Missing Aunt Christin

Hudson and Mommy are sad because Aunt CJ left for college last weekend and we miss her!

But we are excited to get to go see all of her volleyball games this year. Hudson and Garret even have matching Tiger t-shirts for the games - go Tigers!

playing hooky

So we had our roughest night as of yet last night. Hudson did not feel well and didn't fall asleep till after 3 am - then woke up at 4 and 6 to eat, like normal. He nursed from 9 pm - 2 am. Everytime he'd fall asleep I would put him down and he would wake up screaming and crying - so we just kept nursing. Needless to say, I didn't get much sleep last night.
So he was still being pretty fussy this morning so I cancelled my dentist appointment - not that I was really looking forward to it anyway :). But I did disappoint GiGi who thought she was finally going to get to babysit.
But of course, at the time when I should have been at my appointment, guess who was feeling just fine?!?!

So I also got up the nerve to take his temperature myself today - and guess what he did to me? I won't describe it in too much detail, but I am sure you can imagine!!! (See my post from yesterday if you don't know what I'm talking about!) But his temp was only 99.2.

sick :(

Well, our boy has caught his first cold. He was very fussy on Friday and Saturday he was all stuffed up and running a fever. Luckily for me, Jamie has been home to help me take care of him. He really has been pretty good - just prefers to be held instead of sitting or laying down. His fever was 100.5 last night, but today it's back to normal and he doesn't seem as stuffed up, so hopefully the worst has passed. Jamie made me take his temperature rectally so that I would know how, because he says that is the most accurate way to do it. It seemed to bother me more than it did Hudson!

naptime

How do you make something so cute take a nap!?!?!?

I know it's dark (it was naptime after all) - but you can kind of see and hear him smiling and laughing at me while I am trying to get him to go to sleep. This was about 20 minutes ago, and he's not sleeping yet!

kisses

The first thing I thought of when I saw this picture was "How long do I have before Hudson gets big enough to start being embarassed of his mommy's kisses and he'll start making that face for real?" I can't believe how fast he is growing already, and its only been 3.5 months. Now he is grabbing for everything you put in front of him and if he manages to get his hands on it, it goes straight to his mouth! I have this odd sense of pride when I look down at him in his stroller and realize he has pulled the blanket up over his face while he's chewing on it - my boy is getting so big and strong! So I am sure one day he will really be embarassed of his mommy kisses, but for now, I'll just relish the moments and keep on with my self-imposed quota of at least 100 kisses a day!

Fingers

Hudson discovered his fingers over the weekend. He has been trying to suck on his hands for several weeks now, but can now put only one finger in and then he "goes to town" on it!

Go Browns!!

Jamie and Hudson watched the Browns play Monday Night Football last night. They wore their Browns gear for good luck - too bad it didn't help!