Baby Hudson

Our sweet little peanut of a baby arrived exactly 3 weeks early, on Friday, December 17, 2010.

He weighed 5 Lbs. 15 oz., and was 18 1/2 inches long.

Here is his story-- quickly and mostly with pictures :)

My water broke around 3:00am on Friday morning. I was surprised and a little confused. My water broke with Tyson, and I knew right away what had happened. With Hudson, though, I had finally quit wishing for him to come early, and was really hoping that he would come AFTER Christmas. Consequently, it took me about 30 minutes, and several weird self-devised tests, to believe that my water had REALLY broken.

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When I faced reality, I called Shelby, who thought I was joking, then promptly showed up to tend to our sleeping beauties. Then we were off, feeling pretty good about ourselves, having done this twice before.

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We got to the hospital around 4:30am and I was having contractions pretty regularly. I got checked and we'll just say I wasn't ready to have a baby anytime soon, despite the amount of pain I believed I was in (okay, I was dilated to less than a 2-- the nurse did say contractions are more painful once your water has broken).

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We told the nurse we OF COURSE wanted the epidural, called the anesthesiologist, he got us hooked up, and then she started the pitocin. We were off! By 6:00 I was dilated to a 2+ (now we're movin'!).

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So around 9:45 I got checked again, thinking/hoping that I'd made it to a 3 (wasn't it supposed to go fasted the more times you did it-- "it" being labor??) Good news, I was at a 6! Now we're talkin.

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Greg went to get breakfast, and came back 20 minutes later. I told him I felt a bit of pressure and thought I would call the nurse back in a few minutes. He MADE me call her right then, and TA-DA! I was ready to go. Less than 15 min to dilate from a 6 to complete. Now, you're impressed!

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The Dr. showed up within 5 minutes (he was on his way to the bank :) and we had a baby 3 pushes later. Seriously! It could not have been easier to have a baby! I'm sure the fact that he was under 6 Lbs (only by an ounce, mind you) helps. Apparently these hips are good for something. Honestly, though, we are so grateful that he was healthy being as early as he was. We feel VERY blessed to have him here, ready to be fattened like Macy was.

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So, obviously, I wrote the "quickly" part before I began typing-- sorry. I was right about the lots of pictures part-- :)

Upon arrival... My final maternity shots with Baby #3

Ready to GO!!

... and DONE!

Pure joy :)


Greg's mom and sister (the photographer--so unfortunately not seen in any pics) came for the delivery. It was great to have family there.

Tyson & Macy's first sight of their new brother. Love at first sight, wouldn't you say? (At least for Tyson! Mace was mad that Greg gave the baby to Tyson first. Look at her hands ready to go.)

I just thought this was a cute picture of the little bug.

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And there will be many more of these types of pictures to follow, I'm sure.

We all love this little Buggy. I feel like I am playing house with a baby doll he is so cute and tiny. Greg says to live it up, because in a few months he'll look like the other two did. Probably true, so I am enjoying every second of his tiny sweetness.

Welcome to our Family Hudson John Trapnell!