Sweet Baby Boy 4 Months 5/17/12

Ahhhh the month of all smiles and giggles. Or at least when it started. All I had to do was tickle my baby and he'd laugh. Karl got him to laugh for the first time in Louisiana at the end of April and then we had been trying so hard for him to do it again. Sure enough I found a way to get him. His laugh is like music to my ears. He also started growling which is absolutely hilarious. The sleeping really got good this month but lasted just this month haha. He would sleep from 8:30 PM, wake up at 6:30 to eat and then back to bed until 9! Oh how I miss those days. We started plain cereal after his 4 month doctor's appointment and he did great! He starts smacking those lips as soon as he sees the spoon. Hudson also found his toes this month and like his hands we couldn't get them out of his mouth. Such a cutie pie. He rolled over once for Karl and once for KK so I started working on it with him every morning....more to come in the 5 month blog :) Hudson also took his first trip this month to Louisiana to see his great great grandma. He did so great! Our little one is not what you would call a chunkster and we finally realize why on this trip. We left at 7 PM so that booger could sleep on our way and we wouldn't interrupt his sleep schedule too much. He spent a lot more time in a car sleeping this trip and put on several ounces more than normal because he wasn't moving around like the little ball of energy that he is. This boy burns more calories than you can put in him. At this month's Dr's appointment she said that he was as active as a 6 month old! My sweet active angel baby!

Sweet Baby Boy 3 Months Old 4/17/12

Ahhh we've discovered our hands and we don't want to take them out of our mouth haha. He loves his hands. I think his teeth/gums starting bothering him this month because I don't remember him taking his hands out of his mouth for any length of time. Also, another great accomplishment. My booger slept until 7:30! Hallelujah! I finally get more than 3 hours of sleep! He also started taking power naps after every feeding. He sleeps for 30 minutes and then is up ready for the next 3 hours. There's also the pee shivers. Absolutely hilarious. He's been doing this since this month and I finally put it together when his diaper got warm right after he did it..haha. He definitely loved to reach things at this point. He wants anything and everything that is out of his reach and doesn't want you to give it to him. He wants to get it himself! Hudson has his first play date with Noah Clem this month and I think these two are going to be great friends too. Melts my heart!!! He smiles and laughs when I sing to him. We are two peas in a pod. Little love of my life :)

Sweet baby boy 2 months old

My sweet angel turned 2 months old on 3/17/2012. And this month he really started to smile at me. Talk about wanting to cry every time your child smiles at me. I may be a little extreme but everything he does brings tears to my eyes. Yes...I will be that proud mom who thinks everything their child does is amazing...haha. How could you possibly not? Hudson also tried SOOO hard this month to raise his head when we changed his diaper. He's been trying to sit up on his own since then. He raises his eyebrows as if they are going to give him a magical power to get up...it's soooo cute. He's ready to go places his body can't yet take him. His doctor told me that when he starts walking I have my hands full. :) I wouldn't expect it to be any different :). He's absolutely amazing and I'm ready to keep up :)

Sweet Baby Boy 1 Month

My sweet baby boy turned 1 month on 2/17/12 and boy what a fun first month that was. Seemed to fly by super fast. Each month gets more and more fun but I find myself daydreaming about how it all started. I want to hold onto the thought for as long as I can :). Hudson didn't sleep more than 3 hours at a time through his first month and lot of that sleeping was done right in my arms (while I didn't sleep haha). I wouldn't have traded anything for the absolute wonderful feeling that you get when holding your precious baby in your arms. Even if you are delirious from not sleeping haha. At one month old our little booger was copying us and sticking his tongue out at us when we'd do it to him. He seems to forgot how to do that now and has moved on to other things but it amazed us :) His cousin Noah has been in love with him from day 1. He can't keep up with Noah yet but when this boy starts running these two are going to be inseparable.

1.17.2012

1.17.2012 was one of the best days of my life. I say one of my best because each day with Hudson Gene Friedeck gets better and better. I can't believe how lucky I am to have this precious angel in my life. I've never felt more in love in my whole life. I have some catching up to do on posts each month on my sweet baby getting older and older so here goes 5 months :) I love these two photos from the day Hudson was born.

Sweet baby boy with his daddy.

My sweet angel in my arms.

New York with the in-laws minus my husband February 2011

I was sitting at my in-law's one day and listening to them discuss their trip to New York for Shelly's birthday. My father-in-law (Stan), mother-in-law (Eileen), sister-in-law (Shelly) and her boyfriend (Patrick) were going for her birthday. Stan told me & Karl how much the plane tickets were and we both were amazed how cheap it was. Eileen suggested that I go since it wouldn't be that bad of a price. Karl couldn't go because of the tax season but he insisted that I go...so I said yes. I was so excited. I was going to go to New York for 6 whole days!! Right after I just went to Chicago. We decided to not tell Shelly so that it would be a surprise. She was so happy when she found out. I have the best sister-in-law in the world. I have the best in-laws!

What an amazing trip we had. We did everything a true tourist would do. I loved it. We woke up at a reasonable hour and didn't get back to the hotel until it was night time. I lost weight on the trip from all of the walking haha. Also, in New York the restaurants have labels with calories listed on them so you can make a better choice if you want :). The first day we were there I didn't make any "healthy" choices. Oh another awesome thing. Patrick is a huge Starbucks fan so we got Starbucks every morning. I LOVED it. We stayed at the Belvedere. Shelly, Eileen and I squeezed into a full size bed. That was fun lol. It was a tight squeeze.

Check out these photos if you have a Facebook account :)

Day 1 - The Belvedere, walking around Grand Central Station, stopping by Mood, and walking around the Rockefeller Center.

Day 2 - Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, and Time Square.

Day 3 & 4 - The Bronx Zoo, Skating at the Rockefeller Center, Empire State Building, and Museum of Natural History (one of my favorites).

Day 5 & 6 - China Town, Little Italy, F A O Schwarz (I LOVED playing on the Big Piano) and Central Park.

Time to Catch Up - Chicago July 2010

So it's been awhile since I've posted about our adventures. Karl and I took a trip to Chicago July 2010. It was a great trip. We had been planning to go to Chicago to watch the Cubs play in Wrigley Field. All of these years we have been going to watch the Cubs play the Astros in Houston since it's closer and we finally got to go to Chicago.

Wrigley Field

What an awesome place Chicago is. If you ever have a chance to go you absolutely have to. It's like a great mixture of Austin and New York. It's huge and fun like New York and beautiful and relaxed like Austin.

We stayed at the Palmer House Hilton Hotel. It was absolutely beautiful. There were peacocks everywhere. It was beautiful. I spent one night going through the hotel by myself exploring all of the different floors. It's an old hotel...so I got scared a few times when the floor was empty and I'd take a picture and see a bunch of orbs.



The Cloud-Gate "Bean"

This was awesome. It was a large bean shaped mirror in Millennium Park that you could stand in front of and take a picture so that you had the Chicago Skyline behind you. It was soo cool.




We walked by this park several times on our way to different locations and we would always stop by the Bean to take our picture.



Also, as we walked down the street there were these beautiful planters everywhere. With beautiful flowers. And you'd think that would have water hooked up but instead water trucks would go by every morning and water the beautiful flowers.



Karl and I took a few photos in Millennium park where there were beautiful flowers everywhere too.






As you walk down the Magnificent Mile you'll notice the city is full of beautiful architecture. We took pictures of beautiful buildings on a romantic night. We walked around the city one night with no plans just soaking in all of the beautiful buildings and the wonderful atmosphere.




The Navy Pier

This was one romantic night if you need one. We took a boat ride to the Navy Pier and rode the Ferris wheel then ended the night with fireworks that only happen during certain times of the year. It was one of the best nights in Chicago.







The Sky Deck

You'll also want to check this out. It's one of the tallest buildings in the United States. Our advice would be to go as early as possible. The lines are long and will be longer if you wait to go in the afternoon. It was so crazy to step out in the box. Your knees will start to shake when you first step out. Another word of advice...if someone starts jumping in the box step away...haha.



Farewell Chicago - it was sad to leave. We'd both love to live there and know that we'll be back as soon as and as often as we can.






If you need advice or need tips on places to go let me know. Here are a few places listed above that are great to go do:

1) The Skydeck

2) Millennium Park

3) The Cloud-Gate

4) Navy Pier

5) Gino's East - great pizza!

6) Magnificent Mile - great shopping and architecture