Reagan Penelope Wilson

Reagan Penelope Wilson was born at 12:20 a.m. on June 2nd 2008. She weighed 7lbs. and 12 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. We went to the hospital on Sat. night so that Emily could begin the process of being induced (Reagan was more than a week overdue). She began having mild contraction and the nurse was worried that the medicine would make the contractions worse and make it difficult for Reagan, so they had to wait. After about 2 hours the contractions slowed down and the nurse gave her the pre- inducing medicine. To help her sleep through the contractions, the nurse gave her some Ambien which left Emily a little out of sorts. She was complaining that the lights looked like aliens with turbans. When morning came, Emily was having pretty strong and painful contractions, but Reagan was making little progress. The doctors were apprehensive to induce Emily while she was having normal contractions, but because Reagan wasn't making much progress, at 2:00 p.m. they decided to go ahead and induce her as planned. 10 hours later Reagan was born. It was a long and difficult process, but Emily was such a trooper. Both mother and baby are doing very well.

Easter, April Fools, yadda yadda yadda...

We had a fun Easter. I keep bringing my camera pretty much everywhere we go, but then we end up having too much fun and I forget to bring it out and take pictures...sorry! I do still need to take some pregnancy pictures of me, but to be honest, it makes me feel a little awkward. I don't like pictures being taken of JUST me, and I just don't like the way I look pregnant! What ever happened to what people say about pregnant women being just BEAUTIFUL? I don't believe it! I weight twenty extra pounds than I used to, I've got a new case of wonderful pregnancy acne, I'm greasy, my clothes don't fit, etc. But...maybe I'll grace these pages of my blog with a picture if I can get a good one...we'll see, keep your fingers crossed. Haha.
Anyways, for Easter, we went to church, which was wonderful, and then went over to my parents house for a wonderful Easter "linner" (lunch + dinner). A lot of my mom's family was there, and it was fun to catch up with them and eat delicious food. Although, I was not really able to enjoy it as I have in previous Easters, because there is just not enough room anymore in there! I feel like my stomach is in my chest, and I can only eat small meals before feeling a little sick. That's been the hardest thing to get used to! I used to be able to eat tons, and always had a healthy appetite, until these last couple of months of pregnancy. There is just nowhere for the food to go! But, I still enjoy it - no worries.
Let's see...oh! Well, we took a trip down to Seattle on Friday to go see a specialist at Swedish Perinatal. I was really nervous. I thought, if my Dr. isn't able to figure this out and has to send me to a "specialist," it can't be good. There were still concerns about the blood clots on my placenta, as well as an irregular heart beat, and my blood tested positive for the CMV virus. Eek! I was very frustrated, because you feel so helpless. Like, this could be hurting my baby, or it could not be, but I couldn't do anything about it - except pray...lots and lots of prayer. Jason gave me a blessing, and I felt very comforted that either everything was going to be just fine, or whatever we found out, we would be prepared enough to handle. Well, good news! Our trip to Swedish went very well. We had an ultrasound done, where we found out that the baby is over four pounds and has lots of hair - you could actually see it in the ultrasound! She was practicing swallowing like crazy too. Not just the normal gulps that you normally see, but like crazy swallowing - over and over and over again! This little (or big) girl is going to eat us out of our house! She will be a good nurser, that's for sure. Hopefully my nipples can handle it! haha. They checked my placenta, and, although the clots were still there, the baby is (obviously) having no growth problems or anything, so that was really reassuring. Then we had a consultation with one of the Doctors there that specializes in these sorts of things, and basically, he told me that there was nothing to be concerned about! He said that the baby is right on track of her growth schedule, that my placenta causes no immediate concerns, and that the CMV that came up positive in my blood tests just means that I had it at one time, but am now immune - as well as the baby. (yippee!) He said that I am not a high risk pregnancy, and that routine ultrasounds every three weeks will be good enough to know if things keep going as planned. He mentioned that it looks like at one time I did have a partial placental abruption, but that it has since healed itself, and just to take it easy. So take it easy we will! I was so grateful that everything turned out to be just fine - I had prepared myself to hear the worst, and it was truly a blessing to be able to hear that she is so healthy and spunky and feisty! We love our little girl so much and are so excited to meet her! I have such a strong testimony of the power of prayer and priesthood blessings, and I am so grateful to Jason for being so faithful and able to give me such heartfelt blessings.
So, other than that...I have decided to quit my job, and move to Costa Rica to carry out my lifelong dream of being a scuba instructor. April Fools! Haha, not that funny. Today Jason and his siblings decided to play a joke on their dad and all call him and ask for money or financial help in various ways. Surprisingly, he agreed to helping all of us (which made it not so funny, and kind of made us feel bad!). Whether it was car trouble, mortgage payments, hotels, or flight changes, he was willing to give us all the money we needed! How nice! Katelyn called him tonight and let him in on the joke, and he thought it was pretty funny. He did mention, however, that he had been very nice and understanding about the whole thing. Good one guys! Happy April Fools, all!
Tonight, we had another childbirth class, and I must admit they are getting a little better. We are finally learning about pain management during labor, and it is really helping to ease my fears a little bit.
I have been battling a cold/sinus infection lately that Jason had for about a week prior to me getting it, and I must say...it really sucks! I hate being pregnant AND sick and not really being able to take any medication. I just use Saline nose spray, and get lots of rest. It seems to be helping, but the cold still has to take its course, and it pretty much just feels miserable. Pregnancy is not a fun time to be sick. Pregnancy itself is somewhat painful and uncomfortable, and pairing that with not being able to breath is pretty bad. But, I look forward to getting over it soon!
That's all that's new for us lately. Thanks everyone for your prayers and thoughts for our cute little Bupley. It has really helped, and we know how blessed we are that everything is going so well. Now I'm going to go register for baby stuff at Target. Have a great rest of the week!

=)

Hi Whit and Erin! =)

We love Bupley

Hi everyone, just an update:
Tonight we attended our first "childbirth and preparation class." This class lasts until May 6th and is every Tuesday night. We were a bit unsure as to whether or not to take this class, because I've heard that sometimes they can be a waste of time, but it turned out to be alright. There are only four couples in our class, which is nice, and our teacher seems to know what she's talking about. She is a little bit of a hippie, but that's alright, we'll just smile and nod when she tells us how "horrible" getting an epidural is for the baby. =) haha. And one of the husbands in the class is actually someone I went to high school with, and his wife is pregnant too, so that was kind of cool as well!
Also, Baby Girl Wilson is still doing very well. We went in for another ultrasound and biophysical test today, just because they've been keeping such a close eye on her, and she is doing so well! We saw her moving, practicing breathing, opening and closing her eyes (so crazy!) and sucking on her little thumbs. She is so cute (at least I think so) - NOT that you can tell a lot from the normal ultrasounds, but she's got a little heart-shaped face and chubby cheeks and the cutest lips and chin...ah I'm so excited to see her! Anyways, that is what's new with her. She is growing and thriving like she is supposed to. My placenta is still "weird looking," and has the same blood clots, but they don't seem to be growing or multiplying at all, so that is very good. I couldn't be more grateful. As the doctor said today, the placenta's job is to help the baby grow and thrive, and since she is thriving, then we don't need to worry about a placenta beauty contest! Haha...so true, so true. Welp, back to homework and watching the Office. Have a good night everyone.

Just some random pictures

So here are some more recent pictures, and by that I mean like around Christmastime. I will get Jason to take some pregnancy pictures of me soon, so I can post those up too.

This is me and my friend Gabe who came to visit while she was visiting family in Washington. Her and her husband and baby girl live in Arizona now, but it was so fun to see her! We grew up together, and have lots of fun memories.
Here is my sister-in-law, Jaclyn, her baby Breydan, and I at my other sister-in-law Katelyn's and Kaden's wedding this past November. I remember this trip very vividly out to Utah because I was 12 weeks pregnant, and thought that I would be feeling better soon, but definitely wasn't, and was sort of disappointed. But it was still fun.
Okay, so this wasn't winter, it was actually in August at my good friends, KT and Will's, wedding in Las Vegas. Pictured from left to right: Rebekah Tyler (who is now on a mission!), Julie Ahlstrom, beautiful Whitney, and me. The combination of floral prints in this picture makes me dizzy, haha.
Here is a picture of us at Temple Square, not actually this winter, and not actually last winter, but more like the winter before that, when we were just dating. Sorry for the random assortment of photos. These are just some that I hadn't posted yet and had recently found.

Lately...

We have been such busy bees lately with school and work. I hardly feel like we have time to just "chill" anymore. But that's okay, we better get used to it before Bupley comes, huh?! For those of you who don't know, we are currently working at Mountain View Group Home, a home for 7 developmentally disabled adults. My parents are the current administrators, and we feel really lucky to have landed such a good (and somewhat easy, too...ssshhhh, don't tell) job. We get great benefits (health insurance - yeah!), and it has been fun to work for my parents. At first I wasn't sure it would be such a good idea, since working with family generally isn't as a rule of thumb, but it has really worked out wonderfully. Five nights a week we do the "sleepover" shift, which is when no other staff are there so we need to be there in case of emergencies, or to take them to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Then every morning for a couple of hours, we work in the group home helping the clients get ready for the day and doing chores around the house. The residents are all very sweet and it has been so much fun getting to know them. So, there's work for ya.
Other than that, we have just been working hard at school. This semester is kind of crazy with the work load (I honestly don't know what I was thinking deciding to be pregnant, working, and taking eighteen credits.) Oh well, we all learn our lessons don't we? Some of us decide to do it the hard way! My classes are all pretty interesting though, and I feel like I've finally been learning a lot, which doesn't seem to happen too often - not really sure why! Not sure I'll pull straight A's this semester, but you never know!
Baby Bupley is doing really well and growing big inside of me! She is so cute. We were thrilled to get that 3d or 4d (don't really know which is which) ultrasound the other day. The bad news about all these ultrasounds is that it means that things are less than perfect, so they have been monitoring her closely lately for the past couple of weeks. She is doing great, and passed her "biophysical test" today with flying colors - 8/8! The doctor said she was an overachiever. Looks like she's following in her parent's (at least her mom's - is that bragging?) footsteps.
So basically, long story short of what's going on is that there is something "not quite right" about my placenta. The doctor's exact words were "I've never seen this before," which is not something that is too pleasant to hear from the doctor's mouth - but it sounds like everything will be okay. My placenta just looks like it has a lot of blood clots in it - which is normal, but apparently I just have a lot! Lucky me! However, it doesn't seem to be affecting the baby thus far AT ALL, and for that we are very grateful. She is right on schedule with growth and movements and everything. So, for the next couple of weeks they are going to be doing some different tests - some blood tests to check for any kind of virus that could be causing this to happen, and then they are also hooking me up to a heart monitor to do an EKG, just to make sure that my heart is working the way it is supposed to. So, for right now, we still have no idea what exactly is going on, but I'm sure it will all be cleared up within the next few weeks. My doctor has been great and really concerned, and that is good to know. He sounds determined to really get to the bottom of this. I just am so grateful that our baby is so healthy and big and lively! The technician could barely get a clear picture of anything today because she was moving around so much - maybe THAT is what I should be worried about! Haha. I just worry about her so much all the time, and it is so reassuring to know that she is right where she should be in the developmental process. If you guys could just keep Baby Bupley in your prayers, I would so appreciate it!
Other than that, we have a full week ahead of us - blood tests, heart tests, dentists appointments (for Jason), and he is also getting his wisdom teeth pulled. So today he went to the dentist for the first time in six years and I thought for sure that he was going to have tons of cavities or something, and guess what? Zero! No cavities! I was so mad! Who just doesn't go to the dentist for that long, and then has no cavities? I'm telling you, he must have some pretty strong and durable teeth because it's not like he lays off the sweets or anything! Dang... lucky guy, but he was pretty proud. We'll see how the wisdom teeth pulling goes tomorrow. They are impacted, so I'm fairly certain he may be out of it for a few days. We shall see. Welp, I'm at work now, so can't post any pictures, but I will put some new ultrasound pictures on here as soon as I can. Just a warning though, they are NOT as cool as our 3d ones last week, but that's alright, we still caught her smiling in one of them. She looks like a cute little Jedi Knight, haha. Have a tremendous night everyone! Thanks for tuning in!

Love Whitney's emails!

I just got this forwarded email from Whitney today, and I loved it, so I had to share. Usually forwarded emails are kind of silly (even though I ALWAYS look forward to Whitney's!) but this one is really great. Enjoy. (sorry about the weird triangles that are always in forwarded emails, I wasn't in the mood to erase them all.) =)

> Jay Leno wrote this; it's the Jay Leno we don't
> often see....
>
> 'The other day I was reading Newsweek
> magazine and came across some poll data I


found rather hard to believe.
> It must be true, given the source, right?
>
> The Newsweek poll alleges that 67 percent of
> Americans are unhappy with the direction the country is
> headed, and 69 percent of the country is unhappy with


the performance of the President. In essence,
> 2/3's of the citizenry just ain't happy and
> want a change.
>
> So being the knuckle dragger I am, I started
> thinking, ''What are we so unhappy about?''
>
> Is it that we have electricity and running
> water 24 hours a day, 7 days a week?
>
> Is our unhappiness the result of having air
> conditioning in the summer and heating in the winter?
>
> Could it be that 95.4 percent of these
> unhappy folks have a job?
>
> Maybe it is the ability to walk into a
> grocery store at any time, and see more food in moments than Darfur
> has seen in the last year?
>
> Maybe it is the ability to drive from the
> Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean without having to present
> identification papers as we move through each state?
>
> Or possibly the hundreds of clean and safe
> motels we would find along the way that can provide temporary
> shelter?
>
> I guess having thousands of restaurants with
> varying cuisine from around the world is just not good enough.
>
> Or could it be that when we wreck our car,
> emergency workers show up and Provide services to help all, and even send
> a helicopter to take you to the hospital.
>
> Perhaps you are one of the 70 percent of
> Americans who own a home. You may be upset with knowing that in
> the unfortunate case of a fire, a group of trained firefighters will
> appear in moments and use top notch equipment to extinguish the flames thus
> saving you, your family and your belongings.
>
> Or if, while at home watching one of your
> many flat screen TVs, a burglar or prowler intrudes , an officer
> equipped with a gun and a bullet-proof vest will come to defend you and
> your family against attack or loss.
>
> This all in the backdrop of a neighborhood free of bombs or
> militias raping and pillaging the residents. Neighborhoods where 90
> percent of teenagers own cell phones and computers.
>
> How about the complete religious, social and political freedoms
> we enjoy that are the envy of everyone in the world?
>
> Maybe that is what has 67 percent of you folks unhappy.
>
> Fact is, we are the largest group of ungrateful, spoiled brats
> the world has ever seen. No wonder the world loves the U.S., yet
> has a great disdain for its citizens. They see us for what we are. The
> most blessed people in the world who do nothing but complain about
> what we don't have , and what we hate about the country instead of
> thanking the good Lord we live here.
>
> I know, I know. What about the President who took us into war
> and has no plan to get us out? The President who has a measly
> 31 percent approval rating? Is this the same President who guided
> the nation in the dark days after 9/11? The President that cut taxes
> to bring an economy out of recession? Could this be the same guy
> who has been called every name in the book for succeeding in keeping all
> the spoiled ungrateful brats safe from terrorist attacks?
>
> The Commander-In Chief of an all-volunteer army that is out
> there defending you and me? Did you hear how bad the President
> is on the news or talk show? Did this news affect you so much, make you so
> unhappy you couldn't take a look around for yourself and see all the
> good things and be glad?
>
> Think about it...are you upset at the President because he
> actually caused you personal pain OR is it because the 'Media' told you
> he was failing to kiss your sorry ungrateful behind every day.
>
> Make no mistake about it. The troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
> have volunteered to serve, and in many cases may have died for
> your freedom. There is currently no draft in this country. They didn't have
> to go.
>
> They are able to refuse to go and end up with either a ''general'' discharge, an


''other than honorable'' discharge or, worst case scenario, a ''dishonorable'' discharge
> after a few days in the brig.
>
> So why then the flat-out discontentment in the minds of 69 percent of Americans?


Say what you want, but I blame it on the media. If it bleeds, it leads; and they specialize in
> bad news. Everybody will watch a car crash with blood and guts. How many
> will watch kids selling lemonade at the corner? The media knows this and media outlets
> are for-profit corporations. They offer what sells, and when criticized, try to defend their actions


by 'justifying' them in one way or another.
> Just ask why they tried to allow a murderer like O.J. Simpson to write a
> book about 'how he didn't kill his wife, but if he did he would have done it this way'...Insane!
>
> Stop buying the negativism you are fed everyday by the media.
> Shut off the TV, burn Newsweek, and use the New York Times for the
> bottom of your bird cage. Then start being grateful for all we have as a country.


There is exponentially more good than bad.
>
> We are among the most blessed people on Earth, and should thank
> God several times a day, or at least be thankful and appreciative.
>
> 'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides,
> flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to
> another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks,
> *'Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'