Saturday, January 10, 2009

feeling better

Hudson is finally feeling better - he has actually played pretty good all week, just been fussy at night and nap time - which isn't too unusual for him :) He finally started eating a little bit of food yesterday again too, so that's good. He's been getting up 3 times at night again, which is because of both being sick and not eating good so he's hungry. So hopefully that will get better as he starts filling his tummy more. We'll see. His sleeping has actually been better as far as rocking him to sleep and putting him down, he usually stays/goes right to sleep instead of the crying fits we had been having. So we'll see how long that lasts. Hopefully it's here to stay. It's much nicer than listening to him cry for hours at night! I have officially decided that he just isn't a long napper - 30 minutes max - that is all he does. He has been waking up pretty grumpy the last week too, but that could be contributed to being sick. Plus on top of everything else he might be teething. No teeth peeking through yet, but he is still drooling a lot. Last week I was contributing that to his stuffy nose and cold, but it is still hanging around so maybe it's more than that. We'll see if we see any white in the next few weeks maybe!
We started Hudson on some finger foods this week. He loves to pick them up and is getting really good at using his fingertips but so far doesn't put them in his mough. Which is weird considering he puts everything else in his mouth that he can get his hands on! He loves playing with all the toys he got for Christmas too. I am amazed watching him because he has gotten much better picking things up and using his hands - and he loves standing/walking behind his walkers. No crawling yet but he does stay on his hands and knees for a little bit before getting mad and rolling over. Not long enough to do any moving yet though!

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Before I was a Mom


Before I was a Mom

Before I was a Mom I slept as late as I wanted and never worried about how late I got into bed. I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.
Before I was a Mom I cleaned my house each day. I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby. I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
Before I was a Mom I had never been puked on. Pooped on. Spit on. Chewed on. Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts..... I slept all night.
Before I was a Mom I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests. Or give shots. I never looked into teary eyes and cried. I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin. I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.
Before I was a Mom I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down. I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt. I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much. I never knew that I could love someone so much. I never knew I would love being a Mom.
Before I was a Mom I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body. I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby. I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child. I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.
Before I was a Mom I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay. I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

trip to the doctor

Well, when we got home Sunday night, Hudson was inconsolable all night and Monday morning so we took him in to the doctor on Monday afternoon. His cold and cough seemed to be getting better but he was the fussiest he had been so far so I thought there must be something else we weren't seeing. She said he had an ear infection in both ears - no wonder he didn't sleep the night before! I had a lot of ear infections when I was younger - and still have them sometimes - so I know how miserable that is. So we got him some meds and went home and took a nap and he woke up an hour later throwing up. So on top of everything else he also has the stomach flu! My poor baby. He threw up for about 5 hours and hasn't since then, but he started having diarrhea this morning as well. But hopefully the worst has passed.

Just thought I'd share the pics of Hudson at the doctor yesterday - does this look like a boy with a cold, a cough, double ear infection and the stomach flu?!?!?!















Monday, January 5, 2009

family pics

While we were in Iowa, since this was the first time all 6 grandkids had been together we wanted to take them to get their picture taken. Boy was that a lot of work! See for yourself:





































Thursday, January 1, 2009

Christmas program

Our first annual kids Christmas program...


Stinemetz Christmas

Every year we gather out in Burdett/Hanston, Kansas for the big family Christmas. This was a fun time for Hudson to meet and play with all of his cousins...

The dinnertable at the Christmas dinner. We had 45 people there this year, which is a record.

Hudson playing with his cousin Addison.


Cousin Addison giving Hudson a kiss...









Playing with Cousin Hunter...




The Christmas program...every year we sing carols and read the story of Jesus' birth. This is hte first (since I've been attending anyway) that we have done by candlelight. Hudson loved it - I think he is going to be a pyromaniac...he loves looking at fire!






The picture frame all the grandkids gave Grandma and Grandpa. It has all the grandkids and great grandkids pictures and Bible verses in it.

Christmas Day

Hudson and Jamie waiting for Santa to come....

Jamie took the bow off his head pretty quickly!

Yeah! I'm so excited for my shopping cart!


















My family goes to the movies on Christmas Day, so we decided to try it out with Hudson this year. Before the movie started he sat in the chair all by himself and played. Then he slept through all but the last 30 minutes of the movie. A motorcycle race at the end scared him cause it was loud, but other than that he did really good.





We had the family over to try out our new basement after the movie - a little family game of Twister. I didn't last too long! Getting too old!