Who me?

This morning when we woke up, we were looking at Hudson's new Cars book with a slide camcorder thing that came with it. It projects pictures on the wall from the stories in the book. There was a picture of Doc Hudson. So I told Hudson to say Doc Hudson. I said, "Say Doc" and he says "Doc." Then I said, "Say Hudson." He says "ME!!"

Merry Christmas (just a little late)

Hope you all had a great Christmas! We had a blast in Mississippi and Tennessee. Now, we are enjoying the warm 75ish weather in Texas. I needed a break from the cold that is for sure! We are having a great time and hope you are too! There will definitely be more posts with pictures coming....

Halfway done!!

So I really couldn't help posting about Mike being halfway done with law school. He finished up his last final of the semester today. YAY! I am so excited! Other than that, blog worthy things have been at an all time low lately. Seriously, can you tell? Mike, Hudson and I have had the whole cold/sore throat thing going around so we haven't been a whole lot of fun lately. But we are all starting to feel better so hopefully things will change. I feel fun things coming our way with the Christmas vacation officially being kicked off today with a very much needed family nap. That might not sound like "fun" things but when you are as tired as we all were, it was very much needed at least! Oh, and I still haven't taken pictures of our stockings I made at the beginning of November so maybe I can get those posted. So now I am rambling. Mike, we are so proud of you! Way to stick it out and still take unbelievably great care of us! You are halfway done!! Congrats!

Snow, Snow, Snow

It is snowing!! We were under a winter advisory watch last night so I kept checking out the window during my nightly trips to the bathroom...but no snow! I was kind of sad for some reason. I don't really even like snow or cold weather so I don't know why I wanted it to snow. But I guess it just helps with the holiday season.

Huds and I have had a few lazy days at home trying not to be too bothersome to Mike while he gets ready for finals. Unfortunately, I think I am having a hard time not bugging him so I hope he still does well this semester! He starts finals today and will finish up next Wednesday with his last one. Good luck Mike!! I think I might actually be more excited for them to be over than he is. I am so sick of them already!

Still not feeling that great and to be honest, none of the meds are working that well this time. The days are easier to manage than the nights which means I pretty much just lay on the couch the whole time Mike is here. He is so good to take care of everything for me. I couldn't do it without him!

Hudson is in such a climbing mode. He is always on the couch and anything else he can climb on. Yesterday I came downstairs to him being on the arm of the couch after he dumped over a glass of water he was trying to get to. Not too happy about that one. I had to move the end table and dry all the toys and everything else off. What a stinker! It is fun to watch him explore things though. He is still obsessed with the moon and always yells out moon. He wants to go see it all day long. He also got at least one of his bottom pointer teeth in so that has made his life and ours a lot sweeter! He was having a few rough nights sleeping so it is nice to be back to normal.

Oh, and thank you for all of the comments on the last post. We are so excited to have another baby!

WAHHOOOO!!!

I was going to wait to announce it but since I have been MIA lately, I didn't want people to get the wrong impression or think I was a bad friend. Just been feeling rather GREEN....here is to hoping it passes quickly!

What a guy!

Today it is a good thing I love my little guy:

• He has been testing out our toothpaste today by eating it.
• He dumped a full glass of water all over a bunch of stuff in my bedroom (of course, it ruined a few magazines and made me dump a bunch of stuff off the dresser in the process of cleaning up too!) and then walked around with wet socks to make sure he got the whole room covered in little wet footprints.
• My front room is a mess with toys, books and random scraps of paper all over it courtesy of Hud-man.
• In the time it took me to type this, he managed to find pretty much every bottle I had packed away and is carrying them all around the house.
  

This has just been the last hour or so....gotta love being a mom!

25 Days til Christmas

I cannot believe that we are already on the countdown for Christmas! 25 days left??!! I kept thinking oh, I have a few weeks left before I need to even worry about gifts. And now I am thinking...ah, I have to mail them soon or they won't make it in time!! (Well maybe I still have a few more days but for a non-procrastinator type like myself it feels like crunch time!)

I am so excited for Christmas this year. I know Hudson will be even more fun than he was last year. I can't wait to see him open all of his gifts!

Anyway, last year I told Mike I thought we should start some sort of tradition of something special we do for either the 25 day countdown or the 12 days of Christmas countdown. I guess I better get on it if I am going to do 25 days. Any special traditions you have?? I always love to hear fun new tradition ideas.

Oh, and we are also on the countdown for the end of the semester...which means we will be officially half-way done with law school. It is exciting and sad all at the same time!

A Gingerbread Constructor

Hudson and I took part in the "Gingerbread Homes for the Holidays". They had a room full of Gingerbread houses. These are some of the BEST I have ever seen. I couldn't believe the creativity that people had. I took a bunch of pictures so we can reuse some of the ideas when we make our own as part of our family tradition of making them.
This one was one of my faves mainly because of the sports theme. It was an completely decked out baseball field complete with a catcher's net, scoreboard and players. It was so cute!
This was my favorite one of just a traditional style gingerbread house. If you looked closely into the windows, you could actually see a tree with presents wrapped and some treats on a plate for Santa! It was very well done!This was probably my third favorite. Reminds me of a Hawaiian Christmas. I thought the spaghetti noodles for the roof was just ingenious!! What a cute house!Hudson was definitely not fooled. He was all for wanting to swipe some of that candy up and eat it! Luckily, I kept him out of reach of it all!This was a cute picture of Hudson and his buddy, Cruiz, holding hands. They are so cute together. They even gave each other a hug and a kiss. What sweet boys!!Now some of Hudson in action. If you look closely, you can see all of the frosting around Hudson's mouth. He was more for eating that participating in the construction! Luckily, I did get one great shot of Hudson actually helping with his house. What a pro! Looks like he will be enjoying this tradition for years to come!!

Potty Stickers

So this is the beginning of a very long era I am sure! But I had to note that Hudson went on the potty today for the first time. Every other time he would just go sit on it but today he actually went. I know, am I seriously writing about going pee? Yep, because my day consistently is spent changing diapers and I have refrained so many times of discussing colossal poops on here. Besides, we have all been there anyway!! But now that there might be a light at the end of the Hudson-in-Diapers-Tunnel then I have to rant about his first time on the potty. He was so happy about his potty sticker too! I really am not even training him right now. Just if he asks to go on it, then I put him on it. Maybe one of these days I will get serious about it and tackle it head on but then again, maybe not. Any suggestions of what worked for you??

At the Big Screen

I don't know about you guys, but I really liked Twilight ~ the movie. The beginning started out with a little bit of so-so acting but after they got into the story, I really liked it! By the end, I was ready to see the next one....which we all know there will definitely be another one. Oh, and the guy that plays Edward, really grew on me by the end of the movie.

It's going to be cold....

Hudson was just trying to show Uncle Matty what he might have in store for him on his mission to Ukraine. But then we looked up where he will be and realized the weather is actually not that bad. But, I still couldn't resist posting pictures of Hudson in my hat.

Testing it out

So Hudson has been using the potty sign language for the last 2 or 3 months whenever he goes to the bathroom. This has always been kind of good because at least he is recognizing the signs. I think we are all for getting out of diapers as quickly as possible. On Saturday, he told me he wanted to go in the potty two times that day. Did he actually go? Nah, but at least he wants to. So we decided we would buy him his own potty in the hopes that maybe if he is familiar enough with it, he will feel comfortable and maybe take the plunge sooner than later. If not, at least we are well prepared!

Oh, so even though Huds didn't test it out the conventional way. He was definitely testing it out other ways:

Last of KC

Here are the last pictures of when we were in Kansas City with my mom. I have been so lazy about downloading the pictures off of our camera but tonight, I finally got the motivation! We had such a great time with my mom here. The only bad part was that it went too fast!! We can't wait until more of our family comes to visit! (a not so subtle....hint hint)They have this huge train track with an elaborate city set up at Union Station for the holidays.I loved this art on the buildings. I love it when cities have things like this!

30 it is!

So I have read The Guardian and Message in a Bottle by Nicholas Sparks; Comfort and Joy and The Things we Do for Love by Kristin Hannah; Picture Perfect and Plain Truth by Jodi Picoult. Just had to update my list because I haven't been blogging a ton lately about books and I forgot to update this. I can officially say I have hit 30 books for the year so far....not too bad considering I took off 4 months from reading. I am definitely on a reading kick lately. A few friends here have been too and we keep swapping author recommendations and library books. It is fun to have people to discuss books with!

Family Photos

After we took pics of Super Hudson, it was just too beautiful not to go back and take some shots of the family. These are only a few of them. I am saving my favorites for the Christmas card...

Halloween Happenings

Halloween was beautiful weather here. It was pretty warm. After we had a Super Hudson photo shoot, we took Hudson to the Malloween (aka store trick or treating at the mall). He had a good time watching all the kids and even said trick or treat by the end of it. Then he went trick or treating to a few houses in our neighborhood. He had a great time. There was a really sweet older lady that just loved Hudson.After that, he was pretty much worn out. The rest of us celebrated with the old rendition of the movie, Clue. It is a pretty funny movie.

Super Hudson

Because it was such beautiful Fall weather on Halloween, and there wasn't a ton to do during the day...we decided to go take some more shots of Huds in his Superhero costume. This has got to be the best Super Hudson I have ever seen!And just a few more of my favorites:

Where a kid can be a kid

Grandma came for a full week to utterly spoil this little man. And SPOIL she did!This was right up Hudson's alley. Whack those letters and numbers!Gotta ride in the car with Chuck E. He was enjoying driving the car too.Instead of the yucky balls to crawl around in, they have this great slide/play area for toddlers. Hudson was loving it!That face is priceless. He has the most expressive face. It is hilarious to watch!
Look at that huge grin. This was one of his favorite rides. I think he could have rode it all night!

Two kids at heart. Man, I love skeeball!

A little timid at first about Chuck E. but he warmed up to him. Hudson absolutely adores his Grandma. He prefers her above Mike and even above me most of the time. Glad to see where his loyalties are!

Our quick project

We weren't planning on any sewing projects but what would a week with my mom be like without one? So here is what we ended up making:And for those of you who asked, here are two pictures of the baby blessing dress I made for a friend. These pictures aren't the best but you get the idea. She looked beautiful in it.By the way, this is my 500th post. WOW! Didn't realize I posted that much!!