Picture Perfect

Just a quick post to put up a recent picture of Brody since they tend to change soo much so fast!! He is one month old now and he is just so precious. He is a really good baby who likes to eat all the time! He is smiling and cooing already and I just cant wait for all of those first milestones to unravel.

Here he is with my sister Ashley

Hudson is doing much better with everything. We still have to discipline often but the fit throwing is less and less. I have started taking things away from him for the day if he doesn't listen and that has seemed to work well. With him its gum and fruit snacks! lol. Oh well...whatever works I guess! Here is a picture of my very handsome 2 1/2 year old boy...

Dressed up for church!

Well that's it...going to clean clean clean during nap time! Does the cleaning EVER end?????

An Update...

Well...our new family of four is doing quite well these days! I have struggled with a cracked nipple from breastfeeding the was being very stubborn in healing but it is slowly and finally improving. It was pretty deep and extremely painful...for a while i was convinced that i hated breastfeeding! I think we are over that hump for now...

Brody is doing very well! He is growing day by day and filling out just the way I like my babies :0) He will be one month old on Thursday and I truly can't believe it's been that long. He has begun to smile although I am reluctant to say this officially because he is only 3 wks old but seriously...he smiles at me, andy and my sister! It's the most precious thing ever. I need to put some new pictures on my computer from my camera but just haven't yet. Here is one of Brody a couple weeks ago:

Hudson has always been a good boy, granted he has had his times...but generally speaking he is pretty good. Lately, I don't know whose child I have here? Definitely not the one i created! lol. He has not been listening to Andy or I at all...I tell him to do something and it's like talking to a brick wall! He will do it on his own time...UGH! And this new temper tantrum thing has come along...throwing himself down on the floor and screaming like a girl. Um...yeah...not fun! Andy and I always make time for Hudson alone so he is not deprived of attention or affection at all. The other night I took him to the play at the school, just him and I and we had such a good time. He sat on my lap the whole time and I cuddled him and it was sooo nice. It just seems that even though I do things like that, he forgets for the split second that he throws a tantrum. I know it will get better and I do feel for him because his life was just flipped upside down.

On a better note, he is maturing a lot. He says the most adult phrases that just crack me up! The other day he spilt taco cheese on my parent's kitchen floor and as he was running to get the broom he says to my dad "It's okay...it was my fault!" lol. We also went to visit my work and he said to a lady at my work..."Hey...can I talk to you?" We just laughed. My sister is going to be an Elementary Teacher and is currently getting her masters degree. She works with Hudson a lot on letters and sounds of letters and writing, etc. Of course I let her go at it! Since he was very little, maybe 1 1/2 he has recognized the letter "H", of course as being the first letter in his name. Just two weeks ago he learned how to write an "H" and he is very proud! Here is the first "H" Hudson drew:

One last funny story:

The other day Hudson, my mom, Brody, and I all went for a walk in town. We went down where there were some bull dozers and rock piles, etc. to show Hudson. As we were approaching Hudson says with excitement, "OHHH! There's an American Idol Backhoe!!" At first I really didn't get it but Husdon is OBSESSED with American Idol so as I stood there trying to figure it out, i see a rusty old "FORD" emblem on the front! Ford sponsors american idol!!! Isn't that too funny and you never realize how much your babies are sucking in when watching TV...kind of scary! I will leave you with a picture of Hudson with the "American Idol Backhoe" :0)

Brody Jaxon Has Arrived!

It all started Tuesday, Feburary 24, 2009. I went to the basketball game and when I got home I was having some contractions that were 5 minutes apart but not painful at all. I figured I would go to bed and if it was real it would wake me up! Knowing I had an appointment scheduled for Wednesday at 10am, I wasn't too concerned. Wednesday morning came and the contractions were still pretty much the same. The doctor came in and said "So...do you think you're in labor?" My response: "I never want to be the one to cry wolf...but I have been having contractions 5 mins apart." From the moment the nurse left the room until the doctor came in, I had 4 contractions! She checked me and I was 2-3 cm dilated and she decided to put me on the non-stress machine to monitor the contractions. Once she realized my contractions were real and coming regularly, she admitted me upstairs to labor and delivery and I was sooo not prepared! Three weeks early...I never had that "nesting" phase, my bag was partially packed, my house wasn't absolutely perfect like I pictured it to be.

Anyways...the baby will come when it wants to! I labored by myself all day wednesday and wednesday night because they would not do anything to "induce" me (i.e. break my water) until I got to a certain stage in my labor because I was three weeks early. Thursday morning my Doctor came in around 7:45 am to check me and see the progress. My water had started to leak slowly in the middle of the night so he had decided that since I was 4-5cm dilated and leaking that he would break my water. He also decided to put me on pitocin which is NASTY stuff! Honestly, I know from experience that if my water is broken, I WILL have a baby soon! Pitocin was not necessary but I didn't care at that point of course. Anyways...my Doctor said he would be back in 5-6 hours and he left. I had one contraction on the bed that pretty much threw me through the ROOF! I was crying for pain med, epidural, anything lol.

The nurses decided to move me to the rocking chair (bad idea). I had about four contractions (that by the way were the MOST PAINFUL contractions ever) and by the fourth, I said to the nurse "I feel pressure!" She said "That's just the baby's head descending hunny." The NEXT contraction I lifted myself out of the chair (because I felt like I was sitting on his head) and screamed "I'M PUSHING!" The nurse says..."No, no you can't push until you're ten centimeters...just breathe! Next contraction get up on the bed and I will check you!" Well to say the least I FLEW to the bed! The nurses hand never left me (TMI sorry) She was yelling for nurses and my doctor and everyone rushed in all at once! I had to breathe through three contractions without pushing until the doctor arrived. (awful!) Then...one push, head was out, second push, rest of baby! Brody was born at 8:25am just about 45 minutes after my water was broken. Now why couldn't they have done that wednesday??? lol.

Well...that's my labor story :0) Since then we have dealt with jaundice issues and we are getting over the breastfeeding hump of sensitive, sore nipples but we are plugging along and I know that it will seem like we will be in a routine in no time.

Hudson is absolutely loving Brody. Sometimes a little too roughly but I just love it. To see their bond is amazing and I have never been so happy to have two boys. I really love it...

Enough writing...here are some pics!

Hudson being very curious about his brother!



Holding hands :0)

Best Buds!

Precious boy...

Eyes Open!