5 Month Bump

20 week belly photo! And I didnt cheat this time. This photo was taken right after I ate. I cannot believe we are already halfway there!

Faux-Hawk

Ok, I am pretty sure Hudson doesnt have enough hair for a mohawk or a faux-hawk, but Hudson did get a cool new hair cut. It is actually pretty much identical to the haircut/style JR has, so I need to get a picture of them together. But here are some photos of Hudson's cool new hair do.
(If you click to enlarge, you can see Hudson's new fat lip from running and hitting the cement in the backyard yesterday- sounds bad but it honestly happens daily around here as he gets faster and faster and refuses to slow down or be careful. He is ALL BOY.)

So you think We're Having a Boy...

The results of the voting poll (to the right) are showing that more people think I am having a BOY than a GIRL... and it looks like the Chinese Gender Prediction Calendars are in agreement.

That is, IF the November due date is correct (because that would mean a conception month of February), the calendar shows BOY if we conceived in February. However, IF we conceived in March (and the due date is closer to the first ultra-sound prediction of December 4) then the calendar predicts GIRL.

JR and I both think we are having a BOY.

But the 'necklace' (which many of you swear by) predicted a GIRL.

So there you go.... does that help? The wait to know continues...

Introducing....

Isabella Victoria Spaulding
Born July 3rd at 6:58 pm, weighing 8lbs 2oz and 20.5 inches long.
Isabella is finally here after 40 weeks of waiting! She looks like mommy with a hat on and daddy without the hat on!
I got to hold her this morning and she is perfect! The whole family is doing great!

Ultra-Sound Photos

Here are some of the 17 week ultra-sound photos. Amazing how clear they are! The technician said the baby is about 6 inches long and weighing about a 1/2 pound.

Little Doggy

I was filling up the dogs' water bowl last night and Hudson decided to copy Maya. Maya loves to drink straight from the hose and so Maya and Hudson were going back and forth, drinking from the tap. I am sure we are just days away from Hudson drinking out of their bowl.

18 Week Bump

Ok, so I cheated a little. These pictures were taken right wnen I woke up... when my stomach is the smallest.

No Internet....Again

No joke, our internet has been down for the past week. This time the modem died. (I did the last post from my parents' house). Time Warner came out this afternoon and replaced the modem with a more 'modern' one and now we are up and running...again. I dont even want to talk about how long I have been on the phone with Time Warner this past week.
Anyways, without internet (and without tv those first few weeks) I started reading books again. I used to be a HUGE reader. I like books far more than movies. I have always liked reading. But during law school, reading got put on the back burner. It was hard to read for fun when I couldnt finish the assigned reading from professors, so it just didnt happen. Then when I was pregnant I didnt have the attention span to get through a book.
Well, without modern technology, I started reading again. I finally read:


I loved Kite Runner so much I cant believe it has taken me so long to read his other book.
I also read:




I enjoyed all these books (all recommendations) and am excited to start the next one:

I would love to hear some more recently published "must-reads" to add to my summer list!
So something good did happen from the Time Warner/AT&T mess...

Bump Watch 2008

I wasnt going to put this picture up. But because I dont want the next one to look extra large, I thought I had to put this one up. For comparison. It is the only one I have for this pregnancy. One bump photo in 4.5 months. I took so many pictures last time, I have to remind myself to do it again this time... Anyways, this was taken before we moved, so it is the 12 week bump shot. Showing a little sooner than last time...

Flying By

This second pregnancy is flying by. Mainly because each time I go to the doctor, they push my due date up to an earlier date. I went this morning for a 'high-tech' ultra sound to determine the date (long story, but date of last period doesnt apply for my pregnancy calculations and we have to rely on ultra sounds). I finally got an ultra sound where they measured the bones and took about 200 pictures (it was a 40 minute ultra sound) and calculated the size to determine a due date of November 29th. This pregnancy is flying by ... almost half way done!
We are not finding out the sex. Like Hudson, we will wait for the delivery surprise. I must admit, it is much harder not knowing this time, but we love finding out in the room.

Just a Taste of Hudson

The video below shows how Hudson gets into his ball pit. He taught himself how to do this and he does it about 100 times a day. Just as a comparison, let me first tell you how Gianna gets in the ball pit: she is careful, calculated, she takes her time. She has both hands on the railing, one leg in at a time while never letting go.
Here is what our crazy little man does:

Cruisin'

He figured out how to drive his car... Now we just need to teach him how to steer!

Coming Soon...

Little Hudson is going to be a big brother! Baby Reynolds Number Two is coming soon with a due date of December 4th.

Dancing Machine

Watching Hudson dance never gets old to me....I want to cry and laugh at the same time.


Sorry for the angle...anyone know how to rotate on youtube?

The Move

Over Memorial Day weekend we moved! Yeah! To a house with a YARD! Yeah! Those of you that know where we lived before, know that we had ZERO yard. With two dogs. And a wild child who likes to play outside. JR found the perfect place and we felt at home and settled in LONG before the boxes were unpacked. We spend all of our time hanging out in the back yard and our dogs are happier. Hudson is happier. And all of that means JR and I are happy with our move. Hudson literally wakes up in the morning and after looking around and yelling for "DADA" he asks "Owe-sigh?"... meaning he wants to go 'outside' and play.
Here are some shots from the last couple weeks:





The dogs lovin' it too...

Disneyland

A few weeks ago Hudson went to Disneyland for the first time. I am so glad that I am taking him to places like Disneyland and the Zoo and the Aquarium because he LOVES it and proves to me each time that he is not too young to enjoy these types of activities. He had a blast running around and going on rides (and was even a tough guy on the scary rides - like Alice in Wonderland. That ride is completely in the dark!).








Hudson and Gianna holding hands on a ride...


And someone got really tired from running around all day... he fell asleep on our way out of the park.

2 weeks

Believe it or not, we still dont have internet. I am at my parents again doing this... There was a problem with the modem they gave us yesterday so after ordering another, they will be back... again. It has now been 2 weeks.
Here is a cute picture that I found on my parents computer so you know that Hudson is still doing well... Laughing as usual and being a crazy boy!

We Moved!

I am sorry that I havent posted in forever... I didnt realize so many people checked this blog. But the reason I havent posted is because we havent had internet. Or cable. In over a week. AT&T took three days last week just to tell us on Friday afternoon that the new house is too far from the box and that they cannot provide internet and cable. We called another provider and HOPE they can come next week.
I am at my parents house now picking up Hudson and doing a quick blog update. I have no pictures of the new place though. Sorry. Lots to post as soon as our life is unpacked and back together.

Happy Mother's Day!

For those of you that know me, you know that I do not like my birthday. I dont like the attention since it is based on really nothing but surviving another year. Now Mother's Day is a different story. I am FINE with celebrating Mother's Day. In fact, I enjoy it - and it is because I know that I work my butt off each and every day, often 24 hours a day. Raising a child can be difficult and never-ending work which I also happen to love and is the most rewarding thing I have ever done. So I am all about the Mother's Day celebrations!
We went to breakfast with JR's family and dinner with my family.


Hudson is really starting to play with all of his cousins and he has so much fun with them all. Here are some of the photos from dinner.





Happy Mother's Day to all the mamas out there!

Happy 30th!

Hudson's dada turned 30 on Cinco de Mayo and we have been celebrating all weekend!! We went camping this weekend and then had a small BBQ at our house on the actual day.
Happy Birthday JR, hope you have a great year!