Cousin Luvin

Hudson and his cousin Lucy got to have a play date today. How fun to have a cousin his same age that he can grow up with.

We have a lil Froggie

This boy love his bath time! We will have to sign him up for swimming lesson's when he's older because he's like a lil fish in the water. We have so much fun giving him his nightly bath! I get so much joy each day just being with Hudson, God is so good!

Bath with Daddy

Our lil baby model

Here's some pictures of Hudson at 11 days old

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Hudson's already made friends

Here's Huddy on his first play date! My friends Mandy and Kristen just had lil boys too!

Getting a bath

Grandma took some pictures of me giving Hudson a bath the other day and he really enjoyed it! He didn't cry at all, what a big boy I have!

We are suckers ;)

Tim and I got suckered into taking pictures at the hospital when Hudson was one day old, but it was too hard to resist and say no. Then when they showed us the pictures of course we had to order them! The pictures came in the mail today and Im so grateful we got them! I can't believe how much he's changed in just 10 days! So here's some pictures of Huddy at 1 day old in the hospital.

New Pictures

I added a few more pictures to the left of Hudson's first walk to the lake in our neighborhood at 9 days old!! Daddy can't wait to taking him fishing on the lake when he's older.

Showing off My Handsome Son

Watch out ladies this boy is a heart throb! It's crazy how much your life changes when you have a baby. We took Hudson for a little procedure yesterday to get his frenulum clipped so he can nurse better. On the way to the hospital we had the Fish on and the song Forgiven came on. I used to sing that song loud and bop my head to it, but yesterday when I started to sing it my voice cracked and I started crying looking at Hudson, the song just had a totally different meaning. I felt so unworthy for God to give me such an amazing gift, but I'm so extremely thankful and grateful of God's grace and forgiveness and that He would want to bless me beyond what I could ever imagine. Now time to show off some pictures of my handsome man in his first week of life!

How Hudson Came into this World

Friday morning I had felt crampy and woke up at 4 in the morning and couldn't go back to sleep. I laid in bed until 5:20, got up, got ready and left for work. I was in warp speed at work trying to get everything accomplished just in case Hudson decided to come over the weekend. I left for my appointment with the specialist at 9:30 where they took measurements and said Hudson weighed approximately 6.9 pounds and seemed to be very healthy, but was on the small side so he probably wouldn't come anytime soon. The specialist told me his due date was more likely to be the 9th and if he didn't come by then he would advise my Doctor to induce me. Next, I headed to my OBGYN to give her the report the specialist printed out and to see if I dilated or thinned out more. The doctor told me that I was making just a little progress, I was 2cm dilated and 80% effaced. She agreed that because of my Factor Five Leiden I would need to be induced next Wednesday at the latest, not what I wanted to hear. I told her about the cramps I woke up with and had been feeling all day and asked if they could be contractions. She said very unlikely and that I would know when I felt a contraction.
After the appointment I went back to work, but just wasn't feeling right. I still had the cramps and was feeling very antsy like I needed to get stuff done. I took the rest of the day off and headed to the grocery store to get one or two things. Once I got there I was curling over the shopping cart because my cramps were still hurting, but I decided I needed to just go ahead and do a full on shopping for the week. I got home, unloaded and unpacked the groceries. My plan was to lay down and take a nap because my cramps were still hurting me but once I got upstairs I saw our laundry basket that was filled to the top so decided that it need to be taken care of. After I finished the laundry, I went to use the bathroom and saw that the toilet and sinks were very dirty. I got out the Lysol and Windex and went to town. I got the bathroom all cleaned up and was about to empty out the bathroom trash can when I felt a large gush of water in my under britches! Literally it felt like some one dumped out a cup of water in my pants. This had to be my water breaking, right or did I just pee myself?? I pulled down my pants and even though I tried to squeeze my coochie coo together the water kept coming out. Not knowing what else to do I sat in the bath tub and turned the water on to splash clean (no one ever told me that when your water breaks you don't stop leaking!!) I called Tim and told him he'd probably want to come home because my water broke, so I guess that means I'm in labor. Then I called my Doula Britany who was so excited to hear the news and told me to head on over to the hospital and call my doctor.
Tim got home about 3:30 and bless his heart he was white as a ghost. He rushed to help get everything in the car as I reassured him it was ok and I wasn't in pain to help him stay calm. We go to the hospital and by time we got to the labor and delivery room it was around 5 and my contractions had moved to my back and were very intense. Britany got to the hospital and was a huge help at keeping me relaxed. Her and Tim rubbed my back to help with the pain and coached me through my contractions. I soon realized that I wasn't getting much of a break in between contractions and the constant intense back pain was more than I could bare (they were 30 seconds apart) and I asked for an epidural.
After the epidural they measured me and I was already 7 cm dilated. The contractions were so close together Hudson's heart beat was dropping fast. They had me on oxygen and were shifting me in all sorts of positions to try and get some blood flow to my sweet baby. Tim and Britany were so calming and supportive and kept me from getting panicked. They checked me again and I was at 9 1/2 cm dilated and called my Doctor to head to the hopital. By time Dr Shin got there I was 10 cm and ready to go. By this time there was no break in between contractions and they had to get Hudson out quick. After two sets of pushing my doctor told me she would have to cut me because Hudson had to get out on the next push. Then everything happened so fast after that, she cut, I pushed, my sweet lil baby slid on out and before I new what happened he was taken away. I looked at Tim and felt so bad because he was suppose to cut the cord, but they had to do everything so fast to make sure Hudson was ok. Soon after I heard the most precious sound, our little boy crying. I told Tim to take pictures and show me because he was on the other side of the room and I hadn't even seen him yet. Soon Hudson was brought over to me and I got to meet my adorable baby boy! Now I know everyone thinks their own baby is beautiful even if they have a miss-shapend head or look like a lil alien, but Hudson truly was perfect. The most beautiful baby I've ever seen! Welcome to the world Hudson Timothy Greene, you stole your mommy's heart already and I'm so in love with you!!

iNsAnE iN tHe MeMbRaNe

Guess what....Hudson's moving at such a fast pace!!! Well, that's if you think turtle speed is fast. So the doctor said that I was a centimeter dilated. Boo ya, a whole nother 1/2 a centimeter since my last visit! I was still 70% effaced and at a negative 3 station, which basically means he hasn't dropped at all, but she could feel his head way up there. I had my doctor strip my membrane, basically removing my mucus plug, to hopefully speed things along and naturally induce labor.
With all the shots, drugs and medications I was on at the beginning of my pregnancy I really do not want to be induced and have more drugs put into my body. I go to the specialist on Friday to make sure Hudson is not getting too big to birth naturally, to see if I've lost any amniotic fluid and to make sure he is healthy enough for me to keep going past my due date till he comes naturally.
Here's a couple pictures of my 10 month baby bump