Mommies & Turtles

Mini poem for my baby

Mommies & Turtles

As you rest yourself on the mommy recliner 

Legs on my legs

Back on belly

Head on chest

I lean back and your head fits perfectly under my chin

I look up to the sky as we fit like a puzzle 

Like a turtle pointing it's head up to the sun 

I am the turtle and you are the warm sun filling my heart with gold

I love you baby 

28 Month Old Sweetheart

I kid you not, there's not a day that goes by that I don't feel like the luckiest mom in the world. In fact, Karl and I sit around at night talking about how lucky we are. Or even asking..how did we get so lucky. Hudson is the biggest sweetheart ever. 

What is he up to these days? He can tell you his shapes, colors, and some of the funniest things. The other day he told me that the rain was hiding in the clouds. He picks up a lot of stuff from his shows these days. Playing his imaginary violin, trombone, trumpet and drums. 

When his guests leave he tells them, "thank you for coming over to see me," and "see you later." Every time you leave him he will give you 2 strong hugs and the best strong kiss ever. 

Hudson loves to dance and sing. He's so musical. I absolutely love it. Our evenings are spent playing on his play set, digging holes and playing with his t-ball set. My outdoor boy and I are so happy to have long sunny and warm days. 

Hudson is also a huge help and he will tell you he is too. He helps me load the laundry, clean up, throw trash away, take out the trash, water mommy's flowers, wash dishes and more. He's going to be such an awesome big brother when the time comes. I can't wait. 

How's he eating these days? Still a picky boy. He knows what he likes. His favorites are grilled chicken  with ranch dressing, pizza and mac-n-cheese. He tried spinach at his nana's house and he likes it so he will eat a few leaves for me here and there. 

Uncle Chris has visited us a few times and Hudson put on his little cow watch. He told me he looks like Chris with his watch on. So Chris took an older watch he had, took the links out to make it smaller, and gave it to Hudson. He thought he was so cool when Chris gave it to him. He said he looks like Chris and Daddy. So cute :)

Hudson is a fan of FaceTime. When he's missing pops, daddy or pawpaw he requests to talk to them. He gets his fix and is one happy boy. Technology. My son's generation. A 2 year old knows how to do FaceTime? Craziness but a lifesaver when pops, daddy or pawpaw aren't right around the corner.

Every morning Hudson wants to sit next to mommy and cuddle and we end every night the same way. This boy makes me feel like my heart is going to explode every time he grabs my hand and ever second I get to spend with him. He's my whole heart. Sweetest angel ever! 

Busy Weekend + Mother's Day 2014

I'm so very proud to announce that my baby cousin Cameron Scott Guidry is a Texas State Alumni. He graduated on Thursday May 8th. It was so awesome to see him cross the stage and yell for him of course. And of course Hudson and I were sporting our Texas State gear. Eat 'Em Up Cats! Woo HOO!

Side note:  Hudson was so cute! The band was playing in the beginning and Hudson started to conduct.  After the song was over he clapped and bowed! He is so awesome and so dang cute! Just love to see his cute personality come out. It's wonderful!

Friday we threw a surprise crawfish boil for Cameron and all of his hard work. Karl and I lied to him and asked if we could take him to dinner. He showed up at my parent's house to get ready to go to dinner. Saw the crawfish and it clicked. It was spicy and so much fun. We used to do that a lot when I was a kid. It's been awhile. So glad we got to celebrate Cameron and all of his hard work! Now onto grad school. Have fun Cameron!

For Mother's Day I wanted to take bubba to the Liz Carpenter Fountain. Man I love that fountain. Every time we go it reminds us of Chicago. How beautiful it is. How all these people are around with their coolers for picnics, towels and swimsuits watching the little ones run around the fountain. If you live in Austin and like to have some laid-back free fun it's a must! We went Saturday night for a picnic dinner. We had such a wonderful night. We ran through the water. Fed the turtles and ate our dinner. Best date ever.

Next morning on Mother's Day we headed to maw maw's house to make her breakfast. We had a vegan breakfast. My sissy made vegan french toast. Karl made a yummy fruit salad and I made vegan breakfast tacos. YUM! We ate on the back porch. It was a beautiful morning.

Afterwards we headed to Fudruckers with nana, pops, Shelly and Liam. We had lunch and headed back home for bubba's nap. Karl took his mommy (nana) to Natural Gardener and got her some fun plants. Afterwards we went to the pool. It was such a relaxing yet fun day. All in all it was a wonderful Mother's Day for all.

Another Side Note:  A few of my thoughts on the best parts of being a mommy. My angel makes my heart feel so full of love. I feel like I'm on top of the world. I feel like I could literally climb the highest mountain and tell the world about it. He sings "You are my Sunshine" with me. First time was a week or two ago. I was rocking him for a nap and started to sing to him. He started singing along with me and it was the most precious thing ever. His sweet precious voice jerked (not just tugged) on my heart strings. It felt like my heart was going to explode. It was one of the sweetest moments. 

Another time I was rocking him to sleep he leans back to look up at me and tells me "I'm so happy to see you mommy." Where does he learn this from?!? He is hands down the sweetest baby I've ever met. I'm so very lucky to have this sweet angel of a son. 

Louisiana and the Houston Zoo

I'm so behind as always. Playing catch up :)

We took Hudson to Louisiana at the end of April to see maw maw Leatha & Sonny, Uncle Bubba & Aunt Peewee, Cousin Michelle, Bella, Brody & Orin, and Cousin Chris, Nikki, Kendall and Tyler.

Drove over Thursday night and got there about 12:30 AM and went straight to sleep. Got up the next morning to be greater by my ever so sweet aunt peewee and uncle bubba. They are so wonderful! We always love getting to stay with them. After a huge breakfast we went to maw maw's for a big lunch. There's nothing better than the food my maw maw cooks. We all try our best to recreate it but we try. My mommy learned how to make gumbo from her and her mommy and I learned how to make it from my mommy. Passing that recipe on down the family line as long as we can. Need to write that down for Hudson. Yummy!

We got to hang out at cousin Michelle's house and swim with Bella and her friend. Hudson is in love with Bella. He was at 3 months old and still at 28 months old. She's so sweet to him and he LOVES her. He even laid on the floor next to her during Indiana Jones and stole kisses periodically. He's a charmer!

Next day we got to hang out at cousin Chris' house and watch the kids swim in the pool. Kendall is on the swim team! Tyler is awesome at Soccer and even though we didn't get to see her Peyton is SO TALL and BEAUTIFUL! They all are.

Saturday night we drove and met maw maw in Houston to go to the zoo the next day. Our hotel was awesome! Karl and I always use our Hilton Honors points to stay places and we never know what we are going to get but this time we got a room with a living room. It was so cool. Yes, we were excited about that LOL. Hudson and I could go to sleep while whoever wanted to stay up could watch tv. The little things….or the big things..however you want to look at it.

Got up the next morning to go to the zoo. I was so excited because this time Hudson would see an Elephant. The Austin Zoo is great but I remember going to the Houston Zoo when I was a kid. So many good memories. Can't wait to take Hudson there more. It's so lush with all the beautiful plants. So many animals. It's really a 2 day kind of trip. We didn't see everything but we most definitely saw the elephant and Hudson wanted to go back and see them over and over. He kept asking to go see the Elephant. Mission accomplished.

We had such a wonderful long weekend. Visiting family and seeing the zoo was awesome. Can't wait to do it again :). Funniest thing to me was when we got back home Hudson laid on my bathroom floor with my phone and covered himself up with the floor mat. I asked him if he wanted to go in the kitchen with me and he said no. He laid on the bathroom floor for about 30 minutes. I think he was happy to be home :).