The TERRIBLE Two's...

Yeah...I have heard this phrase a million times and the moment Hudson turned two I thought to myself, "this isn't so bad." Well no one told me this phase could come at any random time in the entire second year!! WE HAVE BEEN HIT! lol.

I woke up this morning to a child who REFUSES to sit on the toilet...he wants to stand like daddy. Well I vowed to myself that I would have a whole lot less of a mess if he learned sitting down. Anyways that was just the beginning...he takes his pajamas and throws them down the laundry shoot which was exactly what I had planned to put back on him because he is wearing big boy underware and messes are just easier to deal with in pajamas that already need to be washed anyway. So...I get him dressed and the fit throwing starts (I swear he is worse than a girl!) "I DONT WANT THESE PANTS" "I DONT WANT TO WEAR THIS" I got him dressed, sat him down and said "mommy ALWAYS picks out your clothes and that's it...deal with it" So we head downstairs and I say "Hudson, what would you like for breakfast? Yogurt, cereal, waffels, eggs, etc." He said "MAC N' CHEESE!!" I say "No...that's for lunch silly!" To which he replies "POPSICLES!" and of course my response is "We can't have popsicles for breakfast!" And again...THE FIT STARTS!!! Right on the floor of the kitchen. By this time I have had enough so to the "naughty step" he goes and after refusing to sit there, a spanking and ugh...its just been an awful morning. Definitely not a good start to a day. So here i sit...ignoring him like a child and just typing away! He is yelling from the living room "MOMMY!!! I WANT TO WATCH A MOVIE!!!!!!!" from the top of his lungs. Since day one i have always had a pet peeve about kids saying "i want, i want, i want" so every time he says this I reply, "NO, we don't say I want...what do you say?" and he says "Can I...." Well I'm pretty sure that wont fly today! lol. Ugh...I just hope he gets it all out of his system before his brother comes. I can't handle it!

Any suggestions? :0)

HUDSON RIDES HIS BIKE!

Hudson has learned to ride his bike that he got for Christmas all by himself!!! I am so proud of him and you could really tell that he was proud of himself as well! I guess being cooped in for days wasn't really that bad after all! Hudson takled riding his bike and succeded! I guess it is a very big milestone for a boy to learn how to ride a bike. Although I don't really get it...I could tell by Andy's smile and excitement that this was something HUGE! So I had to put a video up to show everyone! I hope you enjoy it!

Other good news...the cold is just a cold and we are now on the mend of this virus for sure! I will write more later! I'm off to make dinner for friends! :0)

Through sickness and health...

These past couple days we have been so cooped up in the house!!! Hudson came down with a fever of about 104 degrees on Tuesday morning and has pretty much been down and out ever since! On Wednesday we took him to the doctors to make sure that the fever was not a result of an infection of some kind and were relieved to find out that it actually was just a virus. Relieved at first...then I realized that this was something that we had to endure. He acted okay today with maybe one or two bouts of fever but I think we are slowly on the mend.

There is also a stomach bug going around of which my in-laws and some cheerleaders have all been slammed with. Hopefully we steer clear of that one! I can't imagine being 7 1/2 months pregnant with that bug! So basically we have been hermits for the past few days aside from the one doctor visit. In a way...it has been really nice. I have been able to take naps everyday and go to bed as a family, early! Hopefully just getting ample sleep will help me ward off this virus!

My baby inside me, still unnamed for definite is VERY active! It is making me wonder if he will ever sleep once he gets outside the womb! Hudson was such a good sleeper and I have heard many times your second baby will be the opposite. Oh well...what can you do?! I am really getting anxious to meet him, I really can't wait! I just hope I can handle two! I am the type of person who puts a lot of pressure on myself to do everything right and handle everything myself just to prove I can. A bit of a perfectionist you might say...and that's not always a good thing.

Anyways...we are all in bed together and I am getting yelled at to turn off the laptop! lol. Hopefully this will be the last night of monitoring fevers. I don't think I can do it one more night! I wish everyone reading this nothing but HEALTH!!!