Week 26: 6/24/12-6/30/12

Sunday, June 24th: Some of the best sleep I've gotten in a while!  Hudson went to bed at 845, slept for 7.5 hours, ate, slept another hour, cuddled with me for another hour, ate, cuddled more, then slept until 730 this morning... feeling refreshed!  Then, I did some retail shopping and got adorable new sneakers for our upcoming DC trip... Ahhhh....

Monday, June 25th: Today was Mimi's first day of classes... or so we thought... I looked at the wrong calendar when I set everything up for her, and it turns out that she's already three days - an entire unit - behind, so we're scrambling to get her caught up so she can start off with the best foot forward.

Tuesday, June 26th: Lunch with the "Neighbors" today - so great to catch up!

Wednesday, June 27th: Editing Mommy's paper tonight and enjoying my first drink in 3+ years... sissy for sure, but tasty (though, honestly, I drank like 4 sips and fell asleep, so I don't think it technically counts)

Thursday, June 28th: BOGO Fraps at all Target Starbucks locations?  Don't mind if I do!  Definitely a great way to beat the heat and energize for super-cleaning!

Friday, June 29th: Country cooking at it's best (worst?) for dinner tonight since I've probably sweated out 20 pounds today... well, not really, but dang, was it good :)

Saturday, June 30th: My family came today to help me get the bedroom painted since the furniture will be coming after our mini vacation and I want everything to be in perfect order.  Daddy re-routed the cable from our bedroom so I can invert the living room, trimmed Bushzilla out of our A/C unit, and was reading to Hudson at naptime... I was really surprised he didn't crash with him.  Then, we got the bedroom wall and entire bathroom painted, lightbulbs evaluated, a course of action for house renovations laid out, Mimi's paper submitted, and it was **finally** time to call it a night! Whew!

Week 25: 6/17/12-6/23/12

Sunday, June 17th: Happy Father's Day! First day without the girls for their 7 week stint this summer, and I wish they were able to be here for their Daddy, but we'll have a great time without them, too.  Lunch/Dinner with my family at Maggiano's to celebrate.  I made bacon, egg, and cheese biscuits for a later dinner, too, but Hudson got ahold of mine...

Monday, June 18th: So I guess my sleep deprivation has gotten so severe that I don't even realize when I'm being woken up.  I was convinced that Hudson slept a full 8 hours last night, and was rocking out the happy dance... until Nate told me that he woke up, I got up and fed him, then he went back to bed, and I was thoroughly out the entire time... thanks for the buzz-kill babe!  Hudson barfed ALL OVER his high chair, and I couldn't get it apart to clean it (thanks, honey, for putting it together, but it's supposed to be collapsable!), so I stuck it in the bathtub full of hot, sudsy water to soak... creative cleaning!

Tuesday, June 19th: Several firsts today: riding in a shopping cart for more than a couple minutes, transferring from carseat to crib (even though I set off the car alarm in the process), splashing in the bathtub, and pulling up to standing including a 90 degree turn (I helped brace his outside leg since it was in the bathtub so he could get the other leg under him, but he understood the mechanics of it).

Wednesday, June 20th: Turns out that the library has cancelled the lap baby story time (I guess because there were only 5 babies when Meagan and I went last), so we crashed the toddler one today... and boy, was it crowded!  Then, when Daddy got home from work, we popped some popcorn and watched Star Wars :)

Thursday, June 21st: Getting a good start on my to-do list today, though I've noticed that it looks like I'm moving in the wrong direction... the living room is in complete shambles, but I'm banishing dust bunnies, steam cleaning everything, and painting the cabinet in the bathroom... this house is going to look SO different come the end of the summer.

Friday, June 22nd: Well, since I needed just a few more minutes of peace, I was cruising youtube for videos Hudson could watch this morning to keep his pacified, and stumbled across the Ice Age Christmas movie... in Russian.  Good thing Hud doesn't really understand what's going on anyways, because it kept him quiet and happy for half an hour!

Saturday, June 23rd: Hudson's first peer birthday party (sorry, Auntie Meg, your birthday doesn't really count since it was a ton of girls and he was only a week old) was today in Raleigh.  Ayden is two and Garret is three!  He didn't do much playing since jump houses are geared towards the bigger kiddos, but he did eat pizza for the first time... and boy, did he enjoy it :)



Week 24: 6/10/12-6/16/12

Sunday, June 10th: Hudson: *fuss fuss fuss*   Me: Want to cuddle?   Hud: Ok!   Me: Boohaha - gotcha! Naptime :-)

Monday, June 11th: Trying to get the girls to clean their room before they leave for Florida... didn't realize it was going to be an ALL DAY affair >.<  Nate got home just in time to get sweet baby kisses before bed.

Tuesday, June 12th: Okay, so I'm totally screwing up the little bit of a routine we had going for us... but how can you say "no" to this? So thankful to my hubby for giving me the opportunity to spent dreary rainy days cuddling and napping on the couch with our little angel. There will be a time for to-do lists later, when he's not interested in snuggling. Until then, I'm going to soak it up!

Wednesday, June 13th: Raleigh day today :) The girls got haircuts (I missed out on my opportunity while visiting our deet-da-deet lender for refinancing documents) and they look FANTABULOUS!
Thursday, June 14th: Happy Flag Day! Today, we've made such progress on the to-do list (since the time when the girls are leaving is growing very short) - the sunroom's actually the right color now :)

Friday, June 15th: Random goings on today... got a new paci for Hud (finally! he likes a particular shape and after the 6 month size, they stop making them in that shape... so i finally found another brand that sticks to it), got the calendar put up on the wall (only 4 1/2 months later!), an unexpected nap with Hudson... in his crib, and a second attempt at feeding Hudson pears-which went well until about 8 hours later when he threw them up... guess he can't eat them :(

Saturday, June 16th: Today, we bought a treadmill... for only $25!! And Hudson has learned to pull himself up on someone's hands. We still do most of the work, but it's just an indication that he's going to be on the go REALLY soon!  Today's the last day with the girls before they head to Florida for the majority of the summer... wonder if Hud will remember Sissies when they get back?  He'll be so different by then, they're going to be suprised!

Week 23: 6/3/12-6/9/12

Sunday, June 3rd: Hudson's newest thing is standing while holding onto something. He's still working on the balance aspect of it (especially since he's constantly wanting to chew on everything), but he's got super strong legs and can stay upright forever!

Monday, June 4th: Happy 1/2 Birthday, Hudson!!

Tuesday, June 5th: I had to get a wisdom tooth pulled today (and I hate the dentist!) so we went to Raleigh so I could get some help with Hudson.  We got a couple different sippy cups for him to try since the one I got yesterday didn't seem to be working out too well, and Hud tried a teething cookie (and got the whole hand-to-mouth thing going really quickly).

Wednesday, June 6th: Spent the night with Mimi & Pop and went to Palsie's Popcorn today.  Hudson LOVED the dill pickle popcorn (only the fluffy ball part on top) - silly baby!  We got Hud's big boy carseat installed and checked by the Wake Forest Police Department... no more switching carseats when we visit Mimi & Pop - and this one's good until he reaches 100 pounds!  Natalie was inducted into Beta Club tonight too!

Thursday, June 7th: Lyssie got a bunch of awards today... on her LAST DAY OF MIDDLE SCHOOL!  Hudson fell asleep on the couch with me today, got a little sweaty-headed, and ended up with a curl-hawk :)

Friday, June 8th: Nom nom nom... looking out the window quickly turned to eating the exersaucer :)

Saturday, June 9th: Picked out my new bedroom set (complete with mattress and bedding) and got to seriously hitting the to-do list hard!