It is definitely a change...

It is so fun being a mom! It is just like I expected and totally not what I expected all in the same moment! Hudson is just great. He is starting to be even more aware of things than he was last week and its fun to watch his silly expressions. I have seriously never seen a baby that has so many different funny faces as him. Its fun to just to sit there and watch them all. I am always afraid I am going to miss one if I turn away! He has been smiling and when he is entering that sleep delirious mode, he will often get a big grin on his face and laugh. Its so great. I am hoping to be able to catch it on film one of these days. I just never have the camera aimed and ready! And I swear to you, it is not gas! People always seem to think babies don't smile unless they have gas. Not that I am saying he doesn't but it doesn't always coincide with the giggling and smiling.

Mike and I are hanging in there as far as the lack of sleep goes. We have become quite the expert team at night and are able to fall back to sleep surprisingly fast. He sleeps while I feed and I sleep while he burps. We tag team the little guy on diaper changes though because he just can't seem to hold it in. He has peed and poohed on our sheets already and just about every blanket he has. I never realized it would be on everything!

I am still adjusting to not having to go to work. I think this is the first time in my life that I haven't worked since I was 16. Its kind of weird but I am loving it. I know I will get a bit lonely just because I love to talk to people and interact but I have people I can get together with and go out to do things once he gets a little older. We are trying not to take him all over the place right now since he is still only 2 weeks old. Its crazy how quickly time flies!! Well here is a few more pictures of him.

Man, this kid can sleep just about anywhere!!

My two guys...

Well Hudson is here! I have been pretty preoccupied and trying to get caught up on other things and taking care of him that I haven't been able to update this. Although it was on my list of things to do everyday! We just absolutely love Hudson! He is adorable, even in the middle of the night when he wakes up! We enjoy him and can already see some of his personality coming out. I think he is going to be a trickster just like his dad.

Mike and him are inseparable whenever they can be. I have caught a few of those moments on camera and thought they would be fun to share.

Hudson and Dad hanging out after work


Hudson is literally sucking on Mike's nose, it was pretty cute!


The last one is of Mike and Hudson watching their first baseball game together. I think Hudson must be upset because the Braves are losing or maybe because the Yankees are winning as Mike would say!!

Apparently both Dad and Hudson are exhausted after the past week's visitors and delivery! They had it rough!!

Well the labor and delivery was hard but it was bearable. I did it au naturale because I wanted to try and do it. I figured I could and although I almost gave in a few times, I managed to stick it out! I was pacing around the room so fast the nurse said later she didn't even realize how short I was! I thought that was pretty funny! I woke up April 16th, Monday morning at 2:45 am with contractions and we headed to the hospital around 7:30am which then we had to pace the halls for two hours until I got far along enough to be admitted. He was born at 3:41 pm and weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 20 inches long. He gave us a scare at the beginning and got admitted to NICU that night because his respiratory levels were around the 140s and they are supposed to be between 30 and 60. We were pretty nervous but Mike and Ray gave him a blessing and by the morning, his chest xrays showed no more meconium (which apparently he had aspirated) and he was being hydrated with an IV. So we had to wait for them to wean him from that IV and the nurses wanted to make sure he was eating properly. We were so grateful to have him released from NICU about 24 hours later and be able to take him home with us when we left. The whole experience was amazing. It was an emotional rollercoaster but it was well worth it! He is more and more fun everyday!

A brand new Hudson getting weighed in...

Mom and Hudson after delivery...mom's hair is matted down from all the wet washcloths she kept begging dad for during delivery to keep cool!

Hudson with all his IV's and monitors on him in the NICU

Hudson loves to squawk and has a girlish scream! Its so funny. He sneezes a ton and gets the hiccups alot but its pretty cute. He doesn't like to get his diaper changed and man, you better watch out because a lot of people have gotten sprayed by him already! He loves getting baths and loves to be held tight. He loves to sleep next to you and hates sleeping by himself in his bassinet. He does love his swing and the water sounds seem to soothe him! He is a keeper!

Friday the 13th, huh??

Well the due date is now officially here but unfortunately Hudson isn't! Its only a matter of time though because he will be here for sure by Tuesday morning if not sooner.

We picked Mike's mom, Joyce, up from the airport last night. And of course her bag was missing. So they sent it in on the next flight and were going to deliver it last night between 10 and 12. So she stayed up for it...and stayed and stayed...but at quarter to 2 she checked and it was not there. So she decided to finally go to sleep. Well we called about it this morning, and of course they say they dropped it off at 2! I am just thinking how much luggage could be lost that they would be delivering from 10pm to 2am! That is just funny.

We went to the park today for Mike's lunch. It is such a beautiful sunny day! I just love the greenbelt! Mike and I were reminiscing about our river floating fiasco last year. Looking back on it now, its hilarious! We can both actually laugh at it but at the time, not so funny walking miles in the blasting heat! We will have to try that one again this year!

Such a tease!

Ok, so we have decided that Hudson is either a big teaser like his dad or else he must be stubborn like (hate to admit it but...) me!! The Dr has been adamant this whole time that he would come early but no such luck! We went in today and everything is totally happening but not more dilation. I mean come on Hudson! Just come already! So anyway, the Dr thinks I will have him for sure this weekend (as if he really knows since he thought he would be early!) but if not then I have an induction scheduled for Tuesday morning. So no matter what, the little guy will be here by Tuesdayish. I am hoping it is sooner! Mike's mom is flying into town tonight because 'we knew for sure we would have him early' so now she is just stuck hanging out with us sans a baby! But I am sure we will have a good time anyway! And hopefully he will make his debut soon so she can catch a glimpse of him before she heads back to Arizona.

I am feeling like a bit of a slacker lately since I have been shirking my YW duties to the other leader. She is so awesome to step up and just tell me to take it easy and not worry about it! I just love working with her and will really miss her when we move.

Mike found out that Gonzaga is reviewing his file and he will find out in 7-10 days from there. Washburn in Kansas has made a decision and mailed the letter today but they have a policy that they will not indicate to him over the phone whether he was accepted or not. And actually the girl said his file didn't indicate one way or the other anyway (or maybe she was just saying that!). So anyway, we are still playing the waiting game with the school situation but at least we have Tulsa no matter what! We look forward to possibly being in the midwest and being able to go on some trips to see some church sites. Ever since I have been reading Work and the Glory, I have been dying to go see some of those places. So going out that far would make it so much more convenient!

Well we appreciate everyone's thoughts and prayers and will hopefully soon be among the living dead (aka the new parent coma that is induced from lack of sleep!). I hope all of you will please keep in touch!!

Baseball games and Easter

We went to the Dr on Friday and that was promising. He checked me out and said things were moving right along. He wanted to see me early this week to see if I had progressed far enough along for them to break my water. Unfortunately, I had progressed just not far enough. So I am still pregnant and starting to feel really miserable. I am just anxious for this baby to come! So we have another appointment on Thursday with him but I am walking all over the place and trying to get those contractions moving on their own. I am still early but the Dr kept telling me a month ago I would have him. Dr's should really not give you that false hope! I don't think I would be nearly as anxious now if he hadn't said that. But oh well, such is life. The cute little guy just wasn't ready before but I think he is getting close now...so any day I will inundate you with cute baby pictures of him!

This weekend was a BUSY weekend. Last minute on Friday after work, we drove down to Twin Falls to see Tyler, our nephew, play in his baseball games. Then we went to dinner with Tim and Jodi at Chili's...did I mention I cannot get enough of their chips and salsa?? Then Saturday we cleaned our house a bit and went to see my brothers who are officially in Boise. Bry is done with school and Brent has one more class. I am so proud of them! It takes a lot to stick it out and finish up college! But they are amazing graphic designers and I am excited to see where they end up. (We celebrated at Asiago's for Bry's graduation last night...that place is still soooo good!!) We ended up going to a family BBQ Saturday evening at my aunt's house and then Tim and Jodi and kids came to our house from Twin to hang out. It was fun to see them even though it was only for a short period of time. I was having some serious contractions and thought I was going into labor late Saturday night but after a few hours, I realized they were just teasers and I still had to wait!

On a side note, we did have someone else look at our house who seemed very interested but we are still playing the waiting game. I know it will sell, the market is just a bit slow and since its only been on there for about 2 weeks, no worries! Someone else is out to look at it today so at least we are getting people looking.

Easter was great! We had dinner at my mom's house which was yummy and then played some games. I felt bad for all the little kids hoping to have Easter egg hunts though cuz it was raining and not very good weather. Heck it poured rain just about every night this weekend even though they said it was supposed to be sunny, beautiful weather. Crazy how neither doctors nor weatherman can quite get the timing right!!

We are still waiting to hear from Gonzaga University and Washburn for Mike's acceptance or denial into law school. His top choice right now is still University of Tulsa but if he got into Washburn, I think that would be his first choice. So we will keep you all updated and I am sure we should find out something this week (or so they said!).

I decided to put a few pictures of our cute house on here...just because! I like to have pictures on here and I didn't take any this weekend cuz I kept forgetting my camera!

This is the outside of the house!

So this is our living room, gotta love the red couches huh??

This is Hudson's nursery.

This is our kitchen, although some of the decor is down since we were trying to "declutter" for the sell.

Our family room.

And this is the dining room and you can see Hudson's baby swing!

Watch links

So Wednesday, we ran to the mall on the way home from work because Mike needed to have a link taken out of his new watch. And I guess I just have to tell this story. So Mike always holds the door open for people when we go places. So anyway, he did this as usual, and this lady says to me, Wow, a real gentleman. You have such a great guy! A real keeper! I just had to brag because I thought that was awesome. I thanked her and thought to myself that I was really lucky. I thought it was great that she would actually say something about it too.

So we took some maternity pictures at home the other day so I decided I should post a few of them because Mike did such a great job with the photography, creative little bugger!




And here is my real Easter Lily, another one of the flowers has bloomed since I took this picture!

Sombreros and Springtime

We did a bit of picture taking yesterday although most of those will have to wait until I am at home and have my camera with me...so you just get the fun ones that were "shot" at Cafe Ole. You will get the whole shot thing in a second. So anyway, Mike decides he wants to go to Cafe Ole so we head down there. Food was yummy and so freaking fast. Seriously, it felt like we had just told her what we wanted and then she brings out the chips and salsa and we turn around and they are bringing out the food! I was like how did they get that out so fast!! So it was perfect, Mike just happened to be talking to his Grandma on the phone when we ordered the food so I just ordered what his favorite dish was that he had said he wanted and then ordered my food and then asked if they did anything for birthdays. I thought for sure he heard me but next thing you know, they are bringing out the tambourines and the maracas and singing a perfectly loud rendition of Happy Birthday and of course, he gets stuck with a large sombrero on his head! It was perfect because the look on this face when they came out said it all!! I didn't get that on camera but got the other stuff.




So after dinner we headed to the mall and got a new watch and a dress belt...yep real exciting for Mike. We were stalking people in the mall and just having a good time but then my feet started hurting so we took off. We went to my mom's because they had offered to take us out for ice cream. We went to Cold Stone and seriously THE most annoying girls were working. They were super slow and made this one new girl do all the work. I felt bad for her. All in all though it was a good treat and we had a good time. Mike was nice and humored one of the girls with talking about the Rocky theme song so she could get up the gumption to mix the ice cream...yeah not sure about her! We ran by Krispy Kreme's for Mike to pick up some donuts for Young Men's tonight and I swear the boys in there are going to think that I eat a dozen donuts a week! We were just there on Friday night and got donuts and then we were back for a few dozen more...I think they probably think we are a bunch of donut freaks!! Oh well, I did eat a bunch of them last week, and I am trying not to worry about how many calories are in each one! I will just have to worry about that when I can actually touch my toes and do something about it!!

So anyway, Mike had a great birthday and it was a ton of fun just hanging out. Craziest thing, we both had dreams about Hudson last night. He was born and was of course the cutest thing and was all bundled up sweet and quiet! We are getting very excited and can't wait til he is here. Hopefully only a few more days of waiting but you never know!

We are excited because my brothers are finishing up school this week and will be in town and so will Mike's sister's family. So we are looking forward to having them here and hoping Hudson decides to show up before they all leave! Plus the weather this weekend is supposed to be super nice so I am definitely looking forward to that. I love the spring. Its so nice. I will have to post the actual picture of my Easter Lily that Mike surprised me with the other day. It is so pretty! It is just the perfect picture of spring! But for now, here is just a picture of one I found on the net. I can't believe its Easter this weekend...time flies when you are having fun!

Bellies and other nonsense

I have been thinking about starting a blog site for awhile now. But I had not really found one I liked until I saw this one that an old high school friend was using. So I guess now I will be hooked and start posting stuff on here a lot.

Mike and I are getting anxious for the baby to come. Its kind of annoying that you wait all this time and then at the end, it starts to feel like forever! (Especially after the Dr says, oh I am sure he will come early) As if I didn't already want that badly enough!

So this is me within the last few weeks. I am still getting used to this whole belly thing. Who knew it was going to get in the way so much!! My due date is officially Friday, April 13th (yeah, good thing I am not superstitious!) but hopefully he comes early! We are going to name him Hudson Palmer. I just love that it is different and yet not too crazy!

Today is Mike's 27th birthday!! Yay! He is so much fun. I can't wait til he gets home from work so we can go "out on the town"! Hopefully we can do something fun and memorable, although he doesn't really get into birthdays as much as I do! I think I am a fanatic about it at times! This year for him won't be as fun since I have been a bit preoccupied! I kept hoping I would have Hudson today but no such luck so far, there is still time though!