Three Months

Our little monkey is growing so fast...at three months we had definitely graduated out of 0-3 month clothes and began to wear 6 month and 9 month clothes! He began to chunk up as we figured out the allergy issue and has become our happy easy-going baby again.

He has started to really vocalize and began to grasp onto things in the last month. He is becoming much more aware of his surroundings and LOVES to watch his brother. He also will cry if Connor starts to cry. Not sure if he is scared or just commiserating :-)

Hudson finally started vaccinations at three months. Not that we would have allowed shots when he was so sick but his pediatrician said absolutely no way....we LOVE our pediatrician. He also gave us his cell number with instructions to call every two days with a Hudson update during our scare....i digress. When the nurse gave Hudson his shot he looked up at her, his face turned red, and then he relaxed. I thought for sure we would have heard a scream- but that is just how easy going he is. :-)

Now Connor on the other hand, probably scared the snot out of all the kids in the waiting room as he got his MMR shot.

He has developed a fairly regular schedule of napping during the day and sleeping anywhere from a 6 hour chunk to 9 hours at night.

Love my boys!

Tomorrow Hudson turns 4 months so I am trying to squeeze these posts in quickly :0

It will be a big day- we say bye bye to Connor's momo (his binky) with a trip to build a bear (if you hear hysterics in the Tacoma Mall tomorrow don't be alarmed- we are just stuffing his binky inside a bear) and Hudson gets his second shot and 4 month check up.

Stats for three months: 12 pounds 4 ounces (they didn't check his height)

Two Months

Two months had to be one of the saddest and scariest times for Mom and Dad...not to mention Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Tara. Our once thriving happy baby became miserable. Congested nose, gunky eyes, poop that turned bright green with blood in it, tummy hurts, spitting up- and began to refuse to nurse or take a bottle. In three days we visited the Urgent care, a midnight trip to the Children's Hospital ER, and two dr. appts. Hudson lost weight in the process. He had a poop culture, a swab up his nose, not to mention the thermometer up his sore little bottom (serious diarrhea issues).

We finally discovered that he has a serious dairy allergy...to the point where his little system was just shutting down- we had to give him bottles of just pedialyte.

Once Mom stopped dairy (goodbye cheese, icecream, yogurt..) he began to improve.

So stats for 2 months: 10 pounds 6 ounces, 23 1/4 inches.

One month!

Seriously?! One month already? It snuck up on us so fast!

Hudson William Jeffreys

You are such a joy!

We were hoping for an "easy" baby this go around- and you have delivered.

You love to sleep- I often have to wake you up to keep on our 2.5-3 hour eating schedule in the day.

You have fallen right into a pattern that "works" for us- you get up and go to bed when your brother does.

You weigh a whopping 10 pound 9 ounces already. Up from 8 pounds 6 ounces at birth.

You seldom cry- but really "take" things in.

You have the funniest old man faces- where you suck in your lower lip.

You have red hair- but it is slowly disappearing.

You have the WORST case of baby acne right now.

You have outgrown your newborn clothes already.

We did not know that we could love another baby so MUCH- even up to the day we went to the hospital we were not ready...then you came and we fell so in love with you.

We are so thankful God gave us Connor and YOU.

Three?!

March 19, 2008

March 19, 2009

March 19, 2010

March 19, 2011

Where does the time go? My baby cannot have turned three! It seems like the time went so much slower before I had kids. Could be the lack of sleep, or the amount of fun I am having? I absolutely love being a Mom.

Connor you are so fun! We love you more than we thought we ever could love someone!

Although we love your brother very much one of the hardest things about going from one to two babies was giving up our family of three- we loved our time with just YOU.

We have an animal of the day now...I never know if I am going to be a deer, a frog, a bear, or something else when I wake up.

You have gotten quite bossy and know exactly how things should be- At ALL TIMES.

We love that you are a cuddler and rough and tumbly at various times throughout the day.

you have a very advanced vocabulary

{excavator}

{demolition}

{stabilizer}

All truck terms- words used frequently in our play :-)

Plus you say such funny things

{That's a "big" farmer (at the cow auction when noticing a farmer who was large in overalls- we were thankful you didn't know the word fat)}

{Do all boys have penis's?}

You like to do anything Daddy is doing

You love to bake with Mommy

Bedtime HAS to include: potty and gooey bums (vitamins), pj's, a glass of milk, a story from Mom, a Bible story from Dad on our bed, brushing teeth and face washed, another story from Mom and prayer in your bed, a story from Dad, and then FINALLY a cuddle hug from Mom.

You still do not have much hair...

your current favorite foods are chicken nuggets, veggie snack (baby food veggies with a straw but only the orange kind), jam sandwiches, and fruit leather.

BUT you are finally starting to try new things!!! You have even been eating salad.

We had to cut you off of Starbucks scones cause they made you go bonkers...so HYPER.

You do not like movies...only non-"scary" things are we allowed to watch...Mickey is OUT, Bob the Builder is OUT, the movie UP was too scary... Not sure why???

You currently love watching Barney or Kipper in the morning with cereal and a glass of milk

you can name just about any truck or truck part

Loud noises still bother you- but you are adjusting to your brother's cries

you just started sleeping longer- thank you bunny alarm clock

you will not give up your binky AKA Mo-MO. And have to have your blankie and Mo-Mo to sleep. Mom and Dad are not looking forward to fighting THAT battle this summer.

You told me the other day that you want to be a firefighter when you grow up.

When we sing Jesus Loves Me it sounds like This when you choose the names:

Jesus Love me this I know

for the Bible tells me so

little ones to him belong

they are weak but he is strong, Yes Jesus loves...Connor,

Yes Jesus Loves Kailee, Landen, Uncle Jonathon and Aunt Karlee,

Yes Jesus loves Grandma and Grandpa

the Bible tells me so.

We had no idea how much richer our lives would be when we had you. We are so thankful God gave us YOU!

AAAH!

Taking on the project of doing my National Board Certification, while pregnant, with a 2 year old, and working part-time....pretty much insane! I would not recommend it to anyone.

I am learning a lot about myself as a teacher, and know I will be better because of the process. But the concept of finishing 4 papers and a huge test is so daunting when all I want to do is sleep when I have spare time....

Ok- enough whining :-0 Just thought I'd put that out there.

Back to work!

blogging break

I am a horrible blogger I have decided. I think I just got so overwhelmed at the thought of all I wanted to post, that I just stopped. I am one of those people you are always thinking...gee I wish they would hurry up and update their blog :-)

My goal is to try and get some pictures up so that when baby #2 comes- I might be able to keep it up.

Speaking of- for those who don't know...

We are expecting baby #2 sometime around March 1. We are super excited- although I think I am still somewhat in a state of shock that we are already to the point where we are expecting a second child AND I just turned 30....when did I get so old?!

Easter

A few pictures from our Easter. Lot's of fun!

Could he be any cuter?

Notice the lovely bruise...that's one week after the owie.

Kiss for baby Claire

Claire and Bri

My family minus Tara (someone has to work at Harborview on holidays)

Kailee showing Connor where the last egg is hidden.

Hunting

Grandma and Landen

Grandpa helping Connor keep track of his eggs.

My parents and their grandkids.

My brother and his family.

Kailee and Landen

Starbucks treat after church.

I love scones!

My family and Grandma DeeDee after church.

Grandma DeeDee helping Connor with the Easter basket she made for him.

Cute family! :-)

Another cute family- our friends the Knapps.

My parents' dog

Connor and his buddy Ava

SO interested in the golf cart zooming by.

Coloring the eggs on Saturday.

Connor's method was to dump the dye on the eggs. :-)