Meeting Hudson

Here are a few pictures from meeting Hudson last night!

Dear Ella,

Let me tell you a little bit about your family. We run on 'Bralley time'. Typically we show up places early. Our family motto is 'If you're on time you're late. If you're early you're on time. If you're really early, you're a Bralley.' Cousin Hudson is certainly a Bralley. He came really early. Betsy was on time. She was three weeks early, but late enough that she was ready to party. I can't wait to meet you!

Our hospital bag is packed. We're ready to go. Please stay put for two more weeks and get a little chubbier, and better at breathing and sucking. Then you are free to make your appearance. Sooner rather than later I hope, as I feel you are running out of space in there.

XOXO,

Your Mama

Welcome James Hudson!

Our nephew is here!! James Hudson Bralley was arrived at 6:06 pm weighing 4 pounds 6 ounces. He is NOT having respiratory issues and we are so glad to hear that! Lung development is important in the last few weeks of pregnancy and as Hudson arrived 5 weeks early he's doing great! Hudson will need to spend some time in the NICU gaining weight before he can come home. Please keep his development in your prayers as I know it'll be tough for Tiffany and JD to go home without him for a while. I hope to have some more pictures tomorrow after we go visit Hudson and his parents tonight!

Sister-in-law update!

I know very little but I'll share what I do know! Tiffany was induced starting either last night or this morning. I heard this morning she was dilated to 1 centimeter. About an hour ago Ben called to tell me Tiffany had an epidural...leading me to believe she must have dilated some more as typically hospitals won't allow you to get an epidural until you're dilated to at least three centimeters. There has been talk of her having a C-section, but as she was given the epidural that is not the plan at the moment.

I hope the epidural provided her with pain relief. I hope she's getting some rest. And I hope to have some more information to report back with soon.

Please keep praying for Tiffany and Hudson!

Prayers please!

My sister-in-law Tiffany is pregnant with her first baby and due December 7th. Today she's been admitted to the hospital and will be having her son Hudson some time this week. Tiffany's blood pressure is elevated and she's had bad swelling. I am really concerned for her and the baby. Please keep Tiffany and little James Hudson in your thoughts and prayers.

Pregancy Update- Week 35

34 weeks done, 3-6 weeks to go! I'm feeling like Ella is going to arrive later rather than sooner. Friday I had a doctor's appointment that went pretty well. My blood pressure was a little higher than usual but not too high. My swelling is what I consider moderate. I know bad swelling and I haven't seen it (yet) this pregnancy.

I don't have any indicators for Preeclampsia right now! This is great news.

Because I have been having so many contractions the doctor went ahead and checked me for dilation and effacement. Neither has started, so it looks like Ella is staying put for a while. She is head down however which means it looks good for me to have a natural birth.

Here's my countdown...

38 days until Ella's eviction date
17 days until Ella is full term

TinkerBets and Elmo-Daddy

Saturday was trick or treating in our neighborhood. We had about 250 trick or treaters in a 2.5 hour span! Ben took Betsy up and down our street with the help of Paw Paw. Ben was a huge hit as Elmo (Betsy still calls him Elmo or Elmo-Daddy) and of course everyone thought TinkerBets was beautiful.

Betsy wasn't super interested in ToTing, but she did try her first candy this weekend. She was like an M&M zombie but she only had one fun sized bag, and we made her eat a dinner with nutritional value. We were also surprised that for all the scary costumes that came by Betsy wasn't scared at all. Some older kids even TRIED to scare her and she just started at them and shrugged.

That's about all for us, we spent Sunday not watching the Cowboy's loose, cleaning, laundry catch up, grocery shopping, resting, reading and watching the Rangers loose (sob!).