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Sunday, June 1, 2014

Helllooooo Hudson!!

Meet Hudson Timothy Riddle!!

Born May 25, 2014 at 12:05pm
8 pounds, 1 ounce
21 inches long

Davis got to come meet his brother around 3:30 that afternoon!
He was (and still is) beyond excited about his baby!!

We were able to leave the hospital the next day after Hudson's 24hr test.

We are all so thrilled he's here and already so in love!!

For those of you who asked about my birth story:

My WONDERFUL delivery team!
My nurse Liz is on the left and my midwife Hilary is on the right.
And Aaron was taking the picture, but he was by far my biggest support!!

Hudson's birth went as smoothly as we could have ever hoped for... and he was 6 days early and I'd been hoping for another early baby! I knew in the middle of the night (2am) I probably was in labor because I started having cramping that was obviously different from the Braxton Hicks I'd been having my entire 3rd trimester. But my contractions didn't actually start until 6am, so I woke Aaron up then to let him know. Since it was a Sunday morning, he ran over to Westover to get last minute things prepared for the middle school that morning... it made me very thankful we live 3 minutes from his work. :) When Davis woke up around 7:45, Aaron fed him breakfast and got him dressed & ready and then my mom came around 9 & got him and took him to church. Meanwhile, I was having contractions but they weren't very strong - I could still walk around to help out with Davis a little and get last minute things together. Once Davis left, Aaron & I went outside and walked laps around the backyard - thankfully it was a gorgeous day with low humidity so it was very comfortable to walk around outside. We were outside walking from about 9:30 until 10:45 and then we decided we probably should head to the hospital to be safe. My contractions were now about 2-3 minutes apart (although mine were this close together for hours with Davis) and were fairly strong but still manageable. Aaron called my midwife to let her know we were going to come in and we went ahead & packed up the car and headed out. I had 3 contractions in the car (thankfully we only live about 5 minutes from the hospital) and although they certainly weren't fun, they weren't as bad as I expected. We got to to hospital at 11:15am and they quickly checked me in a triage room. At this point, my contractions were really strong and close together. My midwife thought I was about 7-8cm dilated and 100% effaced so they immediately took me to a labor & delivery room. A few minutes after we got into the room, I started feeling the urge to push so they checked me again & I was 10cm. My water still hadn't broken so they broke it before I started pushing. I'm not sure how long pushing took (maybe 15 minutes?), but it was much shorter & easier than last time! My midwife claims I only really pushed 1 or 2 times, but that's definitely not how I remember it! :) Hudson was born at 12:05pm, so overall I labored at home for about 5 hours and was at the hospital for about 45 minutes before Hudson made his appearance. This birth went a lot faster & easier than Davis's 14 hour birth. I think a lot of it was I was more mentally prepared for how tough an unmedicated delivery is, and my body was more prepared for a second birth. And I am so thankful for Aaron - he was so supportive and a great coach!! Aaron & I were both so pleased with how smoothly the whole delivery went and we're so grateful that our sweet Hudson is here safe & sound and in our arms! A huge THANKS to those of you who were praying for a safe & smooth delivery!

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Last Year in My 20's?!?!

Well, I guess I'm getting old!! :) My birthday was on Friday & I'm officially 29 years old. But it was a fabulous birthday so I can't complain!! It was a gorgeous SPRING day, Aaron had the day off so I got to spend most of the day outside with my two men, and I got to hear my sweet Hudson's heart beat first thing in the morning because I had a doctor's appointment. And that's really all I wanted.

My birthday started out with a sleepover with my youngest brother, Josh!
I share my birthday with World Down Syndrome Day (Trisomy 21, celebrated on 3/21)
and I love that I get to celebrate Josh on my birthday, too!

Sleeping like a baby!

Breakfast buds. :)

And Aaron brought me Starbucks!

Playing at the park!

You just can't beat a Chipotle picnic in the park!

For dinner, Aaron took me to Southern Lights. So yummy!

And I got some home improvement things done for my birthday!!
Aaron floored the closet in Davis's new bedroom (it was HORRIBLE before)!
And my Dad installed flower boxes for me!

Now I'm ready for full-time spring weather so we can play outside more!!! :)

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Fun on the Farm!

This morning, we got to go to a farm & meet lots of animals for Mister Mason's 2nd birthday party! It was so much fun... and Davis loves animals so he was in hog heaven. :)

Mason & his sweet mama Meredith...
...who had baby Maddox 2 weeks ago & still pulled off a birthday party. Supermom!

Meeting the goats.

Big old tractor!

Watching the cows.

And meeting them, too!

The birthday boy feeding the cows.

Fascinated.

They could be brothers. :)

So beautiful!

Mason's friends.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET MASON!

Sunday, July 7, 2013

Davis's 1st Birthday PARTY - His Wild Rumpus!

Our little munchkin turned one last Sunday!!! So we celebrated!! For his party, we had a Where the Wild Things Are theme and were so excited to spend the afternoon with Davis's family & friends. The weather didn't want to cooperate so we quickly moved everything inside but it turned out to be a great afternoon. :) Here are some of the pictures from his special day...