I'm Back With A Big Announcement!!!

Well I took a little blogging hiatus after Hannah turned two. And now you will all know why.

It's because...

We're Pregnant, Again!!!

I'm 11 weeks tomorrow and my official due date is December 20th. That's right, a little Christmas baby. We're going to be busy.

So far everything is going great. I've been feeling very similar of how I felt when I was pregnant early on with HK. I have nausea almost everyday. Some days are better than others, but this whole week has been pretty rough. Every hour was rough when I was pregnant with HK. Ha!

I felt like I was pregnant the second week of April. I took a test on Friday, April 12th and saw this.

Unfortunately Brandon was out of town on a fishing trip and I didn't want to tell him over the phone. He came back the next evening as I was getting ready to put Hannah to bed. I was planning on having her wear her Big Sister shirt I bought her that morning, but he walked into the house before I could get it on her. So I just said this is a new shirt I bought Hannah today. He took a triple take and said "really?" "you are?" He was so excited.

We've chosen to spread the word by using this pic ever since. Pretty fun.

We had an ultrasound a few weeks back. Baby was really small, but it was a relief to find out early it was only one baby. After my brother's big news about twins last year I was really hoping not to find out the same news for myself.

Baby looked great so far. Heart rate was 153bpm. Hannah's was at 170bpm at her first ultrasound.

We won't find out the sex of the baby til the end of July or early August. We really don't care either way what we are having. I think it would be fun to have one of each, but I have everything I need for a girl so it would be nice to use those great hand-me-downs from big sis. Either way this is the last, I repeat last baby for the Hughes family. I'm done being pregnant. I think it's a miracle we have been able to have these babies, but pregnancy isn't so kind on my body.

We thought long and hard after Hannah was born whether or not to have a second child. I wasn't sure if I could emotionally go through it all again. It took 18 months after HK was born for me to even consider it. And another 6 months after that to really decide to go for it. In the end, we really wanted her to have a sibling. I love having a sibling and I want that for her too.

I think we are way more prepared this time around and hopefully everything will go smoothly this pregnancy and delivery. I'm planning on doing weekly or maybe bi-weekly pregnancy updates like I did with Hannah. I'll start that in a couple of weeks. Hopefully I can keep it up.

Thank you for all your love and support. We are so excited to be growing our family :)

Be Back Soon

I'm on a blogging hiatus. Be back soon with updates :)

2nd Birthday Party

Hannah Kate turned 2 and we celebrated with a small party on her actual birthday. She's been pretty timid around people lately so I knew the best thing for her this year would be a small party with just grandparents. So that's what we did. And it was so nice :) I knew it was going to be small compared to last year (You can find that post HERE.  ) But that didn't mean I wanted it to feel any less special.

I ended up using most of the things I had from last year's party + a new table cloth from Target and things from her room. I thought everything turned out so cute. I also made this cake.  And it turned out so great!!! It was as beautiful as it was delicious. I did cheat a little and bought this icing. Which is so easy to use and delicious. I was really proud of my efforts. Enjoy the photos of our big day.

Thanks everyone for coming and for the lovely presents. 

HK 1st Birthday & 2nd Birthday (same bow)

Turning 2

Once upon a time there was a girl who had a dream of being a mama. That dream became my reality on March 23, 2011. That day I fell in love with a beautiful piece of heaven that we named Hannah which means God's Grace. She changed me in so many ways. I'm a better person because of her. I see myself in her and I want to be better. I want to show her God's love every day. I want her to know that she will always be cherished and always be my baby. Each year will pass and she will get older, but she will always be my baby.

Tomorrow she's turning two years old.

Two years doesn't seem like a long time, but in that time she's changed so much. Not my cuddly baby anymore, but a wild toddler with an opinion about everything. Ha!

Year two with my sweet girl brought so many new things. Walking, talking and tantrums, Oh My :)

I'm trying to enjoy this time with her while she's still little. I'm trying to be present with her. My favorite things to do with her are reading books, watching her run around the yard and wheels on the bus. Her eyes light up so big when it comes to the part when the whippers on the bus go "swish, swish, swish."

I know there will come a day where she will want to read her own books, and not need me to read to them to her anymore. I can already see glimpses of this. She's very indepent.

I know there will come a day where running around won't be good enough and we will be running her to soccer practice or ballet, and she'll be embarrassed because her mama will be cheering her on too loud. I can see the eye rolling now.

And of course the days of wheels on the bus are numbered. But I'm sure one day she'll be riding a school bus and I will think of those days when she was 2 and loved it when the whippers on the bus go "swish, swish, swish." And I will smile.

Life changes. It expands. It evolves. She will too. But I want to always remember her as she is now. A spunky, wild two year old with an opinion about everything.

Happy Birthday Hannah Kate. We love you today and always.

4 Years!!!

Today Brandon and I are celebrating 4 Years of marriage. It doesn't seem that long but we've sure done a lot in the past four years. I'm truly thankful that I get to be married to my best friend. We have so much fun together. Not that marriage is always roses. We have to work at it every day, but I wouldn't want to go through life with anyone else. Here's a recap on our last 4 Years.

3.21.09 ~ The Day We Got Married

April 2009 ~ Went on our honeymoon to London and Paris

May 2009 ~ Bought our House

 

October 2009 ~ Went to Red River for Sky & Katelin's wedding: Got the idea for pedi cab business

 March 2010 ~ Celebrated 1 year anniversary by taking a cruise to Mexico with our family

May 2010 ~ Built first pedi cabs

July 15, 2010 ~ Found out we were pregnant!!!

July 2010 ~ Vegas for Lindsey & Nick's wedding 5 weeks pregnant :) Hot Hot Hot!!!

August 2010 ~ Oklahoma City for Kari & Brad's wedding 10 weeks pregnant :) Sick Sick Sick!!!

August 2010 ~ West Texas Raider Rides is in full swing

Fall 2010 ~ Pregnant Belly is Growing

 November 4, 2010 ~ Find out it's a girl! Hannah Kate

January 30, 2011 ~ Baby Shower, Looking big

March 23, 2011 ~ Hannah Kate is born 

Spring – Summer 2011 ~ Taking care of a baby = a blurry couple of months

June 2011 ~ My brother and Brittany are having a boy Harlan Frazier!!!

August 2011 ~ Hannah's first road trip to Oklahoma City

September 2011 ~ Travel to Taos, NM for Cayle & Blake's wedding

November 18, 2011 ~ Harlan Frazier Holmes is born

December 25, 2011 ~ First Christmas with the babies

February 2012 ~ Trip to Ruidoso, NM

March 23, 2012 ~ Hannah turned 1

 

 May 2012 ~ Another trip to OKC

May 2012 ~ Harlan came to visit

June 2012 ~ Found out Harlan was going to be a big brother to twins!!!

Summer 2012 ~ It was hot, but we had fun

July 2012 ~ Cattle Baron's Ball & My 10 year high school reunion

September 2012 ~ The twins are girls!!!

September 2012 ~ Diabetes Walk Hannah meets Raider Red

October 2012 ~ Trip to Ruidoso, NM with Rex and Retta

November 2012 ~ Hannah's first plane ride to Dallas for cousin Harlan's first birthday

November 30, 2012 ~ Our nephew Trey marries Raelan

January 21, 2013 ~ The twins are born

January 2013 ~ Went to another UMC Gala

March 15, 2013 (Last Friday) ~ Our niece Korrie marries Justin

Wow!!! We've been busy. It's fun to look back at all the things we've done and places we've been in the last 4 years. Saturday Hannah's turning two so I will be posting soon about that. I feel so blessed to have such a wonderful husband who I can share my life with. I hope we have many more years together.