All by HIMSELF!

Yesterday 1/28/2001 Hudson sat up by himself! We've been working on this off and on for about a month. He's been doing pretty well. He's pretty "top heavy" and always leans forward. But yesterday was the longest he has sat up. And it was all by himself. My baby is getting too big TOO fast...

Sitting up!! 1/28/2010

Oh and I had to share this one...

Crack Kills baby boy!

(Please excuse the pink princess blanket)

2009..

1.What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? Had a baby

2. Did you keep your New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year? Never have made a resolution

3. Did anyone close to you give birth? 2009 was the year of the baby!! I had a ton of friends give birth

4. Did anyone close to you die? sadly, yes

5. What places did you visit? California, places all over Texas

6. What would you like to have in 2010 that you lacked in 2009? Energy!!! I remember being so tired while I was pregnant

7. What dates from 2009 will remain etched upon your memory, and why? Aug. 31st - HRQ entered our life<3

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year? Hudson

9. What was your biggest failure? ????

10. Did you suffer illness or injury? nope

11. What was the best thing you bought? we didn't buy it but received it as a gift and it's a God sent...graco sweetpeace swing for Hud

12. Whose behavior merited celebration? My mother's. She's my inspiration

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed? a certain someone

14. Where did most of your money go? baby stuff...

15. What did you get really, really, really excited about? That our baby was healthy and that we had scheduled an induction

16. What song will always remind you of 2009? My Son, Brandon Rhyder

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:a) happier or sadder? Happier b) thinner or fatter?
HAPPIER, we have a new blessing in our life & thinner. Although I hadn't gained any weight from pregnancy yet

18. What do you wish you’d done more of? giving the Lord his praise

19. What do you wish you’d done less of? stressing

20. How did you spend Christmas in 2009? Family Christmas at our house, traveled to see Cody's family and spent Christmas night with my fam

21. Did you fall in love in 2009? MADLY!!! My son is my world & seeing Cody be such a wonderful father made me love him even more

22. What was your favorite TV program? Grey's, Operation Repo, Whale Wars, GMA

23. What did you do for your birthday in 2009? Dad and Jill came in and we had a nice fancy dinner at Wall Street w/ my fave boys

24. What was the best book you read? A Marriage on the Rock -Jimmy Evans

25. What did you want and get? A baby!

26. What did you want and not get? my life is truly blessed

27. What was your favorite film of this year? Blind Side

28. Did you make some new friends this year? Yes

29.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying? My year was pretty satisfying ;-)

30. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2009? Anything light, loose and comfy

31. What kept you sane? Having a great support system, lots of family around to help us with Hudson, prayer

32. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most? fancy?? really

33. What political issue stirred you the most? politics, shmolotics..blah

34. Who did you miss? my girlfriends

35. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2009. Live.Learn.Pray! Have no regrets and hand your troubles over the the Lord

May God Bless & Keep You Always

What a wonderful weekend. Friday night Cody was on shift so Hudson & I spent some time playing together and watching movies. Saturday we woke up early and lounged around the house. I took him to Mia's so I could get some things done for Chrissie's baby shower. We hosted it at the Hilton in the Parlor room. it was a great turn out and Chrissie loved it. Waiting on baby Spencer to get here on February 24th!! Busy Busy. I also got a chance to catch up with the girls. I love getting to see them and catching up on their lives. With everyone's hectic schedule lately, we hardly get a chance to see each other.

                The hostesses at the shower. Me, laural, Em, Erin, Chrissie, Shannon & Becca

                       This is what I came across walking into the living room on Friday before work.....

He has managed to push himself up and almost out of his sweetpeace swing! Scared me to death. I'll have to start strapping him in.

Sunday we went to church & invited Morgan. She really enjoyed it and is going to start going on a regular basis. I feel so accomplished when I know I had a small hand in leading someone closer to the Lord<><

After, we met Cody's mom at Red Lobster and stuffed ourselves silly. I love that place! From there on out we lounged around the house and watched the football game. I really was pulling for the Viking's because I wanted to see FAVRE go to the Superbowl...but the Saint's deserve the win.

My baby boy is almost 5 months!!!! Where does the time go???

Today also starts day 1 of packing for CALIFORNIA! I am trying to get all of our warm clothes and ski attire shipped to Dad before we leave so we have less to worry about. Can't wait to get away with my boys and enjoy the mountains & snow<3

=)

By the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I labourned more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

1 Corinthians 15:10

Mama & her boy

How I love thee

My heart grows everyday for a certain handsome, giggly, precious baby boy! He is the most amazing miracle and I thank the good Lord every day for blessing Cody & I with such a sweet bundle of JOY!

My lil cowboy!

He's 4 months but has an attitude like a 15 year old. Cracks me up

Time with daddy. I love his rolls<3

 Hudson seems to be getting over his little cough. Last night he did NOT want to sleep. I put him in every position imaginable, rocked him, sang to him, nothing worked. What a perfect quote I found this morning...

"Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible!" AMEN

(2 cups of coffee help too)

Busy weekend ahead. Birthdays, baby showers, church, family & friends!

We booked our CALI trip and boy am I nervous. I have never traveled with a baby before. A 4 hour plane ride with a 5 month old. eeeeek

and a 3 hour ride to Mammoth to snowboard. Lord give me strength. We head out Feb.9 - Feb 14. Thank goodness Monday is a holiday, we'll have a day to rest.

Any mommies have tips for traveling shoot 'em my way.

xoxo have a blessed weekend

YOWZA

So this past weekend Cody & I joined some friends at the Kermit Sand hills for a little 4 wheeling action. Troy bought a new Polaris Razor and for some odd reason let me drive it. I had so much fuuun. We met up with about 10 other guys, some from BSFD that ride all the time. We left Midland around 10:00 and when we got to Kermit it was freeeeezing!! There was still snow on the dunes from the previous day. It was gorgeous though. I drove around a little while the guys changed their tires to get the hang of the razor. Thank goodness that thing has seat belts. I really didn't mean to get all crazy, but the boys were jumping jumps and I decided I could....and boy did I. I watched Hale's video that he took and I got some sweet air and almost bought a very expensive toy and ate some Kermit sand. I think I peed my pants a little after that jump ;-)
Anywho, after a long day at the dunes we headed to Andrews for world famous Buddy's steakfingers..yum-o.

Hudson got his 4 month shots last Wednesday and he do so great. He got a little fussy after the last shot but I held him for a bit and put him in his carseat and he fell fast asleep. He such a big boy.

-He weighs 17lbs 2oz

-His height is 26 1/4

-His head is measuring 17 1/4

Dr. Reese said we could start him on solids, veggies first. He loves it all. Thank goodness we don't have a picky eater.

I think he may be getting a little cold. He's coughing every now and then and sounds a little congested..ughhh. Calling the pedi today, hopefully it's nothing =)

He loves green beans!

Handsomeness

Cody had a busy night on shift Sunday. He had a pretty bad fire that started in the kitchen and caught the porch on fire. The dryer had caught on fire.

After putting the fire out. Thanks for the pic Birdie (don't mind the date)

Pirates, Applesauce and a 4 month old

What a wonderful way to bring in the New Year! (Even though I am by far NOT a Tech fan) We got word that a friend of ours had extra Alamo Bowl tickets. Cody being the Red Raider fan that he is jumped at the opportunity to buy the tickets! We booked a hotel and asked another couple to join us! We had a low key New Year's Eve and were in bed by 10:30..so relaxing. We left early that Friday morning and headed to San Antonio, which is easily becoming a favorite vacation spot of mine. Friday we hit up the River Walk and went to a bar called Howl At The Moon! SUPER FUN. They had dueling piano players and we won a private party for 100. I have never seen so much black white and red in my life. The game was actually pretty fun. We had good seats and it was great to see Cody so happy. This was his first Tech game and it happened to be a bowl game.

We were on the upper level right on the 30 yard line

The Alamo

Baby boy has started easting some solid foods. He loves bananas and applesauce!!

Applesauce

My precious baby boy turned 4 months on New Years Eve

I can't believe it...

We have our 4 month shots tomorrow and I am NOT looking forward to it. But as well as he did with his 2 month shots, I'm hoping for the best.

At 4 months:

*Hudson is holding his own bottle for about 15 seconds

*Rolling over

*Eating solid foods

*Has two teeth

*Sleeping through the night

*Almost sitting up by himself <3