The Hudsons

First Day of Kindergarten

2011-08-17T20:09:00.003-04:00

Today was the day I have thought about every year since Bella was born. Every year as I started school, I always thought about the day I would get to take her to work with me. Well, today was that day! Our baby girl began Kindergarten today. She woke up very eager this morning and was ready to go! She was very excited but also nervous. I was so proud of her for how she handled the "newness" that today brought. Shaun and I are so thankful to have such wonderful teachers to share her with this year!! We wiped a few tears as we left her but we are both excited about this new chapter in her life.
Thank God for an amazing little girl who is always so happy and easy to transition!

Our Two Precious Ones

2011-08-06T23:14:00.003-04:00

Words can not express how much I love these two. They bless our lives everyday and are such a joy to us. Some of you may not know but we lost our third baby this summer. We struggled with the sadness of the end of the pregnancy but know that God has an amazing plan for us and for our family. Even in the times of sadness, it was so wonderful to see the smiles on these two faces and to know that everything was going to be alright. I praise God for these two everyday. Thank you Lord for giving us these two precious children to raise and share about you. We know you have a plan for us that is greater that we can imagine.
I will post more about our summer later!
-Jamie

More Disney Pics....

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Updating Our Blog

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Bella with the Tangled characters
Thomas with his favorite character...BUZZ Lightyear!
Snow and my baby boy!
Might be the sweetest picture I have of them!
My wonderful family....one word: BLESSED!

So, it takes a sick day home to catch up on the blog. It is so quiet in this house that I almost can't stand it! I don't think I have been alone for entire day well since before Isabella was born. I will say it is nice to still be in my PJ's at 9:50 and to be watching what I WANT to watch on TV but I miss the sweet noise that comes with two munchkins. I could however do without the lovely stuffy nose and sore throat though. :)
Anyways, we have been very busy in the Hudson household. In the past two months, we have celebrated Christmas, welcomed in a new year, had a lovely SC snow blizzard, and visited the most wonderful place on earth, Disney World. Christmas was busy as usual with traveling here and there and opening up all the wonderful new things. It was great to share with our two about the amazing story of Jesus and to help them understand the true meaning of Christmas. Christmas came and went in a whirlwind. We spent New Years with some wonderful friends and had a great time watching our kids play together. Next came the unplanned but amazingly wonderful week of being snowed in. Who knew how much fun it could be to be stuck inside all together for a few days. We spent 3 days of doing absolutely nothing but loving every minute of it! We built a snowman, played in the snow, drank hot chocolate, cooked, played games, watched movies and had fun staying in the comfy confines of our house. Even though daddy had to leave us to go back to work half way into the second day, I enjoyed the time of peace and relaxation with my two babies. And, if snow wasn't enough, we packed up at the end of that week and headed to the most wonderful place on earth...Disney World. We had been planning and counting down the days to Disney since August so I am sure you can only imagine how excited Bella was when finally packed up the car and backed out of the garage. We left early afternoon on Thursday and crossed into the sunny state of Florida on Thursday evening. The kids spent the 8 hour drive talking to each other, watching Disney movies (of course), and sleeping. We arrived at our condo around 11 PM and were greeted by my sweet sister who had already gotten there and gotten our room set up for us. We put the kids down and went to bed. I could hardly sleep I was so excited about the day(s) that were ahead of us. On Friday morning, we woke up early and got ready to head to the Magic Kingdom. The expression on Bella's face when she walked through the gates of Disney and saw Cinderella's castle is something that I will never forget. The expression of pure amazement and joy on her face will forever be in my mind. We spent a wonderful day riding rides, meeting characters, and having fun as a family. That night, Bella meet the Tangle characters and was truly amazed to see them "in person". I can't explain the range of emotions that went through me and Shaun both as we watched her meet the characters and then watch the "Believe" fireworks show that night. It was amazing to see her and Thomas so happy and in awe of everything. On Saturday, we went to Animal Kingdom. This was not my favorite place. It seemed like a really large zoo to me but the kids had fun riding on the Safari ride and seeing all of the animals. We headed back to the Magic Kingdom for the evening and had a blast watching the electric parade and riding rides. My littlest munchkin spent the evening sleeping in the stroller while Shaun and I took turns riding rides with Bella. She loved the Haunted House and Barnstormer rollercoaster. Who would have thought?! :) At around midnight, we returned to our condo with two exhausted, sticky (from lollipops), but content kiddos. We woke up Sunday had breakfast with the characters at Chef Mickey's and went to Epcot for the day. Bella really enjoyed Epcot but I found myself and Thomas spending a lot of time walking around. Thomas wasn't big enough to ride a lot of rides there but I had a lot of fun walking around with my little man. I took him to see a Lion King show and we toured a couple of other things together while Bella and Daddy rode the rides. We spent the day in Epcot with my sister Michelle and her family. Thomas and Bella loved spending the day with Aunt Shell, Uncle Nate, Ash, and Jeremy. We had so much fun laughing, eating, and hanging out. We ended the day with the fireworks show and headed home again with two very tired but very happy kiddos. Sunday night ended up being a long night as Bella spiked a fever in the middle of the night. My wonderful hubby went out to find a Walgreens and some Motrin around 3 AM. Thank goodness for some Motrin! Bella woke up feeling a little punny but still wanting to go the Disney so off we went. We spent our last day at Hollywood Studios. When we arrived we headed straight for the Toy Story ride as we knew both kids would love this ride. We were right! :) As we were walking out, the bottom fell out and rain set in. $35.00 later, we had Disney ponchos and were off to enjoy the rest of the nasty but last Disney day. Bella had a blast riding all of the rides and rode the Tower of Terror twice! She is still talking about that ride! :)
Our trip was amazing and I find myself longing to go back every time I see a commercial or see the beginning of a Disney movie. I will never forget the smiles on two little faces, the giggles and laughs on rides, the smiles that came when they met all of the characters, and the excitement and joy that showed through all of their actions and words. Thank you mom and dad for the most amazing trip. I am thankful that I got to experience the joys of Disney with my mom and dad, my sisters and their families, my hubby, and my two precious kids! Dad, I can't wait to celebrate your 70th birthday there in 5 years (he has promised that we are going back for his 70th birthday)! Now, let's see if this Hudson family can wait five years to return. My bet is we will be returning before then! :)
Now...onto the rest of 2011! It has started off pretty amazing so I anticipate what the rest of 2011 has in store for our family!

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Dear Summer...please don't end...

2010-08-09T00:34:00.004-04:00

As I write this, summer is coming to a close. In three days, our life will go back to the hectic routine of work, preschool, dance, and running from here to there. I am sad that summer 2010 will be over but I look forward to the school year starting up. I LOVE setting up my classroom and getting a fresh group of students. I LOVE fall, football, Halloween, cool evenings on our deck, and the excitement of Thanksgiving and Christmas. So, the ending of summer is bittersweet. As much as I love the idea of having a routine again and the exciting things of fall, I will miss the lazy summer mornings, trips to the pool, our many playdates, Bella and Mommy time (while T sleeps), and cooking my favorite girl a fried egg every morning and my little man scrambled eggs. Ahh, the frozen pancakes will come out and the juice cups will be poured the night before...thus making the school year begin.

I am thankful for many things this summer but here are the top ten things:
1-Spending EVERY day with my little man and sweet little girl.
2-Seeing the smiles on their faces when we went to the beach all those time this summer.
3-Celebrating a special 2nd birthday with Thomas.
4-Seeing my two play together and giggle with each other.
5-Seeing two sleepy little faces every morning and hearing all about Bella's crazy dreams (that girl sure has had some dreams...) :)
6-Our McDonalds playdates with friends.
7-Seeing my baby girl not wear her swimmys and swim like a big girl (with her new swim vest).
8-Hearing Thomas really talk to me and express his feelings.
9-Staying up late with my sweet hubby...and watching all our addictive TV shows ;)
10-HAVING a WONDERFUL husband and two AMAZING children that have thanked me for what I have done for them and told me CONSTANTLY how much they love me. Those words never get old.
So, as I wrap up the summer of 2010, I go back to work feeling loved and looking forward to all of the adventures that this school year will hold AND I look forward to the summer of 2011 and what adventures we will have then.
Summer...until next time...

Blogging...

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Ballet Picture from Bella's first dance recital
Bella at the Miss Peach Pageant
Thomas at his 2nd Birthday Party
Beach Trip...June 2010
B and T :)

Ok...I do love to blog but I am terrible at it!!! :) I LOVE to go on and check other people's blogs and then have intentions of working on mine until something else happens and I just don't update. SO, I am updating now. :)
Summer, oh sweet summer! How I have enjoyed my summer break with my babies. We have had the best time swimming, having playdates, going to camps, and just having FUN. I am probably going to cry my eyes out when August 11 comes around but that's okay because the countdown to next summer will begin! :) I can't believe how much my babies are growing and changing. Everything they do/say amazes me a little more each day. I love hearing Isabella's thoughts and seeing her grow and change. She is really growing up fast and she amazes me with her memory and how she really soaks up life! Thomas is my little SWEET man! I fall more and more in love with him everyday. He is full of life and reminds me so much of his daddy. I looked back at when I started this blog and the first several posts that were made. Some of those posts include one of if not the scariest time of our life. I can't believe the little guy that we typed about is a BURST of two year old energy now. I thank God everyday for giving us our little man. :)
Ahh...as I write we are preparing to go to the beach with the Hudson clan. I look forward to our time at the beach every year. I can't wait to share pictures from the trip. Maybe I will be better at blogging....we'll see.... :)

Easter Pictures

2010-04-15T22:38:00.003-04:00

Well..we had an amazing Easter and Spring Break at the Hudson house. We dyed eggs with my precious grandmother and sweet family, we attended Easter service at my home church, ate a wonderful lunch and had a fun Easter egg hunt with all of the Metts family cousins. After Easter, I was fortunate to spend a week at home with my babies. We had play dates, went to the zoo (with the rest of the world), played, played and played and planted our first garden full of veggies for this summer. We had a wonderful week and this mommy is counting down the days until I get to spend the summer with my babies!

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Bella and her new cousin.
Family Christmas Picture
Our Sweet Babies
Sweet Girl!
Our Handsome Little Man

So...I am terrible at blogging! I look at everyone's updated, cute blogs and think wow, I should really update ours and then I never do! :)
So...I am updating! :)
Here is what is going on with us:
We had a wonderful Thanksgiving with family. It was amazing to have a few days off to spend with my two precious ones! We had fun decorating for Christmas, wrapping presents, and enjoyed a good Carolina football win (which made Daddy sad)! Bella is so full of energy and amazes me with her ability to soak up EVERYTHING like a little sponge. The things she says and does now crack me up! You never know what silly thing she is going to do or say. She loves her dance class and is often walking around the house in her dance shoes. :) She is going to be in the Stepping Out Nutcracker Fantasy next weekend and is ultra excited about being a mouse! :)
Thomas is changing so much by the minute. He is talking like crazy, walking everywhere, and has turned into my little monkey man. He LOVES climbing and his new thing is to dance (by marching his feet) when he hears music. He is too sweet and such a precious joy to us!
We are happy to announce that we have a new addition to our family. Our nephew, Samuel Turbeville was born today. We are so thankful to have a new healthy addition to our family. :)
We are eagerly awaiting the Christmas holidays. Bella has written her list to Santa (she wants a guitar and 2 cats...we shall see if Santa can find these things) and we can't wait to see her and Thomas' faces on Christmas morning! Happy Holidays to everyone! :)

Sweet, Sweet Summer Time!

2009-07-24T20:16:00.005-04:00

Wow...I can't believe how fast the summer is going. We have had so much fun going to the pool, visiting the zoo, going to the movies, playing at Chick-Fil-A and McDonalds, and going to story time at the Library. We almost always have some adventure to go on. We also enjoy sleeping in and having lazy mornings and afternoons together! Bella is so much fun to play with now and often makes up stories, sings, and plays with her animal toys. Thomas is getting to be such a big boy! He is beginning to take a few steps, and is starting to talk like crazy. He is saying Ma Ma, Da Da, Bella, Papa, Nana, bye-bye, and hey. He is such a sweet boy and is a happy boy all of the time! :) We also have had playdates with friends, and visited Garden City beach with our friends Micheal and Madelyn and their little boy, Harrison (Thomas' buddy). The summer has been so much fun and we are packing up to go to the beach with all of the Hudson family. We will share pictures from that soon....

It's SUMMER time...

2009-06-19T00:54:00.003-04:00

It's hard to believe that we brought our little man home one year ago yesterday. Boy, what a difference a year makes! Thomas has grown up to be a strong, sweet, and very loving little boy. He is so sweet and is just growing too fast. We went for his one year check up last week. Here are the stats: he is 19.8 lbs., eating anything and everything :), pulling up/standing and beginning to take a few steps, he has 4 teeth, and is saying: Mama, Dada, Bye-Bye (and waving his cute little hand towards himself), Bellwuh, Papa, and mocking various other words/sounds. Bella is very sweet to him and very protective of her brother. She loves playing with him and making him laugh. They are a hoot together and make me laugh and smile everyday. Bella is quite the tomboy right now. She is into bugs and will pick up any bug that she can find. We have various bug jars laying around our house. Anyone who knows me, knows that this is a adjustment for me! :) I am not a bug person AT ALL! She loves lizards, roly polys, ladybugs, and has even picked up a slug to add to her bug jar! We are having a WONDERFUL summer together. I am loving every minute that I have with the two of them.

2009-06-01T22:57:00.005-04:00

Thomas Turns 1!!!
We celebrated Thomas's 1st birthday with a pool party at my parent's house this weekend. We had such a wonderful time celebrating with friends and family. His "real" birthday is on Wednesday, so look for more pictures to come....

New Pictures....

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Happy 3rd and 28th Birthday!

2009-03-01T16:09:00.004-05:00

Well today our big girl turned 3! It's hard to believe that it has been three years ago since our precious little girl joined our family! Bella and Shaun have the same birthday (which her daddy just LOVES). We celebrated yesterday with a family and friends party. Our house was bursting out the seams with some very special people. Isabella loved every minute of it and enjoyed her princess theme party. We celebrated today with lunch at her and Shaun's favorite place, Zaxby's. We then came home and ate cupcakes! They are calling for snow here later on this afternoon. She is very excited that it might snow on her birthday! :) Attached are some pictures from her preschool party, her Princess party and today!

Snow Day!

2009-01-20T17:47:00.002-05:00

Christmas and 2009

2009-01-20T17:23:00.003-05:00

Okay...well it has been a little while since I last posted. I am going to post pictures from Christmas and from the snow that we had today. Everyone is doing great in the Hudson household and we have a new addition. I got Shaun a lab puppy for our 5th anniversary. We named our new puppy Bo and Isabella has LOVED playing with him! Thomas is getting to be such a big boy and is beginning to rock. So I guess we are on the track of crawling very soon! We hope you had a blessed Christmas and are starting 2009 out with a bang! :)

Halloween 08

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Isabella LOVED Halloween this year! She thought it was the best thing in the world to get candy. She even looked at me while we were trick or treating and said, "Mom, I don't know what this is but I sure love it!" It was too cute to hear her talk and see her face light up with excitement. Little man seemed to enjoy his first Halloween too! :)

Eating Rice Cereal....

2008-10-04T22:29:00.004-04:00

Well it's hard to believe that our little man is 4 months old. Wow...how fast time flies! :) We gave him rice cereal for the first time. He loved it...see for yourself!

Clemson Pics

2008-10-04T22:20:00.005-04:00

Thomas's 3 Month Pics

2008-09-24T20:18:00.002-04:00

Hi all! We are doing well! I just wanted to share Thomas's 3 months pics. He is growing and changing so much everyday. He is starting to babble and is trying to roll over. I believe it will be any day! :) He is such a cutie and we are so blessed. Isabella is LOVING preschool and looks forward to Thursdays! She has her first school picture tomorrow! Hope you enjoy the new pics!

First Day of Preschool

2008-09-04T22:20:00.003-04:00

Well it's now official, my baby is not longer a baby. She started preschool today! :( Mommy was a little sad but she sure wasn't. Daddy got her up, got her ready, and took her for her first day. He said she walked right into her class and told him bye. My big girl didn't shed a tear! We were so proud of her!!! She LOVED preschool and was so excited about playing on the playground. She keeps asking to go back tomorrow!

Zoo Trip

2008-09-04T22:05:00.003-04:00

On Monday, we took the kids to the zoo. We went to the zoo with our friends Michael, Madelyn and their little boy Harrison. We had a blast and Isabella LOVED looking at all the animals. In fact, she has asked to go back everyday! :)

More Pics....

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Videos

2008-08-31T19:13:00.006-04:00

Isabella was reading to Thomas. She has an animal book that she LOVES to "read" and make the animal sounds. She was reading to Thomas until I got the camera out. It's a funny video of her facial expressions and Thomas showing his true interests in her reading. The other video is of her taking a mini Santa to school. She walked around our house pushing him for about 10 minutes. Too funny (check out the flip flops.....)!!!

Beach Trip with Hudson Family

2008-08-31T18:47:00.003-04:00

At the end of July, we went with the Hudson side of the family to Myrtle Beach. We had a lot of fun! As you can see...Thomas was so little that he slept in a drawer! He also put his toes in the water for the first time. We had family pictures taken on the beach. This was quite a memorable week!

2008-07-22T23:56:00.000-04:00

Thomas's First Photo Session

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We went and had some pictures of Thomas taken two weeks ago! They are precious and our photographer, Kellison is incredible. It is so hard to decide which pictures to choose. I have attached a few as a sample....

2008-07-07T23:21:00.003-04:00

What a weekend....we battled double ear infections (in both ears) with Isabella but still managed to have some fun. We went to the Peach Festival with Nana and Papa on Friday and had some good old peach ice cream. Then on Sunday we went to the lake with our Sunday School class. We had a great time. Check out the new pics. I love the one with Isabella and Thomas's hands. She loves to hold his hand when we are riding in the car. Too sweet! My little man is growing too fast...as you can see!

Where does time go???

2008-06-28T22:36:00.003-04:00

Wow, I can't believe June is almost gone! What a month this has been! We are so happy to all be home as a family. I am LOVING being a stay-at-home-mom (for a little while). There are so many funny things that happen during the day when you are at home with a newborn and a two year old. Check out the pictures of Bella. One day she decided to walk around with Thomas's bib on and her hat. She wouldn't take them off and wore them all afternoon (even when we had visitors to see Thomas). Another day, she walked out of my bedroom wearing my boots that she had dug out of our closet. She was so proud of the boots and wore them around for a little bit until I convinced her that she couldn't wear them out of the house (we were going to the store). Our little man is growing like a weed. We took him to the doctor on Wednesday and he weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. I can't wait to post more...I have a feeling it is going to be a fun summer!

Thomas is HOME!

2008-06-18T22:20:00.003-04:00

Well, we brought Thomas home yesterday. It was such an exciting day! Isabella was excited to meet and spend time with her baby brother. She is such a wonderful helper. She likes helping burp him, feed him, and even change his diaper. It has been so much fun having him home today. Everything is looking good with him. We took him for his first check-up at the doctor today. Everything sounded and looked normal. We go back next week for one more check and then hopefully we will get on the normal check-up schedule. The only follow-up that we have from this is we will have to take him to a pediatric cardiologist at 6 months. This will be where they check the hole that is in his heart chambers. They assure us that this is something that will clear up hopefully by then if not, it should clear up by the time he is three. So, everything is looking good for our little man. Thanks for all the prayer and support. This has been a tough two weeks but we made it through and we are all home together! :)

New Pictures

2008-06-14T22:48:00.001-04:00

Another Great Day!

2008-06-14T00:23:00.004-04:00

This looks easy so I figured I would give it a try instead of Jamie this time. We have had even more amazing days with Thomas! Yesterday they removed the nasal canter from his nose, so he has been breathing room air on his own and is not having any trouble at all with it. His feeding tube has also been moved from his mouth to his nose. They did this because today, for the first time, Jamie was able to nurse Thomas. He ate for almost 45 minutes, and he really did great. They told us today that as long as he continues to eat with no problems, he will be able to come home in another four days or so...sweet! The Lord has truly blessed us these last ten days, and it is so amazing to see how things have come full circle with our little man. Thanks for the prayers, as they are without a doubt the reason he has healed so quickly. There have been many days that the doctor has told us that Thomas has healed quicker than he should have, or that he has moved off of this machine sooner than he should have, and it is totally because of what the Lord has done. Thanks so much, and we will continue to keep you all updated as much as we can. Just a few more days..!!!

Back in LEXINGTON!!

2008-06-11T23:46:00.002-04:00

Thomas made a safe trip back to Lexington Special Care. We visited him tonight and he was doing great. We are hoping to get him free of everything tomorrow (no more IV and no more nose canter). After that, we just have have to wait on his respitory rate to slow a little more so we can work on feeding. He had slowed down more today so hopefully feeding is just around the corner. He is enjoying his tube feedings and has moved up to eating 40 cc. They keep increasing his food amount every couple of feedings.

One Week!

2008-06-10T23:41:00.000-04:00

Well today we celebrated Thomas's one week birthday! He has hung in and been a tough little guy for a full week and is really doing great. He didn't get transferred today because the NICU was too busy. He is scheduled to get transferred early tomorrow morning. His oxygen pressure has been reduced down to 1.5 and so they will most likely remove his nose canter in the morning once he is settled at Lexington. His respitory rates have also begun to calm down. He was breathing at a rate of 60 at 8 tonight. Once he gets below 60 we are told that they will begin bottle feeding him. His tube feedings have tripled in amount since yesterday! My little man can eat! He is supposed to be feed a full ounce at midnight tonight. He is eating almost as fast as I can pump! :) So...all we have is good news to report. I will update tomorrow about how the transfer to Lexington went!

2008-06-09T20:23:00.000-04:00

Not too much to report today. Things are looking good and he is starting to get the hang of breathing on his own. His respitory rates are down and that is what we need to happen in order to start feeding him with a bottle. I got to hold him today for about an hour. While I was holding him, he opened his eyes and looked at me. He kept staring at both me and Shaun. So, we felt like he recognized who we were. We also got to help tube feed him and change a poopy diaper. The talk is that he may get to moved back to Lexington tomorrow. Richaland has had a lot of new arrivals and since he is doing so much better they want to move him back. Lexington is a level 2 nursery and since he no longer requires as much care, he can go back there. This would also be good for us. The 40 min. drive to Richland is beginning to take a toll on us. I can't imagine how some parents do it for months. We are having to wait on all his test results tomorrow to make sure he is good to go before they transfer him. Shaun and I were a little hesitant on the transfer but they insist that he is doing fine and that he will mainly be there in order to work on feeding. Apparently feeding for babies with respitory problems can be a problem. So...I guess it is a wait and see thing. Just say a little prayer that if he does move back to lexington, that he will handle the transport okay. Transport was what was so scary for us last time so we are a little scared of that. They assure us that he will be fine!

2008-06-08T18:20:00.000-04:00

Another GOOD day!

2008-06-08T18:14:00.001-04:00

Well, we had another good day! Last night, they took Thomas's ventilator tube out. He is doing great and now breathing on his own. Today they removed his chest tube. He also was able to eat for the first time today (he is being tube feed first). And, if that is not enough, we got to HOLD him for the first time today! :) That was really exciting for us. It was a complete surprise and probably the best feeling in the world. He is doing really good and making huge leaps of progress in short amounts of time. The nurses tell us that it is a miracle that he is doing so well so fast. We know that it is everyone's prayers that are making these amazing things happen. We are hoping that his respitory rate will slow down a bit. He is breathing on his own but he sometimes "forgets" to breath and takes lots of breaths to catch up. Once he can figure this out and his respitory rate slows down, they will begin feeding him with a bottle and letting me nurse him. Of course we can't wait for that to happen because after that, the next step is home.

Exciting Day!

2008-06-07T16:46:00.000-04:00

Well what a good day! We went to visit Thomas this morning and found that he is close to being off of his ventilator. He is also close to being able to have his chest tube removed. We are very happy about this news. All of the tests they have done today have come back with good reports. So, it looks like our little man is on his way to making a full recovery. I was so excited today because I got to change his diaper. Who would have ever thought that one would be so excited to change a diaper. It was the best feeling in the world to finally be able to do something to take care of my little guy.
We have just so overwhelmed with the prayers and support of others. We have had so many people praying for us, offering support to us, and going out of thier way to show their concern. WOW! Thanks to everyone for everything. The prayers truly are working and we are just so blessed to have so many people around who love us. We will keep updating and hope to have more pictures to share soon. Keep praying that we will continue to get good news! We are hoping that he will be able to handle having the different supports taken away and not have to go back on anything once things are removed!

2008-06-06T15:48:00.000-04:00

I forgot to mention that they are going to do another echocardiogram in the morning to check to make sure his pulmanary artery has opened up. If this has happened, they will be able to unhook him from the nitrogen oxcide that he is taking. We are praying for good news!

GOD IS GOOD!

2008-06-06T15:36:00.001-04:00

Wow! What a difference 24 hours and lots of prayer can make. Our little man is finally beginning to show some improvement. Last night, he was showing us how tough he was by trying to breath on his own with the ventilator. We got the results we were waiting on this morning. They did a chest x-ray around 6AM this morning and it looks like his pneumothorax (the tear in his lung that causes air pockets in his chest cavity) has healed. So this is great news. The next step is to work down the ventilator oxygen rate and hopefully get that out (he has to show that he can breath 21% oxygen which is room air and right now, he is breathing at 25%). After that, they will be able to remove his chest tube.
So, we are now waiting to see how it goes today as they cut down the oxygen level. When we left, he was beginning to respond to sound and touch. I touch his little leg for the first time and he opened his eyes and looked at me. That was the first time, he's really responded to us. It looks like they have finally found the combination of things that he needs in order to get better. Thanks so much for all of the prayer and support. It truly is working. Keep praying for our little man to keep improving. GOD IS SO GOOD! :)

Update #2

2008-06-05T18:28:00.000-04:00

Well...what a day! Whew! We started out really rough this morning. Our little man tried to scare us twice today but pulled through both times. He was transferred to Richland NICU around 8:30 this morning. He was check in and stabilized. He had to be intabated but is now able to rest and just let his body recover. He was given a shot of surfactin (to help his lungs produce surfactin that was lost due to burst air pockets in his lungs). He was also given nitro oxcide to help his pulminary artery open back up (the artery that runs from your heart to your lung). It was beginning to close due to the stress he was under with not being able to breath. PRAISE GOD he was given these two things because all of a sudden, he has made a lot of progress. His oxygen levels have been dropped from 100% to 30% (normal room air is 21%) so he is almost able to breath at normal air level. He looks SO much better. While he has a good ways to go, it is good to finally hear some good news! He seems to be doing a little bit better so we will just take each hour one step at a time.
Thanks for all of the prayers. They are working! :) Keep praying for our little man. He is proving that he is a strong little boy.
We are heading back to Richland later on tonight so I hope to have more pictures to share.

Thomas Update

2008-06-05T06:55:00.000-04:00

Well, our little man arrived into the world Tuesday night around 7:15. He came out screaming like a little champ but then started having some problems breathing. One lung collapsed and he had an air leak in each lung. He has been under and oxygen helmet for over a day now and one lung has repaired itself. The other lung is still not wanting to cooperate so....they just inserted a chest tube so that they can suck the air out of his lungs and not make him work so hard to breath. We are praying that this will work. He is tiring out and just not making too much improvement. Please keep praying that our little man will keep being tough! I will keep posting updates as we know more.

Baby Count Down!

2008-05-25T23:24:00.000-04:00

Okay...we went to the Dr. on Thursday. I was dialated 1 cm and 50% efased. So...now we are in the wait and see game! We are so ready to meet our little man! :) I think Isabella is even ready for Baby Thomas to come. She keeps asking when he is going to come out and play. Not too much longer....I hope.....

2008-05-11T23:25:00.000-04:00

We are so excited about baby Thomas coming soon! We went and had maternity pictures made a few weeks ago. I have posted a few of our favorites. We are down to less than 5 weeks until Thomas will make his grand arrival into our world!

Baby News! :)

2008-04-10T20:56:00.001-04:00

Well....I went to the doctor today and everything is going great with Baby Thomas. He is moving like crazy and had a good strong heartbeat. The doctor went ahead and told me that if Thomas hasn't made his big arrival before June 17, he would induce on that day. So it looks like Thomas will be arriving into our world in a few weeks! :) Keep praying that Isabella will be okay with her new brother. We are trying to talk to her more and more about him and trying to get her to understand that he will be coming! She looks at my big tummy all the time and says, "Hey Baby Thomas, you moving?" It is so cute! :)

2008-04-07T21:39:00.000-04:00

Well, I just wanted to update everyone. I am almost 30 weeks along and we are anxiously awaiting baby Thomas. Isabella is constantly asking about Thomas and knows he is in mommy's tummy. She loves to feel him move. I hope she will still be as excited when he makes his arrival! We are working on the nursery and hope to have it finished soon. Shaun has run into some problems and it has been a challenge. I will have to upload pictures as soon as we finish and you will be able to see why this has taken a little longer than expected. Isabella is into so much and talks all of the time. Her favorite thing to say right now is hmmm....let's see. It is so cute!

2008-04-07T21:27:00.000-04:00

Welcome!

2008-03-23T00:56:00.000-04:00

Welcome to my blog page! I am hoping to add pictures and keep everyone updated on our family. I thought this would be a great to keep family and friends up-to-date on what's going on in the lives of the Hudson family! :)