Sunny Spring Break

Two weeks ago we decided to do a last minute trip down to Cali to visit family and friends for Neal's spring break. All of the family down there hadn't yet met Hudson so we thought it would be a good time to see everyone and have Hudson meet the rest of his family! He did suprisingly well on the 11 hour drive there and back, although the way home was a little tougher and he was clearly getting tired of being in his carseat. 

We started our trip in Sacramento where Neal's Grandparents, two sets of aunts and uncles and many cousins live all very close together. We stayed in Mark and Lavonna's pool house (thank you so much) so Hudson's frequent nighttime feedings wouldn't disturbe anyone in the house. We had a nice visit with everyone there and enjoyed some beautiful weather. 

Then we drove to San Francisco to stay with Shane and Kristen, Neal's cousin and wife. We had so much fun with them. Neal learned how to kiteboard (kind of) and Kristen and I tried to brave 30-50 mph wind gusts on the beach the first day... we lasted about 15 minutes then headed home =).  Then we got to spend a day walking around the city on one of the most beautiful days i've ever seen in San Fran, warm about 70 degrees and virtually no wind. 

Shane and Kristen

Shot of the Bay Bridge on the beautiful clear day 

The next day we had the pleasure of visiting my BF from HS Liz and her Husband Josh and new baby boy Tucker. We had so much fun with them, swapping baby stories, delivery stories etc. Then we went out for a delicous lunch ( thank you guys again for treating us) and frozen yogurt before heading back. It was so fun seeing the boys together and I can't believe how fast they grow and change! 

Two very unhappy boys in their car seats! 

Sittin with Tucker at lunch

Aren't they cute??!!

Me, Liz and the boys. Who would have thought when we met at age 14 that we would be having kids together!! 

We then headed down to San Jose and were able to see my Aunt Karen, Uncle Charles and cousins Alex and Madeleine. It was so great to see them and we had so much fun! We went to Santa Cruz the first day and had such a great time that we went back the next day and Neal and Charles played hours of beach volleyball and were surprisingly a good team together. It was so nice to relax, visit and soak up the illusive sun. It was very hard to leave and we want to thank everyone for accomidating our last minute visit and making it such a fun and memorable spring break!! 

Karen, Madeleine and Hudson catchin some rays on the beach

 

My Hubby tearin it up on the V-ball court

This was warm compared to the Oregon Coast he usually swims in... 

Family shot, We love you guys!! 

Ok that pretty much sums up the trip, now it's back to real life. Neal is still in school and I start work on Monday =(. Pray that I can keep a positive attutude! 

Hudson Nathaneal, our baby boy

Ok so I don't need to use my disclaimer that I am utterly horrible at keeping up my blog. Since my "bump update" I have had my baby boy Hudson Nathaneal Douglas on January 2, 2009 at 10:08am. He was exactly 3 weeks 1 day early and weighed a whopping 6lb 11oz and was 19.5 in long. Whew there are the stats!

All went well with the delivery my water broke at 10pm January 1, so all in all my labor was only 12 hours. He was a little jaundice when he came out so we stayed in the hospital for a total of 4 days 4 nights. But since then he has been wonderful and healthy. He is such a content little baby, we are very very blessed. It is safe to say that Neal and I have a new love in our lives! I have a lot of pictures on my facebook account, but I thought I would post some here in case you didn't see them =).

He is already 10 weeks old and it turning into quite the little man. He has been rolling over from tummy to back since 8 weeks and is holding up his head well. He wants to stand on your lap all the time, I think we'll have an early walker on our hands but we'll see! We have lots of smiles and coos coming our way and sleeping is getting much better with a record of 7 hours in a row last night, Praise God!! We love love love our little boy and are so excited to see his little personality coming through already.

Hudson at 4 days old

1 month old

two months...

We are having so much fun with our little guy! Here is an album of picts to catch you all up, it's amazing how fast they grow and change.

Hudson picture collage