Earlier this Spring

"Bye-bye!" (waved to us) "Mimi"(while talking on his calculator phone to his lady friend ;-0)

Earth day hike Huds discovered in our backyard

He loves these things! 

first round of golf

Huds would not touch a weapon

the Taylor's came for a few days!

tomato soup

Easter (I don't think they know about the candy) is what he is thinking

Easter egg hunt Frodo style

favorite past time, throwing rocks into the river 

blackberry cheesecake

member of the Beatles

Bunny!

some week where the baby started to take over 23?

throwing rocks into the rainwater

hot chocolate

bball

cars

my view of the tower building

You've Probably Heard!

I feel terrible for not posting sooner.  However I left on a trip immediately after my last ultrasound.  Then there was the stomach flu week, then we were out of town again for another week.  I know rough life.  We are welcoming another baby boy!  I also learned that Huds doesn't like icees, I don't really either but we had to announce some way on the road!  We are so excited and these past 3 weeks I've really started to grow more attached to the little guy.  From his middle of the night rugby matches to talks with my sweet niece Cassidy about him, plus I'm pretty sure we named him.  Boy #2 although shy at first is starting to become a fun reality. I'm also so ready for another sweet baby.  Remember cute Huds baby?

Plus I want my body back, he can stay in there about 12 more weeks but after that I'm dying to get outside and move, sick of this plodding nonsense!  I had this moment listening to Mrs Potter by the Goo Goo Dolls that made me feel like a middle aged lady going through a mid-life crisis.  Granted my almost 2 year old had waved me away all morning and due to my condition and the mountains calling to me I was lamenting not being able to answer them in a run to the top of one.  So I cried and then I remembered how awesome Huds is 360 days out of the year and felt so grateful for my wonderful family!

Today is the day!

Enjoying a BEAUTIFUL spring morning over here!  The snow is almost completely melted off Red Mountain and she sun is shinning!  I'm hoping the little bun in my oven will cooperate with us today!  This beautiful and quite morning I've had lots of time to think as I'm the only one awake.  I've always heard that humans have this carnal will to live and propagate to ensure their DNA is passed on.  While that may have some truth to it I think of how the sole desire of my heart is to see my children grow up and be happy and have families of their own, that bring them as much joy as mine do.  I hope they are successful in whatever they do as I know this will add to their joy, but having a family that I love infinitely has brought me more joy than anything I am able to wrap my brain around.  I had a hard time focusing on anything else in my life till I was able to have a family of my own, which I don't recommend, but it got me to where I am, so I am grateful.  Anyway, I want my children to have this joy in their lives because I love them soooo much, because they are such beautiful little humans inside and out that I want them to maximize their joy potential (which I don't think is possible).  I'll be honest I'm not one who falls in love instantly when they are pregnant.  I'm excited to know this little trickster and feel a little more love everyday, with each kick, but honestly it wasn't with Hudson till I got to know him that I fell head over heels.  I know there is room in my heart once I get to know this second one too, to me knowing the gender is a huge part of identity.  I hesitate posting this because I know so many who struggle to have children that would love to and I hope and know that this desire will be granted for each of you in this life or the next because of our Reedemer who makes all things right, I hope this isn't hurtful to them in anyway.  I hope someday this will still be available to my children to read and know that their momma loves them so much, no matter where they end up!  Time to go eat some sugar!

If I were to have made a gender reveal cake this is what it would have looked like (from here).
Our little trickster had it's legs curled around the umbilical chord and it's hands in front of it's face.  I'm pretty sure it was sleeping because it didn't move a whole lot either.  But everything looked healthy.  So that's good news.  Must be taking after my side of the family.  Hudson was sprawled out and waving to us during his ultrasound, clearly taking after his father.  Well the mystery continues till the end of the month hopefully baby will be more compliant during that ultrasound.

In other news I feel like I have pneumonia, I'm going to the doc in an hour.  I'm hoping this is a girl now because I don't know if I can handle what pregnancy does to my immune system another time.  But if it's a boy that would be fun too, because brothers 2 years apart in my opinion should have a lot more fun than anything spread further than that.  It's a win/win situation.  Voting has extended till the end of the month.

18 weeks take II

Yes there I am pregnant, braces, and glasses.  Does it get any better?  I ran out of contacts and I am BLIND without them!  Don't worry a new shipments is on it's way.  My belly is much bigger in real life, PROMISE!  Although I have lost weight recently which concerns me but my belly is growing, so I guess it's probably just shifting around.  I gained around 15 my first trimester and I've lost 5 my second, it's not supposed to work that way at all.  I was stressed because I gained too much, so I stopped weighing myself and now I'm stressed because I'm loosing weight, I'm just not even going to weigh myself anymore!  Tomorrow I am 19 weeks so I thought I should get this out before then.  Our ultrasound is in a week in a half.  Time to guess boy or girl????  Of course I am going to find out because that would be like having the internet and not using it!  Although I fully admire people who wait and maybe when I have one of each I will try that out.  

I will never not use this stuff!  It makes my hair AMAZING for 3-4 days.  I do it the first day and just let my hair do it's thing till I feel unsanitary and wash it again.  No frizz, no oiliness, just wonderful hair all the time!

And this, this is a blessing to a pregnant woman, I wish I could bath my whole house in it!  I hear there is a cleaning spray so I might!  It's all natural and smells like you came out of the Queen's Garden!  Most fragrances I can handle for a day because I hate perfumey smelling stuff (Bath and Body Works makes me gag!) but this stuff is a botanical therapeutical miracle!

St George

Huds brought me this cherry blossom and called it a star

kissing the duck

Waiting outside the Bear Paw for breakfast

there was a big empty closet waiting for me to use it/how TJ travels

kneaders french toast at home

on top of the mountain outside the condo

Garrison and TJ photo compliments of Brooke

Snow Canyon sand dunes, kind of like the beach without water

sand fight!

Splash Pad downtown

Nielson's Frozen Custard, we went here twice

this and the next one are also compliments of Brooke

Sand Baby


It was hard to come back to less than warm temps after this trip, before I left 45 was warm, after freeezing!!  It was a nice break and we were so glad our friends Brooke and Garrison could live it up with us a day.  We dined at the Pasta Factory, lunched at 25 and Main twice, and got In & Out on our way out, plus the Bear Paw Cafe and Neilson's, I could almost see us living us there but I don't know that I could say goodbye to the CO mountains.

Zion National Park

rest stop along the 70, had to let Huds expel some energy on our 7 hour drive although he never made a sad peep

this gas station attendant insisted we take a fam pic, she deserves attendant of the year award

Huds was ready to take the wheel around 8pm

good morning Zion!  It was a windy sleepless night for me, I even took half a Unisom, next time a whole one, oh and I finally got the mailbox app notification at 5am after I had finally fallen asleep, I considered deleting it but decided it was worth keeping

some hike by the long tunnel 

bridge to Emereld Pools hike

Weeping Rock

yes I know my but has gotten bigger, thank you pregnancy

on the way to The Narrows

Wish we could have stayed longer, but only if I could sleep at night!

Had to add TJ's pic of us sleeping, I was awake but the flash was too bright