6 months

I forgot last night to mention Hudson turned 6 months yesterday!!! It was a beautiful December day in the high 50's. He gave me a gift he slept through the entire night without a feeding! He woke up at 7 sharp cooing, when I got out of bed to get him he was laying on his tummy facing us (we have one LOONNG bedroom) and started to make excited noises, it was so cute!! He really is the best! We try to keep him on his schedule but when we stray he is still the happiest little guy.

He's still only around 19 pounds hehe which is about the size of a 9 month old and he is completely proportionate, head, weight and length. He is fun to do just about anything with! He made a great travel buddy to Glenwood Springs, I only had to sit in back with him once and sing Christmas songs till he dozed off. He laughs and smiles all the time, sometimes I wonder if it's too much, like wonder if he has angelman syndrome or something, but he is doing phenomenal on his development. He babbles and he can move around on the floor about 3 feet with rolling and scooting etc. He just went down for a nap and is even giggling in his sleep. When he laughs really hard he makes the best noise I'll have to post it.

He is really easy going, he will start to choke on his saliva or hand and then smile, while I am freaking out. His favorite toys are his mini football and all his development toys like the exersaucer and stuff I don't know the name of. My mom handed down a big Tonka jeep to us at Christmas and he loves that, I thought he would be too young for it, but he reached for it and moves it just a little bit, I also found him abandoning all his other toys the other day and trying with all his might to army crawl about 5 ft to it, he made it about 3 and then I distracted him. Sometimes I will turn my back and he is laying in a completely different spot and direction when I turn back around a minute later, I really wish I could see how he does this! He does really well with other little ones, he loves watching the older ones and learning from them, he always pulls out new tricks when he has spent time with older kids, he also loves holding other little ones hands and we thought it was so sweet but now we realize he is always trying to put their hands in his mouth, still makes for good photo opps.

Hudson has taken to solids like a pro, he loves his rice cereal and his green vegis, he would always make this face like this is disgusting but then gobble them down, I started with peas because he chowed down on some of my split pea soup a couple months back, peas do seem to be his favorite. He likes his fruit too, he doesn't make the this is disgusting face but doesn't seem to enjoy them quite as much as his vegis, I would say he loved peas and squash, and has been all right with apples and green beans. Today is carrots! I got lazy and started mixing his rice cereal with formula instead of breastmilk because it's only a couple tablespoons but he has started getting gassy and spitting up a lot (which he had only done 4 times before ever) so I am going to go back, there is cow's milk in that stuff, which I think is wild, I can't drink milk so I'm not going to make him.

Hudson has made me a better person, I really love his joyful spirit, now I really have to think to get mad or frustrated, he has taught me to just be happy and chill, and I love having that joyful feeling in our home at all times. With this whole moving to Glenwood process I've rarely worried or stressed out, which is pretty miraculous for me, although when people ask me when I'm leaving I am a little short-fused I still don't know but sometime in the next 7 days as TJ start work the 9th out there. We are just waiting for our new landlord to give us a date. Our rent is up here on the 5th I think I need to check on that. Well back to packing, I just had to spill out all my love for this little guy!

My life in boxes!

So it's official we are moving to Glenwood Springs, CO. We found out yesterday, today we got qualified for the condo we will be living in, and I basically pack, take care of Hudson, eat, wash dishes repeat, plus I try to get out of the house a little each day.
Here are some highlights of our life as of late.
I always forget blogger loads pics backwards so it goes most recent to oldest. Starting with Hudson's vintage find from DI, he wore it to the Adult Connolly Christmas Party. Next up we have, the morning after Christmas lovin' with Dad. Then you will see Hudson was really only interested in his cousin Vince's toy and the wrapping paper, his presents seemed to bore him as caught in one of the pics. On Christmas Eve, which also happens to be my due date, like when I was supposed to be born, clearly not Hudson's, we celebrated my birthday with my family. Hudson also majorly scored at the Connolly Cousin Party, he got to meet another Santa, one that looked strangely like his dad's cousin, he also got this cute stuffed Woody doll, I keep trying to convince him he likes him, he has managed to poke his eyes, suck his nose and bang him into the bars of his crib.

Merry Christmas and in case you haven't heard we had a baby!

3 years, yep 3, we are practically old timers here, haha, LIFE IS GOOD with the light and love of TJ Connolly by my side and in my heart!

One day I will find you!

Once upon a time in the summer of 2009 I tried to register for an online biochemistry class, due to already having a degree I couldn't register right away, but it was the last class I needed for my prerequisites for the masters program I hoped to apply for. . The class was full and I kindly emailed the professor to be added, he replied back no, I persisted on for about 3 more emails to no avail. I remember feeling pretty negative feelings towards the guy actually. The professor was located in Glenwood Springs, CO. Fast forward 2 1/2 years, TJ says he is taking a job out there. I say "I'm going to find that teacher!". About 2 months after that we are in Glenwood Springs, attending church, a man comes up to us and kindly invites us over for dinner. We chat and chat, I find he is a professor, a science professor, an online biochem professor, for the U, I grab TJ and introduce him, we all have a good laugh and he apologizes and explains he was paid by class not student and it was overbooked etc. We enjoyed lunch and a tour of their neighborhood which they tried to sell us on. They are a great family and he reminds us of TJs older brother. He found me haha!

A day in the life of Hudson and Mommy(me)

6:20 I hear Hudson, maybe he'll go back to bed, nope
6:40 feed Hudson
7 go for a run while TJ gets ready for work
7:30 eat breakfast and feed Hudson rice cereal
8 Hudson takes a nap, I make baklava and cookies
11 I know I'm lucky Hudson wakes up we party like there is no tomorrow, read, eat, roll on the floor, etc, while Hudson feels the need to always be with me, I placed him in his bouncer, he rolls over in his bouncer, that's a new one
1pm nap, I try to fix a flat tire on his stroller
2pm Hudson rolls around to get toys back to front, front to back, toys are boring, he eyes the fishing poles and rolls around then his all consumingness of the fishing poll starts to frustrate him, feed him some pees, he loves the Earths Best peas, spits out the Gerber peas, I smell them, they do smell different
4pm nap while I try to catch up on the mess of a home we've created throughout the day
5 wake up run to mom connollys, stub my toe, nope pretty sure I broke my toe
6pm head home, TJ is home, pop Hudson in the bath
7pm should be Hudson's bedtime but he is wide awake smiling and laughing,

I ask TJ "does every baby do this?" put Hudson on the floor put toy in front of him out of reach, he holds his chest and hands up off floor really high and swims with back legs then some how gets to the lion, I'm not really sure how he does it, it's like swimming on the carpet, TJ " I don't know" we marvel over his strength, then as if to show off he gets on his hands on his knees "woa" I say "that's a new one" we marvel some more
finally he seems a little tired I put him down to sleep, he gets a little mad flips over and goes to sleep
7:40 I run to a friends baby shower
9:30 I jam out to Pear Jam singing with all the passion of my 13 year old self that used to LOVE that song
10pm pull in, oh yes I am a mom and wife, weird
10:30 pm take care of responsible grown up stuff
11pm blog/bed!
pictures of this amazing day to follow!