The Lady Killer

Everywhere I go Hudson is ooood and awed over, I thought every baby got this but am noticing he gets an exceptional amount of attention. I even caught a teenage boy taking a picture of him with his phone today, what the heck. Lucky for him it was in a setting I couldn't confront him. Yesterday a friend and I were at the Dodo and our waitress totally offered baby sitting services and spent a good 15 mins telling me why she was a great baby sitter and starring at and talking to Hudson. Hudson has his dad's ridiculously long eye lashes and big blue twinkly eyes so I don't really blame people. Plus he loves to stare at people and figure them out and is a great smiler, he was born a smiling social butterfly. His number one nickname given to him by women we don't know is Lady Killer, the women who give this to him always call every other lady in the vicinity to come look at this baby.

Which digresses me to a funny story, we went to the Greek festivele last weekend, TJ met us there. On the way back to my car some hobo starts talking me telling me he just got out of the Navy Seals yesterday, 1st clue he's a lying hobo, long hair, second big belly which I stared at so obviously that he started telling me how he ate too many Indian Tacos, 3rd clue he looks blind in one eye, anyway Hudson looks at him and back at me and back and forth again and again till Hobo man asked where his dad was and I said just over there and booked it across the street as the light changed. I really might start carrying a Ruger sheez. On my way accross the street I saw a couple who had just been married in the temple sigh I just stared back at them remembering that feeling and loving the way they were looking at eachother. This probably gave Taco Hobo man a big head but it was worth staring at!

Tomorrow Hudson will be 11 weeks and he is almost 15 pounds, that's like the size of a 6 month old or something sheez he is a big boy but he is long too so he looks like a really old baby that can't move as smoothly as he should.

Spiders and Fevers

So last night I was feeling feverish, I took my temp and it was 95.7, I was chilled and it was a cheap thermometer so I didn't think much of it. I took an IB profin and went to sleep. At about 4 :30 am I fed Hudson, when I see a spider crawling across our bed. I scream, TJ thinks Hudson is dead, I jump up on our bed, Hudson laughs, TJ kills spider. I took another IB profin in the morning and took Hudson to my work to meet everyone, he loved it. Then it went down hill, I started feeling week and hungry, I got a McDonalds salad mainly because that is the only place on the way home. My fever skyrocketed. I took a Tylenol and turned the space heater on and put on all my warm clothes. I called my mom crying, it was really hard to take care of Hudson. Hudson ran out of diapers so I ran to the store and bought a temporal thermometer. Hudson was fine, mom was at a 103.7 and rising. Finally I called my Dr and we realized I had a breast infection, it crossed my mind, but I had one before and didn't have a fever. So some more IB profin and penicillin later and I'm feeling much better.

I'm a good wife!

So today for young womens the activity was glow in the dark volleyball, super fun, this is at least the 2nd year of it, everyone loves it. However after two narrow misses to sleeping Hudson, I decided to walk around out in the halls. The high-counsel room doors were open, I could hear voices but pretty sure they were in the room next door. So I peeked in and there were TJ's missing scriptures that he left during the baby blessing and had been MIA for almost a month.

Next TJ gave me the go ahead to buy fall boots, I've been looking for the perfect boot for at least 3 seasons, and unwilling to pay a high price. So I searched and searched and searched some more, expecting to spend at least $100. Finally I found a pair for $50 including shipping, and they look perfect!!! I found them on this website 6pm.com and since I've already ordered them I am happy to share my good fortune.

See I'm a good wife!

Bear Lake II

All Summer Fall (whatever season it is) I have been dreaming about Bear Lake, we went last year around this time. So when our friends Scott and Mandy invited us up to a luxury home cabin, we were thrilled. So we packed ourselves up and enjoyed feeding Hudson all day the warm water and sunshine.
My favorite part of the whole trip would have to be the paddle board and the relay. Winners won shakes on us. Anyway it was to canoe out to the water trampoline (where TJ broke his paddle and still managed to torpedo us through the water so fast the front of the canoe where I sat was in the air), jump on the trampoline which I managed to get stuck on the side of (TJ used his brute man strength to heave me up on the trampoline), jump off the floating tube, get on the paddle board, paddle around a buoy and back to the trampoline where I started to climb up the ladder this time TJ shoved me into the ladder where I got tangled instead of on top of the trampoline and laughed so hard I couldn't move. Needless to say TJ hauling me around as his dead weight landed us in 3rd place.

Such a great group up there. Since I spent a lot of time with Hudson and Mandy, Scott's wife is pregnant and tired it was nice for them to have each other to play with that's them on the paddle board together. I love hanging out with Jenny, Cameron, Mandy and Scott. We met a new couple too, Wendy and Justin, Justin and TJ discovered they have the exact same birthday morning year and everything, so fun.

Bathtime

So today I woke up to actually shower and head over to a mommy group with a couple friends from the good old state of Colorado. Funny thing another one of our friends from Colorado decided to pop in town on business for the day. So I dragged her childless self to the mommy group, we had so much fun I neglected to take any pictures. Maybe it will happen again someday...
Hudson got his shots yesterday and was pretty cranky today, however he really enjoyed his bath, Hudson always loves himself some bathtime, he even sunk in deeper today on his own, I didn't catch his really great smiles he was giving me, he always gets distracted by the camera but these are pretty cute.

I cropped the 1st one because posting someones privates on the internet is well kind of racy. The second picture little man was starving, apparently when I went to young women's I put my phone on silent which also turned off the vibrate so TJ was alone with a Hungry Hungry Hudson, I thought he was asleep and my phone never vibrated whoops.

One other random thought, TJ was asking if he could borrow my volumes of journals I've kept since I was able to write to show the seminary kids. I was pretty hesitant but I guess if it inspires kids to keep their own journals, why not. Now my guilty confession, since we've been married I write like once a month, so dear blog please don't go anywhere you are the record of my life, that and all the ramblings I tell TJ every night.

I'm on a streak!!!

Today my Chunky Monkey had his 2 month appointment. Hudson weighed in at 13 pounds 12 ounces and is 24 1/2" long, the Dr told me he is about the size of an average 4 month old. I asked him all my questions about green poop, oozing belly buttons, and such and he laughed and said, your son is growing really well, he is happy, and alert, I wouldn't loose sleep. I feel he is totally healthy but I just want to run these things by the Dr I've never been a mom before. The rest of the day was spent getting ready for the Benefit Bash for Brian. It turned out amazing, I was over the Baked Goods, I've never seen so many treats disappear so fast! I've also never seen so many people for a cause for a family member of mine. Wow, we have great friends!
PS my little guy is growing so fast, he is constantly in awe of all the world around him, as he checks out all the pictures on our walls I can tell his vision is focusing better.

Death Cab for Cutie - Codes and Keys (Full Album)

Today consisted of an early morning interview which I thoroughly enjoyed, reviewing this album and deciding I mush have it:


lots of these smiles:




It's fun to see how much he is observing everything around him from the camera to all the pictures in our home. He'll look at the pictures I hung above his crib and smile. Today his giggle was more defined but I didn't get it on camera sorry folks, I was too busy enjoying it.


and grocery shopping.
Oh yes I started reading this book:

so far it's a really good read and true!
Well to bed I go I'm starting to feel like that lady in proverbs who goes to bed after everyone and wakes up before them just to get things done, not that I can live up to the gal but I just get that whole being up when everyone is asleep to get everything done now.