It's Official

Hi, my name is Ashli.

I have been gone so long I feel like I needed to introduce myself again. ;)

All joking aside I wanted to thank everyone who sent me an email or a tweet or a message making sure we were ok. We were just fine. Life gets busy with a baby around, I wanted to get our routine and life under control before I could find time for my first baby (the blog).
It's been a really nice break and I can now report that most days, our life is routine and under control . . . most days. Although once a month, on the full moon, he goes a little crazy and is a little hard to handle (I now have a better idea of how Lee feels once a month ;).

Hudson is a bouncing 9 month old baby now. He can walk with limited assistance, he can pull up on everything, but has almost no interest in crawling! He eats everything that's put down in front of him (including a lemon wedge once, he made a sour face then went back for more). He is such an easy baby, he can go days at a time without crying, he sleeps through the night, and easily entertains himself. Although he doesn't travel well, he has about a 30 minute limit in his carseat before he turns into part baby, part zombie and starts growling and trying to eat his feet.

Honestly the last 9 months have been amazing, especially this month because . . .
Hudson's Adoption Order finally came in the mail and he is now officially our SON!!!!!! There is no word big enough to explain how happy we are. I am a mom, Lee is a dad and Hudson is our son, we are a family!

I put together a little video to commemorate this huge milestone in our lives, if you have a second please have a peek.

 The journey might not have looked exactly like I thought it would, but what I wake up to everyday looks exactly as I always dreamed (although honestly in my dreams my baby didn't wake up until at least 9am, reality looks slightly different . . . about 3 hours different to be exact). ;)


I will be back this week with an update on Hudson's nursery, an update on our new bed (errr. . .  kind of) and a HUGE announcement tomorrow!!!

Thank you again for all the love and support while I was gone!