Hudson's Arriving on Monday!!!

I'm so excited I don't know how I'm going to make it through the weekend!

Around 5:15pm or so my OB called me to let me know they had my 24 hour urine test back. It definitely freaked me out when he called me because I was not expecting that whatsoever. So I immediately ask if everything was okay and he said yes. Then he goes on to say that I still had protein in my urine & it was enough that I once again have pre-eclampsia. However, it is still mild which is how we want it to stay. He went on to tell me that that don't give steroid shots over 34 weeks and that Hudson should be fine. I will be 35 weeks when he is born and that is almost 10 weeks farther than I made it with Emma. So that's awesome! The doctor actually tried to schedule me for tomorrow (Friday) but the OR is booked solid until the late afternoon and so Monday the 23rd it is! The earliest they could get me in unless I become a big emergency is 11am so Hudson should be here by lunch. I have to arrive at 9am and get prepped. Luckily we got pretty much everything squared away last weekend and I got the car seat installed yesterday so I feel ready. Just a few finishing touches & lots of loving on my Emma and we are ready. Hopefully we can both come on Thursday (Thanksgiving) or Friday. I really hope he gets to come home with us. :)

Emma is still in Cookeville with her grandparents and having a blast. She's been there since Tuesday and I've not really even talked to her. :( They are bringing her back on Saturday so I can spend time with her before the big day. I'm sad that her little world is about to change but I think she's going to be the BEST big sister! We've talked so much about him so hopefully she won't freak out on us. George and I got her a new Elmo Christmas DVD tonight and a couple of other goodies so we'll give that to her too.

Well that's it for now. I will have to post pics once Emma gets home on Saturday and a last pregnant belly picture. On Monday we will officially be a family of four!!! Wish us luck!

Another Trip To Labor & Delivery!

I've now made my 2nd trip to L&D and I'm hoping there isn't a third! With Emma I spent all 3 weeks in an Antepartum room and let me tell you they are sooo much nicer and comfortable than those silly L&D rooms. It all started today with my 34 week appointment. My blood pressure was 155/98 which is good for me during pregnancy so we didn't worry too much. Then my protein came back as +2 and I've been gaining some major weight so Dr. Cimino sent me to get bloodwork done, monitor Mr. Hudson, and they did another urine sample. Luckily my bloodwork came back normal but I still had protein in my urine as well as bacteria. They said I might have an UTI but never said for sure so who knows! Apparently I'm also having lots of contractions but I don't know if they are Braxton Hicks or not. The nurse asked me a couple of times if I could feel one and I couldn't but then I realized I've been having these for a good month now. They ended up and sent me home and now I'm doing a 24 hour urine test which I will return on Wednesday. Fun times! :) I'm not sure what will happen when those results come back but if nothing happens I will have another appointment on Monday. I am definitely feeling like Hudson will make an appearance within the next couple of weeks but who knows. So for now I'm to rest and stay hydrated.

Also my fav in-laws came down on Friday & were going to leave after my appointment today but due to the excitement they stayed and kept Emma so George could be with me. We have gotten so much done this weekend and now I officially feel ready for Hudson. On Wednesday I'm having the infant car seat installed & then he can come anytime after that. :)

So that's it for now. Mommy is tired and too lazy to post pics right now from last week. Maybe tomorrow!

Pictures!!!

Well it's a quiet night in our house. Emma of course didn't have a nap today so around 5:20ish this evening she started getting whiney and wanted to "rest" on the couch. Since being pregnant these past several weeks I always tell Emma that mommy is going to rest on the couch which means I'm going to close my eyes for about 30 minutes so Emma had to use that on me tonight. :) I really didn't want her going to sleep yet and she never had dinner but around 6:15pm we put her to bed. Poor thing doesn't sound comfortable and her snot nose & cough are bothering her a little bit. Luckily no fever and I think she is just really tired but we'll see as the night goes on and tomorrow. I might call the pediatrician in the morning. We've been doing her old school nebulizer all week 2x a day but she just can't get the junk out. Anyways, George is laying down in bed just in case she wakes up in the middle of the night ready to party. :) So I have a really quiet house all to myself & plan on being a couch potato in a few minutes which is what I do best these days. Luckily I straightened up the house before G got home so it is clean! Peace & quiet.

Today we were super lazy. My inlaws are planning on coming down this weekend so I'm hoping that will help motivate me to not sit on the couch so much. ha! I really need to finalize things for Hudson & I think with them here I might just get some stuff done.

Okay now for the fun part-pictures! Both of my batteries are charged so I have no excuse for not taking pics of the princess. She played hard today & she even got to paint! Enjoy!

Dancing to the music! She loves this keyboard so much! This is what she wears everyday-pj top and panties. :)


The girl LOVES to paint! She was in the middle of her "E" at this point.


She also loves to do smiley faces. She kept calling this pictures a little girl & I love her big ears she gave her. Must be some big hoop earrings.


And mommy painted a flower so she wanted to paint one too. I was impressed with her flower!


Dress up time! She wanted to wear her purple princess dress and her pink tutu underneath. The kid cracks me up!


Thanks for looking!

33 Week Doctor Appt

Today was the fastest appointment I've had in over a month. The past two times I've been to the dr I've been there for over 2 hours. Today I had George take Emma and wouldn't you know it, my appointment was less than 45 minutes! Overall it was boring. No protein in my urine, blood pressure is high but not enough to do medication or anything. I've had some swelling that comes and goes and yes, I had a super high weight gain these past two weeks. I'm talking 10-12 lbs in 2 weeks! UGH! I've even been drinking lots of water but he told me not to stress over it. I've also had a rather constant headache since Thursday but since everything else checked out okay I must be fine. He did put me on weekly visits from here on out so now I go back next Monday. That makes me very happy just in case something was to change quickly. He really wants me to stay pregnant for the next few weeks since the baby is doing lots of growing and the lungs are still developing. I think I can do that. :) I just keep telling myself "3-5 weeks, I can do it." This pregnancy thing is hard!

Now I just need to finish preparing for Hudson's arrival. I've got a few things left to buy and we need to get the carseat base installed. Hopefully that will get done within the next 2 weeks. It is so exciting to think that I'm so close but all of these sleepless nights makes me think the day will never come. Seriously, I'm good to get 4 hours of sleep a night right now. I wish I could just load up on several nights of sleep before he arrives but it just ain't happening!

I attempted to take a couple of pics of Emma tonight to share but both of my camera batteries were dead so I've got them charging right now. Hopefully tomorrow I can snap a few and share. I think that's it for now...I'm off to watch one of my new shows-Trauma! Love that show!

We Are Alive!

I can't believe it has been over a week since I've posted! I tell you though, this whole pregnancy thing has me dragging right now. I feel like a zombie most days due to only a few hours of sleep a night and my body is just so tired all day everyday. I'm thrilled to be 33 weeks though, but it is super hard being pregnant with a 2 year old. She stopped taking naps about 2 weeks ago so she has been going nonstop all day from 6-6:30am to 8pm. It's a long day! For the most part she's been really good but I feel like such a horrible mom when she repeatedly ask me to play with her and I just can't. It's so hard to get on the floor these days and that's where she always wants me. But hopefully once Hudson is born I'll be more mobile & we can play our little hearts out! :)

As for my pregnancy I have right at 5 weeks left b/c my c-section will be scheduled for 38 weeks. There are days when I want to cry thinking about 5 more long weeks but I know it will go by fast. This past Friday I had another blood pressure scare with my bottom number reaching over 100 several times but it would go back down so I declined going to the hospital. The dr said Hudson could have been laying on something in my belly and making it spike up. I have had a headache all weekend too but my blood pressure has been lower since Friday night. Tomorrow I have an appointment so they'll check my urine and stuff then. I was swelling quite a bit Friday too and when I weighed myself on my scale I had about a 11 or 12 lb gain in just under 2 weeks so that's not good but since it was with my scale I'm anxious to see what the doctor's scale says tomorrow. I'm huge!

I don't have any pics to share right now b/c I just haven't been in the mood for anything but maybe I'll get my butt in gear this week and take a few. We need to have our camera looked at & get a lens cleaning b/c our pics have been rather blurry.

Emma is starting to get a cold too. :( She's been so healthy these past several months so I'm sad to see her snotty nose & cough but hopefully that's all it amounts to. She's still her active little happy self so that's good. Today we have been giving her her nebulizer with Albuterol, Pulmicort, and Foradil so that should help her too.

That's all I've got for now. Emma needs to get on the computer while she does her meds and then she's off to bed. A doctor update and pics to come!

Trick or Treating 2009

Last night we had a blast trick or treating! We had been talking about it all week so Emma was all pumped up about getting some candy and being a cute ladybug. We went over to my friend Tracy's house & she had people over and we had some great food. Sweet little Mason who is also 2 came over so the two of them went trick or treating together. They were so incredibly adorable and sweet!

My little gorgeous ladybug!


Making her signature face! She likes to scrunch up her face.


Mrs. Tracy got this wagon out for the kiddos to use. It was a lifesaver!


The kids waiting patiently for someone to answer the door.


Grabbing lots of candy at one of the last houses we went to. If you look close enough you can see the suckers that they tore in to.


Back home and sharing a hug!


We had so much fun and Emma was so good. They kept cracking us up because they both got suckers out of their bags and were eating those as they went to each house. Of all the candy they just wanted a sucker. :) Now Mommy has to taste test all of Emma's candy. :)

How Sweet!

Gabby and Aunt Beth found this cute cute Halloween sweater at TJ Maxx a few weeks ago and today Emma wore it for the first time. She is so stinking adorable I just can't take it! :) We went to the health dept earlier for our H1N1 vaccines and everyone kept commenting on how cute she was and how much they just loved the sweater. So thank you Gabby & Aunt Beth!


Close up!

Pumpkin Carving 2009

Tonight we decided to carve one of our pumpkins and then Emma got to paint her little pumpkin. Emma had so much fun! She helped her daddy get the "junk" out of the pumpkin and it was funny b/c she kept calling it "junk" after George did. Mommy got to sit on the sidelines and take pictures and videotape Emma's first pumpkin carving experience. :)

Happy to be helping daddy!


Scooping the junk out


Painting her little pumpkin!


The family pumpkin...I think it turned out rather cute!

A Few Pics...

Thanks to Barney for keeping Emma occupied for a minute so I can post a few pics and I really need to clean the kitchen!

Emma LOVES to draw and is getting really good at some of her letters. So this morning we were writing and first she wrote "Mom" while I wasn't looking and then we finished the "m" and "y" below for mommy. I think she is so talented considering she's only 2.5! :)


Remember I said that George bought me 2 chocolate dipped Oreos? Well I had one and Emma had the other and she was cracking me up with her chocolately mouth. Gross, huh?


A few days ago I was cleaning our bathrooms and my sweet dear friend Tracy brought a huge pick me up to the house in honor of my cleaning. She went to Gigi's cupcakes and brought us 3 cupcakes! This was Emma's Princess cupcake and it was so yummy. I had to taste it first of course. :)


Just a few pics and more to come later!

My 31 Week Appointment

Yesterday I had my 31 wk appointment. After 2 hours 15 minutes Emma and I were finally out of there! I hate it when it takes that long but at least Emma was very well behaved.

Everything looked great. Blood pressure was good at 142/84 (I believe), no protein in urine, heartbeat was 143 and now I need to call and get registered at the hospital. I also asked him about when to schedule the actual c-section date even though it's at 38 weeks. After a few minutes we never actually set the date in stone. He doesn't seem so sure that I'll make it to 38 wks. It was rather funny talking about it so I guess we'll wait till it gets a little closer and then set the date in stone. Now I go back in 2 weeks on November 9th! The weeks are just flying by and I think about it nonstop. I'm so anxious and excited to meet baby Hudson!

Nothing much to report these past several days. Yesterday since it was almost 5pm when I left the dr, we met George at Rosie's for dinner. After sitting at the booth for a few minutes I noticed a Westin bag! :) You see where this is going right? I could get massages 24 hours a day and be happy. That's what I always ask for at Christmas/birthday and George is really good about treating me. Well over the weekend I commented to him that I haven't had a prenatal massage yet and so he went yesterday and got me a prenatal massage to the Westin! Very excited! I'm thinking I might schedule it for this weekend. :) Oh and he also had me a big chocolate dipped apple from the Chocolate Crocodile and 2 chocolate dipped Oreos b/c those are two things that I love from that store. What a great husband I have!

Well Emma is wanting me to play right now but maybe I'll post some new pics later today or tomorrow. Happy rainy cold Tuesday!