I decided to have a Valentine’s shoot with my little monkey the other day. I had this whole cute setup with little cut out hearts. It was adorable. But guess what…. My little monkey is just that, a monkey! Now that his is walking EVERYWHERE he will not sit still for anything! At first he was mesmerized with all of the paper hearts. Then he just wanted to smash them and tear them apart, because that’s what little boys do. I only got these few images of him during our about 5 minute session before he decided to run away. I just love them though! He is growing so fast, I want to be able to capture every second of him that I can.

In this last one he was blowing kisses. That’s his newest trick. Isn’t he the sweetest?!

So after the very short session with Hudson I had my niece Rylee come over for her session. She did much better. She actually sat down for more than .25 seconds and she semi did what I asked her But she’s 2, I can’t ask much from her. Take a look! She’s a ham! Also, I might add that while I was trying to get some shots of Rylee, Hudson would run into the room and try to get in the shot. Just when I thought he might cooperate he’d run off again….

Notice how Hudson snuck in there? Lol!

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! A winner for the contest will be announced tomorrow. Yea!!

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Thank you Hudson for being you and for letting me be your mom. I love you!

So, we were totally not expecting our little man to make his arrival almost 2 weeks early but he arrived on October 14 (my sis’ birthday!). I had been having pretty bad swelling in my feet and legs the last couple months of my pregnancy but the doctor said it was nothing to worry about. Then on the night before Hudson’s birth the swelling seemed to be a little worse and I had a headache (signs of preeclampsia). I was worried so I made my hubby drive me to Wal-Mart to take my blood pressure. It was extremely high so we booked it to the hospital! They said I’d have to stay the night for observation but it still never crossed our minds that our little buddy would be coming so soon. The next day I woke up with blurred vision and was still having really high blood pressure so my doctor made the decision that I would have to have a c-section. I burst into tears right then. It seriously never crossed my mind that I would have to have a c-section. Those childbirth classes were useless! So Hudson was delivered at 9:19 that morning. I ended up having to stay in the hospital for an entire week because my blood pressure refused to go down. It was a stressful time let me tell ya!

Then to top it off once we got Hudson home he started to have problems keeping down his feedings. It turns out he had a condition called pyloric stenosis. It’s where the muscle at the bottom of the stomach is too thick so food can’t pass through to be digested. The food had no where to go but back out! Poor guy! The only way to fix the condition is with surgery. So after only 3 short weeks of life Hudson had his first (and hopefully only!) surgery. He made it through ok and is now doing great!!

Now what you’ve all been waiting for! Isn’t he just the cutest little baby you have ever seen? I think so!!

And my absolute fave! That sweet little grin gets me every time!

If you want to see some more pics go on over to Raye Law’s blog. She took some family pics for us shortly after we got home from the hospital.

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