Oh me Oh my!

What a week it has been ALREADY and it's just Wednesday! This past weekend Hudson and I had a play date with Macie & Parker, mommies Megan & Jodi. Hud was a little fussy. One I had to wake him from a nap right before so we wouldn't be late, two, it was early signs of him getting the dreaded RSV virus =(
He had a small cough right when we got back from California. Cody & I both figured it was just him adjusting to the different weather. He never ran a temp and never acted like he felt bad. Come Monday, Gram called and said he would NOT nap and wasn't hungry. That is not at all like my child. He loves sleep and LOVES to eat. I called Dr. Reese and made an appointment. When I got to Gram's he looked so exhasted and so so very sick. All he wanted to do was fall asleep on my shoulder. When we got to the pedi's office, she checked his ears and said they were pretty red, checked his throat, and did the most unbearable (but nessacary) thing ever...stuck a small stick like thing up his nose and made him scream like crazy!! She then took the stick like thing and tested it for RSV. Here I was crying because my baby is in pain thinking there was no way he had RSV. Only babies in daycare get RSV right??! NO. She said the results were very faint but he indeed had it. Luckily we caught it early and didn't have to go to the hospital like so many poor little babies. Rushed to HEB to fill his perscritption and took him home to give him some serious TLC<3

We were in for a very long night! My mom came over for a while and stayed with us. Cody was on shift and was very worried. I knew I couldn't handle this all by myself so he said he was headed home. Thank goodness. We did the whole shift change thing. He slept that night while I was up with Hudson ALL night. He slept maybe a total of 2 hours in 15 min. interavals and just felt horrible. UGH. I just wanted to take it all away and make him feel better. Cody took over the morning shift and I got a few hours of sleep in. Enough to function any way. I could definetly tell he felt better that day. He actually took a 2 1/2 nap, ate more, laughed and played & his fever broke!! Today he seems so much better. Now only if I could get the coughing and wheezing to go away. Not to mention the snow day we got yesterday!!! Snowed 4-5 inches in some places and work was closed!!! Our weather is so crazy.

Parker, Macie & Hudson

Sick lil bebe =(

Laughter is the best medicine! Feeling better

Home Sweet Home

What an amazing trip we had! Hudson did so well on the plane ride to Houston and then to California. I at least thought he would sleep the majority of the 3 hour flight to LAX, but NO. He finally passed out about 15 minutes before we landed. We ended up at LAX at 9:00pm (11:00) Texas time. 4 hours, mind you, after his normal bed time. We then had a 45 min drive to Palmdale. He slept maybe 20 min of that. Got him to Dad's and put him in his jammies and he fell fast asleep. Slept through the night only waking at 5:00am (7:00) Texas time. I gave him a bottle, back in bed with us and he was out for another 2 hours!! We then packed a car load for our 3 hour ride to Mammoth. What amazing scenery. We passed trough the Sierra Nevada's

the Mohave Dessert

and stayed at an amazing cabin

The mountain was so unbelievably beautiful the day we skiied/snowboarded

Hudson loved the snow. We took a few pictures outside the cabin on our last day there and everytime he got close to it, he stuck his hand out and pulled it back super fast because it was so cold.

Flying with an infant scared me to death. I didn't want to be one of those parents whos kid was screaming bloody murder. I was afraid his ears would hurt and he'd throw a fit but he was an angel!!! The altitude didn't seem to mess with his ears one bit. I'm so glad Cody was there to help, I couldn't have done it without him. We traveled with a few babies on the plane back home from LAX to Houston. A 4 day old little girl. She slept the whole way but goodness, that couldn't have been a good idea.

My lil traveling man. First plane ride @ 5 months. Following in Mama's footsteps. (I flew to Canada when I was just 3 months)

This was also Hud's first Valentine's Day. He spent the whole day on a plane but had the biggest grin..

melts my heart<3

T-Minus 2 days!

VIVA CALIFORNIA! We are so excited to be leaving on a jet plane to California. But I haven't even started to pack. Hopefully I can get that knocked out tonight. I had all weekend but put it off.
Friday, met up with the girls and had a quick dinner at Rosa's then headed to see Dear John. Crazy how different the movie was from the book. The movie was good, don't get me wrong, but it was really different from the book and  I have to say the book was alot better! (Usually it is isn't it?) Saturday just hung out and ran some errands. Sunday, Cody was off shift and started his vacation!!! We went to church ran around town and I got my Valentine's present early!!! Open heart earrings to match my necklace Cody got me for Mother's Day!!!

My earrings

Hudson is 23 weeks and growing like a weed! He's so precious. Smiles all around. he's still sleeping through the night, usually a good 12 hours!! Holding his own bottle (when he wants to) rolling over and he just started this squealing thing. It's cute now but I'm sure it'll get old ;-)

He plays in his crib and let's us know he's awake by making a high pitch squeal. He makes the funniest facial expressions. I have a few videos I am wanting to upload but can't find out where the icon is??? HELP!

He watched some of the SuperBowl with us last night and cheered on the Saints.

Playing with daddy's phone.

Does any one else's baby have an obsession with the t.v. remote?? Everytime he sees it, he goes crazy and reaches for it. If you try to hide it, he follows it and makes a face if he can't see it. Silly boy<3

Last I heard my dad was snowed in in D.C. He travels alot for business and with the crazy weather D.C. has had, the airports are shut down due to weather! So hopefully it clears up so he can fly to L.A!!

Keep us in your prayers as we travel tomorrow. (Hope Hudson does ok on the plane)

=)

California Dreamin

I sent off our massive box yesterday to my dad. $57 later....I figured we would have been better off packing & paying for extra luggage. Well, not really. It was a large box packed with everything that we would need though. A carseat base, all of our ski/snowboard gear, extra blankets for Hud, diapers, wipes, you name it, it was jammed into that box! Traveling with an infant is going to be interesting. Lord be with us. I'm just so nervous about the time change. Cali is two hours behind Texas and Hudson is on a pretty strict schedule. I just hope he does well on the plane & adjusts to the time. We are there for 5 days!!! I'm so excited to go back to Mammoth!!! They have the best mountains and snow in the WORLD! (Well I've only been to Ruidoso, so that's not saying much) But it's beautiful. I went Spring Break in '07 with my dad. We had the most amazing cabin. We ate at delishious resteraunts and I snowboarded my booty off.

Dad & I. Mammoth '07

Can't wait for Hudson & Cody to see the amazing scenery.

CALIFORNIA HERE WE COME!!