Girls' Trip 2010

Every year Ashley, Melissa and I (and Ange when she can get here from Cambodia) go on a trip together. The last several years we've gone to Florida/Bahamas. 

Well, Ashley is moving to the island of Oahu, Hawaii tomorrow! So, what better place for our 2010 girls trip than a visit to see her? Melissa and I booked our tickets tonight, and we're headed out there May 12. I can't wait! 

Big Boy!

Hudson has been happy to stay in his crib. He has yet to crawl out, or even attempt to crawl out. It's weird because William crawled out for the first time at about 19 months! In some ways, I would be happy to keep him contained in a crib for as long as he'd cooperate. But, I'm also ready to have the crib AWAY. We've been using a crib NONstop for 4 years, and I'd like for it to be out of sight for awhile before another baby comes (no, I'm not pregnant...just thinking for the future). 

So, we introduced a big bed to Hudson. I was prepared that it wasn't going to go well. We've tried a bed 1 or 2 other times, and he wouldn't stay there. But, surprisingly, it has been successful. This week has been a big tougher because he's getting up a bit early in the mornings and at naptime. I think the minute his eye cracks open, when he would've gone back to sleep while in a crib, he darts out of bed. I'm hoping once the "new" wears off, he'll go back to being my super-sleeper.

Despite the way this picture looks, he's actually really happy here-- and super pumped about being in a "Bo Bo Bed" (big boy bed).

Quick Trip

Dave was in Canada all week last week, so I decided to take an impromptu trip to Oklahoma. It's always nice for the boys to get some time at the farm running around and driving Papa's trucks. Plus, as a bonus, my best friend Ashley was in town for a visit. So, Hudson got to play with his future college roommate, Keaton.

We were able to go visit my Grandma, and we took her to lunch. She entertained the kids in the car by giving them lots and lots of tickles! They love their great-grandma!

Hudson and Keaton doing some serious damage in the Archambo's toy closet. What you don't see is William-- he's the ring leader of the crew!

Keaton and Hudson pretending to take naps together.

On our drive up to Oklahoma both boys could only talk about 2 things.

1: the playhouse/slide

2: driving Papa's blue truck. He has several trucks (blue, 2 reds, 1 white, and a green tractor). William likes to drive the red truck and ride in the back of the blue truck. Hudson likes to drive the blue truck.

It was SUCH a fun trip, even though it was short...and towards the end of the trip is when Hudson started getting sick. It was especially great to spend some time with Ashley since she's moving to Hawaii soon, and it will be awhile before I see her again. (ok, so I'll be going to visit her in May, but you get the idea.)

I know, it's been awhile...

For awhile I wasn't blogging because, to be honest, there wasn't much to blog about. I wasn't even taking many pics of the kids (I know, terrible). Then, all of a sudden, a TON of stuff has happened and now I don't have time to blog.

For all of you, my faithful readers, I promise a few "catch up" posts in the next few days. Here is a teaser:

- our first Spring trip to the park

- spontaneous trip to my parent's farm up in Oklahoma

- late night trip to the ER because of Hudson's 106.8 fever!

- Hudson's first night in a big boy bed

See what all you have to look forward to?

PBR @ Cowboys Stadium

In case you aren't family with what "PBR" means: Professional Bull Riding. We went to the "Iron Cowboy Invitational" on Saturday night at the new Cowboys Stadium. Covenant (my alma mater) brought their business club out here for a networking trip to meet with some area businesses (side note: while I'm very excited that Covenant is doing this, I'm a bit annoyed. When I was in the business club, we did NOTHING like this. I'm happy for them though...). Anyway, the assistant director of alumni contacted local alum to see if any of us wanted to come with them to this event. We decided to take William and leave the little guy at home. We knew it'd be a late night out, and Hudson loves his sleep.

William was very excited to wear his new shirt to something like BULL RIDING. Also, it's a double meaning because William is our "bull headed" child!

William and I waiting for the riding to start (there was a country/rock concert beforehand). 

Cowboys Stadium and the PBR pulled out all the stops. They poured gasoline on the dirt on both sides of the arena, spelling PBR, then they lit it on fire! And what's an event at the Stadium without fireworks? It was very cool, and William loved every minute of it.

Our seats were decent, but I got a better pic of the 70yd TV! 

We watched the top 24 bull riders in the world. One word: CRAZY! Why anyone would want to do this to themselves is beyond me. But I'm happy to come and watch. This competition was bracket style, so the winner would end up having 5 rides! Needless to say, it was a long night. We left by 10:30, and they were only finishing up the 2nd round!

A funny story: we were running a bit late to the stadium. We needed to be there at 6:30, and we knew we'd have to walk nearly a mile from the parking lot to the stadium. While we were planning to stop at Panera and eat dinner, we just didn't have time. So, we ran through the drive-thru at Braums and ate in the car.  William was very excited. While he was eating, he said "mommy, this is SUCH a nice dinner." Wow. I tried not to take it as an insult to my cooking!

It was a fun night with the Covenant Business Club, and a fun night with just William. We so rarely get time with JUST William, so it was nice to have a mommy/daddy night with him.

Brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr: UPDATED

Something happened last night, and I'm not sure what it was. We woke up to a downstairs with a temperature of 58 degrees! I wondered why my pillow felt like it had been in the freezer for awhile.

The good news is that the upstairs heater seems to be working, so I guess we'll be spending our day up there...

The bad news is that it's probably going to be a big fat bill to get it fixed since having a repairman of any sort usually costs at least $75 just to come LOOK at the darned thing.

If you need me, I'll be under the covers.

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The embarrassing news: I accidentally shut off the heat yesterday when I was getting something down from the attic. Thankfully, my dad was the one to discover it, so I didn't have to pay a repair man to embarrass me.

My house is now sitting at a nice 72 degrees!

Snow Day!

There was a 70% chance of snow today, but I doubt the forecasters could have predicted what we got. We woke up to about 2 inches on the ground, and it has not stopped POURING snow since. I'm guessing there's 6-8 inches and there are no signs of it stopping. (Yes, we still live in Texas).

Here are a few pics from the day:

making snow angels

playing in the snow together.

cute little Hud

inside the fort that Dave and William built

check out the height of that snow!!!

putting together the snowman

our final snowman!

To top off the snow experience, I made some yummy snow ice cream. We had a nice little snack (ok, so it was pre-dinner) of hot chocolate and snow ice cream. What a fun day!!!