Short and sweet

Here is Hudson's birth story!!!
October 16th, 2011
I thought he would be here by now. In fact, I just knew he'd be here by now. Addie was born at 37 1/2 weeks and there was no way Hudson would be later than that. My doctor told me not to think he's coming early like Addie did b/c then he won't. She was right! Well, partially right. Our baby boy was born early, just not as early as Addie which well, made him late! :) It was a Sunday morning and we decided to skip church and go to the zoo! This was the first time Hank was able to go with us. It was a beautiful day! We had A LOT of fun and did A LOT of walking (which I think helped Mr. Hudson to make his debut).

This picture was taken right before we went to the zoo.

38, almost 39 weeks

Addie and Daddy feeding the giraffes

By the end of our three hour zoo trip I was one tired girl! (and hot too)

October 17th, 12:30am

I was suddenly awakened by a contraction! And then immediately after that my water broke. I woke Hank up right away and told him it was time to go to the hospital! There is nothing like this feeling of excitement and anticipation - we were going to meet our son very soon! We called our cousin Charlene and she came over right away to stay at our house with Addie. We are so thankful that she was willing to do that for us. Our suitcases were already packed and we called our parents and headed to the hospital. On the way there my contractions were getting closer and closer and were about 5 minutes apart. Hank dropped me off at the door (we had to go to the ER entrance since it was in the middle of the night) and as soon as Hank came in they wheeled me up to triage. I told the nurse my labor with my daughter was fast and this one would be too! She checked me and I was at a 6!!! She immediately got my iv and paper work going and before I knew it she checked me again and she said it was time! We went up to the delivery room and my nurse told me I could start to push, but my doctor was not here yet (and um, I had not received my epidural yet!!!) I insisted on getting an epidural, but was warned that sitting up may cause Hudson to want to come out and that the epidural may not be effective...but epidural it was! They quickly got the anesthesiologist in there (he happened to be my old neighbor, weird, huh?) and I felt much much better. Immediately after the epidural kicked in, my doctor came in, 3 pushes and Hudson Benjamin Bockus was born! He was born at 3:19am (less than three hours after my water broke), weighed 8lbs 6oz, and was 20 inches long. We love our little boy and are so grateful to God for a healthy baby!!

In the triage room waiting to be moved to the delivery room


So, so happy!!

Our sweet boy

Daddy and Hudson

Thank you to our families who came in the middle of the night to meet sweet Hudson. And to Auntie Mel who was in the delivery room with us and was our photographer and cord cutter :)

baby bump

25 weeks pregnant with baby Boy!

We are still working on a name!!

Loving being pregnant, but not loving 110 degrees

baby bump

21 weeks pregnant w/ baby Boy!

Guess what????

It's a B O Y!!!!!!!

woo hoo!!!!!!!!!!!! We are so excited!!!

baby bump blog

18 weeks pregnant w/Baby #2!

18 weeks pregnant w/Addie

We have our big ultrasound at the end of the week.....can't wait to find out boy or girl!!

Our Satruday project

One day last spring I walked outside to find Hank ripping out the bushes in our front flower bed (they were ugly)!! Well unfortunately, we had no plan in place to replace them or to get the rest of the flower bed in shape....this is what I had to live with for a YEAR.....

notice (but please don't look too closely) the weeds, and dead monkey grass...

The side flower bed not too bad...just needs some plants!

So a year later + perfect weather + 1 master gardener (Hank's mom) + 1 father in law + 1 mom + 1 dad + 1 sister + 1 Addie + 3 Little Henrys (or sweet little Henrys as my father in law, Henry, likes to call them) + 2 Hydrangeas + 3 Japanese Yews + 1 Japanese maple + 11 Hostas + 2 Heucheras + 2 Cordalis + 10 bags of pecan mulch =

A beautiful flower bed!!

Let's just hope I don't kill these pretty plants!

The happy dance

Why is Addie doing the happy dance you ask??

Because we just told her she is going to be a big sister in October!!!! :)

We couldn't be more excited about this wonderful blessing!!

I was tagged!

Thank you, Crislyn, for tagging me for the 4X4 Tag and for bringing me back into the blogging world! :)

1. Four places I go:
Yukon
Sonic (strawberry limeade drinks are the best)
Crossings
My parent's house

2. Four Favorite Smells
Chocolate chip cookies baking
Addie Rose after she gets a baby massage (Before we put on Addie's pj's we'll put lotion on her arms and legs and say "baby massage, baby massage". When we are all done she keeps saying and signing "more"!!)
A clean house
Hank when he puts on his aftershave

3. Four favorite movies/TV shows
Gray's Anatomy
The Real Housewives of ________ (fill in the blank....I pretty much watch them all)
The Proposal
Parenthood (my new favorite)

4. Four Recommendations
Love on your babies every chance you get!!!! They grow up way to fast. My little Addie is not so little anymore. I LOVE her new found independence that comes with pre-toddlerhood, but I miss my tiny baby!

Don't ever pay full price for anything. Bargain shopping is so fun and exciting!

Do not worry! It is not worth it! By excessively worrying about something, I am telling God that I don't need him, I don't trust him, and that I think I am in control of everything in my life. Far better is my time spent praying for peace, wisdom and guidance from our Heavenly Father than worrying about a situation that I have little control over. I used to worry about a lot of things and my life has become much more peaceful once I let that go. I have full faith that the Lord is looking after me and I pray for his blessing constantly. I'm certainly not perfect at this and have my times of self doubt and weakness, but feel a renewed confidence in my heart once I gave it all to God. For the bible says, "Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God." Phil 4:6

Make new friends, but keep the old. There is nothing like an old friend. Nothing like someone who knows your story and your history. This is one of life's greatest gifts.

I tag Amanda, Jen H, Danielle, and Sarah B

Happy 1st Birthday Addie Rose!

To our ONE year old, we LOVE you!!

tickle, tickle, tickle

Addie is talking more and more these days. Here is her latest phrase!