Halloween 2013

I originally thought this halloween would be pretty low key. Tanner had to go out of town for a few days the weekend before Halloween, and I'm just a little to pregnant and uncomfortable. But as I am looking back, we sure had a busy & fun halloween! 

First off, Hudson's costume! It turned out to be a big hit. Our cousin Sarah (I'm not sure how) but ran across a picture of little boy in a home made garbage truck costume and knowing how much Hudson LOVES garbage trucks (love may be an understatement) showed it to us and said we had to make it for him. Hudson wouldn't stop talking about it for like a month and a half. Ever since he saw that picture he was determined to be a garbage man. I thought it would be harder to make, and so we took Hudson to look at all the different costumes. Super heroes, firefighters, police man, ninja turtles, you name it! He didn't care. So a few days before Tanner left I told him he better get on making it because I needed it for that weekend. He ended up making a pretty darn good one! Its a bit more simple of a design, if you google children's garbage truck costumes some people get pretty dang creative with flashing lights and 'grabbers'. But Hudson loved it, and its still hanging around the house. We play with it every day.

as you can see, he even watches TV in his costume ;)

We took Hudson to Wheeler Farm before dad went out of town. We got to see lots of animals, lots of tractors, & feed the ducks. I didn't take really any pictures, but thought this was a cute one!

While Tanner was gone, we went with my parents and sister to a pumpkin patch. Last year we went to Cornbellys and they have SO much their, but it can be a little pricey. I was sad we didn't go this year, but Hudson had a cold on top of everything so we chose a pumpkin patch by my old work. Turned out to be great! They had a bunch of tractors for all the kids to sit on & they had a little mini corn maze that was totally free and just the right size for a toddler and pregnant momma ;)

Some pics from my moms phone. 

My parents also took us to "the haunted Murray park". Its supposed to be family friendly, and a little spooky trail you walk down and then you get hot chocolate and a donut afterwards. Well...its a different set of high school kids that put it on each year. We looked at pics of the years previous and it looked great, this year was little more spooky then I was expecting lol. I was worried how Hudson would do, but he did great!! Just stared at all the spooky dressed up people hiding in the trees. They even jumped out and said boo...scared me a little! 

right before we started walking through the trial

The day before halloween we did halloween story time at the library. We go to story time almost every week and Hudson loves it. He was a little bummed he couldn't wear his garbage truck costume though, it was just to big and hard to sit in. So thankfully last years pirate costume still fit :) They got to decorate a little pumpkin and glue it on a bag and then go trick or treating through the library too. It was lots of fun and most of his little friends came too.

We also did "trunk or treat" at my parents ward church. It was fun, everyone LOVED Hudson's costume it was a big hit! The candy goes in the front part of the truck, which was pretty genius if I do say so myself ;) Its so funny how men are automatically drawn to trucks. The moms loved his costume, but all the boys and dads would comment and say how they wish they had one of those as a kid (one guy said he wishes he had one now!) and they gave him extra candy for such a cool costume!

this was only like 20 minutes before we left...it got dark super fast!

kinda cold, but braved it for the candy :)

On Halloween we went to Daddy's work for a halloween lunch! 

Dad made him a pretty sweet last minute costume halloween morning, I was kinda bummed I didn't get a homemade cardboard costume haha

My little garbage man & price is right contestant 

That night we did a little trick or treating. We stopped by both grandparents, then went around my moms circle with my sister and to see all my old neighbors. Then around our circle. After that we came home and let Hudson pass out some candy and play with his garbage truck more and stuff his face with lots of candy lol

 This is just a little comparison of me halloween 3 years ago. I was 29 weeks pregnant with Hudson, and then this year almost 33 weeks pregnant with Porter :) I searched high and low for that darn skeleton costume because I know I saved it. I never found it though :/ 

 Here is a few more pics from halloween morning. How perfect that it landed on garbage day ;)

Today was garbage day again, and as per usual we were outside sitting on the porch waiting to wave to the garbage man. When the garbage man came, he got out and came to talk to us. He had some goodies for Hudson and said his costume made his week! He posted a pic on Facebook and got lots of comments, and the company even recognized him ( I also shared a picture the companies Facebook page and they shared it :) ) I never thought I would love a garbage company, but I'm very impressed with Waste Management and so glad we have Travis as our garbage man! He is seriously so nice!! ...and yes, we are now on a first name basis with our garbage man ;) 

I can officially say being a boy mom has taught me SO much, and I wouldn't trade our garbage trucks and construction trucks for all the disney princesses in the world ;)

Hope everyone had a fantastic Halloween

p.s....dont forget to check out my last post, I posted our maternity pics :)

Family/Maternity Pictures

I wasn't sure we were going to do maternity pictures this time around, but when our photographer (amber lintz photography) was doing family mini sessions I couldn't pass it up! Im 33 weeks prego in these. I was 32 weeks when we had our pictures done with Hudson. Im in love with these. My boys are so cute & I seriously can't believe we will be a family of 4 in just a couple weeks. 

(you can click on the pic to make it bigger)

31 week bump date

How far along? 31 weeks 5 days

Baby's size? at my last apt. doc was guessing around 3 1/2 lbs. around the size of a bunch of asparagus. 

Total weight gain: I was still only up 16lbs at my last apt. a week and a half ago. I have my next apt. on Monday at hopefully Ill have gained a little something, otherwise ill have gone a month with no weight gain. 

Maternity clothes? Yes ma'm

Sleep: still kinda rough. Lots of potty trips, heartburn, and unable to breath and get comfy.

Best moment(s) this past week: its been a few weeks since my last bumpdate, but some good moments have been getting family pictures done with my side of the family, and my mom through me a fun little "baby sprinkle" that was so much fun.

Miss Anything? Just the normal breathing, being comfortable. 

Movement:  lots of movement, still mostly at night but some days he will move all day long. There is one spot on my left side that I swear is bruised internally. Its a constant achey sensation, and when he rolls or kicks that spot it KILLS and stops me in my tracks. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: nope. :) glad that is all gone. 

Cravings: Cereal still

Labor Signs: nope

Gender: little man

Symptoms:  just the same, occasional braxton hicks, heartburn, fatigue is coming back but im sure my poor sleep is somewhat to blame.

Belly Button in or out? still gross and weird and mostly the top half is an outie, but if I cough, laugh or have a braxton hick the whole thing sticks out

Wedding rings on or off? off
Happy or Moody most of the time: happy and emotional. 

Looking forward to:  Halloween! Tanner made Hudson the most awesome costume! Also, being able to walk. I fell down almost two weeks ago and rolled my ankle. Pretty sure its sprained. Its still swollen and bruised :( but I figure its gonna take a little longer to heal sense im pregnant. I never went to the doctor. I have had issues with this ankle since I broke it when I was younger, and being pregnant I wasn't sure if they could even do an x-ray. Thankfully I can walk on it with out much pain, and my range of motion is getting lots better.  

How is Hudson doing?: Still doing so good :) asking about him every day, and just enjoying being the center of our attention for a few more weeks!

Apologizing in advanced, these pics are not great quality. I just copied them from FB from the sneak peeks since we haven't gotten the disc back yet. Ill post them all later when we get the disc and you can actually see them ;)

This maternity pose we snuck in ;) i was exactly 31 weeks here. 

all of my cute family!

Me, my mom, and my little sister! (she is only 12...soooo tall!)

This is probably my favorite picture ever of Mr. Hudson. It catches his personality PERFECT! love this boy, Porter has a lot to live up to ;) 

My cute little family

This was taken at 30 weeks, right before my "baby sprinkle"

Me and my cute little man going to the haunted park. 

riding all kinds of tractors at the pumpkin patch

a few instagram pics of the "sprinkle"

Our awesome 5 generation pic! Love my family so much :) its crazy to think were all the first of each generation and all had our first kid at 20 (well..my mom was 19 and I was 21, but it cancels each other out ;) )

I just have to say the sprinkle was so much fun! It was small, just close family and friends but that was perfect. We had an ice cream bar for all the guests and my mom made up the most adorable invitations, I don't have one on hand but ill have to get a picture of it up on the blog! Everyone brought just essential gifts, like diapers, wipes, lotions, etc. A few outfits of course as well. People just couldn't resist. We had a diaper raffle too, and the winner got a pretty sweet prize! My mom is seriously the best :) 

28 week bump date

Holy cow its October 1st!! I cant believe it. This year is flying by and little man will be here in December. Im so excited, yet have SO much to do. We really haven't done much to get ready for this little guy. I finally decided that we would turn the spare bedroom into a playroom and have to boys share a room. Im not really sure what made me decide this way. But part of the reason is decorating ;) I found the most adorable saying on Pinterest  "sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero". It fits so cute, and I want to do a very subtle superhero theme in their room. The room already is blue with a red and white stripe along the top, so the colors match. We are also getting tanners old bunk beds from when he was a kid and painting them the same red as the stripe. We are also painting the crib the same color. I think it will turn out cute. Porter will spend the first few months in our room anyways. Then they will start to share. Im so excited for them to grow up with each other.

How far along? 28 weeks 2 day

Baby's size? the size of an iceberg lettuce

Total weight gain: after my doctor appointment last week im up a total of 16lbs from pre-pregnancy 

Maternity clothes? Yes ma'm

Sleep: is rough. Not gonna lie. Still getting up to pee, hard to fall asleep with heartburn. And im tossing all night because my hips start to hurt or my arms go numb or I cant breath well. only 12 more weeks! 

Best moment(s) this past week: Im pretty sure I passed my glucose test!! YAY. Doctor said the results would be in Monday and I would only hear from them if they needed to do the 3 hour test. I never heard anything so no news is good news. 

Miss Anything? Just the normal breathing, not being uncomfortable. 

Movement:  he is moving more and more. And starting to move during the day more. I love it 

Anything making you queasy or sick: nope, just still hate the look of meat.

Cravings: Cereal.

Labor Signs: nope

Gender: little man

Symptoms:  other then those mentioned still getting braxton hicks every day. and I think the first trimester fatigue is back. I have been so tired lately I could take a nap an hour after I wake up! Im pretty sure it has to do with my lousy sleep as well. 

Belly Button in or out? this crazy belly button of mine! It literally looks like the baby is only on the top half of my stomach and there is nothing in the bottom half lol. But its both, whenever I have a braxton hick, or porter pushes himself in the middle of my stomach then the whole thing pops out. Its weird! 

Wedding rings on or off? off
Happy or Moody most of the time: happy and emotional. 

Looking forward to:  Halloween! Im so excited for fall and and the holidays. We think we will be making Hudson's halloween costume this year so we gotta get on that. 

How is Hudson doing?: Even though I know he doesn't "get" it yet, I feel like he almost understands sometimes. He is so sweet with my belly, he tells everyone about Porter. He tells us all the toys he is going to share, and what animals he wants to show Porter how to be. He says when Porter crys he will say " its alright baby don't cry" lol I know things will surely be different once Porter is actually here. But its still so cute! 

27 week bumpdate

How far along? 27 weeks 2 days

Baby's size? Cauliflower (average baby is around 15 inches and 2 lbs)

Total weight gain: We will find out on Friday. 

Maternity clothes? Yes ma'm

Sleep: my dreams have been pretty intense/scary lately. And I get up to pee a few times a night still. 

Best moment(s) this past week: Feeling the baby move more and more, and taking Hudson to the zoo. 

Miss Anything? breathing, bending over, all that good stuff ;)

Movement: Yes! still mostly at night, but some times during the day the baby goes crazy. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: nope, just still hate the look of meat.

Cravings: Cereal.

Labor Signs: nope

Gender: little man

Symptoms:  tired, heartburn, & braxton hicks have started up at full force!! Ugh..was hoping I still had a little while before they came. But I have a at least a couple every day. And sometimes, as soon as I stand up my stomach goes rock hard until I sit back down again :/ it stinks.

Belly Button in or out? top half out, bottom half in. And whenever I have a braxton hick the whole belly button is an outie! lol

Wedding rings on or off? off
Happy or Moody most of the time: happy, but still a good mix.

Looking forward to:  my glucose test on Friday. then starting my appointments every 2 weeks!! cant believe were already that close. And the THIRD TRIMESTER! some books say im in the third trimester now at 27 weeks, some say not until 28 weeks. Either way its basically here :)

How is Hudson doing?: Still really good. He is trying to be more careful with my belly now that its getting bigger. He always says "momma your belly is getting big?" and I say yes, then he says "there's a baby in there, his name is pooorter."

        

 

25 weeks bump date

How far along? 25 weeks 3 days

Baby's size? a zucchini 

Total weight gain: I was at the doctor last week and am officially up 11lbs from my pre-pregnancy weight. 

Maternity clothes? Yes :) 

Sleep: Its been ok. I have had HORRIBLE heartburn lately. So its hard to fall asleep some nights. and I still get up 3+ times a night to go pee. 

Best moment(s) this past week: Baby is moving A LOT! Were finally feeling movement during the day. Its still most often at night. But you can see my belly move sometimes. And yesterday little guy moved non-stop for like an hour. I think he may have had the hiccups

Miss Anything? breathing. UGH! its been sucky, I cant wait to feel like I can take a deep breath again.

Movement: yes! and doctor says to start 'kick counting' everyday too. 

Anything making you queasy or sick: thankfully no. I think were finally over the gaggy/throw up stage lol. I still don't like meat though. I would rather eat some cereal ;)
Cravings: Hot chocolate & taco bell. 

Labor Signs: nope

Gender: little man

Symptoms:  Heartburn has been a biggie this last few weeks. Same with lots of random back pains, and feet falling asleep. Trying to get a big breath is harder too.  

Belly Button in or out? half. its so weird. The top half is like pointing out and you can see it through some of my shirts, but the bottom half is still an innie and goes in a good amount. But my stomach isn't completely round this time. I kinda hate it. Its like below my belly button its a straight line going diagonally instead of rounded. lol 

Wedding rings on or off? off :(
Happy or Moody most of the time: Happy, but I know I have my moody moments for sure. 

Looking forward to: Fall! Ive never loved summer (too hot for me!) but being pregnant makes it that much worse. So im excited for the weather to start getting cooler. Also, my next appointment is the end of this month and its my glucose test. Not really excited about that, but excited that after that I start going to the doctors every 2 weeks!!! crazy. 

How is Hudson doing?: He is doing great! He talks about Porter all the time. I swear he tells everyone we meet that"theres a baby in mommys belly, his name is POOOOORRRTER" Its so cute. we have slowly been getting some of the old baby stuff out to wash and get ready. Hudson always says that he is going to let porter use his toys.