taxes

Well, I don't really have a whole lot to say - except my dad and I are buried in taxes! Yuck!! We are working on them every afternoon (and yes, I just finished working on them now) - well, mostly him cause I am usually entertaining Hudson or putting him down for a nap - but we are making progress. We'll see if we make it without filing an extension!

Hudson is doing good. He has really started cruising around from different objects - like couch to chair to walker, etc. He has also started bending down to pick things up off the floor, which is cute. Today he was trying to reach his socks but he just couldn't quite make it! He is doing better about the "mommy hold me" all the time thing. He will at least play in the same room I am in now instead of me having to hold him - some of the time anyway. He is also doing much better with his sleeping. I think we might actually have the morning nap down but he is still fighting the afternoon one. He sleeps for 2-3 hours most mornings now, but I am still lucky to get 30-45 minutes in the afternoon. But the morning one is soooo long and soooo nice!

He will not eat anything but meat now, it seems like. And of course, sweet potatoes. But I am pretty sure too many sweet potatoes gives him gas, so I am trying to hold back on those. He won't even eat his pancakes anymore!! I made a new patch on Sunday and he took one bite and turned his nose up too them. he has also figured out that he can feed Zeus and Athena and he loves doing that. Today we were having banana bread for a snack and I tried to feed him on the floor in the office while we were working. Having him at the same level as the dogs was a mistake! He would take one bite, then let Zeus lick the next bite out of his hand, then he'd take a bite and back and forth...gross! He probably ate more dog slobber than banana bread!

Valentine's Dinner

Instead of fighting the crowds last night I decided to make a special dinner for our Valentine's. I saw on Rachael Ray's "30 Minute Meals" this week a recipe for Three Mushroom Rigatoni - and since Jamie and I both like mushrooms, I thought I would give it a try. It did take less than 30 minutes and it was pretty good. Jamie didn't ask for seconds, or want leftovers today, so I don't think he cared for it too much. He said it was good, but not his favorite. Oh well!

Three Mushroom Rotini (coudn't find whole wheat rigatoni at the store, so we switched).

Hudson's Valentine dinner

And you have to have something chocolate on Valentine's. I ate most of them!

oranges

Hudson loves to eat oranges! As you can see... Now he drops all his food on the floor instead of eating it, so it's already not as cute as it was last week!

And yes, Zeus ate all the oranges off the floor!

fun game

Hudson's favorite thing to do in his highchair (besides stuffing food in his mouth!) is to drop everything on the floor. This morning he shared his banana with Athena but she wasn't too interested in it.

3rd times a charm!

Hudson did very good eating his rice cereal last night. He would open his mouth and let me put the spoon in and didn't make such awful faces like he did the first 2 nights.

If you look real close in the bottom left of the screen you'll notice Zeus sitting beside his chair hoping for a few drops! Some day Zeus!

Feed Me - Part 2

I'm happy to report that Hudson was a little more willing to try the cereal last night. He still didn't like it but I think he might have actually swallowed a little bit of it. He opened his mouth and let us put the spoon in the first couple times, but he still made a face like it was the grossest thing he has ever tasted. Well, I guess for him it is since he has never had anything else but breastmilk. :)

After a few bites he was more interested in holding the cup and chewing on it instead...

Feed Me!

We decided to go ahead and start Hudson on some rice cereal even though it's a little early. He has been having a hard time sleeping still this week so we are hoping having a little more food in his tummy will make a difference. I doubt it will help tonight since he didn't get much in his mouth, let alone his tummy!


Jamie was using the video camera so I shot this video with the digital camera towards the end of the feeding. He was already getting a little frustrated with the whole thing by this point. He didn't like the cereal too much - he kept shivering like it was a gross taste (the same as he does when we give him his vitamins). We'll keep at it - he can't just have Mommy's milk forever!