Good News

What a great week!


Spring has finally found its way to us. Hudson and I decided that it would be fun to have a little party with our friends to celebrate. Hudson’s closest friends are conveniently the children of my closets friends so we both look forward to having them over.

He wanted to decorate cupcakes so we bought all sorts of fun gummy bugs and flowers and various candies so the kids could dress their cup cakes up for spring. I put all the supplies on the table and the kids went to work. The funny thing is that when we all get together the Mom’s get so busy talking; the children are forgotten and sort of become ambient noise.

Looking back I must admit that I have no idea how many cupcakes, let alone decorations, Hudson devoured during our party. All I know is that a few hours later after frosting had been wiped from every surface and all the little pieces of candy had been vacuumed out of the rug, when Hudson looked at me and said “something’s wrong” and grabbed his stomach.  I knew I didn’t have much time to react. Frosting was definitely the nicest thing I had to clean up that day, but I only have myself to blame!

I had my first doctor appointment on Wednesday. I knew I would be having an ultrasound so I was excited but also really nervous about it due to some weird symptoms I had been experiencing in this pregnancy. My appointment was during Jake's class time, but he sweetly arranged things so that he could be there with me. It made me feel so much better knowing that no matter what we found out he would be there. I told the doctor I thought I was about eight weeks along, but when she administered the ultra sound we were all surprised to see a perfectly formed little baby who was a lot bigger then eight weeks. She sent me right over for another more detailed ultrasound and it was determined that I was actually just about 13 weeks! So not only am I nearly done with the morning sickness phase of this pregnancy, but I also get to meet my baby a whole month sooner! The very best news of corse is that everything looks perfect and their doesn't seem to be any problems. I think I may have floated out of the office. Having that weight lifted off me has left me feeling so full of gratitude and joy. Once again I feel so unworthy of all the blessings the Lord is continually sending my way.



 Our new little one should be arriving sometime around Sept 23rd. Hudson is adamant that its a boy and that his name is going to be Piston.  Fortunately, we do have control over one of those things.

Hudson has been surprisingly excited about the baby.  The other thing he has been really excited about, to the point of hounding us relentlessly, is flipping his bed into a big loft bed.  We finally gave in and switched it. It made for one happy little boy.

The kids think this new play area is pretty fantastic.  Not only is it another area to continue the train track through
 but they also think its really fun to use it for watching movies. I never thought I would live in a house with its own theatre room! 

Train Fever
Hudson is starting to get some real competition for the trains.
I sure hope he can learn to share!