May 16th 20011......

Our new family member, Hudson, is scheduled to bless us with his arrival on Monday, May 16th. I can not believe it's just two weeks away. Hudson is much anticipated by all, especially his big brother Braxton. I just know that Brax is going to be the best big brother there is!!! He talks about Hudson all the time and is so genuine in doing so. Brax told me the other night while I was putting him to bed "mom, I love you and I love Hudson in your belly too." Talking about melting my heart!!! I guess that brotherly love truly starts at a very early age. Jeremy & I can not wait to watch the boys grow up together. Its going to to be so much fun!!!

Me, how am I doing..... Well let's just say I am not prepared like I want to be. Hudson's room is still in process, poor little guy!!! It's getting there though. I want everything to be perfect!! This stresses me out more than anything because there is so much to think about & do. It's overwhelming. I would have never imagined having a second child, especially of the same sex, would have created this much anxiety in me. I guess I was was wrong!!!! However, I know everything will work out and God has me along with all of us in His hands taking care of us & providing for us. I just need TRUST HIM MORE and let go of worrying about the small things. Hudson will be perfect and so will everything else. My pregnancy has been very good and I am very blessed for this fact. My weight gain has been great and so has my blood pressure thus far. We were kinda of worried with this because my blood pressure elevated post delivery last go around and my doctor was worried with my fluid retention in the last two weeks of pregnancy with Brax. But so far I am doing great. I just pray that it remains this way. Like I said before; God knows what HE is doing and HE IS IN CONTROL!!!

Jeremy has been a huge help & awesome dad throughout the past nine ( even though I know I have tried his patience many times), should I expected any less??? LOL!!!! Jeremy is so excited and I think a little worried too. He doesn't want me in the hospital by myself but I have tried to explain to him that our highest priority is stability & normalcy for Brax so I want him to take care of B as much as possible during our stay at Emory! Jeremy is SO LOVING & AWESOME!!! I am such a lucky woman!!! I can not wait to see Jer with two boys. I know our family will be even greater with Hudson!

So much to do in such little time...... We will see how how it all plays out!!!!!

For now, I am just thankful to God as HE is my savior and leader of my family. I am thankful for the many way in which God has blessed me with best husband there is and incredible little boy that makes my whole life perfect. I feel God has great plans for Hudson and our soon to be family of four!!! WOW family of four, Pretty cool!

THANK YOU LORD FOR YOU MANY BLESSINGS & THE UNCONDITIONAL LOVE

YOU HAVE FOR ME & MY FAMILY!!!!

Braxton's new cousin, Easton!

Cousins are the Best!!!!!

Above you see Braxton holding & feeding his new baby cousin Easton, man he sure is going to be a great big brother. Brax is all about holding the new babies in our lives. I sure hope this roles over into our family when Hudson is born. I think Lane is either assisting or supervising Brax with his little bro. Anyhow there is no cuter picture than this....

B's smile is priceless and the happiness that is on all the boys faces is awesome!

Hey nanny, am I doing this right?

That maybe what B is thinking at this moment, there is really no telling with that face but it sure is a cute one! Easton is almost 3 months old & is doing fabulous. He really is good baby and as you can see Braxton just loves his cousin!!!!

Thank you God for Family!!!!

B's new hobby, kite flying!!!

Braxton has thoroughly enjoyed flying his kite,

well more so running with it and trying to make it fly....

Whatever works right????

What started this new thing was a boy at the park was doing a really good job flying his kite

& Mr. Brax wanted to do that to, so what do you know.....

Nanny bought him a kite at their next shopping adventure!!!!!

"Mom, lets fly my kite" is all I heard on a not so windy day, "great, I thought how am I, eight months pregnant, suppose to run with this kite to get it up in the air?"

Nevertheless, Brax did a fantastic job at flying his kite. He really enjoyed the so called "flying" (more so running) the kite a little in the air behind him. It was an awesome day & great to see my little guy enjoy something new!!!!

Nap time!!!!

Can we say POOPED? !?!?!

Just at look at these two. I was doing a few things around the house and next I knew Duch & Brax were asleep on the couch. This was just too sweet to not capture!

BOYS & THEIR DOGS!!!!

Brax & Duchess new bed....

Braxton & Duhess are new

Bedtime friends!!!

How sweet is this?

The second night that we were in our new home & Brax was in his new bed

he requested that Duch sleep with him. We thought, Really? Ever since they have been best buds & great night time sleeping partners!

Our new Home!!!!!

We have a new home!!!!

Here is our new home. It's still a work in progress but I wanted to post something about it.

We spent our first night here one week ago today, April 6th 2011. It has been quite interesting because the move has brought about many changes and LOTS of work! Needless to say all of us can not wait to have everything completed so we can rest & enjoy our lovely new place!

This is our dining room, quite frankly my favorite room in the house because of the color that I painted it. It reminds me of a great day at the beach and if you know me you know I love the beach!

The Kitchen..... I have yet to cook a meal in it and yes Jeremy has been so kind not to say anything. Hes such a great husband! Needless to say we have been eating out a lot and just making sandwiches & stuff. One day soon I am not going to have an excuse so I need to get ready and start cooking again!

The house has been ours for almost a month. We started working on it before we moved in. It needed some cosmetic work done & then we also wanted to add things to make it "ours." These things ( Painting the interior & exterior of the home, repairing & painting the deck, building a pantry, all new kitchen appliances & a backsplash, major yard work & some other little stuff ) have been quite the task to handle amongst having furniture delivered & trying to get in and put our things up has proven to be hard work but it will pay off a thousand times over in the near future! There will be more to come once we are little more settled......

We have thoroughly enjoyed our first week here and look forward to many years ahead!

Thank you to all who have helped out in this process, we sure would not

have been able to do it without you!

Best Buddies!!!

Braxton & Luke!

BEST BUDDIES!!!!!!!!

Luke is one of our neighborhood friends. Braxton & Luke are the same age( Luke is a May Boy and Brax is June) and get along fabulous. We LOVE to go to Luke's to play. I usually hear "mom, can I ride my bike to Luke's house at least four times a day!" Luke's house is the central zone for all of us to play, I say all of us as because the parents hang out to, we always have our very own block party!!!

Kristy & Joe, Luke's parents are great. We really love this family. Luke has a little sister, Reese which is almost 7 months old (she & have the same birthday). I always joke around with Kristy by calling her Mrs Popularity because she knows everyone and is just one of the sweetest individuals I have ever met! Kristy was the first person that watched Braxton for me other than family & school, she will tell you I was a nervous wreck leaving him because this was shortly after his separation anxiety ended! He was a champ & had a blast! The above pictures are from the last time is from when B stayed with them literally all day & even fell asleep at their house while I was dealing with the cable guys at our new house.

This is the normal picture, the boys riding their bikes down he street! Brax & Luke are so cute they usually are having a conversation while riding down the road! who knows what they are really talking about but its serious business! One day we heard them talking about their dads, hmmm.... I thought that didn't start until later in life?

I am so glad we met The Mullvain's. they have been great neighbors and our hope is to be life long friends to watch our kids grow up together. God has really blessed us with their friendships. I will truly miss having them right up the road and hearing Brax say Mom, can I ride my bike to Luke's? We have promised each other to keep play-dates & to make sure the boys still see each other on a regular basis, I think this is for the boys but also for Kristy & I to as we really have became good friends!

Praise God for Great friends!!!!

Look how my Grandma dresses me....

Braxton doesn't stand a chance!!!!!

Joan, Braxton's grandma, is so funny!! She loves to do silly things that only grandparents can do! She has a few issues, I will call them!! I love you Joan, but it's true, you do!! LOL!!!

One of them is "the hat thing!" As you can see it was a sunny day ( all sunny days require a hat)and B just had to have a hat on! This is actually one of the more normal ones. Brax has told on Grandma (yes that's right he has told on grandma) & we have caught her doing some pretty CRAZY things to our BOY, like putting barrettes in his hair and so much hair spray that he looks like he belongs in the 80's!!! YIKES!! The excuse, his hair is in his eyes and it's bothering him! One day he had her curlers in his hair, yep the old fashion snap-in pink squishy curlers. Most likely the same ones that she wore to take Jer & Jason to school,when they were kids which I know they hated per their stories!! Like I said, I love you Joan & I promise I am not making fun of you, well maybe just a little but these are just a few of the things that are just too funny not to be published somewhere for Brax to remember!!!

Anyhow, Braxton loves his Grandma & Grandpa even with all the quirky things they do to him!

We love & appreciate all you do, and especially all these super silly things that make for GREAT CONVERSATION!!!