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!!

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