"Full Term": A Birthday Anyday!

37 weeks [full term]

36 weeks

I'm in the state of both "I can't believe it!" and "I'm so ready for him to be here!" when realizing our baby boy is full term! We went to the doctor on Monday and he said to be ready anytime.  So surreal, yet real, exciting, and a little intimidating...in all the good ways! It's so strangely wonderful to go to bed and wake up not knowing if this is the day that is his birthday or not.  God knows and has ordained it and I love knowing that.

We are finishing one more thing for the nursery and then it will be completely done.  Everything else is in it's place.  I will be taking and sharing pictures as soon as that last project is done.  Lee is all over this project!

Hudson's clothes are all washed and put away.

Hospital bags are packed.

All necessary baby items are awaiting in their place.

And this Dad and Mom are so overwhelming excited to meet our sweet, handsome boy! Sometimes I just sit in awe and processing the wonderful blessing and honor it is that God has chosen us to be parents to this valued life, this little boy.  I called Lee today and he didn't answer, when he called me back he said "Now, when I see a missed call from you, I wonder if it's "go time"!" :)

3D Ultrasound at 30 weeks

Over the past month we have been taking Birthing Classes.  It has been fun learning everything together.  I knew some of the medical information just from nursing school and of course, every mom-to-be does a lot of reading about pregnancy and labor and delivery, but I still had so much to learn! I loved watching Lee ask questions and process everything.  Love my husband - during class she handed out a sheet of a list of things during Labor & Delivery that we had to prioritize in importance to us - at the bottom of the page there was a blank space to add your own item of importance.  My husband, who keeps me laughing, put "Present baby Hudson like Simba on the Lion King"! Yes, thank you, Lee. That is definitely our #1 priority.

A couple weeks ago, my sweet friends threw the sweetest Baby Shower for Hudson and I.  Everything was thought out so well and had such thoughtful detail in it.  I am so thankful for these girls [Laura, Lizzie, Emilie, Charlcie, and Sarahbeth].  I loved every bit of the afternoon.  Here are some pictures that Laura sent to me.

They had pictures of Lee and I as babies hanging up around the house.  Everyone thought that this picture of Lee is how they picture Hudson.  I am completely OK with that because he was one cute little guy! 

My family got to come up [Minus Matt, Erin, and Isaac, my brand new nephew] for the Red & White game.  It was so fun to spend time with them before our schedules change, for the better! :-)  Beautiful weekend for the Farmer's Market and a football scrimmage.

And to end on a SUPER adorable note, my sister-in-law posted this picture of my nephew, Isaac. We are so grateful we got to be in town when Erin was in labor and we got to hold Isaac so soon after he was born. We are so in love with this sweet guy and feel so blessed to be his Aunt and Uncle.  The whole experience made us even more excited to meet our little guy.  I can't wait to see Isaac again.  He is now 3 weeks old and I haven't seen him since he was born.  I can't wait to have him and Hudson together! What a precious sight that will be!

Isaac David Baxter, my nephew

I am now trying to rest and take care of last minute house stuff before we need to make that drive to the hospital! So much anticipation not knowing the day.  How sweet is it that our God knows the very hour, minute, and events that will take place! 

House Projects

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I like to think of myself as between Type A and Type B.  I like to have things in order, organized, and some sort of plans with certain things....but if it gets messed up, I usually let it go and take on another plan.  

In my second trimester, I made a list of everything I wanted to have organized before Hudson's arrival. [This pretty much any closet, drawer, cupboard....Am I right or am I right? Things that we can shut a door on usually don't get much attention].  Slowly, I started tackling that list.  Of course, in my head, I'm envisioning beautiful bins and labeled containers that all coordinate and such, because that's what I see on other blogs and well we all "picture" our home projects like magazines.  *Ahem*...  Then I realized how expensive organizational items are....so I worked with what I had and bought a few things. That list is almost complete.  Even though it does not have the gorgeous organizational bins, it is organized and each item has it's own place.  I felt like it would feel so good having an organized home with a new baby!

We also had some home projects that we wanted to accomplish before Hudson's arrival.  Two major things got done; one being to my SURPRISE! :)

First. We brought life to our single-color painted house.  

Well, these quick working, precise, talented painters brought life to our living room and kitchen. [These painters tackled this whole project in one day...like a 8:30am-5:00pm day, woah].  The whole house was the same color (except for Hudson's room now).  Our living room IS most of our house and as you can see there really is no break into the kitchen.  We chose a light grey and a darker grey for the colors.

[BEFORE]
{these pictures were taken almost a year ago, some changes have been made since then}

[AFTER]

I've always loved grey with accents of white, browns, golds, light blue. Lee was convinced and we were both inspired after visiting the Restoration Hardware store [which is gorgeous] in Dallas.  Isn't it amazing what some paint can do for a house?

Also, do you see the lovely painting above this side table?

This is a beautiful painting done by Leslyn from Leslyn's Lovely Life!  Lee built the wooden plaque that it hangs on (love it).  A long time ago, I saw a post that Leslyn did and she was advertising this artwook and she had the ability to replicate it with your colors of choice.  I had been searching for a perfect piece of artwork for that area and I knew I should contact her about it.  She created a beautiful piece for our home and we still love it! Thank you, again, Leslyn!

Second.  At the end of February/beginning of March, I was in Dallas for a week for my friend's wedding festivities and Lee was going to meet me there on friday for the wedding.  Every evening when we talked on the phone he would say he was working on a "project" and "I would never guess what it would be".  He is RIGHT, never would I have guessed!

[Left: BEFORE; Right: IN PROGRESS]

[AFTER]

{All we have to do now is put on these pretty knobs and drawer pull I picked up at Hobby Lobby}

A long time ago, we had talked about how it would be nice to re-do our pantry, because the space could have been used a lot better than the original.  Lee took out all the existing shelves, painted the pantry, installed two shelves, two sliding shelves, and one big deep sliding drawer! He thought of everything.  He even bought a pretty rack to hang my aprons! What a guy.  I love the sliding drawers because it helps me see everything.  It's so easy to not be able to see the food you have and then go buy more ingredients and waste money! 

Now onto my boring "House Organizing List" that consists of things like "organize tupperware cabinet". Oh my gosh. Best afternoon of my life. [That was sarcasm, Sheldon. Big Bang Theory, anyone?]