Hudson's 1/2 Birthday

Our week to host the "scool friends' playdate" happened to fall on Hudson's 1/2 Birthday.  He had been asking when his birthday was & when he could have a party.  Add to that Mommy's guilt from not having a party this year & we end up with a 1/2 Birthday celebration!

We hosted at our pool with balloons & cupcakes!  We even sang!!

Hudson's chooses a mini-cupcake

Carson

Gavin

Hudson's "girlfriend" Olivia

Ryan loved hanging out with Grant

Memorial Day 2010

Yep - you read that correctly!  I'm finally updating the blog & we're starting where we left off!!

MEMORIAL DAY at Lake Martin

We spent Memorial Day with some wonderful friends we haven't seen in quite a while, the Graves'.  It was a pretty low-key weekend so they felt like they could bring the FOUR kiddos down for some swimming and "butts!"  The Kelly's also joined us - Grammy & Granddaddy McKee made their famous "butts" - Linda & Joel Amos came - the neighbors even popped over!!

The water was still a little chilly & it rained off and on, but there was plenty of fishing to do and food to eat!!

chilly water

fishing with Grammy

the "triplets" - Adam & Eli Graves & Tate Kelly {born 12 days apart}

Grant's 1st boat ride

Hudson Reeling in His First Fish

Hudson's 1st Fish

:: 4 months old ::

First, I am a terrible blogger!  Hopefully someone out there is still reading our little family blog!  Maybe one of these days things won't be so crazy, and I can update more often with all of the fun things we've been doing {my peeps with 3 kiddos deserve some sort of daily award}!

For now, I hope you enjoy the update & some pictures of our little G-Funk!  He is officially 4 months old!  I was looking back at Hudson's pictures & they seem so much alike but yet, so different. It is all flying by too quickly! Check out these pics...

Hudson - 3 months old

Grant - 4 months old

We made it to our 4 month check-up today.  Here are the stats - 45th percentile for height, weight & head - quite the symmetrical babe:

24.5 inches

13 pounds, 8 ounces

{He's grown 4 inches and gained 5 pounds since birth}

He's eating every 4 hours {around 8, 12, 4, & 8}, 6 ounces {+ 1 T of rice cereal in the bottle}.  I know, I know - no cereal in the bottle - it is mainly for his reflux.  In the next couple of weeks, we'll be moving 1/2 of his cereal to spoon/bowl!  Fun, Fun!!! As of Sunday, his is an all formula man.  I really wanted to go longer but it's over - this has been one of my hardest adjustment so far.  Don't know exactly why it hit me so hard, but I've finally come to terms with it.

G sleeps about 12 hours at night & is pretty much at 2 naps/day.  Poor little thing - his morning nap is not always the greatest {taking Hudson to school/running errands} - but for the last couple of weeks, I have had BOTH boys asleep in the afternoon for at least 1-2 hours!!  Woo Hoo!!!  He also takes a 30 minute catnap around 6:30ish to make it to his last bottle.

Like Hudson, he still loves his swaddle!  And I'm not budging - Hudson was in his until 7 or 8 months!  If he's swaddled, he sleeps - and mommy & daddy are happy!! :-)

Until next time...

who doesn't love a little baby booty!! :-)

Faves

I know - I've barely been blogging about those precious boys of mine, and now I'm only finding time to talk about my Mommy Favorites!  Oh, the insanity! My friend April inspired me to finally finish this post! I can barely stand myself - Spring is here and it makes me HAPPY, so I'm going to share!

Bella Terra Exfoliating Gel - {disclaimer: I DID NOT pay that much for it!! You all know I'm too frugal!}  I'm even considering starting to use their mineral foundation.  And I L-O-V-E my bare minerals, but their foundation actually does feel better AND it doesn't need a mineral veil over it! Hmmm...I'll let you know!

Picasa - since I am "frugal," I, of course, like free!  But I love my pictures.  I found the free download of Picasa {from Google} and love it! Since I take so many pictures, the editing of them can get crazy out of control!  {With the amount of time I spend editing, sometimes I can feel Kevin cringe when I whip out the camera & computer.}  I have a fear that any other software might keep me from eating or sleeping!

And since I do love eating!!!  It has been hard giving up my goodies to get this baby weight off!  I'm trying to stay on track with all the awesome Special K eats!  My favorites are the Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein bars, Vanilla Cereal bars & my new fave, Strawberry Fruit Crisps {but I can't find them ANYWHERE for the last 3 weeks in Atlanta - Argh!}

To go along with the Special K eats, 'sweet' Julian has been motivating me {as in Julian Michaels from Biggest Loser}!  Not necessarily a "favorite thing" but it is definitely helping to get me moving to enjoy everything else!  I broke out the 30 day Shred DVD about 5 weeks ago - I started out strong {6 days/week} but have slacked to about 4 days/week.  I've been taking pictures each week but don't expect to see anything, any time soon!  {Maybe by my 30th bday in June - I'll feel good enough to show the metemorphosis}!! I have noticed a difference but I've still got many inches to go!

                                            

Some of my other favorites!!

Sony D-SLR

Bare Minerals Moisturizer

Swaddle Blankets - A LIFE saver

Cherry Coke

Margaritas - another LIFE saver!

And how could I not include some of the beautiful things in my life this Spring...

I love my Dogwood tree!

And my precious boys {even a sneak peek of the Beas}

And this handsome fella! {Dreaming of the golf course}

:: the first of many ::

This IS the first big urgent care trip, but I'm sure it won't be the last with 2 little boys! 

{For my records really}...We had to eat dinner "outside" last night.  Hudson wanted to eat dinner in the garage where Daddy's car is supposed to be {Daddy was out of town}.  So I set up a little table and our beach chairs - I skipped the tablecloth and candles - as we listened to the workers replacing our neighbors roof! Just lovely.  We devoured our dinners as Hudson had a big day at school, play time on the playground after school, NO NAP, running in the backyard for the afternoon - we were both starving!  I began cleaning up while Hudson played. 
He came in to tell me his finger hurt - but no tears, no big bangs heard.  I finished then got ready to give Grant a bath.  Hudson wanted to help - like always - so I put some soap in his little hand.  He started rubbing his hands together and SOBBING!  Screaming his finger hurt.  I finished with Grant and started poking around on his hand.  I could tell exactly where it hurt, due to his face, and the fact that he kept saying - "Mommy, it hurts, it hurts!"  Oh, it just broke my heart.
Good thing we have 2 pediatricians in our neighborhood - one just had twins, so I called the other!  She looked at it & thought because of the swelling, I should take him in, so she called us in to Children's Hospital Urgent Care.  We arrive - Hudson crying {more b/c he didn't want to go to the doctor}, Grant screaming {b/c he's now starving}, and a Mommy looking just lovely from a very hot, outside day!  Meanwhile, Daddy is in the air - no clue what is going on!
The hardest two parts of all 1) was trying to explain to the nurses and doctor that I, the mommy, had NO clue how this happened and 2) I couldn't stand with Hudson during the x-rays b/c I was holding Grant. He did so well though & followed directions so the tech was done very quickly.

The Drama :: telling a little boy who won't even wear a Spiderman band-aid, that he needs to wear a splint on his finger with {gasp} tape!

The Result :: No broken bones, possibly just a sprain.

I did finally get something out of Hudson - acting as though he is falling, he said he went "Whoa, whoa, Kaboom!"  I guess I'll never really know!

12 weeks...

84 days...2,016 hours..old!

It seems like yesterday, but looking back, I barely remember life without him!  He is such a sweetie - until he gets hungry!  When he's ready to eat, he.is.ready.to.eat!

Last week - 11 weeks old - he weighed 12 lb, 8 oz!!  Chunky.Monkey!

He's sleeping 10-12 hours at night {finally} and naps off and on during the day.  I would LOVE to have him on a better "day" schedule, but such is the life of kiddo #2.

He loves watching his brother - he eats ~ 6 oz, 4x/day - he spits up A LOT - he kicks and smiles on the bouncer - he's starting to love bath time - he has the biggest, brightest smile - he likes to growl & have you growl back at him!

Enjoy our impromtu 12 week pics!

Happy 7 Year Itch!

**Updated**
April 5!! 

I can't believe Husband and I have been married for SEVEN years!  At times, it seems like yesterday and at others, it seems amazing that we have been in our house for seven years, that sweet Beasley is seven, and that we have been blessed with TWO beautiful, perfect, healthy children!

Grandpa and Omi came over last night to babysit our little men...I don't know who was more tired at the end of the night - Hudson & Grant or Grandpa & Omi!!  They had such fun together.  Kevin and I kept things casual and simple this year - we headed to PURE Taqueria for some crab fritters, tacos and margaritas!  {Kevin and I have a dream to open one of these in downtown Opelika one day!  Anyone want to do some "investing" - give us a call!}  Since we were stuffed, Kevin had a special request - to go to "Golfer's Heaven!"  I gave Kevin a new Driver {ps...I didn't pay that price for it! Ha!} as his gift!  He wanted to see all that was out there, so we decided to hit with a few others!  I think going to the PGA Store was an even better gift than the actual Driver.  He had so much fun!  And I was pretty impressed by the store too!  After our trip, we indulged in THE best dessert - Krispy Kreme! Enough said!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY SCHMOOPY!!