9 weeks 5 days

Today! I am further along than we thought. We had a great doctors visit last Friday. We got several pictures of our baby, heard the heartbeat (a whopping 173 beats per min!) I don't think Hud's was ever that fast. We also had a great check up with my Dr. We were there almost 2 hours with labs and all. My expected due date is October 2nd!!!!!!!!! That would be MY birthday for all of you who are terrible friends and should have that etched in your brain. Kidding :)
With me having a C-Section with Hudson, I elected to have another with this baby and my dr. said he would schedule it about a week before. So we could be expecting baby on September 26th! Did I mention our Odessa Step Out walk is September 20th and our Midland walk is October 4th?!? Whoops.

I contacted a photographer on Facebook a couple of weeks ago asking if she would do a quick photo session so we could announce our pregnancy. She had an availability AND she doesn't cost a bajillion dollars!

Cody saw the "Ice Ice Baby" picture on Pinterest and said we HAD to do it and I was kinda hesitant at first but it's actually one of my favorites! The bags had huge Stripes logos on them but the photographer took them away like they were never there! These are just two of the sneak peeks, we should have a cd soon. Hudson has about a 5 minute window with pictures. He smiles 3 times and is DONE. We took these in Odessa and there was a pond, mud and ducks and he was so not interested in these pictures.
We are re-doing the "toy room" and making it Hud's room and Cody is doing all the work ( and saving us some serious cash) So our living room is a complete disaster. It's going to look so great once everything is finished. I still haven't wrapped my head around having another baby. I've read articles and such on moms who are having their second child asking if they'll truly love the 2nd as much as the 1st. I am already in LOVE with this baby but I know mine and Hudson's relationship will change. It will no longer be just him and I when daddy is at the station, there will be no more "quick" trips anywhere! I know he'll be a great big brother and I hope he copes well with some of the attention off of him.

Tomorrow is Gram's heavenly 1 year in Heaven and it hurts so much to even type that out. It doesn't even seem like a year has gone by. So many memories have come flashing back in the last few weeks. When I saw our baby for the first time I cried of course and immediately thought of her smiling! She would be so thrilled about welcoming another little bundle into our family. I miss our dinner dates, our conversations about life, I miss hearing what was going on in her life, I miss everything about her house. If I needed a bow for a present, a card, if I was hungry and needed a snack, I knew exactly where to go. If I needed guidance or an opinion, I'd go to her. I miss her hugs, I miss doing I LOVE YOU in sign language when I drove off from her house. When I was younger and we'd talk on the phone, no one would want to hang up so we would say "1, 2, 3!" and both hang up. I read an article about dancing in the rain yesterday and it made me think of all the times it would rain and she would have all the necessary tools to make sail boats to float in the curb with all the extra water. She never cared that I would dance in the puddles and come in her house all dirty and wet. There would always be a towel to dry off on. I could go on on and I am so glad I have such wonderful memories of her.

One of my most favorite pictures of Hudson and Gram. He was about 5/6 months old and they both have such admiration in their eyes. They had a great bond. He talks about her often and always blows kisses to Heaven!

xoxo