Happy Birthday Aunt Julie!

That's right- today is my sister- Jules' birthday. Hudson and I hope you have a wonderful day Jules!

I was looking at the date from the last posting on the blog and it's been a while since I posted. I guess I've been busy! I did see Dr. Fuller last week and he said that everything looked good. Hudson measured just right, his heart rate was on target and there were no concerns overall. I asked him how much over the due date he would let me go and he said "I won't let you go over the due date and here's why..." Basically he told me that the placenta (which is what is feeding and providing bloodflow to Hudson) may be viable for a day past your "due date" or it might be good for 3 weeks but he doesn't like to chance it. So we will have a baby by May 6th-if Hudson hasn't come on his own by then we will be induced at that time. If things continue to progress as they have...more on that in a minute...then I will be more than ready at that point!

We got to have lunch on Saturday with our friends- David & Jennifer Lee- they are expecting in May also. They were doing well- they were in town for a shower/family reunion. Jay & I did some shopping afterwards on Saturday and we were amazed at how many pregnant women we saw. I deduced that it is because I am pregnant that this is standing out more- but there may be a lot of babies born in 2009?!

Yeah- my symptoms- or I guess I should say that I have some pregnancy symptoms now. They started last week. Last week and this week are my two weeks to round at the hospital and I usually get back to the office about noon- well- last week I was more than ready to sit down by the time I got back to the office. This week my calves and feet are really hurting and I feel bloated. I'm not getting around as easy as I have been to this point. I leave my shoes on till I change for bed- not because of swelling- because I need the support. It feels terrible to have my feet on the floor without support- weird huh?? I guess it is because the ligaments are relaxing- plus I am heavier now and all of that has to be taking a toll on my joints.

Earlier today I had an "episode" of nausea, flushing and just feeling uncomfortable. I laid down for a little while and that helped a lot. I'm getting to where I don't really feel hungry at all and I have to tell myself to eat something. Nothing really sounds good. BTW- we are 34 weeks this week.

Jay & I plan to paint and organize Hudson's room this weekend. I didn't finish saying what Jay & I shopped for on Saturday- but we were looking at dressers and bedroom furniture for Hudson's room. His crib is cherry colored so we were looking at things in that color. We think we've decided what we want to get. Walmart will let you ship to them if you order online and then you don't have to pay shipping and you just pick it up at the store. We'd found the dresser we wanted at Target but it wasn't available at any of the local stores and we were going to have to pay shipping so we decided to look at Walmart. Anyway- I think after the weekend we will have his room looking better. I've already washed all his little outfits so we've made some progress.

This Sunday will be Hudson's 2nd baby shower- Hudson already has a lot of people in his life that care about him! It will be our church group- hosted at Miss Heather's house. We sure appreciate everyone!

Speaking of the church family- our friends (soon to be big buddy of Hudson)- Rachel & Dennis are about to be parents. They are checking in to the hospital tonight and being induced- so Beau will come into the world sometime in the next 24 hrs! We can't wait to meet him!

Well- I guess that's my update. I'll work on getting some more tummy pictures online- Hudson is growing like a weed! Love ya'll!