Hello. My name is Jessica and I am a coffee-o-holic. Im serious. I have always known I have had an obession, but now that I am a mom, it has reached a whole new level. Im seriously wired all day! Which I dont mind because I have things to get done. And hey, it speeds up your matabolism so whatever! I can justify my obsession because I drink weak coffee. So really, its not too terrible. We all have our issues, right?? Mine just happen to come with cream and sugar...
Now I have been thinking about what Hudson might be when he grows up. I have narrowed them down to a couple options.
1. Weatherman
2. Zookeeper or Vet
3. Lawyer
4. Actor
5. The next Houdini
I have my reasons for all of them. I carried hudson during the hottest summer in Texas history. He loves animals and watching them. He argues with me already. Lord, give me strength with that one. He is super emotional and makes hilarious faces. And he tries to slip, roll, turn or any other type of movement to get where he needs to go. So there you have my predictions.
Hudson makes really strange noises. Im not sure how he comes up with them. He sounds like half owl, half baby dinosaur. Its really funny. He is constantly saying, "hoo, hoo, hoo". And then all the sudden he will let out a huge, "AGGGHHHHGGHHH"! It scares me!! He also will take my hands and bite me as he is making his dinosaur noises. I often ask Matt, "how did we DO that!? How did we produce this child that makes strange noises like this???" (Im talking about Hudson when I say "that").
I have some projects I need to get done. I need to put all of Hudson's newborn to 3-6 month clothes in storage. I need all those hangers and closet space for new clothes. But Im sad... I dont want to put them away. They mean so much to me. But I need to just put my big girl undies on, and do it. He wont always be a baby. So get over it, momma!
I also want to use a shadow box, and display our hospital stuff in it. Im excited to do that. I will display his coming home outfit and our wrist bands. His little stamped feet will go in there as well, and Im going to hold them up with some sewing pins.
Shout out to Jen and her hubby! They are celebrating their anniversary tonight! And shout out to all my BBC ladies! I love you guys! Look out for a package containing extra virgin olive oil in the mail! Hahahaha ;)
Love,
J and H
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Dear, Diapers and Baby Socks
You drive me insane.
Ill address you, Diapers, first. Why cant you just do your job? You are a S-L-A-C-K-E-R. All my adorable baby clothes that I have bought or received get ruined because you show up late for work every single day. I spend hard earned money to keep you around. In fact, millions of us mommys do! But yet, you still feel the need to let the poop ruin my baby's clothes from countless blowouts! The playmat, the swing, changing table, MY clothes, all contain stubborn stains thanks to you.
I wish I could fire you. Hopefully, when we switch to cloth, Ill begin to respect your work again.
Now on to baby socks....
Why wont you stay ON? Why? Is it that difficult to keep my child's feet warm? Stand your ground for once, and stay on his feet! Hudson is, shall we say, a Chunky McChunkerton, and you cant stay on his fat feet? You are a disgrace! I have yet to find one of your employees that works hard enough. You should consider changing your work ethic.
Sincerely,
Dissatisfied Customer
Ill address you, Diapers, first. Why cant you just do your job? You are a S-L-A-C-K-E-R. All my adorable baby clothes that I have bought or received get ruined because you show up late for work every single day. I spend hard earned money to keep you around. In fact, millions of us mommys do! But yet, you still feel the need to let the poop ruin my baby's clothes from countless blowouts! The playmat, the swing, changing table, MY clothes, all contain stubborn stains thanks to you.
I wish I could fire you. Hopefully, when we switch to cloth, Ill begin to respect your work again.
Now on to baby socks....
Why wont you stay ON? Why? Is it that difficult to keep my child's feet warm? Stand your ground for once, and stay on his feet! Hudson is, shall we say, a Chunky McChunkerton, and you cant stay on his fat feet? You are a disgrace! I have yet to find one of your employees that works hard enough. You should consider changing your work ethic.
Sincerely,
Dissatisfied Customer
Sunday, March 25, 2012
I love Sundays!
And this is why...
I get my house in order for the week. Meal planning, scheduling, cleaning, and activities. It makes me feel so much more at ease when I know everything is ready to go!
I made homemade biscuits this morning, and then Matt left for work. He isnt working tonight, so it will be nice to have some family time. This week will be a busy one, so here is to enjoying the day with my two favorite guys!
Hudson was cracking me up before his nap. While rocking him, he has "conversations" with me. And I always laugh because he sticks his little finger in his mouth and talks to me. When I start laughing, so does he, and that's not supposed to be happening! He is supposed to be nodding off to sleep. Silly kid. He also yells at me when HE takes the bottle out of his mouth. I didnt take it! Yet he yells at ME!
Meal Plan for the week:
Moday- Grilling at mom's
Tuesday- Daddy brings dinner home since Im coaching and he is working
Wednesday- Tacos with ground turkey, avocado, black beans, and cilantro lime rice
Thursday- Baked chicken breaded with italian bread crumbs, polenta, and fresh green beans w/ lemon
Friday- Mommy's favorite. Italian (chicken) sausage, cinnamon glazed sweet potatoes, and garlic cous cous
All healthy and yummy meals this week! I cannot wait until Hudson is old enough to cook with me and learn about healthy food. Fun stuff to look forward to!
Easter is coming up! Shout out to my momma, who's birthday falls on Easter this year! I went to look for an Easter basket for Hudson, yesterday. All Easter baskets are so girly! I guess I have never noticed. Anyway, not sure what the plan is for Easter. Our front office at the townhomes is having an Easter party for the kids, so I definitely want to do that. Theyll have an Easter bunny, as well!
Okay... Hudson is down, house is clean, its about time for my book and an iced coffee. Book this week, The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen. Love her!
Love, J and H
I get my house in order for the week. Meal planning, scheduling, cleaning, and activities. It makes me feel so much more at ease when I know everything is ready to go!
I made homemade biscuits this morning, and then Matt left for work. He isnt working tonight, so it will be nice to have some family time. This week will be a busy one, so here is to enjoying the day with my two favorite guys!
Hudson was cracking me up before his nap. While rocking him, he has "conversations" with me. And I always laugh because he sticks his little finger in his mouth and talks to me. When I start laughing, so does he, and that's not supposed to be happening! He is supposed to be nodding off to sleep. Silly kid. He also yells at me when HE takes the bottle out of his mouth. I didnt take it! Yet he yells at ME!
Meal Plan for the week:
Moday- Grilling at mom's
Tuesday- Daddy brings dinner home since Im coaching and he is working
Wednesday- Tacos with ground turkey, avocado, black beans, and cilantro lime rice
Thursday- Baked chicken breaded with italian bread crumbs, polenta, and fresh green beans w/ lemon
Friday- Mommy's favorite. Italian (chicken) sausage, cinnamon glazed sweet potatoes, and garlic cous cous
All healthy and yummy meals this week! I cannot wait until Hudson is old enough to cook with me and learn about healthy food. Fun stuff to look forward to!
Easter is coming up! Shout out to my momma, who's birthday falls on Easter this year! I went to look for an Easter basket for Hudson, yesterday. All Easter baskets are so girly! I guess I have never noticed. Anyway, not sure what the plan is for Easter. Our front office at the townhomes is having an Easter party for the kids, so I definitely want to do that. Theyll have an Easter bunny, as well!
Okay... Hudson is down, house is clean, its about time for my book and an iced coffee. Book this week, The Peach Keeper by Sarah Addison Allen. Love her!
Love, J and H
Saturday, March 24, 2012
What no one tells you about parenthood!
1. Baby poop stains everything. Period. It just gets everywhere and never comes out. Oxyclean is the only thing that I have found works so far. And its just a sticky mess. Why doesnt anyone tell you to prepare for this? No one ever said, "always put a blanket down over everything when changing a poopy diaper". Why???
2. Baby spit up. I want to talk about it. Hudson should get an olympic medal for the amount of feet he can successfully project his spit up. And why is it that he spits up the most on the days that I vacuum??Also, after his bath tonight, I got him all ready for bed. I picked him up in his clean jammies, and "blehh"... spit up. All over his clean self.
3. Post partum hormones, also known as, the Devil himself. Im a hot mess. I thought it was bad during pregnancy... pshh! I swear, I could turn green at any moment.
4. Breast pump. We have a love/hate relationship. Somedays, I seriously contemplate setting it on fire. I love it because I am nourishing my child and helping him grow. He's so healthy and it is impowering to know that I am keeping him alive, essentually. BUT, sitting there for basically 3 hours a day, drives me batty. And it hurts! No one tells you that you will have cracks on your nips the size of Texas or that you will bleed!
5. You will take the blame for everything...forever. Ive never felt so guilty in my life. I feel at
fault when Hudson is in pain, or I accidently scratch him with my ring, or when i have cried for quiet. Sometimes I go to bed thinking I could have done better.
6. Hair loss and oily"ness". What the heck... WHY?? I am shedding hair like a 200 lb Saint Bernard! And i might as well just wash my hair with olive oil. What the flippin' heck is going on??
7. Baby clothes are annoying. They are so not made correctly, and why all the snaps??? Dont they know that my child kicks at a record speed while I am trying to snap all of them??
8. Baby music. I permanently have all of Hudson's toy jingles in my head. All the time.
9. Emotional. Everything about having a baby brings out emotions you never thought you could feel. You are happy, tired, scared, unsure, all at the same time. No one can explain this. It is just too hard to explain until it happens to you.
10. Lastly, no one tells you how much better the world is looking through it from a baby's eyes. Everything is so new, hopeful, and amazing to Hudson. Everything else seems so unimportant after having a baby. Little things i used to worry about are a thing of the past.
Nope. No one tells you these things. You know why?? Because its just more fun to find out for yourself :)
love, J and H
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2. Baby spit up. I want to talk about it. Hudson should get an olympic medal for the amount of feet he can successfully project his spit up. And why is it that he spits up the most on the days that I vacuum??Also, after his bath tonight, I got him all ready for bed. I picked him up in his clean jammies, and "blehh"... spit up. All over his clean self.
3. Post partum hormones, also known as, the Devil himself. Im a hot mess. I thought it was bad during pregnancy... pshh! I swear, I could turn green at any moment.
4. Breast pump. We have a love/hate relationship. Somedays, I seriously contemplate setting it on fire. I love it because I am nourishing my child and helping him grow. He's so healthy and it is impowering to know that I am keeping him alive, essentually. BUT, sitting there for basically 3 hours a day, drives me batty. And it hurts! No one tells you that you will have cracks on your nips the size of Texas or that you will bleed!
5. You will take the blame for everything...forever. Ive never felt so guilty in my life. I feel at
fault when Hudson is in pain, or I accidently scratch him with my ring, or when i have cried for quiet. Sometimes I go to bed thinking I could have done better.
6. Hair loss and oily"ness". What the heck... WHY?? I am shedding hair like a 200 lb Saint Bernard! And i might as well just wash my hair with olive oil. What the flippin' heck is going on??
7. Baby clothes are annoying. They are so not made correctly, and why all the snaps??? Dont they know that my child kicks at a record speed while I am trying to snap all of them??
8. Baby music. I permanently have all of Hudson's toy jingles in my head. All the time.
9. Emotional. Everything about having a baby brings out emotions you never thought you could feel. You are happy, tired, scared, unsure, all at the same time. No one can explain this. It is just too hard to explain until it happens to you.
10. Lastly, no one tells you how much better the world is looking through it from a baby's eyes. Everything is so new, hopeful, and amazing to Hudson. Everything else seems so unimportant after having a baby. Little things i used to worry about are a thing of the past.
Nope. No one tells you these things. You know why?? Because its just more fun to find out for yourself :)
love, J and H
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10 phrases I use everyday
1. "Shhhhhhhhhhh"
2. "What day is it today?"
3. "Go make sure he is breathing."
4. "Did you actually stick your face close to his nose to make sure?"
5. "Coffee time!"
6. "Ill burn my breast pump one day"
7. "Please God, make him stay asleep!"
8. "Its a blowout!"
9. "More coffee, please!"
10. "I love you, Mr Magoo"
Parent Fail
I would like to start by saying that I have the best husband ever! However, the man just fascinates me at times....
I will call this story, "The Kohls Story". Just in case I need to reference it at a later time.
So Matt, Hudson, and I are on a family outing for the day. Matt needed to go to Kohls to get a couple shirts for work. We shop, pay, and walk out the door. As we head to the car, Matt is reading the receipt and it flies out of his hands. If you dont know...Matt is clumsy. God love him.
Anyways, as the receipt flies out of his hands, he LETS GO OF THE STROLLER to chase after the receipt. I look up from my phone to see my sweet baby's stroller rolling to the left, and my husband is off chasing the receipt to my right!
I yell, "Matthew Seagraves!!" and I am now chasing after the stroller across the parking lot. He realized what just happened, and we both just died laughing.
The whole scene was watched by a lady in her car, she rolled down the window, laughed, and said, "he must be a new daddy!"
So this is what I learned from that parent fail...
1. Matt cannot read receipts while pushing the stroller
2. It is very obvious to onlookers that we are first time parents
While I realize that "what could have happened" is NOT funny... It was pretty dang funny.
Love,
J and H
The whole scene was watched by a lady in her car, she rolled down the window, laughed, and said, "he must be a new daddy!"
So this is what I learned from that parent fail...
1. Matt cannot read receipts while pushing the stroller
2. It is very obvious to onlookers that we are first time parents
While I realize that "what could have happened" is NOT funny... It was pretty dang funny.
Love,
J and H
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