I have joined the "YOTA" fan club :0)

This is it!! My new car as of Friday (I will have some real pictures soon)! :0) It is the most gorgeous brand spanking new car that I have every had the privilege of owning and I am extremely excited about it! It drives beautifully, it's a 2007 with only 200 miles on it, and best of all...it gets a whopping 34 miles per gallon city and 39 highway!! A necessity in today's world. I highly recommend the Toyota Yaris to anyone looking for an affordable, economical, asthetically pleasing new car. So...that's my big news!

We have been so busy lately with graduation, cheerleading open gym(I coach) and all that I thought I really needed to catch everyone up. As far as Hudson goes, he is still crusing around in his own efficient way and standing alone for seconds on end without realizing it. As soon as he does realize, though...down he goes! It's so cute. He is babbling and laughing more than ever and really developing his own personality lately.

I will blog whenever I get a second but seconds lately are few and far between! I hope everyone understands that! Have a great week!!

Teething Days...

Hudson and Papa sleeping...sooo precious!
This is our new wagon we got from Grandma and Papa!! It turns into a bench and it has two seats with seatbelts and it can be a cooler and cup holders...the works!! I absolutely love it!!
Here's Hudson on the playground! Soo much fun with Aunt Ashley and Grandma!! :0)



Hudson just had two more teeth come in the other day and the count is now up to 8. Today he started with the fussiness and runny nose so I think that there are more coming. It is not such a fun time when instead of playing really well like he usually does he just follows me around crying and wants me to hold him a lot. It's so sad bc they are so helpless. So...needless to say my morning has consisted of wiping a runny nose and carrying 20 lbs around :0). I am at my mom's now trying to put him down for a nap so I can go help Mallory paint for a bit and he is fighting it like crazy! Poor little guy!

Well 10 minutes has elapsed and now I am back to writing. Hudson sits beside me playing with his toys. I'm so weak! :0) We will try again in a 1/2 hr. It's just one of those days!

It's grocery night tonight and a busy day tomorrow. I have to hlep my mom do hair for a wedding party and then Andy has to work at the Hotel for a wedding. Then my mom and I are going to my grandma's for a little party. Her cousin from Oregon will be here so we will party all night! :0) It should be fun. I hope Hudson is up for it! Well I'd better get going...I hope everyone has a nice weekend! Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful daddies out there!

llllloooonnnngggg day...

Today was a long day at work for me and extremely busy. Lucklily I was able to end my day with meeting some friends for dinner. It was relaxing and yummy!! Except for the end of dinner where Hudson was beginning to get tired and antsy! When we got home there were some horrible thunder and lightning storms, so I waited until they were mostly over and I put Hudson in his ducky tub, gave him a bottle, and off to night night he was! The evenings are very short and the time that I get to spend with Hudson on work days is special. I really don't know how working moms do it all! I give them a lot of credit!

I don't really have much to post today except for my schedule as depicted above. No random deep thoughts, no....nothing. Wow...that's unusual! :0) Everyone have a good night!

Slacker...

I am being a blogging slacker lately so while my husband is upstairs complaining for me to come to bed I am going to blog real quick...

Yesterday was the last day of Franklin Graham and it was wonderful! My sister brought some friends, two of which accepted the Lord. Praise God! The choir sounded beautiful on my most favorite song of the weekend "O God Our Help in Ages Past" . Love it! I bought the Point of Grace CD and LOVE IT! Highly recommended! I got home just in time to feed Hudson his bedtime bottle and for him to fall asleep on me. My favorite moment of the day and the only time when he is cuddly.

Today was a work day for me but I got to come home with dinner made by my wonderful husband! He had a salad prepared, and cooked out burgers and hot dogs on the grill. That felt really wonderful and I now realize why that is so important to him on his long days at work. Tonight we started cheerleading open gym (I coach). I love getting back into cheerleading as I have a passion for that as well. I will probably post some picture once the season starts. Not for a few months. It's amazing what these girls can do!

Well I better go now...my bed is calling...and it's very inticing! :0) Goodnight everyone! Dinner with John Jillian and Brooke tomorrow! Yay!

Praise GOD!

Well...it's Saturday morning and I haven't blogged in a few days so I am feeling very behind! :0) Let's see, Thursday was a Hudson and Mommy day, always so special...and then he stayed with grandma while I went to dress rehearsal for the F.G. festival. Yesterday Hudson and I spent most of the day at the pool catchin some rays and staying cool in the HOT weather! I planted flowers while Hudson was asleep and it was such a relaxing time. I really see why many people are very into their flower gardens. Then while daddy and mommy went to the F.G. Festival, Hudson stayed with Auntie Britt and played with Shelby and Zeb! I am absolutely sure that he had a great time with them! When we got home he was snoozing away!

The Franklin Graham Festival was WONDERFUL lastnight. There were probably 1,000 that came to know the Lord and accepted Him into their heart. I just sat there thinking about the enormous party that they were having up in heaven while that was going on. The angels were rejoicing and the heavenly choir was singing. It gives me chills just thinking about it! Point of Grace was sooooo awesome! Their harmonies and voices are absolutely beautiful I could have listened to them all day. I need their CD badly :0) I must plan a trip to Arrowhead soon!

Tonight Andy and I are going to have a nice evening out at a wedding reception of one of my good friends. They got married in the Carribean on May 17th so this is just the reception part of the wedding. It should be fun. Aunt Ashley is going to watch Hudson which will be lots of fun for him...he loves her! :0) Although I like going to all of the festivities this weekend, I really don't like leaving my baby so much. I guess it will be over soon enough and we can go back to being together again...mommy and Hudson (and daddy:0)) At the same time I do realize that it is good for him to be with other people so he wont be afraid of people and only want me all of the time. We have a big family and EVERYONE loves him, of course...I would feel terrible if all he wanted to be with was me all of the time. Not to mention that gets costing on me. It makes me feel good to be needed but I have to put his interest first always.

I hope everyone enjoys their weekends and at last, here are the pictures I promised!! :0)

What's up Doc??

Like I said before...I knew exactly what our Dr. would say. :0) "Don't worry about it, he's just getting older and eating more table food. He is picking up his nutrition elsewhere, I wouldn't be concerned. Just keep doing what you're doing." That left my mind at ease. Altogether it was a good Dr. visit and the best news we got....NO SHOTS TODAY!! I guess he is up to date so he wont need any until he is a year old. Which surprisingly isn't far away. His in this 75th percentile for height to weight ratio so that is good. After his Dr. appointment we came home and mommy made roast beef, potatoes, and carrots for dinner, yum yum! Then we went to Grandma EMA's to play with Shelby and Zeb for a while. So much fun! :0) Especially since he is getting older and he can interact with them more. It is so cute to watch!

I just tried to load some pics and my stupid computer messed up...I will have to try tomorrow! Hudson is sooooo into any kind of ball right now, it's so cute. Boys are definitely boys! He doesn't get into his Jeep walker anymore but he definitely likes checking out the tires on it. Sooo not a girl thing! :0)

Tomorrow night is dress rehearsal for Frankling Graham Festival...YAY!! I am so excited! I cannot wait to see so many lives brought to Christ through this. It is so wonderful! Well...I'm off to bed now! Goodnight all!

7 years ago today...

Seven years ago today I fell in love with the most wonderful man God could have ever placed in my path. Sometimes I wish that I could go back to the high school days of being in love when relationships didn't require any type of responsibility and the only think I had to worry about was if Andy was going to call me or not. As I think of the long journey that our relationship has been through I have MANY fond memories and I look forward to what the future will bring. More babies hopefully! :0) (No...not just yet though!)

Thank you so much for your helpful comments on the formula issue. I think that I will see what the dr. says tomorrow and at this point I'm not even sure that he would drink milk?! I just don't know. He doesn't really get that much juice but what he does get I might have to take away for a while just to get him to drink his bottle. It's frustrating but hopefully it will get figured out tomorrow. I will post an update for sure...

Andy picked Hudson up from my mom's today because he gets home before me on days that I work. When I pulled into the driveway he and Hudson were in the yard playing on a blanket. It was so cute...once Hudson realized it was me he started crawling around the blanket as fast as he could but he will NOT go off of it and touch the grass for ANYTHING! Isn't that funny? He just started pushing around this little walker toy that helps them learn to walk on their own. It's the cutest thing ever! I will have to post a picture soon. Seeing his chunky little legs try to keep up with the wheels of the walker is so funny!! I'm still not sure I want the day to come where he takes steps on his own though. It will be so sad...I wont have a baby anymore!! What I am most afraid of is that my heart will ache for another baby because I will miss the baby stages but my mind has already decided to wait a couple years. Anyone else feel that way?

Well...I'm gonna go get a shower and it's off to bed early! There's no better feeling! :0)

Not too fond of Mondays...

Looking ahead at my week I can surely say that I am really busy and I'm not really fond of the thought of having somethign to do every day of the week. Hudson has his 9 month appointment on Wednesday and you know what that means! MORE SHOTS! :0( Yuck...

We are also having a little problem drinking formula lately...he doesn't want to drink it!!! Has anyone ever heard of this??? My mom said he would only drink like an ounce at a time and he would NOT drink anymore. He still drinks a 6 oz bottle at night but they say they need 16 ozs in a day and he might get 12 at the most. I'm going to ask the doctor what he thinks but does anyone have any suggestions in the mean time? I think it's because he loves water and juice and he likes his sippy cups but he REFUSES to drink formula from a sippy. He literally gags. I'm not sure if that is drama or what but he really gags! It's kind of funny but it makes me sad thinking that he might not be getting all of the nutrition he needs. I do give him vitamins to help too but I don't know....I'm at a loss! Help!!

I think it SUITS me...

Well...after a crappy day of not feeling well yesterday, I took a cool shower and off we went to go to the mall and get groceries. I purchased this bathingsuit from Lands End(thanks Lisa!) at Sears and I absolutely LOVE it(although it wont look this good on me)!! I got the green mini skirted bottoms instead. I am not sure what kind of little bug I had yesterday but I felt achy and I would break out into sweats every now and then. It is weird. I am also soooooooo tired! I hope this doesn't last because I have to work tomorrow and that will not be fun. Please pray for this to be over and also that Hudson wouldn't get it.

Yesterday while I was taking a nap, Andy was watching Hudson and all I could hear was the sweetest little laugh that I have ever heard in my life! Andy was taking his pacifier and putting it in his mouth and spitting it out. So easily amused! It was so wonderful to know that if I need a break Andy really can handle it. Sometimes we don't give our men enough credit. Or at least I know that I don't.

Our friends brought over their wii today and it is really so much fun to play and good excercise too! My arm is still sore from playing tennis! Something that I would not be very good at in real life but I actually almost beat Andy! (Notice I say almost)

I am still not feeling very good and Hudson is cranky from only getting one nap in today so I think it is early to bed tonight for both of us! I hope everyone has a great day tomorrow!

Two awesome baby food items...

Today I am going to give some credit to two items of baby food that I just completely LOVE!! (pictured above for your viewing pleasure) :0) First the "motts for tots" juice boxes. I belive that I mentioned them before...they are wonderful!! Already diluted juice! What a great idea and Hudson just loves them! Second, the yo baby yogurt. Another one of Hudson's faves! It is great for them and they have added dha and some also have baby cereal mixed in. great for a breakfast item or a snack! Just thought I would give them some credit in my post today :0)

Today I did my sisters' hair for the prom. She is going with a friend to his school prom. It was a lot of fun and it turned out beautifully if I do say so myself :0). I have pictures on my phone but not on my computer...sorry!

We then traveled over the hill to my cousin's sixteenth birthday party. It was a lot of fun. Hudson jumped on the trampoline with daddy and went down the slide. He really just enjoys being outdoors. Then I handed him to nana (his great grandma) and she fed him some ice cream and cake! He always gets fed sweets with her! :0) but i guess that's what nanas are for! I then took my cousin driving for only the second time in her life and she actually did a good job. Luckily she wasn't driving my car. lol. It was still a lot of fun. When I was putting Hudson's pjs on before the ride home I noticed that I forgot socks! Luckily my Aunt Lisa had some left from Macie when she was a baby. Yes...I said she....and yes, Hudson wore pink socks tonight! haha. So funny...I figured I had to blog about it so I can remember to tell him someday! But I reassured him, "ONLY REAL MEN WEAR PINK!" So he wasn't too traumatized. haha. Have a great night everyone!