The house is so close to being ready! We went by yesterday and we were surprised to see almost all the lighting is in! I took lots of pictures, mainly of the light fixtures:
This is the folding table in the mudroom:
The fan in the family room:
The kitchen is almost finished!
Close up of the granite and backsplash in the kitchen:
Master bedroom fan:
Master bath:
Staircase lighting:
Back patio fan:
Getting so close!
We started our fun 4th by eating at our favorite restaurant. :)
After long naps for Hudson and I, we headed to Kristin and Todd’s annual 4th of July party. They had lots of fun water toys set up for the kids:
After drying off and eating a little – Hudson went for one more run around the yard:
Then we headed out and put Hudson down for the night. Trent and I went to watch some fireworks. We had never gone to see these fireworks before, so we weren’t sure of our spot for viewing. It turned out to be a pretty good choice though there were some trees that got in the way at times. Still, it was a beautiful night and beautiful fireworks:
My dad and I took Hudson to see Toy Story 3 this week. I wasn’t sure how he would do – he likes to watch movies at home (and goodness knows we have watched plenty of them throughout my pregnancy), but the theater was a different story. Right when we decided to leave the skies opened up so I put on his raincoat and off we went:
I put him in his own chair with a booster seat and brought plenty of snacks just in case. He was enthralled from the minute we walked in the doors. I heard a lot of “wow” and “oh my!”. The previews held his attention, as did the Pixar “short” film (those things are so not short, especially without dialogue, especially with a 2-year-old!). He sat through the whole movie completely entranced. During one dramatic moment at the beginning between Woody and Jessie, he yelled out “oh no!!!!” and that cracked everyone in the theater up (thank goodness!). There was a part at the end that was a little intense for toddlers (and adults for that matter) and he got a little nervous. He crawled into my lap and kept saying “okay? okay?” over and over. Other than that it was a fun first movie experience!
Can’t wait to see more movies with my buddy! :)
Sweet baby #2 is a healthy baby girl! We are so excited. We went to the ultrasound appointment at 8:30 Wednesday morning. The sonogram tech wanted to take all the “boring measurements” (her words, not mine) first. I have to admit…I got a little antsy, but at the same time I was relieved to see that everything was measuring on track, etc. Then Trent wanted to guess before she told us the sex. When it came time I instantly saw the 3 little lines and knew it was a girl! Trent also guessed girl and she smiled and said, “yes, it is a girl!”. We kept it to ourselves all day (which was VERY hard and apparently I didn’t do as good of a job as I thought I did at that) so that we could announce it at our second Gender Reveal Party!
A quick flashback to how we announced it at Hudson’s Gender Reveal Party:
So, 5:30 finally arrived and we hosted our second Gender Reveal party and this time our sweet Hudson got to do the announcing:
Then Hudson enjoyed the fruits of his labor:
And the rest of us enjoyed some cake too:
:)
Well, the hits just keep on coming here at the Fletcher/Lambert household! Up to this point in the pregnancy I had avoided any trips to the hospital, a fact I was pretty proud of since I went a few times with Hudson. That all changed yesterday. Thanks to the stress of last week and the 100+ degree heat we are having here, I landed in Labor and Delivery yesterday for severe dehydration. 7 hours, 3 bags of fluid, shot of zofran, shot of phenegran and some chicken broth later and we were back home. I am grateful that I was able to go to L&D and avoid the ER – they get you in so much faster up there and relief is almost immediate. let’s hope that is the last of the hospital visits for our family for a while…at least until delivery time…
We had a very scary week around here. Tuesday night we had to call an ambulance for my dad at midnight. He was experiencing chest pains and very high blood pressure. Back in ‘95 he had a heart attack and underwent double by-pass surgery. I felt like I was experiencing déjà vu…here I am living at home again and dad thinks he is having a heart attack again. Except of course, I am now older, married, have a family and I am pregnant. Stress is not so good for pregnancy. Anyway, after a very long night and a hospital transfer, we learned that Dad had suffered another heart attack. Thankfully, it was mild (just like in ‘95). On Thursday they performed an angiogram to see what damage had been done and how much blockage there was to the heart. We were praying that he could have a stint put in, instead of by-pass again. Our prayers were answered and his (excellent) doctor was able to drop a stint in to the same artery that had been by-passed fifteen years ago. I learned that when a vein from your leg is used in a by-pass, like my dad, it is only good for 10 –15 years. With the stint in place he should not experience any more problems! Praise the Lord! We are all very relieved and very grateful! Dad is home now and resting.
Needless to say – Hudson’s routine was out of sorts this week and we didn’t do a lot outside of sitting at the hospital. So, Trent and I took him to the park this morning for a little fun…
We are grateful for fun family days and a healthy Papa. :)
