then & now

i took a picture of hudson today in that boppy/swing thing. i hadn't put him in it since he was really small, & so it made me think about those first weeks when he was so tiny. i can't believe the difference! he was so tiny & puny - barely fitting in those preemie clothes. it was may & we had him in fleece - worried about his ability to regulate body temperature, worried about drafts, worried about anything we could possibly think of. i think about those days in the nicu, all the stress over him not gaining weight, the blur of all those doctor's visits, seeing his ruby red blood in all of those vials, all the terrible articles we read on the internet, & all the waiting for test results...
and then i look @ that big, healthy chub in the second picture! who would have known he'd go from puny to pudgy in just a few months??! who knew we'd go from not being able to find clothes small enough for him to standing in Old Navy wondering if i should buy him size 18-24 month clothes or bigger?! who knew he would grow by leaps & bounds into this bright eyed, smiley boy about whom all the nursery ladies @ the Y can't stop exclaiming, "he sure is a BIG boy!".

@ church part of the message was about remembering God's faithfulness in the past so in future adversities, we can possibly go against our human nature & not let freaking out be our first reaction (well, okay, that's in my own words!). i'm posting this so that hopefully maybe i'll remember the true impact of these pictures - the miracle (act of God) of hudson's life & of his chubby 22 lbs. 4 oz body.

**SIDE NOTE: i happen to know exactly how much he weighs because we were @ the doctor again last night w/ another ear infection & another diarrhea/vomit virus. which reminds me of of the "not so miraculous" parts of his life!**

anyway,i hope even in the mundane of today (well, if cleaning up poopy & throw up is mundane for you... okay, i'll stop!) i can remember God's miracles, His acts, the way He is, His goodness...

biting charlie

you really must see this - clint & i were crying! trust me on this one...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OBlgSz8sSM

zoo

can you kind of see the monkeys? anyway, hudson had his cute monkey onesie on...
ruth & i

keepin it down in the second row

(sorry you didn't make the pics, eric)

we went to the zoo on saturday with the sebas - it was fun & funny. first of all, why we take our infant son to places like the zoo, i'm not entirely sure. well, actually i do know - it's because mom & dad need something fun to do! hudson didn't really see much. most of the animals were too small & the bigger ones, like the gorilla, were basically inaccessible due to the masses of people. apparently everyone in houston had the bright idea to go to the zoo saturday afternoon!

well anyway we did have fun as i said, & if hudson didn't see any animals, he did see lots of very interesting & diverse people (trust me!) & some water & grass and i guess that's a pretty exciting day for a 9 month old...

oh & the most entertaining moment of the trip for the adults (yes, i agree sebas) was clint fighting off 3 cars & all odds to get our parking spot. it was scary, & the rest of us were all ducking, waiting for the gunshots, & trying to think of how best to protect the babies in case of a brawl. but in the end we were safe & just happy to finally get out of the car!

lame (but good) dessert

it's saturday night & i'm totally lame - i'm sitting here writing a blog entry.

whatever!

i've thought of lots of things to blog - i always think of them driving or standing in line @ h e b (which i call the "heb" - rhymes w/ "dweeb" - a habit from baylor). anyway, i can't think of any of those brillant ideas right now, so i'll just give you a recipe for my favorite random dessert of late.



put chocolate chips in a ramekin. microwave for 30 seconds. stir. microwave for another 30 seconds. stir. top w/ reddi whip & some walnuts. eat with a smile on your face (which is exactly what i'm doing right now).



enjoy.

first blog...

wow - my first blog. i've been been wanting to start a blog for awhile & have just been procrasinating. i was wondering if i'd even have anything to write... i guess we'll see, huh?

recently i've really gotten into reading my friends' blogs & then their friends' blogs, & then random blogs & have actually found lots of people i know - like from college or even high school. i've loved reading their random thoughts - it's weird, like peering into someone's life like a fly on the wall. so i decided to jump in. who knows?

right now clint & i are sitting on the couch watching house hunters. too bad i haven't really been paying attention b/c we always try & guess which house they'll buy. we say "one, two, three" & then the number of the house we think. clint used to be right all the time, but honestly his power has been slipping lately...

okay, well i think that's it for my first post.