Try this again starting with an update

Randomly I just looked at my blog and read through all the things I have forgotten over the years. I think I am going to give this another shot. Not so people will read it but so I can keep up with the silly and sweet things my children do every day.
Alittle recap-
October of 2010 we took Addie to San Diego. What a trip! It was the perfect time to take her on a big trip. Mommy wasn't in the best condition to go flying across the country at 6 1/2 months pregnant but we still had a blast. We really wanted to take her on a big trip just us three before we became a family of 4. We thought about Disney but I wouldnt be able to ride anything and she actually wasn't really into Princess or Mickey or any of that at that point so we decided to go do the Zoo. WHAT A ZOO! I cannot wait to take another trip there. It was great! We spent a week in San Diego, even driving up hwy 1 almost to LA (we had no desire to go all the way into LA though). We stopped at some beaches and played in the sand and watched surfers. Addie still talks about it and asks when we get to fly again!

That December I got the stomach bug two days before christmas and ended up in the hospital for fluids and meds. It was horrible! Christmas was not good as Addie (who had a touch of the bug earlier in the week) and I were so sick we didn't bake anything but one batch of cookies for Santa and barely ate anything. I was so sad because I wanted our last Christmas with just Addie to be perfect. At the time I was having a HARD time with the whole, 'how do I love two babies like I love Addie'. Now I just laugh at those times. What crazy things mommies put theirselves through. Christmas day we woke up to alot of snow. The weathermen had been forecasting it but we didn't really believe it. But it was BEAUTIFUL! And Addie was old enough (almost 3) to really remember her first (and maybe only) White Christmas. We did Santa presents, and I made breakfast for us and Gingy and Poppie and Uncle Cale then Addie and Daddy played in the snow while I rested.

January 2011- My BP started creeping higher and higher until I was told to not keep ellie anymore and rest as much as possible. It kept getting higher and I started having horrible headaches. Finally, my doctor had mercy on me and agreed to induce me on Jan 18 at midnight (well I guess it was jan 19). Anyways, we dropped Addie off at moms and I bawled all the way to the hospital. My sweet hubby prayed with me in the hospital parking lot and it was the sweetest prayer I have ever heard. After checking in, getting hooked up Graham fell fast asleep. Me not so much, I tried but I barely got any sleep. Dr. Reeves came in the next morning and broke my water and said she would be back later. I labored till about 11:30 then got the magic shot. WOOOHOOO I love those things! They take perfectly for me. My family was in and out and I was texting Miranda all day (who I thought was in Montgomery and couldnt make it). About 1:45 I rememeber looking at Graham with sad eyes because our entire familes were in there and he knew to ask them to leave. After they left my nurse checked me before she called for more drugs. I was at 9! So they rushed the drugs...thankgoodness and started rolling on getting my doctor in there. I was so lucky to have an old friend from church who worked there came in and helped us welcome Hudson Graham Hines into this world. I started pushing at 2 and he was out at 2:12! He was just perfect at 7lbs 12 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. Graham went out and got Addie from the waiting room so she could be the first to see her brother. She loved him from the beginning. It was so precious to have that time in the room with just us four. I will never ever forget the complete feeling I had then, all was right with the world. Addie is such a great big sister. She has always taken good care Of our Huddy buddy. I absolutely adore my babies! We have gone through alot with Hudson as he had a milk protein allergy and acid reflux which we couldn't get control of until we took him to a GI doc, Dr. Devoid, who changed out lives. He made Hudson happy and I will forever be in debt to him.

We now have a beautiful almost 4 year old (tear!) little Princess and a Perfect Handsome 1 year old Prince!

(Did I mention Addie decided to cut her hair BY HERSELF right before Thanksgiving!!! She cut a Mullet and we had to chop it off. But it is just beautiful on her!)

It's a boy! WHAT??????

I pulled up my blog today and saw that the last time I posted I was 14 weeks pregnant.........WELL I now have a 5 1/2 week old son! To say the least, I'm alittle behind. So lets go way back......

I had alittle bleeding and made an appointment to go to the doctor to make sure everything with the baby was okay. We had our "big Appointment" to find out the sex that next week, but I couldn't wait that long to make sure everything was okay. So to the doctor Addie and I went. Everything seemed okay with baby but my doctor wanted to do an ultrasound anyway. As I was laying there watching the baby move on the screen, the nurse says, "your son looks great!" WHHHHHAAAATTT? Son???? I'm not having a son, I'm having a daughter! "Can you look again?" I asked. At which point she realized I didn't know the sex before then.
I felt horrible that Addie and I had found out without Graham being there, and for a second I thought maybe we should keep it to ourselves, but who was I kidding? I was bawling my eyes out. I was so scared about having a boy. I know NOTHING about boys. I had always just wanted girls and had convinced myself that's what I was going to have. I called my sister, Miranda, crying my eyes out and she laughed because she had done the same thing when she found out her second was a boy. We could not imagine loving a little boy the way we love our girls....BOY were we wrong! Our boys love us more than anything! And it's WONDERFUL having a son! He looks at me the way Addie always looked at Graham.

oh baby!

Yesterday I was 14 weeks pregnant. That means 2nd trimester, thank goodness! I have felt Horrible with this pregnancy, so much different than with Addie. I have been sick everyday, tired, heartburn, headaches anything and everything you can relate to pregnancy......I've had it all! I am very confident that if my first pregnancy was like this, I would not have done it again.
I have had a bad time, BUT yesterday I woke up with alittle energy so I did a yoga tape in the morning and went to town on the house. I cleaned everything up and still had time and energy to play with Addie and Ellie. It was WONDERFUL :) I feel the same this morning so MAYBE I am turning the corner, I HOPE!!
Anyway, I go back to the doctor next Friday and in a month I will have the gender ultrasound. I cannot wait to find out what it is! Part of me thinks boy because this pregnancy has been so different. But there is still a part of me, that thinks it's a girl. I took a gender prediction test at 10 weeks and it said girl. We shall see!
Today I am starting the cleaning out the baby's room process. It has kept me up at night worrying about where it will sleep and such. So here we go. I want it all cleaned so we can come in and paint when we find out the sex. I'm thinking of leaving it green and doing old timey sports if its a boy, and if its a girl I think I want to do it in light purple and light gray. Either way I am going to make the bedding this time, since I have been sewing alot more! I actually have made bumper pads for Kaden (Miranda's baby!).

SHHHHH! MOMMY HAS A SECRET IN HER TUMMY!

Addie is SOOOO excited that we are having a baby! I am due Feb 2, 2011 (just a few days before Addie turns three!)
I know I know great timing! But it will be okay, I am already getting Addie's party all planned so I won't even have to think about it. Which will be good because I could have a 2 or 3 week old :)
We are VERY excited to have a little addition to our family. I, we, whatever have already picked names..........I think it will be Emmersyn Cate if a girl and Charles Morgan for a boy. If it turns out to be a boy Graham is going to fight with me about naming him Charles Graham Hines, II.........we'll just have to wait and see.
This pregnancy hasn't been THAT different from Addie. I am nauseous but have only "got sick" a few times. (with ad I NEVER threw up). The big difference, I have eaten EVERYTHING in sight. I can't stop myself i am just hungry ALL THE STINKING TIME! Over the weekend it has lessened alittle so maybe I am turning a corner (i hope so or I am going to put on 100 pounds!).

The Perfect Mommie

I stress myself out because I feel I need to be perfect all the time. Since I am blessed with being a stay at home mom I think the house should ALWAYS be spotless, a good well-balanced meal should always be on the table at 5:30, the Laundry always done, etc. Lately I have felt Tired, cranky and mad at everyone, and today my wonderful mommy explained it to me. She helped me realize that I put TOO much on myself. I try to do EVERYTHING and Perfectly.
I always thought the "Perfect Mommy" would be able to balance everything perfectly. That she would always look perfect, and have all her marbles in a row. WELL That isn't me! Today I realized that to me the "Prefect Mommy" is the one who laid on blankets in the yard and looked at the shapes in clouds for hours. The one who read 1000s of books in a single day because that is what her child wants. The woman who builds tents covering the entire living room and leaving it that way for days because it was raining outside. If you haven't figured this out my mom was and is the perfect mom. She did all this. Our house was clean but almost always messy, but she didn't care. We always ate healthy meals but they werent always on the table at 5:30 and sometimes it was one meat and veggie. We lived. She was the one who took us to the pool (about 20 mins away), she took us to the library for story time, she took us on Special trips to parks. This is what I want to be. Mom once said, " if your house is clean at the end of the day, you probably weren't the best mommie that day." Don't get me wrong I think I should clean. But it should be more of picking up in the evening and once a week really cleaning. Other than that just let it go. I have 2 two-year-olds running around for goodness sake. Addie will not be this age forever and I am missing out on things because I am being selffish and doing things I "think" I need to do. Addie could careless if the house is spotless, and she would MUCH rather have hotdogs for dinner every now and then.
So today I decided that is the mommie I want and am going to be. I am going to let things go and play with Addie (and Ellie). They are going to remember me as a fun mom who got dirty in the yard with them, finger painted, played babies, swam and do anything we can come up with!

First camping trip!

We took our camper out for a weekend trip to Chester Frost park the first weekend in May. It was a blast and we totally fell in love with our camper! I am so glad we waited for the "right one" to come along! It truly is exactly what we wanted, I see MANY MANY family memories to be made with this baby!

Please disregard my lack of makeup and messy hair :)
Addie LOVED LOVED LOVED helping daddy do things. She helped build a fire, cook, set things up! She was in HEAVEN!

Our little setup! we had a great spot on a hill that looked out at the water! BEAUTIFUL!

We love it! We are searching for a place to go for vacation this year. We are going to go somewhere in the summer for a few days, then go to Virgina in the fall! I can't wait! I have the Virgina trip all planned out BUT for the life of me I can't nail down a place for the summer! We are thinking Charleston, because it's close to the beach so we could spend a day at the beach, and there are plenty of fun kid friendly things to do there. But it's a 7 hour drive so it's probably 8 1/2 to 9 hours pulling the BEAST (as Graham calls it). I'm just worried about keeping Addie happy for that long :) BUT it seems like the winner for now unless Graham finds somewhere else soon.

We are planning on MAYBE taking it out west next year. Graham will have been at mueller for 5 years and will get 3 weeks vaca then. So it would be perfect to just go, and stop along the way! I'm still trying to talk him into it fully.

Where are your favorite places to camp?

Vicks and poop.....oh what a wonderful day :)

Yesterday Addie's allergies were HORRIBLE! The doc called in some allegra for her (she used to take zyrtec everyday but it isn't working anymore). Last night we gave it to her and put her to bed...about an hour later she was up coughing...after not being about to settle her down, and realizing she had a slight fever we gave her some tylenol. About another hour later she was up coughing again. I rocked her for awhile then she got choked and threw up alittle..........in my hand ofcourse! She was REALLY stuffy so I rubbed some baby vicks on her and back to bed she went. Addie and I got up about every hour until 4. Everytime I would get back asleep, she would wake up again! Finally she got into a deep sleep around 4 and slept till 10:15. Now she is the happiest child ever!

Me, on the other hand, got up at 7:15 for Ellie to come (Friday's Ginny has to be at work early so she drops her off about 7:30). Well Josh actually dropped Ellie off about 8. He said she had been up with a fever most the night so good luck :) (I'm pretty sure she has whatever Addie had on Sunday and Monday. It was a 24 hour fever and nothing else). So Ellie and I watched movies till Addie got up. Ellie is feeling better and has played more and more as the day has gone on.......

Here is where my day has gone.........There is poopie on my run in the bathroom (well there was, just got it out of the washing machine) and this is what I found when I got out of my 10 minutes shower (Yes when you have 2 2year-olds running around you shower VERY fast):

What is that you ask?

Baby Vicks Vapor rub! AAAAHHHHHH!!!! Stupid me left it on a table Addie could reach! She used the whole thing (which I bought last night!) on her Kitchen. I asked her why? she said: "Mommy I cleaning! So pretty!"

After cleaning her and Ellie (poor ellie touched the kitchen to play and got it on her!), took pictures, and cleaned it up, my entire house now smells of vicks! GRRRRROOOOOSSSSS!!!

Welcome to my world :)

May your Friday NOT be filled with Vicks and Poopie :)

Training for 5k

So I have been running everyday (except one) for two weeks. I am not good at it at all, BUT I am seeing some improvement. When I started I seriously could only run for maybe a minute and I was about to die. Now I am up to half a mile! Last week I was asked by a friend to run a 5k in September. I REALLY want to do this! A couple of weeks ago when I started the first time I was going about it the wrong way. I wanted to loose weight and that was why I was running. Now I don't even care about my weight (I put the scale up and WILL NOT get it out again), I want to run........I want to prove to myself (and Graham) that I CAN DO THIS! I WILL DO THIS! I also learned that I cant take days off, on my "rest" days I just walk. But I ALWAYS do something. If I miss a day I will not pick it back up. Even though I can only do 1/2 a mile I already feel like I've accomplished something. Its very nice to finish and feel like I accomplished something, even if it's just alittle bit more than the day before.

I've been bugging Graham that I "need" new running shoes. At first he said no (I bought new tennis shoes in February), he said he didn't want me spending money on shoes and use them for a week and stop. So we made a compromise, If I would keep with it for two weeks he wouldn't fuss. Welp, two weeks is up and I am still going strong! So Next week I am going to Fast Break to be fitted and get the best running shoes for my running style and foot! (It also helped that I rolled my ankle last night running, it made him feel bad)

Also, when I can run 2 miles without stopping or dieing I can get a new running outfit! LOL! The little things :) And when I finish the 5k in September, I get a Massage!! YAY!

I also have started a Women of the Bible study to go along with my "New Life" and I LOVE IT! I didn't realize how much I was thirsting for the Word! I get up early every morning and do my study before ellie gets here and Addie gets up. It starts my day off right and I have a better day because of it!

randoms

- GRAHAM HAS FINISHED HIS MBA!!! I cannot begin to tell you how proud of him I am. He worked so hard from last January till last night........with no breaks. Every week straight he had something due. He is a trooper!

-We FINALLY bought a camper last week. It pays off to wait and look, we have been looking since the fall and REALLY looking since Dec. FINALLY we found exactly what we wanted at a price we wanted.

-Addie is the funniest child these days! Tuesday night I was changing her diaper at my mom's and Cale (my brother) came up the stairs to where we were. Addie looked over at him and said, "Hey Cale, come look at this turd!" I have never laughed so hard!

-My very sweet friend in CA who has been on hospital bedrest for alittle over a month gave birth to her little girl Reagan Grace Friday. She was with them for 4 hours then went to Heaven. She was very early and had a few other things going on. I have prayed and cried and prayed and cried for her. Lauren is the sweetest, strongest woman I have ever known. Please keep the Straub family in your Prayers.

-Yesterday we attended church at LVBC to see Lauren and Mack dedicated their lives to helping Weston be a strong Christian man. It was a very sweet program, and we were honored to be there :)

-I have been THROW away queen lately! I am getting ready for a yard sale in May and I AM GETTING RID OF ALL THE CRAP IN OUR HOUSE :)

-Graham will get tonight off, but tomorrow evening HE WILL be sanding the wall so I can paint the living room and kitchen. Its been 9 months already!!

-I am going to go finish my coffee in peace before Addie gets up and Ellie gets here. Have a nice week everyone!!

Egg hunt, and Easter

Friday, Graham was off so we took Addie to the Zoo. She loved it! Stupid me forgot to take the camera :(
Saturday we got up and dyed Easter Eggs. I have NO IDEA why I always do this the day BEFORE Easter? Every year Addie has had blue and purple fingers on Easter. Maybe next year I will remember to do it a few days before.



We went to the Egg Hunt at church that afternoon. Addie actually had a blast finding the eggs, it was just Mommie taking pics that made her mad.

OH Easter. It was an absolute Beautiful day! Except, Addie got up in a bad mood.......see she is terrified of Band aids (we don't really know why??), and Friday she insisted on wearing her old pair of crocs that I THOUGHT were too small but they seemed to fit okay.....or so we thought. They wore 3 blisters on her sweet little feet, so Saturday night we put meds on the blisters and band aids....needless to say she was pretty pissed about it.........She was also mad because the Easter Bunny had come to her house while she was alseep????SHE IS STRANGE! She didnt even want to look for her basket!

See when I was little the EB used to leave rhymes all over the house leading us to our baskets....I decided Addie would be old enough this year to do that and once we got her going she LOVED it!

After Addie found her basket and was looking through her things I finished getting ready. Only to find out that the dress I was going to wear that I had let someone cut off and make it shorter (it was long and I made it a knee length dress) did a HORRIBLE job. So I had to find another dress at the last minute, iron it and get out the door. Addie on the other hand looked BEAUTIFUL! BUT she was in a bad mood most of the day so I never got any good pics of her. So, one day this week I am making her put her dress on again and we are taking pics!

Here are the few I did get ;)

One of the best Pictures I have of Addie and Daddy

See what I mean, she was saying NO to the pics and this was one of the first ones!

No they didn't plan it, but Addie and Tanner matched perfectly!