we are still alive

Just letting everyone know we are still alive! We took a trip this weekend to Iowa to visit Papa and Binga and Hudson and I made a long weekend out of it - went up Friday with Jenni and the kids and came back Tuesday. Jamie and Aaron came up late Friday night then left Sunday evening to get back to work.
The trip was good, but really long, and unfortunately, Hudson and Jamie are both sick now. :(

So I'll be back eventually to post some pictures of the trip and keep you updated, but for right now, I am too busy taking care of my sick boys.

all-nighter

Hudson pulled an all-nighter last night, only this is the good kind - he slept till 7 am!!! Yeah!! He woke up at 4 and Jamie was able to just put him back to sleep so I didn't have to get up to feed him and then he didn't wake up again till 7. Then I fed him and he went back to sleep till 8:30. That's the most sleep I've gotten in exactly 4 months and 7 days. It was great!

4 months pictures

I took some pictures of Hudson today to commemorate 4 months. I even got brave enough to take the diaper off for a few - but it went back on really quick, cause he was laying on my favorite wintertime blanket and I didn't want an accident on it! You can see all the pictures on the slideshow to the right...

4 months

Hudson was 4 months old on Wednesday - I know parents always say it, but you don't understand till you have your own, but I can't believe how fast he is growing up! We took him in for his 4 month check up yesterday. He weighs 14 lbs 15 oz and is 25 3/8 inches long. That puts him in the 55th percentile for weight and 75th for height - so looks like he might be tall! Jamie is proud!

The doctor said his head was a little flat on the right side. I'm not surprised since he likes to only look to the right! I try to always put his head at the opposite end of the bed every night, but since he just likes to look to the right, not look at anything specific in the room, that doesn't work. The doctor said those helmets that some kids have to wear to reshape their heads cost $2500-$3000 and insurance won't cover them because they are considered cosmetic. So we'll watch it now and not let it get that far! His isn't very bad so he just said to try to get him to lay the other way. So I am having to actually turn his head so he's looking to the left when he's sleeping - without waking him up when I do it, which can be tricky!

His lungs sounded fine (He's still been kind of rattly from the cough he had) and they retested his hearing and he passed that fine. They told us at the hospital to bring him back in after a few months to retest, (He passed the test at the hospital but because of the family history they recommended retesting when he was a little older). So I was worrying about that so I'm relieved that he passed this test fine too.

So all in all, he's a happy, healthy growing boy!

feeling neglected

Zeus and Athena have been feeling pretty neglected since Hudson was born. I am getting better about remembering to feed them (it was pretty bad at the beginning, luckily Jamie was around to remember) but they still don't get as much attention as they were used to. The other day I found Athena like this - I think maybe she thought if she acted like a baby I would pay more attention to her! Luckily Zeus hasn't tried this- he would break all of Hudson's chairs! Athena sleeps in this chair most of the time now, evidently it's much more comfortable than her own bed!

look alike?

Notice a resemblance? And no, we didn't put Hudson in a dress!

This is me at 5 months.

This is me at 2 months.

Laughter

Hudson started giggling and laughing last week and it's too cute. Jamie was kissing on his tummy and neck and he was screeching with laughter, so I had to get it on video.

Hudson isn't feeling too well today, so no laughter - hardly even smiles today. Not sure what it is - Binga thinks he might be teething so I froze his teething ring and gave it to him. He seemed to like it a little bit, but since he has that thing about plastic/rubber in his mouth- won't take a bottle or pacifier- he wasn't real sure about it. He seems to be over the congestion from his cold, still has a little bit of a cough though. And I thought maybe his tummy was bothering him cause we went out to eat last night and I tried some new food at a new restaurant here - but I stayed away from the dairy, so not sure if it's that either. It would be a whole lot easier if he could just tell me what hurts! Mostly he just wants to be held today - so I finally was able to put him down a little bit ago and he stayed asleep, so I am taking a few minutes for myself. We'll see how long that lasts!

UPDATE: Before I could even get this posted he woke up from his nap. He smiled at me 3 times before he remembered he wasn't feeling well and started crying again. But the good news is he is now (2 hours after I started this post) feeling good because he dirtied his diaper and that seemed to make all the difference. Either that or he knows Daddy will be home soon!