Our Memorial Day weekend was really great. Taylor got back from a 6 day trip to California on Friday so we were more than ready to spend a great weekend together.
Potato superheroes?
The largest Pringle which contains nearly a thousand calories.
Potato mashers for days.
On Saturday we decided to venture down to Blackfoot to go the the potato museum. It was...interesting. It wasn't what we expected at all, but it was kind of cool to look at everything that they had.
This little boy and family of mine <3
We decided to visit the zoo on Monday. We have lived in Idaho Falls for two years and figured that it was about time we went. Hudson was on his best behavior the whole time and loved looking at everything.
We then went and visited the field of a thousand flags. I don't care how young Hudson is I feel that he still needs to know what this holiday is truly about. Sure he has no clue what those flags meant, but one day he will so why not start showing him them now?
And two more picture because my baby is the cutest :)
So we kind of spontaneously decided to rip up the carpet in our house and have hardwood floors instead. Best decision we have made when it comes to improving this house!
The carpet was older, grungy, a seam was coming undone in two different places, and it just smelled not so nice. There was so much odor stuck in the carpet that our house just didn't smell like us when you walked in the door.
We bought a used shampooer off of a Facebook sale page and that was a mistake. Because of the previous owner of the shampooer it ended up making our carpets smell worse, not better. And that was the last straw.
We cut one of the seams to check the wood underneath, and it looked pretty good so bye bye carpet! We spent the next two hours pulling the hundreds of staple up that held in the padding. Thank goodness that siblings just happened to be over for the weekend. Sheldon, Rebekah, and cousin Craig were huge helps.
We swept and swept and scrubbed on our hands and knees and were left with a mostly gorgeous hard wood floor.
Before
Before&After :) :) :)
After :) :) :)
I am in love with the finished product.
Now I know what some of you are thinking, Why would you get rid of carpet when you have a young child? Do you expect him to only play on the area rug?
My answer is no we don't expect him to stay on the rug only. He can go wherever he wants in the house. I grew up in a house that had hardwood floors, and I survived. I know, I know, it's a miracle that I survived hardwood floors as a baby. The floors are way cleaner then they were when it was carpeted so really we are doing him a favor.
-He is usually up twice a night, but he no longer gets his pacifier whatsoever at night.
-Still goes down at 8 some nights it is more like 7:30 depending on how tired he is. He gets up early when I have class, but other days he sleeps in until 8:30.
-We stopped swaddling him just after he was 4 months old and haven't looked back. We figured that he was sleeping so poorly anyway that getting rid of the swaddle couldn't make it any worse.
-teething is so fun... In the words of Taylor, "Why is teething even a thing?"
-He has got two "tooth buds" in the words of his doctor. Or more easily explained two little white spots, one of his bottom right and one on his top left.
-His fist or our fingers is his favorite teether
-Size 2 diapers during the day. Size 3 at night.
-Mostly 3-6 month clothes with a few 0-3 months mixed in.
-Hates rice cereal. We thought he wasn't ready for solids, but we think that he just hated the taste so I doubt we will ever bother giving it to him again.
-Does really well with baby food. (We're hoping to start him on baby led weaning soon)
-Likes bananas, carrots, avocados, peas, and an apple and banana blend. Which is all of the food other than rice cereal that we have tried so far.
-Baby food for a late dinner between 7 and 7:30 and sometimes for lunch.
-Figured out how to jump in his jumparoo.
-Plays with toys all the time.
-Loves to be thrown up in the air.
-Works hard on his hand eye coordination.
-Grabs at my laptop when I am trying to get homework done.
-Getting dressed after a bath is his least favorite time of the day. He has no problem getting out and dried off, but getting dressed is a whole different story.
-He has gotten a lot faster at rolling over.
-Started rolling over while in his crib. For the first month of his rolling over he didn't do it in his crib, but that has definitely changed.
-Sleeps on his stomach. It took him a couple of days to be comfortable sleeping on his stomach, but now he seems to prefer it.
-Has the cutest fuzzy hair.
-Loves his Aunt Rebekah. He seems to laugh more for her than anyone else.
-Babysat by his Aunt Rebekah 3 days a week while I am in class.
-We have started buckling him into his swing now because he is a crazy child. He spends his time in it trying to roll out rather than sleeping if he is't buckled in.
-He has figured out how to really push up on things(car seat, swing) with his feet and arch his back when he does't want to be put in them.
The bond between this boy and his father is the greatest.
One day while out and about he just started chomping on the antenna.
He continued to do it for like 2 minutes content as could be.
Trying rice cereal for the first time
He will jump for a few seconds and then just hang out for a few minutes
Hanging out on the floor sitting during the primary lesson
His four month check up was 8 days into this month so I'll include it here. We saw a different doctor this time and I really liked him. He gave us the okay to start solids and even encouraged it. Hudson was 25 and 3/4 inches-70th percentile and 14 pounds 11 ounces- 30th percentile. He did better with his shots this time and actually calmed down after them. He even calmed down and was okay enough that I was able to run to Walmart real quick right after his appointment.
Hudson got his first sunburn. we went out for a walk one evening and when we got home we went into the backyard to weed and take care of our garden. It wasn't that sunny out and we hadn't planned on staying outside so it was a bit of a surprise when we noticed the top of his head being fairly red later that evening and when he woke up the next morning.
Since he wasn't swaddled anymore and he was becoming more reliable on his pacifier to fall asleep than we wanted him to be it seemed like the perfect time to let him cry it out a bit and figure out how to self soothe better. Let me tell you I am so happy that we did. He started to sleep so much better once he figured out how to fall asleep on his own. He is back to waking up only once or twice a night which has been a huge improvement. We feed him a bottle and put him in his crib awake, and let him do his thing. Some nights he lays there and talks to himself for a few minutes while other nights he goes right to sleep. Some nights he cries longer than others and some nights he doesn't cry at all, but he is usually asleep in 15 minutes or less. One night I put him down, he cried for 5 minutes and then spent the next 45 minutes just hanging out before he fell asleep.
Our bishop at church commented that Hudson is the happiest baby that he has ever seen. The boy loves to smile what can we say? :)
And ever since our bishop made that comment just about everyone that Hudson meets comments about how smiley he is.
Every month I think that I am going to have less pictures to include in his monthly update, but here I am with a ton of pictures once again.
Little tooth bud that has been there for weeks now
Terribly quality, but I cant help but smile as I watch these two play together from across the room.
&He loves when he get to ride in the shopping carts.
This bottle with handles has been one of the best baby purchases that we have made.
It allows him to hold the bottle easier than his regular bottles.
&yay for shopping cart germs
He was not too impressed that we woke him up early to get free breakfast at Chik-fil-a.
Ignoring dad's attempts to play
First time trying rice cereal
&We often find him with crossed ankles.
When daddy is a tractor mechanic you wear tractor onsies.
&I brought Hudson in to bed after he woke up and left him to go to the bathroom.
Coming back to this was the sweetest thing.
Just your average game of 'how many toys can we pile on Hudson before he does something about it'
&Hudson was fussy in church until Taylor started putting his feet to his face.
Like father like son. Taylor sleeps with his face covered and Hudson occasionally does too.
Seriously though. I moved the blanket down in the middle of his nap, and he moved it back
Mother's day card/craft he did with his babysitter(Aunt Rebekah)
Playing with his toys while half rolled over
Driving grandpa's truck
&The cutest pea covered baby I ever did see.
My smiley boy
& proud that he was able to get the plastic that was near his play mat
Comparing faces
Loves his toes
I left him sitting up on the couch while I made him a bottle.
I returned to find him laying like that.
(Note to self don't leave Hudson alone on the couch anymore)
Last mother day I was 4, maybe 5, weeks pregnant. That makes this my first real Mother's Day. Truthfully it felt like any other day, especially since we weren't at our own house or in our own ward, but it was still pretty great.
This little boy is my favorite ever <3
We stayed the night at my in laws Saturday night and went to church with them on Sunday. We got to Skype with Nathan, who is serving a mission in Chile, Sunday afternoon. It was so good to talk with him since we didn't really get to at Christmas.
I adore this family of mine.
Even if this picture kind of sucks thanks to the bright sun and shadows.
Oh how I wish that this picture wasn't blurry because I love that face of his.
I'm so grateful that Hudson has made me a mother. He has shown me a love that I never knew existed before. I love you, baby boy!
All I can seem to throw together these days are Hudson's monthly updates or post that are jumbled together with many of the different things going on in our lives. So here is another quick updates with stories that have waited too long to be shared, and random updates on what is going on in our lives.
Please note how different the spots where the water hit us are. Hello height difference.
So old, but too funny not to scare. I threatened Taylor with April Fool's Day pranks every day for the week leading up to the actual day. I never really had anything planned, but it was fun to make him squirm a little. I put peanut butter under the screen door handle and somehow he grabbed it just right that he didn't grab it. I told him about it after and we both laughed. Well, we had to run to Winco that night so as he was getting changed I ran and put peanut butter under the car door handle. That time I got him good. There might have been a mini victory circle done by me complete with laughter and cheers.
Taylor couldn't let me get away with it without revenge so he plotted his move. There is a hair tie around the sink sprayer that we use when we bathe Hudson. After dinner I went to rinse my plate and put it in the dishwasher when I got sprayed. Of course I panicked and tried using my plate to shield me from the water rather than turning it off right away. Afterwards I found out that Taylor accidentally got himself with his prank. He finished his dinner and washed his plate before me, forgetting that he had tied that sprayer. Somehow he managed to keep quiet when he did it because I had no idea that it happened even though I was sitting on the couch not too far from the sink.
So maybe we aren't the best at pranks. We both had some pretty good laughs, and I'm pretty sure that April Fool's Day kicked our butts.
Whoo sorry that was so long winded.
We bought a grill! We had been using my pink George Foreman from college that could only cook one hamburger at a time so we were dying to get a real grill once we bought a house. Unfortunately, house projects took all of our money and left us broke last summer which meant that we had to wait until this summer to get one. We are kind of in love with it and have probably grilled once a week since getting it.
I've started another semester of school and let me tell you if you think school is hard, try being a full time student with a baby. Either my school work is done and my baby is taken care of or my baby is taken care of and my house is clean. You really can't do all three. Not if you want to get any sleep that is. And with a baby that still doesn't sleep through the night and a class at 7:45 in the morning I'm not getting much sleep anyway.
Ignore the rocks that I threw in it so I could use them to mark plants..
Taylor has the picture of it filled with dirt on his phone and it's raining so I'm not going to go take one.
Just use your imagination to see what it looks like filled with dirt.
We made a raised garden bed this past weekend! The area that we cleared out last year turns out to be far too ridden with weeds. We were told that they're lilacs, but we're not positive since they are still so small. So on a whim we decided to go with plan b and make a raised garden bed instead. 53 dollars later and it is perfect. We got the soil for 10 dollars on craigslist which is a steal since they sell a bag of soil that would hardly have touched the space we needed to fill for 10 dollars. Taylor even let me screw in some screws :) And Hudson chilled in his pack n' play the whole time we worked. He is seriously the chillest baby ever.
Speaking of Hudson, what is a post that doesn't contain a picture of him? He has got the cutest fuzzy hair now and spends his days just cooing away. I adore watching him work on his hand eye coordination as he figures out how to grab toys, and how could I not love him flashing his smile every chance he gets? He spends the days that I'm at school with his Aunt Rebekah, and the rest of his time with Taylor and I. He likes to take awesome naps every once in a while that let me get tons of school work done. Or he sits in my lap and plays with a toy or is mesmerized by my computer screen while I try to get an assignment done.
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