Big news!

Hudson Lindley has slept through the night since Saturday! I repeat, i have a sleep-all-nighter on my hands. Pretty big deal in the Lindley household. His schedule has been 9:30 or 10:00- 6:00, nurse and then back down until 9:00. Is that a light at the end of the tunnel i see?
I read that it takes 3-5 days for a sleep pattern to form... Hopefully we are forming!

Two things that have made all the difference: miracle blanket and continuous noise machine.
First, the miracle blanket. Where have you been all my baby life? My child loves to be swaddled, but fought it so we stopped. Our friend Katie let us borrow hers, and it's been sleepy town ever since. Next, the noise machine. Hudson loves the sleep sheep, but that darn thing turns off after 45 minutes and it woke him up. Enter tiny continuous ocean in a box...and again, sleepy town.

Now, I know that the second I write this, he will wake up 5 times tonight... But we are hoping for the best! I now know his little tummy can handle not being fed for 7-8 hours. Its the small victories these days, people!

Bless his angel, tummy loving bones!


Bubba giving him his daily bottle



Its just too cold outside, mommy!
Look at him!



Snoozing on my chest... Love him to pieces!




Next mission: get mommy to sleep all night while the baby sleeps. Right now I wake up every hour staring at the video monitor. And I think I hear the beeping of the angel monitor in my dreams. #neverstopworrying






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dear daddy

Dear Daddy,

You had a birthday on October 23...you turned 29. Wow! I know I am so late, but I had to write you this letter...you deserve it!

Happy birthday to you!

What a big year 28 was for you! And your 29th year can only get better. At the end of your 28th year, you had a son. A beautiful baby boy who looks just like you. Literally just like you!

Now in the first month of your 29th year, I have watched you turn into a wonderful daddy. From the first moments that Hudson was born, you jumped right in. 

I can tell by the way you look at him that you are just as smitten as me. We created that life.

Still blows my mind!

I literally knew I loved you the first month we started dating. Ask my friends, they thought it was funny!

And now we have been married for 3.5 years and have a wonderful and fussy son. Ha!

Thank you for being so wonderful to me for 6 years. You totally balance me out. I hate this cheesy saying, but you really are "the yin to my yang"- did I spell that right?

Thank you for giving me our son and for being such an involved dad. You change diapers, get tee'd tee'd on, attempt to dress Hudson, rock him to sleep, and relieve me when I'm at my whits end.

I am so thankful to share this life with you.

So to you, husband and daddy, we love you so much! Happy 29th birthday!

If Hudson grows up to be just like you, I will be a happy camper.

Except he won't go to Cancun on his senior trip...he won't be like you in that aspect. Ha!

Love you always, Kristin and Hudson

one of our first pictures taken together
Febuary 2006

Our wedding.

March 15, 2008

(don't know why so small)

The day we found out we were pregnant.

Febuary 6th, 2011

Little, tiny baby in that belly

My two lovies

Figuring it out together! 

Fall picture



Thankful

Today is thanksgiving day. So many things to be thankful for!

First, my little lovie, Hudson. He is my greatest gift and I could not imagine life without him.




My little man sleeping on the way to Kiki's today.

Also VERY thankful for:
My husband
My family
My friends
My pups
My health

Also on this day, Hudson turns 8 weeks old. Really? I have a 2 month old. How did this happen?

Posing for our 2 month photoshoot




I am getting this laughing thing down




Can we believe I'm 8 weeks?




We went to the MD last week and here are his stats

10 lbs 4 oz (25%)
22.5 inches long (40%)
Head circumference (40%)

That baby is growing, but still small for his age

Things I love about Hudson right now:
-He is smiling. It just melts my heart. At first, I thought it was gas, but he definitely is doing it intentionally now. He especially loves smiling at me.
-He is wearing 0-3 month clothing. Most of his newborn clothes are packed away :(
-Sleeping alittle longer at night. He will go about 5-6 hours.
-Still loves to nurse. Mommy does too.
-Started to take 1 bottle a day to prepare for when I go back to work.
-So much more alert and can stay awake and play (without crying)
-Just made the transition to size 1 diapers.
-Sleeping in his crib, but will sleep like a log on me. Can't say I don't love that.
-Being an absolute joy

My heart just grows with love for him everyday!


(played with the blog background and colors. what do you think? That's the only way I know how to change things up...I'm not technologically advanced.)




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they are free!

Yeh for 50 free Christmas cards!

Tiny Prints and their fabulous christmas cards are offering this amazing deal to bloggers...just blog about it and fill out this form.

Ya'll know I'm obsessed with Christmas cards, and will be double this year after the arrival of precious Hudson. I just want to show that face off! I display them in our kitchen, so everyone can see them!

Seriously, they have some super cute cards, go check them out!

happy birthday!

Today is my BFF Jamie's birthday

She is turning 21 today...so happy for her! Such a big year!

I've known Jamie since freshman year of college and we've been best friends since...going on 10 years now. That is crazy!

Love you James!

Right after college

Pip's engagement party. Jingle Bell Rock

At our wedding.

Breaking it down

Me and Jamie during my pregnancy.

She's rocking that fishtail braid. I'm rocking the chubby girl look

Jamie and Hudson on his birthday

He loves his aunt Nene



I tried to pick the most flattering pictures of both of us. We are so pretty!

Happy Birthday Phaedra!

Daily questions

Random thoughts that I ask myself everyday:

1. Is today a shower day or be dirty day?
2. If I style my hair this way, does it look like I've had a washed my hair?
3. Do I stink or smell like baby?
4. How much tee tee can I get on me before it is absolutely a must that I change? (I really need to be soaked to change)
5. Does going out and getting the mail count as "getting out?"
(my husband says I need to "get out" to maintain my sanity)
6. How many times is Hudson going to spit his pap pap (paci) out? (and immediately get pissed because he's done so)
7. How many smocked or monogrammed outfits can I put on him in one day?
8. How many ounces can I pump or nurse my child in one day?
9. Does the sleep sheep really go off after 45 minutes? (Because sometimes it seems like only 15)
10. How many more weeks do I have on maternity leave? (right now, about 5...wishing for more)
11. How long does my son cry in his crib before I go check on him? (currently 10 minutes)
12. How many hours can I spend staring at my beautiful son?

And one to grow on:
12. How long before I'm able to go part-time or quit my job all together? (still undetermined, but working on it)




He's milk drunk and 6 weeks, 5 days. Love him!


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Dip n' See

Last night, those lovely Phi Mu ladies came over for our monthly supper club.

Some of them have not met sweet Hudson yet, so we decided to make this night about him.

Lindsey had a great idea: instead of a "sip n see," which is a shower and viewing of the baby, we were going to do a "Dip n See"
Love it!

Dip n See definition: everyone bring your favorite dip and see baby Hudson.

I was so excited about this because I am still getting used to getting myself and baby ready in a timely manner. And this way, my sweet friends came to me!

It was so fun to catch up and visit. And talk about NON-baby related stuff.
When you are a new mom, new mommy things engulf your life. There are honestly very few thoughts that cross my mind these days that do not involve baby Hudson.
So last night was great for me!
And I got to get dressed up...and Hudson, too! These days I spend most of my days in my PJs.


My wonderful friends
Lindsey, Kayla, Jamies, Kristin (and Hudson), Kelly, Amy Grace (and John Franklin), Lexie, and Jennifer

And of course we had to do the cheesy look-at-baby picture.
I think Hudson is too little for our traditional "fake laugh" picture. Maybe next year


Me and Linds. She is holding that babe on a shelf.

Thank you sweet friends for coming and visiting us! It really means more to me that you will ever know!
Love ya'll!

It's 2:43 am and here I am... Blogging. Before you ask, "why aren't you sleeping, fool?" I'll go ahead and answer you... I'm trying to get my child back to sleep. To my child, my chest seems far more appealing than his bouncy at the moment.

So I thought I would just post some recent pictures from my iPhone.

My son, Joseph Hudson
(aka, the cutest baby to ever live)
























Bless his angel, love bones!


Sidenote:


And why do I receive this magazine subscription? I'm serious, this comes to my house every month. I am not a bride, nor have I been a bride in quite sometime.

"I have a child, the jig is up!"
-Miranda from sex and the city

Goodnight!

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watch what happens.

While on maternity leave, aka the greatest time EVER,  I have picked up a few TV shows.
Some of these I was watching before, and some I watch on daytime TV.

Now, me and sweet Josie are big TV watchers. We love it, our favorite pastime.
So I have been dragging Joey down with me on this TV train.


 

First,
Up All Night
Have you seen this show? So funny!
I watched the "birth" episode last night and it was very accurate.
The whole show just works.
side note: anytime I see a movie or show about giving birth, I can now state my opinion...I've been there, I now know what all happens. that is still crazy to me.

Happy Endings

To me, the new "Friends"

I do find it unreaslistic that they are able to sit around all day, but that's ok.

It's silly, mindless humor

My new (old) daytime show obession: Grey's Anatomy

You might remember a few years ago, I broke up with Greys. I did. It got to be too much for me. But I've been watching season 3-4, and I can hand this.

Denny dies, Christina doesn't marry Burke, Torres wants to fight Izzy, Jane Doe or Ava, little Grey, Addison leaves, George fails his test, Meredith drowns.

love.it.all

weekdays 1:00 and 2:00, be there or be square.

another side note: Yes, I do have a child that I take care of at 1:00 and 2:00, but if I have to feed him or nurture him, why can't it be in the living room with the channel on lifetime? Sue me!

Other honorable mentions that are not pictured:

The New Girl

Modern Family

The Office

Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders: Making the Team

The Duggars

Regis and Kelly

And this one I know nothing about.

Revenge

But i've heard it's great and I want to pick it up at some point.

Happy watching!

fall fun!

Happy fall from the Lindleys!

I'm alittle late on this post, but who cares!

We had a small, fall family photo session a couple of weeks ago in my parent's forest backyard. Say that 3 times fast. smallfallfamilyphotosession.

Isn't my little baby boy cute?

Family of three. Love my Lindley boys!

Hudson at 3 weeks and 5 days old!

Me and my main man, Hudson Lindley.

And notice the pumpkin we carved with his initials. Now, I haven't carved a pumpkin in along time, and apparently I'm not caught up on my pumpkin ettiquite. Did you know that pumpkins can rot? Like really rot? The inside of our pumpkin was BLACK! Grossy black!

I guess we carved the thing too early...lessoned learned!

And his cute outfit for the day. You know I love a monogram and the boy can not forget his name, because he has it on ever outfit he owns!

totally in love with him!

 

spooky friends

Hudson has sweet, spooky friends.

On Halloween night, D'anna's Jude and the Beacom's Claire came over to take some pictures.

We had two cute bag of bones and a sweet strawberry.

Aren't they presh?

Of course, my little lovie decided to sleep through the whole occasion.

The mommies: me, Heather, and D'anna

Please look at Claire. She was throwing the cutest fit.

Also, my BFF came over last Saturday with Adda Laine.

Now before my Hudson was born, AP LOVED me! She would reach for me and kiss me.

But I hadn't seen her since my labor. And she forgot about me...which mean she had to re-learn me.

Only took about 10 mintues. She loves me again...in her Halloween tu-tu.

Future Mr and Mrs. Joseph Hudson Lindley

and the future mothers of the bride and groom

Me and my little pumpkin bootie.

 

Happy 5 weeks to my favorite little pumpkin!

I love you to the moon!

Happy Halloween for the Lindleys!

This year, our little one was too small for your over-the-top costume I had envisioned.
So we opted to have wardrobe changes with different smaller costumes.
Hudson didn't love the trick or treaters...for he slept through most of it!
But I'm sure next year will be a total different story.
Our little pumpkin

Bless his sweet, angel face

Pumpkin toes

Scary monster was next!

Isn't he terribly cute?

Dad with his number one monster

My little monster with horns. He refused the wear the hat unless he was passed out.

And no, I did not go as a pentecostal as my hair would suggest.

Last outfit of the night. A bag of bones.

Bless those bones! 



Do you think he will need therapy for being photographed so much?
I just love my little baby so much!

I plan on doing a separate post for his Halloween friends that stopped by!

NKOTB

While in the shower this morning, Hudson was in his bouncy hanging out. Now this is pretty normal for us. Sometimes he sleeps while I shower and sometimes he just kinda hangs out. Today was different. He was crying. Trying to stick with babywise, I identified his cry as the "woman just hold me" cry. He likes that cry. So what's a mom to do? This soaking wet, dirty and needed a shower mom decided to let her child cry for 3-4 minutes. I know, I know. I'm awful.

So while he was in and out crying, I decided to grace him with my lovely singing voice. And at the time, I couldn't think of any appropriate children's songs or really any appropriate adult songs to sing to my 4 week old.

What did I decide to sing?
'Step by Step' by New Kids on the Block (NKOTB)

I love this song and this group... Still. And yes, I am 28 years old.

The real question is: Did Hudson like the song?
Answer: no!

He doesn't seem to be impressed by the musical stylings of the early 90's boy band.

Maybe next time, I'll try the 80's. I do a mean rendition of 'Call Me Al'


My little buttercup after his bath last night!




Coming soon: fall and Halloween posts!



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