12 Weeks

It takes 12 weeks to fall madly in love with your son

12 weeks is as long of a maternity leave as I took....and I miss him lots and lots!

It took 12 weeks to finally meet one of your (future) best friends Hudson

(That is Mandy Matousek's little boy Hudson born just a few days after my Hudson...

no we didn't know that they'd be named the same thing)

In the 12 weeks Hudson has been with us his neck has grown stronger and stronger...

He is seriously a muscle man

Thank goodness he started loving the bath by 12 weeks

Look at his chubs

It took 12 weeks for me to feel completely comfortable with his sleeping and feeding schedule.  He is a champ.  Everyone who is around him tells me how well I've "trained" him.

In 12 weeks your son can completely change! When he was 4 weeks old he was 

not nearly as "filled out" as he is here

 

I'm saying that it took 12 weeks for him to become a loyal Aggie fan ;)

 

 In 12 weeks he has started paying more attention to his "big sister" Meli. He loves to just stare at her and figure out just what is going on.  We also like to pet her with his hand. 

Gigantic Catch Up

Ok, Hudson is content in his swing so I'm going to get working real hard on catching up because I doubt I'll ever catch up if I keep putting this off! Ready, set, go...

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Hudson's Blessing

June 5, 2011

 Hudson's blessing was a success, if I do say so myself!  The plan sounded crazy but boy was I going to make it work.  The man of the day behaved so well for getting absolutely NO nap in.  Who knows what we were thinking when we decided to have the blessing at our home with around 50 people.  They were definitely crammed in but I loved it and wouldn't have changed a thing (slight exaggeration) Hudson looked so handsome in his white tux.

 Daren's dad, Cregg, gave a beautiful blessing!  I appreciate all of the travelling most of the guests put in to be here on his big day.  Not to mention everyone who chipped in with the food! There was definitely plenty of food.

2 Month Appointment

Remember how I said a couple days ago that we thought this kid had grown like a foot?  Well, we weren't that off.  I was looking forward to his 2 month appointment just so I could find out just how much the kid had grown.

Weight- 12 lbs 15 ounces- 72%

Length- 24 inches- 80%

Head- 16 something or other- 78% 

(I really don't care about this part....his head is FINE folks)

He was such a brave boy when he was getting his shots!  He didn't even cry (I almost did) But he sure wasn't happy later that night.  My goodness I've never seen him this upset. Once I did get some very yummy grape medicine in him he was out cold though.  I now understand what people mean when I say his getting fussy is nothing.  That's right, I have the perfect child!!

Father's Day

That Daddy my little guy has LOVES him! Daren seriously is a superb dad.  Father's day was kind of pathetic this year. Hudson seriously lights up when he hears Daren come home.

I got Daren a little cheesy, fish themed gift.  I think what I did was really sweet, that's all that matters sometimes, right?

And Just Cause I Love Him....

 Where on earth does the time go?! I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted.  My only non-baby thing to mention is Michael graduated! I was so happy Hudson slept the whole time, ok we did leave early because that was a long list of students! Michael did a cute little wave thing when they called his name.

 Hudson is a grinning fool these days! He smiles all the time.  Especially when he hears and sees his daddy. He really loves being on his changing table.  That's when we have our best conversations. I think in part it is because he loves being naked.

 I think he grew like a foot! He seems to have gotten a lot taller.  I have had to put away a lot of clothes due to them not fitting anymore.  I can't believe he's already outgrown clothes!

Is that sad face adorable? I was taking some pictures of him in his blessing outfit and he was not happy! I think he's such a sweet baby. Next up, a post on his blessing and 2 month appointment.  2 months, can you believe it?!

Little Mister

 I love this little guy more and more every day. We haven't had anything huge happen since the last time I posted.  I've been trying really hard to get a picture of his "smile"-- I believe it is his smile but maybe it's not?-- but every time I get the grin face he moves so fast that I can't catch it.

 He seems like he has gotten really tall to us.  This picture is when he was actually 4 weeks old (He is 5.5 weeks currently)

He has his nights of great sleep for me.  He has done around 6 hours the past couple of nights!! I look back and laugh at how upset I would get about sleep the first couple weeks and I really did think it would never get easier.  What do ya know, you were all right, it does get better. As silly as it sounds, I'm not ready for him to sleep through the night because that means he's growing up!!

Does he not look just like Daren in this picture?! His poor balding head.  I love when he is awake though. I love my life!! I wouldn't change a darn thing...well maybe the weight issue ;) just kidding.

 Whoa, my life is zooming by.  Yesterday when I stopped by the office a patient asked me the date and I seriously said April 11th, yes the next day I would have worked.  I couldn't believe it!

We left the hospital on Wednesday.  I was terrified.  I was a nervous driver beforehand.  Daren I'm sure didn't appreciate my back seat driving.   I'm thankful to be able to finally drive again, getting out of the house was fantastic!

 We had lots of visitors at the hospital.  I appreciate all of you stopping by.  I missed some people.  There were even a few patients who stopped by.  Talk about feeling loved!

 We've had visitors stopping by our house.  Hudson is spoiled with attention!  My camera was dead and I was not able to find the charger so I definitely missed a lot of pictures of people who came.

 Yesterday we had his 2 week appointment.  He is gaining weight like a champ(not that he needed to)! He is currently 9 lbs 13 ounces, 79%.  His large head isn't as large as people think(I think he is just all face....) it's 56% and then his height is 48%.  When he is asleep I think he looks more Boston but when he's awake I think he's identical to Daren.  His skin is getting darker and darker every day.  His lips are the most kissable big lips! He went 6 hours last night between feedings, he was wide awake for 2 hours after he ate, so I didn't get 6 hours of sleep.  As for the dogs,  they still are trying to figure out just what is going on.  Meli I think is having a hard time sharing my attention.  Ok, who am I kidding there is no sharing going on, I devote all my time to Hudson.  Hudson didn't even flinch when Kona would bark but the past few days he's starting to react a little bit more.

On a different note, today is Daren's birthday! He is the best daddy to our little guy. It actually brings tears to my eyes just thinking how sweet he is to him.  I appreciate Daren more than he will ever know!

Introducing.......

 Hudson Derek Gordon

9 lbs 1 oz, 20 inches 

April 10, 2011 -- 5:41 am

Even though all my readers already know of my joyous news I want to document that night (and to be honest, lately I've really enjoyed everyone's birth stories so enjoy if you're like me!)

On Saturday evening I began have inconsistent contractions that were KILLING me.  I didn't know what to do.  I really didn't believe I would have the luck that I would actually go into labor and be able to not be induced and have what they were saying is a big baby.  I kept asking Daren what I should do.  He made me a bath hoping that would help with some of the pain.  I stayed in the bath longer than I have ever sat in one before, it was fantastic! Daren was so great that night.  At 7 the contractions were still incredibly inconsistent but coming more frequently.  I grabbed my What to Expect When You're Expecting book and began reading what do to.  I texted Megan and Kelsi hoping someone would just make the decision of what I should do for me.  My Dr. had given me a paper with the Labor and Delivery number to call if I had any questions...I tried that, it led to being told you can't ask questions over the phone.  Anyways, so around 8:30 pm Daren and I grabbed our bags and came in.  I knew they were going to send me away so I didn't tell anyone of the news.  

Well, once we got checked in they checked me and I was already dilated to a 5.  So, I was in for the night.  They kept asking me if I wanted the epidural, which I turned down (not for the long haul just for the moment) at 9:30 they checked me again and I was almost to a 7.  I just knew at that point I was meant to have loads and loads of babies because everything was going so smoothly. At 10 the contractions finally became too unbearable so I decided to buck up and get the epidural.  Dr. Larson was a good time! He was just the person to do my epidural because he made me laugh.  Thankfully I know some of his associates so we had something to talk about to keep me distracted.  I was on cloud nine once I had gotten to epidural! Seriously, could anything go wrong with this delivery? I don't think so! 

Daren was getting bored I let him choose the tv show- bull riding. I was just anxious.  By 2 am I was dilated to a 10!! Hip, hip hooray! I kept telling myself April 10th will never be just another day to me. They wanted to wait to have me push for an hour so he could descend a little on his own.  By 3 I was pushing.  Pushing was not fun, not bad but kind of an awkward situation all the way around.  I just knew I was doing it wrong because he wasn't really coming.  At 4:30 my dr. came in to let me know that she would recommend I only push until 5 than we'd probably have to do a c-section.  My heart sank, not because I would feel less of a mother or whatever, I just really didn't want to have the long recovery.  But I was ready to give that 30 minutes my all!!!  And I think I over did it because by 4:50, I let the nurse know I was done. I cried some good tears but knew it would be ok because I could finally see my baby!

A c-section is so different than I always imagined.  The highlight(besides getting my baby as the end result) was I got to hang out with Dr. Larson again.  I was too tired to really know what was going on but I wasn't uncomfortable like I normally would have been in that situation.  Daren stayed in the room, which he had been telling me was NOT going to happen.  After feeling my body move around a little bit I heard a little cry coming from a baby, my baby! I looked over and saw him, then the adrenaline was gone and I just wanted my bed! I could barely keep my eyes open to take everything in.

 Dr. Larson took our first family picture.  Really, I would normally not have shared this with the world but this picture is almost too hilarious to not share. I knew I needed to put on a good face...and my goodness.  I laughed forever once I finally saw this!

 Daren and Hudson went away for an hour while I was in recovery. I have no idea what happened in there I was in and out for sure!

 Daren got to give Hudson his first hair wash.  Again, Daren said he wasn't going to want to do anything like that.  You can tell Hudson and Daren are going to be the best of friends! Daren already would give the world to this little man.  He asks every day if he gets to bathe him again.

 So all is well in the Gordon family in Logan! It's definitely an adjustment.  The worst part is to have some little man so dependent on me but then I am so dependent on other people.

Thanks to everyone for everything you've said and done for us during this whole thing.  We are going to head home tomorrow morning and are looking forward to just being our family of 3 (or 5 if you include the dogs)

...smorgasbord...

This will be my last post before my little man arrives, unless he really doesn't come on his own and I have to wait until the 25th.  I really have nothing positive to say.  Some would say I'm quite negative...I don't do well with no sleep....Alright, maybe I'm making myself sound a lot worse than I really am. I am really anxious to get my baby here.  We really haven't been up to much.  Just finishing up small things getting ready for him.  I've been taking every advantage to go out to eat, as it will be awhile before I do that I'm sure.

Daren and my dad went on their 2nd annual steelhead fishing trip to Challis, Idaho last weekend.  My doctor was also out of town so it was ideal that baby didn't make his appearance that soon. Every time I didn't answer the phone, Daren called someone else making sure everything was ok. He said he thinks they went a bit too early and didn't have as much success as they would have liked.  They were going to go this next weekend, uhhh nope.

Last week at the doctor, they did an ultrasound to make sure everything is ok since I'm "gigantic".  He was measuring 8 lbs 10 oz.  Gee whiz, don't I know it.  Tomorrow is my next doctors appointment where they will be stripping my membranes and hopefully will get things moving along.  Can you imagine if I didn't have him until my due date(just a reminder, that is 10 days away) he'd be almost 11 lbs possibly!  Today when I got the confirmation call about my appointment, my heart was racing! Just because it really could possibly happen this weekend.

Which means, obviously this could be my last day at work. It has been so much harder than I ever could have imagined it to be. But I just keep telling everyone I'll be back next week, because there's a pretty good chance I will. It's amazing how much I can get done when I'm in the back secluded by myself.  We've had computer problems, which didn't get solved until early this morning, which makes it pretty darn tricky to train someone. 

I will post some pictures of the nursery, there have been only very slight changes made to it... In fact, I have one more thing I'm in the process of making for above his crib. Daren doesn't think I'll have it finished before he comes, I will.

I think that is about it....Like I said, I'm boring and negative.  Next time you see this blog there should be a picture of a very beautiful(very large) baby boy! Excuse me, handsome baby boy!

 Here I am in all my 37 week glory.  I'm actually almost 39 weeks now.  I really didn't want to post this picture but part of me just doesn't care anymore.  I know someday I'll want to look back and (hopefully) laugh.

And this is just a random picture I wanted to post.  Keera, my SIL, had a surprise party for Eric back at the beginning of March and we were the first ones there so we got to hang out with our nephew Landon.  I could barely get him to hold still long enough for this picture.  And I like it so, that's why I'm sharing it with you.

 Oh my gosh...I'm this close to becoming an actual, responsible mom! Wish me luck!