Watch my sweetpeas Grow :)

Hudson Michael,

You're 2.5 ish these days!  You are adorable in everyway.  Mommy and Daddy are learning everyday to teach you and grow you through this stage in your life.  We love you so much, and have so much fun playing with you and watching you learn and develop into who you are going to be!  You are so handsome!!

Blakely Gray,

You are 3 months old now!! You weigh, according to mommy's scale, 8 lbs 12 ounces.  You are in newborn diapers and newborn clothes, and some 0-3 months things.  You are such a happy and sweet baby.  You rarely fuss, and usually smile or cuddle all the time!  You are getting bigger, slowly...haha, but you ARE getting bigger!

Blakely Gray: 2 months

Blakely Gray,

You are two months old now!  You weigh in at 8 lbs 4.6 ounces.  You are 22.5 inches long, and your head is 14.5 inches in circumference.  That's a WHOLE 3 lbs bigger and 2 inches longer than you were at birth!.  You are in the 3rd percentile for weight (11th percentile adjusted age), and 75th for length!
You give the BIGGEST gummy grins when you wake up from naps, and have even started a cute little giggle.  You sound like the Pilsbury Doughboy!  You have fabulous head control for being SO tiny still!
You now wear newborn sized clothes and diapers!  We are glad you are out of the preemie clothes, b/c there really weren't many preemie options at the stores.

Mommy was the photographer at a wedding this past Saturday, and the bride and her father danced to a song with these lyrics:

 "But I loved her first and I held her first
And a place in my heart will always be hers
From the first breath she breathed
When she first smiled at me
I knew the love of a father runs deep
And I prayed that she'd find you someday
But it's still hard to give her away
I loved her first"

Your sweet little life flashed before my eyes, and all I could do was imagine you, being so beautiful on your wedding day, dancing with your daddy.  Oh, how I cried.  (it's a wonder I got good pics for that poor bride!)

I LOVE writing in the journals we got for you and Hudson.  Daddy and I write you letters a couple times a week, telling you of the new things you each are doing.

Hudson Michael,

You are 2.5 half now! You are ALLLLLL BOY BOY BOY!   You want to wrestle, jump, ticklefight, climb, scream, yell, fall, watch t.v., play in the sprinklers, and make us LAUGH all the time!
You are learning how to bargain, and think you can make deals ALL the time with mommy and daddy.
 It's hilarious!   I still sing your night night song to you every day at nap time, and sometimes at bedtime, when daddy needs a break from your night night routine!

Here is your favorite part:

"God bless mommy and matchbox cars
God bless dad, and thanks for the stars
God hears amen, wherever you are,
and I love you.
Godspeed little man,
Sweet Dreams Little Man,
You know my love will fly
to you each night
on Angel's wings."

You make me laugh so much.  You require a lot of patience, repetition, and even spankings! haha.  You love to sing twinkle twinkle little star, but you say "tinkle tinkle yittle tar."  melts my heart every time.

First Swim at the Neighborhood Pool

1 month in :)

Blakely Gray: You turned 1 month old on March 24th!
You weigh approximately 6 lbs 10 ounces, and are about 20.5 inches long.
You are in preemie diapers still, and mostly preemie clothes.
You are waking up about 2 times a night to eat now, and sometimes stay awake for a while afterward. But, you are good at switching from nursing to a bottle, so mommy and daddy do get some sleep every now and then.
I love it when you smile REALLY big right before you fall asleep. I try so hard to get it on camera, but haven't been able to yet.
You also LOVE to be held, and may be on your way to being spoiled, but we are loving every second of spoiling you!
Sometimes when you fall asleep you take her hands and fold your ears down, as if to block out all the outside noise :) It's so cute.
Big Brother Hudson is enamored with you. He wants to hold you, kiss you and talk to you all the time!

Blakely Gray is here

She's here! My water broke at 12:30 am, we got to the hospital around 1:15. I progressed extremely fast from a 4 to a 10 in 14 minutes. I pushed about 8-10 times and out she came at 3:14 a.m. At birth she was 5 lbs 15 ounces, 20 inches long, and a head full of curly brown hair! She is beautiful and we love her. Currently we are waiting for some re-test results on her newborn screening to come back. She may or may not have a rare metabolic disorder, and we are of course in deep prayer over her and are so appreciative of everyone's prayers and thoughts for us. Hudson LOVES LOVES LOVES his baby sister, and we are so amazed at how blessed we are to have such a sweet sweet family!









1 day old
















1 day old















Hudson: 2 years 4.5 months old
Blakely: 2 days old






















Blakely: 5 days old













Blakely: 5 days old




















Blakely: 2.5 weeks old

Working on the Nursery

More to Come!

Third Trimester

I am so happy to say we are in our 3rd trimester now. I am 27 weeks and 2 days pregnant. We are DEFINITELY having a girl, and we are naming her:

Blakely Gray Villemain

Here is the bedding that we want for her room (minus the sheet):

http://www.potterybarnkids.com/room/rom/romnur/romnurbrk/

I can't WAIT to have her nursery painted, but still have yet to figure out how I am going to paint it :)

In other good news, I am waiting on another set of bloodwork results. If my antibody levels stay at 1:1 (the lowest possible), then I will be discharged from the specialist!!! how awesome is that! If you see me encourage me to drink water. Blakely's amniotic fluid was at a 9.6 last time we had an u/s. This is still in the normal range, but on the very low side of normal.

Also, my sweet sister and her best friend Barbara are throwing Baby Blakely a shower the first weekend in February! How fun, and what a sweet blessing!