31 Week Update

Well it was a pretty good week. I had a few contractions the other night, but other than that I'm feeling really great. I go to the doctor tomorrow for my 32 week appointment. I can't believe in 2 months or less she will be here. I feel like I'm ready, but I still have some things to do before she comes.

I still have things to buy, but I'm waiting til after my shower on Sunday to see what those things will be. I need to go to the eye doctor and get more contacts. We start our childbirth class in two weeks. A breastfeeding class on Feb 3rd. I also have 3 big events between now and then starting this weekend.

Saturday night is UMC's big annual Gala. This year I was a lot more involved on the committee. I designed the save the date card, invitation, and program along with several other pieces that will be used at the event. It's a Chinese theme this year and the challenge to make Chinese modern and elegant was quite a challenge. Everything turned out really nice though.



I'm really excited because I found out yesterday that the invitation won an Addy award! The Addy awards, or Ad Federation awards, recognize local companies and agencies for the creative work they produce throughout the previous year. UMC entered 14 entries and we won 10. We find out exactly what we won next Saturday at the awards show.

My final event is the Laugh for the Cure event. It's going to be on Feb. 24th. I was on the committee again this year and I'm working hard to get all my stuff together for that. I really think it's going to be an awesome show. The only thing I'm worried about is I'll be 4 weeks out from my due date. Yikes! I hope I can make it to the show.

Another exciting thing that happened last weekend was we got a new computer for our home. An iMac!!! I absolutely love it. Can't wait to be able to use it a lot more once I'm on maternity leave.



Well I guess that's it for now. I have a really busy weekend. Cleaning house on Friday for my friend Kari and her husband Brad to come and stay with us, Gala on Saturday night, and my baby shower Sunday afternoon :)

31 Week Bump Photo

30 Week Update and Maternity Photos

Well this week was better for me. I felt better and the baby dropped again so I'm breathing better. Hooray! I have been having some Braxton Hicks contractions, but they go away after I lie down or drink some water. This baby is moving around a lot these days. I can see full body movements from the outside. It's so weird. I got a lot accomplished in her room this past week. I love how it's coming together. Pictures coming soon.

Here is my 30 Week Bump Photo


Yesterday I went out to this old rustic party house place downtown, called Old Town, with my photographer that shot our wedding to take some maternity photos. Now I'm not a fan of traditional maternity photos. You know the ones with the exposed belly with you top off. I just think those are so gross and I would have no idea what I would do with that type of photo anyway. However, I did still wanted to capture this time in my life of being pregnant with Hannah and maybe get a few to put in her nursery.

Domi and I have stayed in touch since she and Barry shot my wedding so I knew she would do a great job and not make me look cheesy. I just love her style of work. Well these are a few from the session. My favorite is the one with the book. I'm for sure going to use that in her room somehow.

30 Weeks Today 29 Week Update

Well I'm late getting my weekly update out. Sorry about that. I didn't have a very good 29th week. Last Wednesday-Friday the baby was sitting so high I could hardly breathe. I went for a walk Wednesday night and felt worse than ever. Usually I feel good after a nice walk. I think I really overdid it and my body was responding back in a negative way. So I took the whole day Friday off to rest. I felt a lot better by Saturday, but continued to rest through the weekend. I feel better today, but have to remind myself to take it easy. I don't want to go on bed rest.

I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and everything is right on track. Her heart beat was good and they seemed pleased. However, I gained several more pounds from my last visit. Where does all this weight go? By the looks of my photo this week, it's going everywhere. I feel I look huge. Nothing fits anymore and I'm getting really tired of this whole pregnancy thing. Only 10 weeks to go :)

I can't wait for her to be here, but I still have some things I have to accomplish first. We start our baby care class tonight. I'm really looking forward to it. It's this Thursday night and next Thursday, then we have a Child Birthing class next month. That class is the one I'm not looking forward to as much, but I know it will be really beneficial for us to take it.

Really proud of my dad. He had his art show premier last Friday and it was amazing. He sold several pieces and everyone seemed to have really positive feedback about his work. Unfortunately I didn't take any photos because I wasn't feeling well. We only stayed a little while and I totally forgot to bring my camera :(

Well I guess that's it for now. Hopefully I will do better next week in getting an update out. I will also be posting soon about her bedding that came in. Quite the story.

29ish Week Baby Bump

28 Week Update & 2010: A Year In Review

Wow! 2011 is here :) I'm so excited because that means we are in the year our little baby girl will be born. I'm 28 weeks pregnant for one more day and I'm doing great. Sleep is becoming my biggest issue lately. I have no problems falling asleep, but I wake up and can't go back to sleep. I lie awake trying to get comfortable for hours almost every other night. Finally I just go lay on the couch and can usually fall asleep long enough for the alarm to go off. Maybe this is my body's way of preparing me for no sleep after she's born. We'll soon see.

Here is my 28 Week Bump Photo


Well since it's a new year I thought I would take a look back at 2010 and everything that happened. Which is a lot.

January started with a huge blow to my family. We lost my beloved granddaddy, Big Ern, to cancer on January 16, 2010. I can't believe it's almost been a year. I still miss him so much, but am so grateful for the time I got to spend with him while he was on this earth. He was such a great man.


At the end of January I attended my very first Gala at UMC and had a blast. Can't wait for this event again this year. It's on Jan 29th and I designed all the invitation stuff for it this year.


At the beginning of February I went to the Lubbock Ad Federations Annual Addy Awards. UMC took home 3 awards, but I anticipate much more wins this year.


Somewhere between Jan and Feb we decided to start trying to have a baby.

In mid February was the Laugh for the Cure event. I was on the committee for this event and it was so much fun to see all our hard work pay off. We brought in two comedians for a comedy night and had a live auction, survivor stories and a VIP hour all in the name of Komen and breast Cancer awareness. I'm on the commitee again this year and it's going to be great.


On March 21, 2010 Brandon and I celebrated our 1st anniversary. Hard to believe that we have been married for almost 2 years now and expecting a baby around the same time.

At the end of March Brandon I went on a family cruise to the Caribbean with Brandon's brothers and their wives and had a blast.



In May I decided enough was enough and sought medical help for my abdominal pain I was suffering from. That's when a final diagnosis of Endometriosis was confirmed.

On June 15th I had surgery to get rid of the Endometriosis and an uterine cyst. Brandon also had a hernia repair surgery.

My doctor then told me on my two week follow-up appt that NOW was the time to have a baby if we wanted to.

So we did! We found out we were expecting our first little baby on July 15, 2010!

At 5 weeks pregnant we went to Vegas for my friend Lindsey's wedding. It was like 115 degrees in Vegas :0



Then we went to Oklahoma for Brandon's family reunion and one of my best friend's, Kari's, bridal shower.



At the end of the summer Brandon launched his Pedi Cab business with his friend David. Everything has been going great with it so far. I'm really proud of him.


On August 6th my cousin Joel married his beautiful bride Sarah in Oklahoma City. So that was our second trip to Oklahoma in a month.


That's also when we told my brother and Brittany about the baby. They were excited!!!

At the end of August, Kari got married in Oklahoma and I was a bridesmaid. She was such a beautiful bride and I was honored to be a part of her special day. Even if morning sickness was in full force by then.


On August 28, 2010 my other great friend, Shanda, had her beautiful baby Adele. I missed the birth because Kari got married on the same day.


September and October are a blur because I was so sick from being pregnant. We did get to see our baby for the first time in late August.

I cried when I saw her for the first time. It was such a miracle. We heard her heart beat and had another ultrasound in mid September when I was 13 weeks.


Brandon and I had fun on Halloween.


On November 5th we found out baby Hughes is a little Girl. Hannah Kate Hughes!!!


Had a great time in Dallas for Thanksgiving. (sorry no pictures)

Went from this little belly to this bigger belly in a month.



Spent Christmas with the family and New Year's in my pajamas :)

2010 was such a busy, exciting, busy, heartbreaking, but wonderful year. Can't wait to see what 2011 brings.

28 weeks pregnant, 27 years old!!!

Today is my 27th birthday!!! I'm working today, boo :( Gone are the days when I was on break from school and could celebrate my birthday however I wanted. Oh well. I will be celebrating later tonight with my family. So that will be nice.

I'm also 28 weeks pregnant today and am officially in my 3rd Trimester! Wow it's going to fly by. 12 weeks or so and she'll be here. She is really moving around these days. I can actually see her moving if I look down at my belly. It's so crazy.

I went to the doctor on Tuesday and everything looks good. I passed my gestional diabetes test so that good. I'm also measuring right on track with my due date. Which probably means Hannah is weighing about 2 lbs. I got a shot and blood work drawn so it was a long appointment compared to most of mine. I go back in two weeks. I have my first baby care class on Jan 13th. We will be learning all sorts of things on how to take care of our little one from bathing to feeding to child care safety. Should be good.

Well I guess that's it for now. I thought I would post a bump progression since I didn't have any new photos to post since Christmas. Hope everyone has a safe and Happy New Year. This will be my last post til 2011!

This is my growing belly weeks 13 through 27, Wow :)



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Christmas 2010

Well we had an enjoyable Christmas this year. It all kicked off Wednesday evening with Christmas with my dad. My brother and Brittany were in Lubbock Wednesday night and Thursday so we got together with my dad Wednesday. We ate at their favorite spot Orlando's, and went over to dad's afterwards to open gifts. Dad was too generous and got Brandon and I a Kodak video camera which we had been looking at buying for ourselves. Hopefully I will be able to load videos soon to my blog. This will come in handy when Hannah comes as well.




Thursday night we celebrated Christmas with my brother and Britt again at a Mexican feast hosted by my mom.

Friday, Christmas Eve, was super low key. Brandon had to work part of the day, but I just stayed in my pajamas most of the morning and watched movies. Brandon got off work and we were out running around a bit and were planning on going to the grocery store when he ran out of gas. Luckily we weren't too far from the house so he jogged back and got my car. What a funny guy! We went to Christmas Eve church service at 5 and then came back home and exchanged gifts to each other. Brandon got his Kindle which he's in love with and I got my diaper bag which I really wanted as well.



Christmas Day we took it easy. We went over to Brandon's brother's house that morning to see what the kids got for Christmas and went over to my mom's for Christmas lunch and presents. It was just four of us, but we had tons of food and a great time.



Sunday was Brandon's family's Christmas out and Brandon's dad's house in Shallowater. The brothers had fun shooting each other with rubber pellet guns. Very typical Hughes' behavior :) Overall we had a great Christmas, but agree next year will be even better with our little Hannah!

Speaking of Hannah, I'm 27 weeks 5 days today!!! Moving into the 3rd trimester and feeling good. I have a doctors appointment today where they will check for gestational diabetes and give me a shot because I'm RH negative. Wish me luck!

27 Week Bump Photo

26 Week Update

Christmas is practically here and it's so hard for me to believe. I remember thinking back in July-August when we found out we were going to have a baby that I would be 27 weeks pregnant at Christmas time. And here we are already. It's going by so fast these days. I'm almost to my third trimester, which is a good thing because that means it's the home stretch, but a bad thing because I know it just means I'm going to be getting bigger and more uncomfortable.

Yesterday I went and talked to the birthing center at the hospital and got all pre-registered to be admitted. I also got information on classes I'll be taking including childbirth, baby care, and breastfeeding so that was good. I love our hospital and love all the services UMC provides. It's so comforting for first time parents, such as ourselves, who don't know what we're doing.

Hannah's nursery is pretty much on hold for now. Once her bedding comes in I'll be more inclined to work on it some more. I just love going in there and thinking about her. I can imagine her as a little girl playing on the floor with her dolls and it just makes me smile. After the holidays we will go register for my baby shower which will be the last weekend in January. Can't wait :)

Well that's it for now. We will be celebrating Christmas several times over the next few days starting tomorrow night with my dad, brother, and Brittany. Should be a great time :) Merry Christmas!!!

26 Week Bump Photo