Vince's Nursery

Dillon and I were so blessed when it came to putting our Nursery together. My mom had this big white organizational system the she was kind of using but more than anything it was taking up space at her place. We thought it would be cute in our place if we put colored bins in the cubes and added a rack for hanging Vince’s little clothes. I’m really happy with how it looks, plus it’s an amazing way to store everything and keep his room clean and his things accessible.



We have amazing family friends the Johnsons. They are the family I lived with for 8 months in Minnesota to finish up my senior year of high school after my mom moved to Utah. They are basically my second family. They have some baby gear they agreed to let us borrow for Vince. We’re using their crib, changing table, nursing pillow and swing for Vince. Not only are they free for us to use they are beautiful and in great condition. Thank so so so much guys!

The only thing we had to by ourselves was a $15 bassinet (craigslist) and a $25 rocker (thrift store). Can you believe it!? I’m so grateful for the help and blessings. My mom got us the cute sports crib bedding for Christmas and we decided the comforter would be too heavy for Vince in the summer so we hung it up on the wall.

Without question my favorite thing in Vince’s nursery is the other quilt we have hanging on the wall. My Aunt Tere (with help from her new daughter-in-law, Sam’s beautiful wife Vanessa) made 2 quilts for Vince for the baby shower. They are so awesome, but I hung the jean quilt up because it may be the most cherished gift I’ve ever received. She used my Uncle Dan’s old jeans for the denim material. It will for sure be kept safe forever!

Baby Shower & 12 Days of Baby

My mom and beautiful sister Tori threw me a baby shower last weekend. They did such a good job of decorating, blue everywhere. My favorite was the clothes-line they used to hang onsies and other baby clothes up!

Lots of yummy treats!

We had a great selection of food too, thanks Aunt Tere for making cupcakes!

The blind diapering head-to-head challange

Vince and I were SUPER spoiled and got tons of cute clothes

My mom had this great idea to get a dozen blank blue and white onsies and an assortment of paint pens. She put out a station for our guests to decorate them. Our thought is that it would be a fun activity, but we didn't think that Vince would actually wear the final products.

Boy did we underestimate the creativity of our guests! They turned out SO cute and so clever. Thank you to everyone who did one, they will be so cherished and definitely worn!

Mama Johnson and Libby were working for a while on their onsie... when I finally looked at their finished product I was in shock... check below to see it!

I couldn't get it to rotate, but this is the one Aunt Kathy made. As you can imagine Dillon loves this one.

My cousin Sadie's

Super cute idea by Aunt Tere

My cousin Heather used our last name!

Aunt Kim went with the Waterboy quote! I'll be fine if he believes this for 17 years or so...

Vanessa super cute onsie!

My cousins Kim and Kari wanted to be sure Dillon would get this one on right!

Dillon's sister Hannah made this one that melts my heart!

And here's the one Mama Johnson made!

I love my job teaching at Liahona Prep Academy for many many reasons. One of my new reasons is this sweet student I have in one of my chemistry classes. She recently came into class with a present for Vince & I and announced it was day 1 of the 12 days of Baby. She and her family decided to bring in a gift every day for 12 days! Since was only have class 4 days a week it stretched over 3 weeks (4 if you count spring break)!

Days 1-4: Diapers and wipes, super cute Dr. Seuss Burp Cloths, bath-time needs with washcloths, and a deluxe diaper bag.

Days 5-8: This was the week of huge gifts! A baby bouncer, play mat, diaper genie with refills, and a stroller/car-seat set!!!

Days 9-12: BYU cougar gear and shoes, 101 Dalmatians blankets, musical soothing rainforest player, and a gift card to Babies 'R Us.

Three Years Ago…

Three years ago this weekend Dillon and I had our first date. We had been having long phone conversations the week before, and after Priesthood Session of April General Conference we met up. Dillon was house-sitting at Bear’s house so I went over there for our date. We decided to make toasted subs to bring for the potluck at church the next day.

This is a picture we went back to take later,

but it's the house where we had our first date

As we went grocery shopping, and made the food I was happily surprised at how easy it was to be around Dillon. I had recently been on another first date that I had thought went well enough. But with Dillon it felt so natural and conversation was effortless. It felt right from the first moment.

After we assembled the subs and the choco-flan that’s Dillon’s specialty, Dillon pulled out a selection of 4 or 5 movies for me to choose from. They included Miracle, Invincible, Remember the Titans, Coach Carter… total sports movies. He asked if I would like any of these. I still laugh thinking back at the look of wonder on his face when I told him I owned all these movies and they were my favorites. I told him I watched Invincible earlier that week, but as a proud Minnesota Girl I’d have to choose Miracle. He was definitely happy to be on a date with a girl who not only liked sports but could more than hold her own talking about sports, and enjoyed talking about them.

During the movie he put his arm around me, and we had a great conversation. Being Minnesota it was no real surprise that after the movie there was 2+ inches of snow on my car (on the first weekend of April). Dillon walked me out, put his coat on me and grabbed my brush to clear my car off for me (so sweet!). As we stood there saying goodbye I suddenly found myself hoping he would kiss me good night…

I must have been giving some cue because sure enough he hit me with the cute, super cheesy, adorable line: “every time I’m with you it’s such an adventure. Are you up for a little more adventure?” I bashfully nodded yes, then I had my last (best) first kiss ever.

After that night it was a landslide of activity as we dated every night before I left for Europe later that week (by which time we were madly in love). It still seems crazy to me how fast thing moved, but I am so happy for the man I’ve been married to for over the last 2.5 years. I’m so excited to get to be the mother of his son, who joins our family in 6 weeks!

Every conference now we make toasted subs, and I’m really excited to have them for lunch today in remembrance of the best date of my life!

Some of What We’ve Been Up To

I have been awful at blogging recently. Between being way too busy with school & work and not having much come up in our lives outside the norm (school & work) the Blog has been neglected. Today is the day of my repentance!

This February we were lucky enough to have Dillon’s older brother Ben swing through Utah for work. He wasn’t out for too long but on his free night he was able to come by the house. It was really nice getting to see him and hanging out (Although we wish he had been able to bring his beautiful wife Katie and precious daughter Paige who we have STILL not met, so sad!)

Three of the original members of the Holm Team

Yes this is pretty much all we did… haha Ben was way tired from his busy days and Dillon and I were in midterms, but still it was good bonding time!

We have recently come to love playing Settlers of Catan at my mom’s on Sundays when we visit. (Thanks Sam, Vanessa, Bruce & Austie for getting us hooked!) It’s a fun game and we love playing. This particular Sunday I won both games, Dillon was not pleased. He was literally seconds away from winning the second game when I snuck up and took the crown. He was so shocked and bummed he grabbed my water glass and splashed it in my face! I laughed SO hard, because I was so surprised at the reaction. I love my hubby!!!

Both sides of my family are Irish, but my Grandma Wilson is especially proud of her heritage. She used to go around dressed as a Leprechaun on St. Patty’s Day giving people green freckles! In fact when my siblings first moved to Utah and started attending the local Elementary School they were immediately famous as the grandchildren of the Leprechaun… LOVE my wild Grandma!

She throws really fun mini-family reunions/ St Patty’s Day parties each year, and this year was a blast (Although I’m not sure why the Leprechaun costume was not in attendance…) She served every green food you can imagine: Jell-O, cucumbers, pickles, peas, green beans, shelled pistachios, mint brownies, asparagus, green bell peppers, broccoli, apples, spinach, green grapes… needless to say it was a weird lunch!

Here is a picture of my Great-Grandma Nana (Grandma Wilson’s mom) who was 100% Irish and equally wild as Grandma. Why yes, She dressed as a pirate here. Miss her so much!

We’ve also been sure to take advantage of time with friends before baby comes. Last weekend we hung out with David & Candis Clark. We had them over for holm-made Hawaiian Burgers (too yummy!) and then we went to the Nickel-cade.

The boys take saving the World very seriously.

Then the Johnsons had us over for Sunday Dinner. They are the best hosts, and Dinner is always amazing. It’s so great to get to hang out with the whole group and play games too!

Well more posts about baby prep (Nursery and Baby Shower) to come soon-ish!