Happy Fathers Day!!!

Everyone says it... but seriously, I have THE best Dad in the world!!! I really do grow more and more appreciative of the type of Dad I have been blessed with, ever day... as I get older and experience more in this life, I am reminded more and more of the things my Dad taught me and modeled for my life. I have loved the dynamic of being under "his roof" and following my parents rules... to getting married, moving out and "coming back home" to just hang with my best friends, my parents. I love how Dad has been so excited for me when I met Jason, got engaged to him and then married. I LOVED being with my Dad on my wedding day. I LOVED his excitement for all Jason and I were doing with our lives... I LOVE the way him and my husband get along SO well (wow! that is such a huge blessing and makes me smile!) and I LOVE that I am making my Dad a Grandfather, or T-Daddy has he will be called, for the first time! I just love all the experiences I am having with my family and have God to thank for it all! He really has exceedingly, abundantly, blessed my family!

On Father's Day, I also celebrated my husband and his "Daddy to be Day"... I CAN NOT WAIT to watch him hold and kiss Aiden for the first time and I know I will just fall into an even more deeper love with him! He will be an amazing father and I'm excited next year to celebrate him with our little guy!



So... on this day we celebrated with an yummy lunch, presents for Dad and just a chilled, relax day by the pool... or actually IN the pool :)


Gifts for Dad...


My awesome parents...


Opening his cards





Whats Fathers Day with out some Grgich Hills :)


They better wait to open this for when I can enjoy as well!


And whats a day by the pool without Mojitos...My husband makes the best by the way!


Ahhhhhh.... Finally in the pool. Nothing like being hot and pregnant and being in the water! Its been heaven!

2 1/2 more weeks :)

Went for my weekly doctor appointment today... Hoping that more progress had been made, even if it was just a little bit. Dr. B said I was still at 2cm but I had "thinned out" even more and was now 80% effaced! Yay for that! She requested that they do a quick sonogram just to confirm that his head was down. Sure enough, when they put that little thing on my tummy and we waited for it to pop up on the screen all I saw was this perfectly round head right there ready to go! Good job Aiden, you made Momma proud :)

Next appt is on Tuesday, June 22nd...

Below are a few photos of his room that I just took....


Our little surfer dude is almost here!



His bathroom turned out awesome too!


SO happy with the way it all turned out!


Amazing mural done by Jeannie Albers


His bed!


The ADORABLE alligator and shark stuffed animals...


He's ready for the 4th of July if he comes before then :)


And this is what I picture in my head when I picture going into his room at night to feed him and rock him back to sleep... I am looking forward to some special Mommy & Aiden moments in that chair :)

Getting closer....

I started my weekly doctor visits today and all went well! I was nervous/excited about going in and wondering if I had made any progress, if she was going to say that I haven't dilated yet, or if he wasn't in the "head down" position, etc... But instead I got a pleasant surprise when she said I was just about at 2cm and 70% effaced... his head was right there and ready to go :) I'm SO excited that progress has been made and praying that I continue to go in this direction and that I don't get "stuck" at this point for awhile.

BUT its all in God's perfect timing... He knows EXACTLY when my little guy is supposed to make his appearance into this world. (Aiden is moving all around at the moment while typing... I think he is getting cramped and wants to come out too :))

Jason and I can't wait to hold him, meet him, kiss him and love him!

Next appointment is next Wednesday the 16th at 9:10am... So until then... We wait :)

Oh Boy, Oh Boy, Oh Boy...

This is titled "Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy..." for three reasons.

1) 3 months have already passed by since my last blog and of course LOTS of things have gone on since then... We were busy with LOTS OF SHOWERS! Wedding showers for my BF Nicole, a couple baby showers for two other friends and then my first baby shower at my Mom's house. Mom did SUCH a beautiful job with the help of my BF Lis, my sister and sister in law Alison. Everything of course was "beach themed" and I was just so overwhelmed and blessed by the generosity of all my friends and family... When I got home with all the things we got, Jason put together all the big items and now claims he is "Graco Certified" :) Below are some pics from the shower:





Cupcakes made by Cathi McClure... AMAZING :)







Next on the list was Nicole & Andrew's WEDDING!!! :) What a special day... I am so happy for Nicole and Andrew and was blessed to be a part of their wedding day! Nicole of course was KNOCK OUT GORGEOUS and Andrew didn't look too bad himself!




We also went to a place called Prenatal Impressions to get a 3D/4D ultrasound done of Aiden... It was SO amazing to see his adorable little face...We hadn't seen him since I was 18 weeks... We did this when I was just about 33 weeks... Can not wait to hold my little guy!



So yes.... This is the first "Oh Boy!" :)

2) Ok, so you know from the last blog that Stephanie and Marcio are pregnant... Well they decided they were going to see a mid-wife during her pregnancy and do a home birth. Well, the mid-wife will not do an ultrasound until 20 weeks... Us impatient former Watson girls don't like to wait, so Steph scheduled an appt. at Prenatal Impressions to find out the sex of the baby... Well to our surprise, its TWINS!!! Twin BOYS at that... What a shock, it took awhile for it to soak in, actually I think its still soaking in... I still can't believe it!!



So that was a BIG "Oh Boy! Oh Boy!"

3) Jason and I are in the home stretch before Aiden gets here... We had two more baby showers, one thrown by a sweet friend at church, Kari and the other thrown by my boss, Terri :) Again, we were overwhelmed with everyone's generosity... we have been so blessed and I can now say we have EVERYTHING possibly needed for our little man.

His room is complete, his bathroom is complete, I have washed all his clothes, blankets, towels, etc... I have his "station" set up downstairs (so I won't be going up and down all day long) and his bags are packed. All that's left is to get that car seat in the car, pack me and Jason's bag and then we are ALL set! I will be entering my 9th month on Monday and have a doctor appointment on the 9th to check to see if there is any progression, if he his head is down, etc... CAN'T WAIT! I can't believe this pregnancy is almost over... time has FLOWN by and as one friend said... "All you need now is your little surfer dude!" :)


Jeannie Albers did an AMAZING job on the mural... We are SO loving it!


Just another view... we have actually done more to the room, but these are the only pics I have at the moment.

So to wrap it all up... A LOT has gone on, we are near the end (36 weeks on Monday) and Mom & Dad went from ZERO grandchildren to THREE grandchildren (3 BOYS!) in a matter of seconds... So can you say "Oh BOY, oh BOY, oh BOY!!!"

18 Week Ultrasound Pics of Aiden

Aiden's precious little profile!!!


His ADORABLE little feet :)


I can't get over how you can see every little detail...

SO much excitment!!!

I can't believe all that has gone on JUST THIS YEAR!!! So here is an update:

On February 3rd, Jason, my Mom, sister and I headed to Winnie Palmer Hospital to find out if "Baby Stelly" was really a "he" or "she"... First of all, most amazing ultrasound ever. To be able to see all parts of my baby and see the heart, brain, liver, kidney, stomach, lungs, etc... Its so amazing how God creates life! So... to the fine part... We discover its a BOY!! YAY! Excitement just flooded me with FINALLY knowing what was growing inside me. We could wait to start calling friends and family to let them know the news! ITS A BOY ITS A BOY!!!

My best friend of 10 years, Lis, had her baby shower in February... it was SUCH a fun time of celebration and to prepare Lis with the "things" she needed for little Gracie! My SISTER also found out in February that her and Marcio are PREGNANT!! WHAT? 2 babies in one year for the Watson, Stelly, Pacheco's... CRAZINESS! We are all so blessed and cant wait to celebrate the holiday's this year with 2 little ones. Steph and Marcio are about 7 weeks along and their due date is October 25th (their 2 year wedding anniversary). SO EXCITED for my sis and that our children will be able to grow up together!

SOOO... Onto March... I was awaken by a text last night from my friend Lis's sister, Sarah. Lis was at the hospital and was having an emergency c-section, while I know that was not was Lis wanted, whatever it takes to keep both Mom and baby safe. So Grace Lee Graeser was born at 12:33am and weighed 7lbs 14oz! I CAN NOT wait to go and meet her today. Lis, I love you and I'm so proud of you!!!

So much has gone on and much more to come with wedding showers (Nicole!!) and more baby showers! (Sahily, Deborah, MINE :)).

I am 23 weeks pregnant now, more than half way there! Feeling great! We picked the name for our little man, Aiden Christopher! Aiden means "Little fire" and Christopher means "bearing Christ within"... I LOVE the meanings!!! We have started the nursery and Daddy is doing an amazing job! I love feeling Aiden move inside me, its the most amazing thing ever!

So bottom line... God is GOOD and we are blessed beyond measure! More to come........

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Its 2010! Can't believe we have gone through another year ... 10 years ago we were ringing in the year of 2000, wondering all about this Y2K "stuff". I remember the night, we were at our house in the Tuscany neighborhood with our friends the Hope's over to celebrate. Dinner, fun, hanging out and then standing in front of the tv counting down as the big ball dropped wondering if at midnight everything would crash, tv off, computer off, lights off, etc... But no, nothing happened :) What a fun night! As I think about the next 10 years to come I will be 36 years old, Jason and I will have been married for almost 13 years, our soon to be child will be almost 10 years old (and hopefully that means we have another child at this point as well)...its amazing at what all will happen in 10 years and I hope God has some amazing stuff planned for the Stelly family!

I'm 16 weeks pregnant today... finally feeling fabulous and not so "yucky"... we find out in two weeks (Feb 3rd) if Baby Stelly is a boy or a girl. I can't wait to find out so I can start planning the nursery, deciding on names and preparing for our sweet baby. We went crib shopping over the weekend, so fun and so surreal that I am finally doing this after all the thoughts of having "kids one day"...well that day is here!

Our Christmas Holiday was awesome. Having all our family (on my Mom's side) over for Christmas Eve was a BLAST! We are growing and growing...it was Kate's first Christmas and she had a ball, next year there will be another little one. We had a special moment on Christmas Eve where the entire family gathered around to share what has gone on in the past year and share what their prayer request would be for 2010. We wrote everything down and sent out to everyone later and have all committed to praying for one another this year. On Christmas Eve in 2010 we will see what God has done. As my Dad said, it may sound cliche but a Family that Prays together, Stays together...and we are believing that for this year!

On Christmas Day we were at my parents house in the morning opening gifts and then as a Watson Family Tradition, WAFFLES for breakfast :) This year we made Waffilicious's (thanks to the wonderful recipe from House Blend Cafe). After hanging out in a our PJ's all day and watching movies, napping and eating leftovers from the night before...Jason and I headed to his parents house for a yummy Christmas Dinner!

So now... we move on with a new year. Which is FULL of excitement and I can't wait. I have baby showers, wedding showers, babies arriving, weddings to attend, and my baby shower and arrival of baby Stelly...there will not be a dull moment!

Well Happy New Year to everyone! I pray that 2010 is WONDERFUL!

Below are some pictures from Christmas...

Me, Jason and Baby Stelly on Christmas Even


Mom & Dad's Christmas Tree


We don't do a holiday without PLENTY of desserts...These were the yummy cupcakes I made :)


Me and Kate in her Christmas Dress



Mandi and Grant! I MISS THEM! So glad they were here this Christmas...


Grammie and her Kate! :)


Christmas Morning... STOCKINGS :)


TJ and his new shoes...


YAY Marcio got underwear!! He was very exciting about this "new kind" of underwear...


Dad got shoes from me and Jason...


Haha I found Mom pink yard clippers and a belt to hold it all in :) (she will actually use this)


Steph posing with her scarf...


I got this adorable frame from my parents... it says "Love at First Sight" :)


Dad and Marcio playing games on their iphones...