D-Day

  I am beyond excited! May 27th is the day we will meet our sweet little Hudson Taylor! The c-section is scheduled and I feel like it's just around the corner. I have so much left to do to get ready for his arrival. If it would stop snowing and being ridiculously cold, Cory could finally take my maternity photos!
  I'm in the home-stretch and I'm finally able to get excited about what's happening to our family. We've had so much chaos and stress the last few months, it's seemed impossible to focus on the most important things. Now I'm ready to enjoy warmer weather and look forward to the awesomeness that is becoming a mother of two, and seeing Mia become a big sister! (She's ridiculously excited by the way... she talks about Hudson every day -reassures herself that he's still growing and can't come out right this minute). Wonderfully exciting time... we have a date to look forward to! I love him so much already!

  Hudson looks perfect! So exciting to see him on the ultrasound again. His little heart was so clear this time. After a chaotic appointment consisting of 2 ultrasounds of the baby and being sent elsewhere for an emergency ultrasound of my legs to check for blood clots (admittedly terrified), I'm happy to say that everything looks perfectly fine and healthy, and I couldn't be more thankful for that. We have a lot of things on our plate right now, but I'm trying to see the positive in everything and just look forward to the nice weather coming and the ability to get out and about. Just trying to be thankful for all that I have, and not stress out too much! I don't know what more there is to be thankful for than a healthy little family!

   I'm convinced this pregnancy is telling me, "No more babies". Forgive me, but I've never been one of those "Pregnancy is the most magical experience in life" type of gals. I realize that creation is a miracle, and I am constantly in awe of that, but that doesn't necessarily mean I enjoy it. Ha.
 
  Lately I've become obsessed with researching for baby gear. I've decided to make one large purchase per month so that we arent faced with a heaping amount of baby stuff to be bought at the last minute. It's easier on the checking account that way, too. My purchase this month: a diaper bag. I know I don't need one yet, but when you drool over Petunia Pickle Bottom's website every day, June is just much too far away. With Mia, I had very cheap diaper bags...which was perfectly fine - they did the job and looked relatively cute. I decided that my selfish splurge this go 'round would be a diaper bag, since it's something I carry every day, and it may be my last time with a newborn so I wanted to go out in style. It's silly that a bag could make you feel prettier, but let's face it - I'll take anything to make me feel prettier soon after having a child! So...diaper bag purchase: accomplished. Trust me, these bags are so cute I have a feeling I'll be carrying one long after I even need a diaper bag.

  Off I go to the doctor today, to hopefully get a good picture of little Hudson's heart. Praying that everything looks healthy, and that he holds still enough to even get the picture!

Wow, I took an extremely long break from blogging!

Not going to lie...I've been keeping to myself a lot lately. Not too sure why - could be the pregnancy hormones, or the weather getting me down...but I've been little miss antisocial for the past month.

This is what I've been trying to focus on:

Yep, that's our little boy, still growing in my belly.

It's still surreal that I'm even pregnant, let alone having a boy.

We had no preference whatsoever on the sex of the baby, just wanted everything to look positive and healthy since having the miscarriage earlier this year.

We are so thankful that everything looks perfect!

I have to get another ultrasound at my next appt to get a clearer picture of the heart, which they couldn't get last time because the little stinker was moving around so much.

But, I'm excited to see him again :)

I'm in a serious "change the house" rut.

 I LOVE our house.

I have gone from seeing our house as a "starter home" to it potentially being

 the home we live in for many, many years.

But...everyone needs a little change every now and then. Cory calls it "early nesting".

For those of your who know me...I'm a painter. Re-painting rooms is just what I do.

Maybe it's because we aren't painting the nursery (since painting it last year knowing it would be a nursery soon enough)...I feel the need to paint something else. Probably the living room/family room/dining/kitchen.

As long as I can convince Cory to do so.

So...maybe it will have to wait :)

Did I mention the weather has me bummed?

 I have a vision of a summer evening, Cory manning the grill, Mia on the swingset, me holding baby Hudson..

Ahh.. life is going to change, but it's going to be amazing!