Thankful Thursday!

I am thankful for my awesome sisters! we had so much fun spending time together this weekend. I am thankful for thier listening ears and amazing hearts--- I am thankful for my boys, who are just that..boys! they are wild and crazy, love to get dirty and play outside, love to wrestle one another and be loud, they keep me extremly busy and i love every minute of it! I am thankful for the working attitudes and servants hearts! thankful for thier laughs, hugs, and kisses everyday--- I am thankful for tinsley mae. her sweet kisses and 2 tooth grin! thankful that she can hold her own in a house full of boys and she knows how to work them! shes halarious and the cutest thing ever! thankful that she is all girl and loves shoes and for her toes to be painted--- I am thankful for my husband and how he leads our family. thankful that he loves the Lord with all his heart and is showing and teaching our kids so they will prayerfully do the same! thankful that he is a man who loves to work and get his hands dirty! he has a huge servants heart and amazes me every day--- I am thankful for a house to live in, food to eat, and clothes to wear!--- I am thankful for westin and his sweet personality. he is so good and loves to be loved on, which is a good thing because his brothers and sister wont leave him alone! he is a wonderful example of Gods love for us! I am thankful that I get to see his sweet face everyday and kiss all over it--- I am thankful for my amazing friends, buff ashleigh ashley and cricket! yall are amazing and im so thankful for our friendship. we meet once a week and they listen to me vent and keep me in check! thankful that we have each other!--- I am thankful for disposable diapers! :) yes folks, i have 3 kids in diapers! wont be long until i have just 2 but for now i feel like all i do is change diapers! ha!--- I am thankful for my husbands job. thankful that i get to walk alongside him in his ministry and see the amazing things God is doing in and thru the people of cedarcrest! Thankful for Cedarcrest Church!--- I am thankful for baths. At night after the kids go down I love to take a bath and relax. all by myself. in silence!---

Christmas 2011

We had a wonderful and eventful Christmas this year. We woke up Christmas eve to give the kids thier presents and spend a little time together as a family before Matthew had to head out to get ready for services. Matthews parents joined us for breakfast and the kids had such fun opening gifts. Matthew headed out to church and me and the kids just hung out at home and relaxed before heading to the 4 service. In between services we were eating dinner with matthew and the others who stayed for both services and Jr and another little boy were wrestling and Jr was thrown to the ground and ended up passing out. Matthew was holding him and as soon as i turned around to go help, Jr's body went limp and he was out. SCARIEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE!!! He came to pretty quickly but it seemed like an eternity to us. He was fine and eventually calmed down. All that was left was a knot on the back of his head. We then headed to my parents house where we spent the rest of the weekend thru monday evening. It was an awsome Christmas spent with my fun family. We had bonfires, smores, pizza making, pool playing, dart throwing, present opening, dogs barking, kids running and screaming...it was sooo much fun!!! Monday we all headed down to atlanta to ice skate then came back to my parents and had a wonderful steak meal made by my brother,dad and mom!enjoy some pictures from the weekend...oh yeah, and monday afternoon jr fell down the stairs head first and got a knot on the front of his head, poor kid had a rough weekend with his head!

-We had a great Thanksgiving spent with Matthews family at his Nanas house! I am so thankful that I married into such a wonderful family. I just had a few funny stories I wanted to share before I forgot them! -If you dont like "nipple talk" talk then skip this one...when the boys came home to see us for the first time since the hospital, i was up in my room feeding westin. Colton walks in and looks very confused. He comes over to me and ask "why westin eatin out of your nipples?" haha! I simply say that babies eat out of thier mommies boobies and only mommies can feed thier babies bc thats how God made us. he says " oh, God made mommies to have boobies for babies to eat from?" "yes colton thats exactly right." -when i asked jr if he was going to sing in his Christmas program at school he looked at us serious as can be and stated.."no, im going to set up the speakers and do sound." matthew was oh so proud. he is his fathers son!

He is here!!!

I have so much more to post on but for now here is a sweet picture of our precious boy Westin Kidd Hutson. Check back soon for some funny stories from the boys and his birth story...im just too tired to do it all now! Westin Kidd Hutson 6lbs 14oz 19 1/2in 11-15-11 at 11:08am

38 weeks with Westin

Today I am 38 weeks pregnant with my baby boy Westin. 1 week from today we will be holding him in our arms and introducing him to his brothers and sister. The past few weeks have been full of crazy emotions. I am beyond thriled to have Westin but I am also a litle nervous as to how I am going to manage with 4 kids 4 and under. I know I can do it because God has trusted me to do so. So I am leaning fully on Him during this time of transition to a family of 6. It will also be my last pregnancy, unless God really wants us to have another which I know He can do, so I am trying to take it all in and enjoy what a miracle this is. This last week we are trying to just enjoy being together and making the kids feel special and have some special one on one time with them before we have a baby around here! Also, I just have to brag on my husband real quick. The motorcycle in the picture is the one Matthew built. Its awesome, hes awesome! We are trying to seel it so if you know anyone interested in a chopper send them our way. We dont really want to seel it but at the time in our life we need to sell it. Hopefully one day Matthew and the boys can build another one and enjoy it together!

Sneak Peak....

We had the most fun at our maternity shoot last night! Here is a little of what we did. It was so fun and awsome! The boys had a blast. Tinsley wasnt to sure about the paint. She wouldnt even let me hold her with paint on me. We also took some pictures with the chopper, the motorcycle that Matthew built. We cant wait to see the rest of them. Meg Davidson Photography is wonderful and we highly recommend her!

Jr and Tinsley's Birthday Bash

This past weekend we celebrated Jr's 4th Birthday and Tinsley's 1st Birthday! It was such a fun time with our awsome family and friends! Our friends. the Franklins, have a mobile petting zoo along with tons of other fun things so we had a petting zoo and jump house for the kids! They were both a huge hit. We kept it very simple by just having cake and icecream and snack food for the kids. We had such a fun time that we have decided to do this every year but starting next year we are going to have it for all our kids. Jr and Tinsley's birthdays are October and Westins will be November then Colton is January. So we are going to have 1 big Hutson Birthdya party every year in October! Instead of gift we like to have every one donate to an organization that we like and can help others with the money. This year we chose the Rally Foundation. A sweet little 4yr old girl we know, Emma, has been battling Wilms tumors for a couple yrs now. She is so precious and is a Rally Kid with the Rally Foundation. They raise money to go towards childhood cancer research. We thought this was the perfect organization and we ended up raising over $300!!! WOW! What awesome friends and family we have! I am already starting to think about next years party and what we can do since it will be for all 4 kiddos! "Crickets Mobile Petting Zoo" They are awesome!!!!

Tinsley Mae Turns 1!!!

Today is Tinsley Mae's 1st Birthday! WOW! I truly cannot believe my baby girl is 1yr old. She has been and continues to be such a blessing to our family. My dad always said he never knew how much he wanted a daughter until he got one. And, I couldnt agree more. She is such a joy and we are all so in love with her sweet self. The boys call her thier "precious princess"! How sweet is that! Heres what she up to these days: - crawling all over - pulling up on everything and walking along it - she has started standing from the sitting position but only a few times and she is very wobbly - she has 2 bottom teeth - wears 12 or 18mo clothes - size 3 shoe - loves to wave hi and bye - can say " byebye...dada...momma" - size 3 diapers - her brothers can make her laugh more then anyone else....sweetest thing ever! - when she wants something, she lets you know it! true girl! - totally off formula and now she eats big girl foods and drinks whole milk - in 5wks she will be a big sister, but she is still so tiny - she growls all the time and it is so funny! we head to the doctor monday so i will update again abour her stats but from i can see, she a petite little thing! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SISTER...WE LOVE YOU SO VERY MUCH!!!

Happy 4th Birthday Jr

My oldest baby tured 4yrs old today! I used to think when I heard people say, dont blink because it goes by way to fast when you have kids, that they were crazy. But, now having 3 of my own and 1 about to join us...i totally agree. It literally seems like yesterday when I became a mother to my precious Jr. I dont even know if I ever wrote his birth story down. So, dont let this bore you but Im going to do that now. I need to remember these things while they are 4yrs fresh on my memory! ha! When I was 34 weeks pregnant I woke up in the middle of the night with AWFUL pains. This being my first pregnancy I had no idea what labor was supposed to feel like. But, I couldnt even talk I was in so much pain so we called the doctor and off to the hospital we went. After arriving and getting all hooked up to monitors it was very clear what the problem was, my blood pressure. It was siezure level at around 170/120ish. I cant remember the very reading, but it was WAY high. After getting me stabalized but with still very high bp, they sent me to a room to be monitored for a bit longer. Well, a bit loger turned into 7 days. When I hit the 35wk mark and my bp was still extremly high we, the doctors and matthew and I, decided to induce me and get Jr out for his sake and mine. Let me just say, this was the start of the longest night of my life. After getting the cervadill (?) and a sleeping pill the nurse left with hopes to not be back till the morning to start the pitocin. Well, 30min later or so she was back bc I couldnt stop throwing up. She dicided to check me in between spells and when she did, she broke my water which was no supposed to happen. And let me just tell you after she broke my water the contractions started coming full force. I was in strong labor with Jr for about 4 or 5 hrs. During this time Jr's heartrate dropped and they could not get it to come back up. Next thing I know Im in the OR and they are doing an emergency csection on me. It kinda all a big blurr now but hearing him cry for the first time so incredible. Matthew got to hold him fr a minute and I got to kiss his sweet face the off he went to the nicu. He was having trouble breathing so they took him to monitor him and check things out. He was born at 6:12am I didnt get to hold or see him until after lunch. The longest hrs of my life. But once Matthew brought him to me and we spent time as a family of 3, it was the greatest moment of my life. I was offically a mom. 4 days later we were home and our lives were forever changed for the best!! Now as I sit here I am watching our 4yr old sleep peacfully beside me. He is by far the hardest working 4yr ols ever. Literally, all he wants to do is work. If he had the coice between going to chuckie cheese or helping matthew work in the yard or a car, he would choose work. He is a mini Matthew. Stubborn and strong willed yet so very loving and such a servant. Always wanting to help people. He is the greatest big brother to his brother and sister. He is a mommas boy at heart and still has to play with my hair to fall asleep. He is such a joy and I thank God everyday for blessing me and entrusting me with such an amazing little boy! Happy Birthday Jr. It is a true honor to be your momma!!! We went to the pumpkin patch today. It is an annual tradition for Jr's birthday! We had a blast and will be carving our pumpkins next week!!!

34 weeks and stuff!

Today marks the 34th weeks of my pregnancy with Westin! I have to admit that the past 2 weeks have been awful. Contractions and back pain have been in full force and I have been on modified bedrest. Bummer! It has been hard on me and the kids and matthew but we know when we see Westins sweet little face that it will have all been worth it. This has by far been my most emotionally and physically hard pregnancy. Which is hard becuase it will be my last pregnancy so I want to enjoy every single moment of it even if I am stuck in bed most the days. I head back to the doctor on Friday and we will see where we stand and where to go from here! If everything goes as planned then my csection is scheduled for the 22nd of November. But we may be moving things up to the week before. We are praying through it bc no matter what we want to do whats best for Westin.

This past weekend my family did a walk for alzhiemers. We lost my grandaddy back in Feburary so we all did the walk in honor of my precious grandaddy. I obviously couldnt walk so matthew and I hung out about 1/4 of a mile from the finish line and my family took the kids so we got to finish the walk with my family which was wonderful!

This friday is Jr's 4th birthday! AAAAAHHHHH!!! I cant believe my oldest baby will be 4! And then the following Tues is Tinsleys 1st birthday. My baby girl looks way to tiny to be a big sister in a few weeks. So this is an exciting weeks in the Hutson house.

Inlet Beach!

Matthews parents blessed us with a wonderful getaway to Inlet Beach Flordia! We had such a good time with family!!! We celebrated Pops birthday and played and ate!!!

While there Colton had an allergic reaction to something he ate and we had to rush him to the ER. We are now armed with an epipen just incase it happens again. It was very scary but thankfully we had family there to help. I wish I had a picture to show yall of what his face looked like but my mind was not thinking of taking a picture in all the chaos! Lets just say everytime I think of it I am reminded of the movie "Hitch"!