WHOO'S turning 2? Hudson My little OWL

May 24th, 2013 my little OWL turned 2! Hudson is the cutest, most sensitive boy, caring, fun-loving, affectionate boy I know. His has the greatest attitude and for the most part a fun, happy boy.  We celebrated by throwing him an OWL themed party with my family and his buddy Grayson who is 2 months younger than them.  They developed a friendship since going to my gym together.  Robin was also over with her oldest boy Liam.  We ate pizza, sang happy birthday and enjoy a fun filled event.  I spent some time making the fun favors as seen below.  His uncles Steve and Dave along with Grandma Rita enjoy the day.  We all had so much fun.  Happy Birthday Hudson I can't believe how much you have grown.  We love you!!!!

Father's Day 2013

Happy Father's Day to the most wonderful dad we know.  We are super excited to spend Father's Day all together tomorrow morning.  Because I am in the hospital, I have a fun day planned or at least trying to make the best of it with our current circumstances.  We are having the kids wake up tomorrow and my brother Dave will be dropping the kids off in their pajamas for a pj party and movie day.  We are all going to snuggle and be together like old times.  This is a good opportunity for my mom and brothers to get a break and to show daddy how much we love him.  We are so proud of you daddy and for all the things you do for us but most of all what feels the best is seeing you so happy and knowing how much you love us.  We hope you have the best day ever, you deserve the world and all the happiness coming your way.  I can't believe we have 12 days to go and we will have another baby girl joining our family.  We are almost there in having the big family we always dreamed of.  Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being YOU.  Happy Father's Day, love you tons.

Love, All of us. 

xoxoxoxoxo

A mini version mom....

Today is June 13th, Uncle Steve's birthday.  14 days to go in this hospital before we will deliver baby girl June 27th, 2013.  I refer to myself today as stable and no news is good news for now! I can really feel her move and I am getting a big belly just sitting around here. This weekend will mark 32 weeks and big jump from when I got here. I survived not having anyone by day yesterday and spent the night by myself here which was not so bad at all.  Funny how when forced into it you get the wits scared out of you but then you come through and its a piece of cake. Almost a bit easier being here alone so I don't have to tip toe around worrying if someone is comfortable or not.  Anyhoo, this morning I had such a great moment watching my little girl be a mini version of me.  We have this drop cam and so I get to see into Hudson's room.  So here I am at 7am and I got an alert on my phone alerting me there was motion or movement in his room.  He started asking for everyone in the house and along comes Sienna who crawled into his crib hushed him and said let's lay together everyone is still sleeping.  Since having these cameras we have realized that Sienna has been putting him to sleep and waking with him daily.  She love him!  She takes such great care of him what a wonderful big sister.  She tells him to lay down, she rubs his back and she threw him a book and said read this.  Slowly she walked away and said shhhh everyone is sleeping and whispered I will leave my door open so you don't get scared.  What a tear jerker I am so proud of her and super excited for baby Hailey to meet her.  Thank you Sienna for all you help and hard work. xoxoxo

June 12, 2012...still here

So today at the hospital I think was one of my hardest days yet.  I had no visitors and wow does that make a difference.  Time went by so slow and it was the first time in 14 days that I truly wanted to get the heck out of here.  It is super hard being confined to one room and in a bed all day long.  The kids were super busy today with Miles' graduation from Kindergarten so I didn't want to spoil a thing by having him come here and be stuck in a room.  I set up a whole timeline of events and kept the family busy.  Miles and Sienna had their Spring assembly and then graduation happened.  I asked Ali to bring everyone to lunch at Stephanie on Newbury to celebrate and then they were off to Clarendon Park to have milk shakes and play.  Soon after everyone got home and took a snooze and they all arrived at the hospital to see you and celebrate.  The unfortunate thing was Ali was not feeling well and needed to head home to get a good nights sleep. So this is my first night I am in a hospital alone. Feels so strange and I pray we have no news in the middle of the night with baby Hailey.  Tomorrow is Uncle Steve's birthday and hopefully everyone is feeling up to par so we can celebrate here. I think it has become super difficult for everyone to come here daily I feel bad but I just don't want to go a day without seeing the kids. My heart aches and I wish I could change my situation.  I am so nervous with the upcoming birth but no to have this baby but for the unknown about the outcome. Oh how I wish I had a crystal ball or a sign that would say all will work out, keep the faith.  Only time will tell.  I really don't seem to be going crazy when kept busy through my days.  Now with school out things are going to slow down real fast.  Maybe that will be good for grandma Rita, Steve and David and even Daddy Ali.  The cool thing is the kids have not missed a beat with me being here thanks to everyone helping out. Only 14 days to go be strong and stay positive.  Keep the FAITH.
xoxo

Family Trip...Grand Cayman Islands 2012

Every year we now try to squeeze a family trip to the away just our family.  We stress with the packing and get super excited to get out of New England cold weather only to land looking completely stressed out and pasty.  The kids are cranky from the flight but once we landed and got to walk outside the plane to the Cayman Island we all took a breath and enjoy pure bliss for a whole 10 days.  When we come home from any trip as a family we are closer, happier, enjoy each other and look forward to the next one.  I can't wait until this December to venture with our newborn and soak up the sun.  The ocean waters were unbelievable so clean no seaweed or rocks.  There were no bug bites and pure white sandy beaches.  We drank a lot of coconut water, played in the sand, ate a ton of red snapper, boogie boarded,  Sienna and I got our very first braids and daddy got to relax and play all day.   Oh and I almost forgot we even swam with a dolphin named Galeo. What a trip! Until next time....xoxoxo