Happy Easter and 16

I cannot believe that Easter is here and I am 16 weeks pregnant. We had a great doctor appointment on Monday. Baby Pate looks wonderful and had a heart rate of 156. Baby Pate did not wish to participate in the ultrasound so we still do not know the sex of the baby. Our 20 week ultrasound is on May 16th. We look forward to finding out if Hudson will have a brother or a sister at the appointment.
My family is in town for Easter this weekend! We are going to have lots of fun so be on the lookout for more pictures next week. I will also post another bump picture next week!

Happy Easter!

14

I am 14 weeks pregnant. I cannot believe how fast this pregnancy is flying by. Maybe it is because I am so busy with Hudson and work. I have been feeling pretty good the past couple of weeks. Hopefully the morning sickness and exhaustion are behind me.
My next Doctor Appointment is on April 18th. I will be almost 16 weeks so we will be able to find out the baby's gender during the ultrasound. We plan to have the Doctor write the gender down in a sealed envelope and then we will open the envelope with family on Easter. I think this will be a fun way to find out if Baby Pate is a boy or a girl. I would love to have a little girl to dress up but I also think it would be so fun for Hudson to have a brother. Needless to say we will be very happy and excited either way.

Here is my 14 week bump shot. Not much to see but I have a feeling it won't be much longer until I actually look pregnant instead of fluffy.

Do I Still Have Any Readers

Whew! I took a long blog break. It started because not much was happening at the beginning of the year and then a lot was happening and I never got caught up. Also I have been keeping quiet because I have some BIG News to share:

Hudson is going to be a big brother. We are thrilled to be expecting Baby # 2 in October. The baby looks perfect and healthy so far and we are very thankful. Hopefully this will jump start my blogging again. For now enjoy some pictures of Baby Pate!

Bahama Mama

We're Back! We had an awesome trip to the Bahamas! Thanks Papa for taking us on such a fun trip. Hudson had a ball. He dug in the sand, played in the pool, went down waterslides,and napped on the beach. I won't bore you will all 200 of my vacation photos but I will share a few of our favorite moments from the trip.

Wedding Album

4 years ago Brad and I got married. I still love looking through our wedding album. I love thinking about the beautiful day we shared with family and friends. One of my bridesmaids posted pictures of her wedding album today and it had me thinking about how thankful I am to have wonderful pictures of our special day. Below are some pictures of our wedding album. The album was made by our photographers Schmidt Photography. I took the pictures of our album in my dining room so there is a slight glare and while I did not post a picture of every page there are a lot of pictures in this post. Enjoy!

Possibly the WORST Thanksgiving EVER

Last Saturday we traveled to Georgia to visit Brad's family for the Thanksgiving holiday. On Monday Hudson was hit with a stomach virus. On Thursday we thought he was getting better, only to find out that Brad was now sick. Everyone woke up feeling fine this morning and then Hudson had a major relapse tonight and Brad is still not feeling great. We have been stuck in the house all week and we all have cabin fever. Poor Brad did not even get to go to his family's Thanksgiving. We are facing a 13-14 hour drive tomorrow with 2 sick people. This sounds miserable but we have to get home. My thoughts are scattered because I am one exhausted Mommy. At this point I am just trying to hold it all together and make it home before I get sick too. I am praying that we can make it home tomorrow in one piece and that I can get my poor boys well. Please send good thoughts and prayers our way...we could really use them.

Is this the worst Thanksgiving or holiday ever. I would love to hear some stories that top this (let's be honest - I could use a good laugh about now).

Hope everyone else had a very Happy Turkey Day. I am very thankful for all of my wonderful family and friends and I will be even more thankful when my two boys are feeling better.

Trick or Treat Recap

Hudson had a great Halloween weekend. We started off the weekend with his class Halloween party and then the Barton Creek Halloween party. A fun time was had by all. On Saturday we watched the Dawgs put up a good fight against Florida but in the end it was not enough. We ended the weekend with a block party and some good old fashioned trick or treating.