Last Pre-Hudson Update

Well, it appears that tomorrow will be Hudson's birthday. We are thinking that we will get the call from the hospital to come in first thing in the morning. They will start me on pitocin, and possibly break my water to get things started. Hopefully, by dinner time, we will have a baby!

We had a great last weekend as just the 3 of us. We watched the end of the Tour de France, which has kept us up a lot of nights this month. Saturday morning, we took Alden to the pool again. She did a backflip in the water! I don't think she could do it again if she tried, but she laid on her back, went under, and as she was righting herself she totally flipped around. She was pretty impressed with herself! Matt played with Alden so I could swim some...but 3/4 of a mile later, still no contractions or signs of labor. It was worth a shot!

Jessica and Miles came over that afternoon, and although it was way past naptime, Alden and Miles had a great time playing together. I had told her that he and/or Lydia would come to play with her, and she kept saying "Tomorrow, Mi-uls, play with you!" They shared popcorn and seemed to enjoy copying each other. It was good for Alden to have a friend to play with.

We took a walk after Alden's nap down to the pool, and she played for a while at the park. She rioted on the way back and wouldn't walk or ride in the stroller. We eventually just strapped her in and she tantrummed all the way back home. How pleasant.

Sunday, we went to another Baptist church in Apex. It was so much better and the pastor actually used scripture in his sermon! Alden cried some in the nursery, so I had to be summoned from the service towards the end. She said she missed me. It was really sweet.

Alden is addicted to Peter Pan right now. She had a book, and now she wants to watch the movie ALL the time. Amber was over yesterday, and would "fly" Alden on her feet. Alden kept saying "I'm Pee Pa". She "flies" around the house and thinks she is the real deal.

We set up the pack and play and bassinet yesterday night. Today, Alden discovered the pack and play downstairs, and we walked in to find her laying in it. Then, she climbed up on the changing thing, and wanted her diaper changed. It will be hard to keep her out of it when baby comes.

Alden and I spent our last day just us today. She actually slept until I woke her up at 8:45, which is unbelievable. We went to the library for storytime, and ran some errands. Then, she slept 2 1/2 hours this afternoon. I got some good rest, too. We all went to Goodberry's tonight for some pre-baby frozen custard. It was delicious, although Alden was in true 2 year old form, and didn't want to sit and eat, and threw a fit in the car on the way there, while we were eating and as we left. Apparently, "Blue", which had been one of her favorite passys, has fallen out of favor because she kept throwing him out of her carseat and refused to have anything to do with him.

A quick birthday shout-out to Leigh Anne! Happy Birthday!!!! We wish we could be celebrating with you and Eric!