Pink or Blue?!

Scott and I had been looking forward to December 21 for quite some time now!!!  That Saturday morning we flew home to Louisville and we were eagerly awaiting our afternoon elective ultrasound.  Then my sister was to host a "reveal party" that evening with our families to finally find out if we were having a boy or a girl.  The ladies that worked at the Ultrasound Studio were so nice and played along with our plan to not find out what we were having until the party.  Scott was excited to be the one to go get the reveal balloons and was allowed to open the envelope first.  He loved knowing the news before me, but he kept it a secret for the next couple of hours!

Scott with THE envelope

The Ultrasound Studio had this cute Christmas tree with pink and blue ornaments.  The suspense was killing us as we waited for our turn to see the sweet baby. 

Words can't express how neat it was to finally get a glimpse of our baby.  The last time we had seen it was at our 8 week appt. and there wasn't much to see at such an early time in the pregnancy.  This was a totally different experience at 18 weeks.  We saw the cutest little profile I've ever seen of the face and the baby was flip flopping all around.  I can't believe I don't feel those movements yet!  We saw the feet kicking (Scott called them good soccer feet) and the baby was swallowing and waving his or her arms at us.  I was still convinced after the ultrasound that it was a girl. The ultrasound tech kept going back to "make sure she had the gender right" and I figured that it would only be questionable if it was a girl.  Scott really didn't have a preference or a strong opinion one way or the other.  For those attending the reveal party you were to wear pink or blue according to what you thought.  As you can see I was in hot pink and Scott wore both colors.

We also had people write on a pink or blue ornament what name they wanted the baby to call them in the future.   I was "Mommy" and Scott chose "Dada."

These are the cute cupcakes my sister made...She's the best Hostess!  Thank you to the Holemans for having our reveal party at your house days before Christmas.

FINALLY it was time to open our present to see if we had pink balloons or blue balloons inside.  It was the best Christmas present we could have received!!

Open it!

Despite feeling like this baby was a girl (so much for maternal instinct!) I immediately was thrilled for a little boy!  Knowing the sex of the baby makes everything seem more real .  We have been on cloud nine ever since we saw the little guy. Now, time to pick out a name!

 We have had fun receiving baby boy gifts from our families for Christmas!  It was a wonderful holiday at home and we hope yours was just as special.

Christmas in Florida

We have been trying to get into the Christmas spirit here in Florida despite 70-80 degree weather most of the month!  I know it sounds like I'm bragging, but let me tell you that it's hard to feel like its really December when you are surrounded by palm trees and wearing sun dresses.  I would LOVE a good snow storm about now!  Once we move to Louisville (some day!)  I know I will look back at this and think I was crazy for wanting cold weather.  Anyway, we have been doing some decorating and that makes our home seem like the holidays.  I made Wilson a collar so he was in the spirit too.  He is fascinated with our tree and originally kept trying to lick it.  Now he just likes to sleep under it.  My favorite thing so far this holiday has been watching TV on the couch with the only light being from the Christmas tree, a candle burning and my view of our tree with Wilson sleeping by it and our stockings hanging. Even if we have the windows open next to us as well.  :)
On a different note, I just had my 16 week appointment and everything continues to go well for the pregnancy.  I heard the baby's heartbeat with a Doppler and it was about 150 bpm....old wives tales say greater than 140 is a girl!  While Dr. "George" was listening there was suddenly an extra background noise and the doctor laughed and said that was the baby kicking!  Made me smile.  Still hard to believe there is a baby in there!  He told me to keep doing what was I doing cause everything looks great.

Picking out our Christmas tree!

 

Wilson inspecting our tree

 

My Favorite View

 

Our First Stockings

 

Our Christmas tree ornaments are mainly ones our parents have given us over the years.  My mom got me a new ornament every year relating to our life at the time.  She boxed all my ornaments up for me this year to bring to our tree. We enjoyed going through them as we decorated, but Scott did NOT approve of this one.  I'll have to sneak it on the tree.

Hope you have a happy holiday season!

Home for the Holidays

We were so excited to be able to fly home to Louisville for Thanksgiving this year.  We have so much to be thankful for this year!  We love being with our families for the holidays and it's something we both were looking forward to.  Thanksgiving Eve was when Scott and I reunited years ago, so it is a memorable time of year as well.  It was great to be amongst family and friends for a weekend.  Up next, home for Christmas!  And the best present of all....Dec. 21 we find out the sex of the baby.  I'm dying to know!!

So what do you think...boy or girl????

Wilson's First Birthday

We adopted our sweet yellow lab last January, but his first birthday was November 22.  It's hard to believe he is already one year old.  Even though he finds himself getting into trouble often, we love him so much and can't remember days without him around.  He has broken us in as parents to prepare for the real thing!


The day we adopted Wilson.  He is on the left, his brother on the right.  It was a hard decision!

 

That Face!

 

and One year old Wilson with his birthday gift...

Happy Birthday, Wilson!

...."then comes a baby"

We are thrilled to announce that we are expecting baby Wilkinson due May 30, 2014!!!!

I know, I know, we are still finding this news hard to believe!  We feel so fortunate that our family is growing by one.  Scott and I had always known that we would want to start having kids sooner than later.  However, seeing that little plus sign sure was a bit shocking! 

All this excitement started back in September.  I was actually home in Louisville for the birth of my nephew, Will.  I had a long trip planned, 3 weeks, so I could be there for my sister when she gave birth and to help out for a couple weeks after.  Little did I know we were pregnant at the same time (only for a couple weeks, but its a fun fact for us)!  Anyway, Will was only a week old and after my sister convinced me I decided to take a pregnancy test.  I was just so confident it would be negative. However, it quickly proved me wrong!  I just could not believe it.  I went through a lot of emotions all in about a minute, but mostly I knew that my life was forever changed and this was really exciting.  Now I had to let Scott know!  As much as I'd have rather told him in person, there was no way I could wait til I saw him again in two weeks.  Instead I called him on Face Time so I could see his reaction.  He knew right away before I could even say it.  He had a great reaction!

Sept 22, 2013....Test Day!



There are those little plus signs!

My sister snuck a pic of me on the phone with Scott telling him our big news.  Note the tests by my side to show Scott the proof.

 

 This is the picture we used to announce the pregnancy to our parents.  We acted like we had a wedding picture for them.  They all were surprised.  Now that we are 12 weeks along (goodbye 1st trimester!) we want to share our news with everyone.  We have found an OB doctor here in Orlando and everything seems to be going well with a healthy mom and baby.

 

When I think back over the last year or so it's hard to believe how many life changes we've made.  It started with an engagement, then we adopted our dog, Wilson, moved to Orlando, got married and now we're having a baby!  I think we are gonna settle down in 2014!  haha yeah, right!
 

   

A Tahitian Honeymoon

     First I'd like to thank my sister, Emily, for initiating this blog for Scott and me!!  What a great gift.  We hope this is an easy way for our family and friends to keep up with our lives.
I'd like to start the blog where my sister left off.  After our wedding on August 3, we took the Sunday to relax and chat about the big day with our immediate family.  Early Monday morning we started our 18 hour journey to Tahiti in the French Polynesia.  The longest flight was from LAX and was 8.5 hours.  I got pretty restless but it was so worth the flight.   The whole week we felt like we were living in paradise.  Every picture we took resembled that of a post card.

 We finally made it!  This is us at the Tahiti Airport.

  
 We arrived at 7pm their time and it was already dark.  So when we woke up the next morning it was finally time to see the view.  This was what we saw as our first look at Tahiti.  The island in the background was Moorea, where we stayed the rest of the week.

We took a ferry to Moorea, one of the Tahitian islands.  Bora Bora is a must next time we go....Scott says that won't be til maybe our 20th anniversary.   I've got a long time to dream!  We stayed in a bungalow at a Hilton hotel.  It was over the lagoon with a beautiful sunrise view every morning.  I could see Scott snorkeling under our place from the glass bottom floor!  We took advantage of water activities like paddle boarding, and tours both on land and water from the Moorea locals.

Ferry Ride to Moorea

The Hilton Moorea

Sunrise view from our Bungalow.  We got up every morning to watch it and then would head over to the breakfast buffet.  The French crepes were one of our favorites each breakfast.

   Here is us paddle boarding.  The first time was a success!  The second try was on a very windy day which was not so successful!  The tide quickly sent me far away and Scott had to rescue this damsel in distress.

Scott Snorkeling, his favorite water activity!  He went out everyday in the late afternoon with our underwater camera.  This was my time to relax and read or catch up on US news on the Ipad.  I admit I even checked facebook every now and then. We usually would take a nap after that and then get ready for dinner.

 

I took this picture from the glass floor in our Bungalow

 

Here are some pics of us during the Moorea Tours.  We hiked and also swam with sharks and stingrays...It was a little scary, but was so cool!  The blue colors in the water are amazing and these pictures don't even capture the full beauty.

 Don't be fooled by the smile on my face!  I was literally shaking as the sharks circled around me.

 

and some other memories:

 

See you in 20 years, Tahiti!

First Post!

This post is brought to you by Emily...a little gift for Katie and Scott (and for the rest of us who want to keep up with the Wilkinson's)!  I thought I'd kick the blog off with a wedding post and let them fill you in on their lives from this point on.  :)

Katie and Scott got married on August 3, 2013 at Christ Church Cathedral in Louisville.  It was a gorgeous, cool summer evening- perfect for a great wedding!  Katie and Scott were so excited to get hitched, and the wedding was just perfect! 

The church was full- ready for the ceremony to begin!

 

They did it!

O'Dea group photo

 Wilkinson group photo

The bridal party took a quick trolley ride before arriving at the reception.

A group picture from the Indiana side of the Ohio River...

Time to party! The reception was held at The Henry Clay.

The Wilkinson's!

Okay, Kiki....get bloggin'!  Love you all!

 Love,

Em