come so fast! I then informed my doc that I don't care if I am 10cm dilated and it's half way out, you better give me the freaking epidural! Drugs are good:) Spread the word....

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Mia the Artist

Mia is our little artist these days. In the past few weeks, her drawings have actually started to look like something and they are getting so creative! I just had to post this one because I actually thought it was a pretty good self-portrait! I love my little Mia:)

Friday, December 5, 2008

Turkey Day

Our family packed the van and headed up to Roy's parents for Thanksgiving this year! Between the dog, the theater room, and having Mana and Popop at their immediate disposal, I hardly even saw my kids the whole time we were there!