Little Man

Here are a few shots of our little man Hudson....

A little Dr. Evil impression....already a comedian like his brother.

Love the tongue

I think those eyes may just stay blue.

hello

Things are going well. We are all continuing to adjust to having a baby around, but everyday we get more and more used to it.

Egg hunt

Today we had some friends over and had a mini egg hunt in the back yard.

We were a little late with the camera and really caught the kids sorting their loot, and not so much hunting for eggs.

Its amazing how thrilled they can get over a couple jelly beans!

Eggs, eggs and more eggs.

We were so lucky to have my sister Jen come stay with us for a week. She sacrificed her spring break (she teaches 6th grade) to come help us, and spend time with my boys. We did a lot of cooking while she was here and we blew out all the eggs in anticipation for Easter....

Poking the holes


It hard work blowing out those eggs....I think this is the only one that Miles did, the rest was up to us.

It was all worth it in the end. He had such a blast dying all those eggs.

First Bath!

Hudson had his first bath at home this week. This picture makes me laugh at how Miles and I are both fake smiling and it looks so similar....we must have been in the middle of saying "cheese"

Hudson loved the bath! Miles never liked it....and really still doesn't, so this is just another way that Hudson is showing us he is different than his big bro.

Hudson's Blessing

We blessed Hudson on March 21st while my family was in town. We just snapped one quick photo since as you can see little Hudson was about to lose it!

 

My parents, brothers, and Jessica came out to visit and help us out with Miles and Hudson. Miles was so incredibly spoiled and couldn't get enough off all the attention he was getting. My parents had the fantastic idea of renting a beach house for the week so that James and I didn't have to do any cooking, cleaning, or feel like we were hosting at all. It was such a great vacation, and so wonderful to see my family. I love them so much and wish we all lived closer.

The pool at Hilton Head was about 96 degrees! Miles loved the giant hot tub and made everyone get in and out constantly. He had such a blast....I think we have a fish on our hands, just like his cousin Trace.

Don't my boys look alike?

Miles has dark hair, and you can see that his eyes were much more brown than blue....

Hudson has his ginger hair and blue eyes, but don't you think they look alike?

Well...I think they do.

The Story....

For those of you that want to know how things went down....and for me so I don't forget the details. :)

My doctor had been telling me for about three weeks that I was ready to go any minute and that I was progressing. He even said to me the first week of Feb "there is no way you are making it to March"....well he was wrong. I went in for my regular appointment on March 2nd and I was 3.5cm dilated. He was reluctant to let me leave the hospital since I was so far along and didn't really notice any consistent contractions. Plus, James and I live around 45 minutes away from the hospital, so if real labor hit and it was fast, he was worried we would deliver in the car. Nevertheless, he let me go home with a scheduled induction at 8am the next morning. All night I was paranoid that I was going into labor and not noticing, but ultimately fell asleep (no way I could have done that if I were in labor) and in the morning we left. I checked into the hospital and they broke my water and started me on pitocin to make my contractions more regular. I wanted to go O'Natural this time, but alas about an hour in I was calling the doctor for the epidural. He gave it to me and my legs started tingling and my contractions became faint aches. Oh how I LOVE the epidural...but wait, what's this? about an hour later my contraction were getting stronger and stronger. Oh, no this is no good. I called the nurse and she said to push my little button, but that wasn't working. After another hour of pretty crazy contractions I was ready to push....two contractions of pushing and out he came flying! Fabulous! The pushing was the worst with Miles since he has an over sized head, so it was nice that it only lasted a few minutes. He scored a 9-9 on his APGARS, weighed 8 lbs 12 ounces, and was 20.5 inches long. And unlike what the doctor had been telling me for weeks, he arrived in March 3/3/2010. I love that he is 3/3 and Miles is 7/7, it is going to make birthdays so easy to remember!
And here is the good stuff....the pictures.