Various things...

This week all four of us have been kind of sick. Raegan, Hudson & I have all had runny noses & slight coughs. Hannah is starting to show signs of it too. I think we're OK though. I went to the clinic in Walgreen and they said I just have inflamed sinuses - not even an infection. So hopefully we'll be well in a day or so.


On Wednesday, I went to a ball game with the guys from work. We tailgated and had a good time.



On Friday, Hannah & the kids went to the Zoo with some of her girlfriends and their kids (no pictures). Then Hannah took Hudson to the doctor for his check-up. He is still a big boy. He is in the 95% on weight and 95% on height. He weighs almost 18lbs! He's healthy and is still a very content baby!



By-the-way, Raegan seems to be growing in intellect so fast. It's amazing how well she puts her sentences together, the songs she can sing and the things that she remembers. I may be biased... but I think my daughter may be a genius! We're still working on potty training but I have to brag that Friday morning, she woke me up to let me know she pooped in the potty. I got-up expecting a mess... but sure enough, she had done exactly what she said... without any of our help. I can't say the rest of the weekend went so smooth in that regard but we're getting there! Also, we're having to work on her not getting out of bed at night and coming into our room to get in our bed or just wondering around.


Friday night, Mimi & Grandad came for dinner. It was a good time and the kids enjoyed their grandparents.






On Saturday I finally did the yard work I've been putting off. Below is a picture that I wish I could say was a beautiful tree I had planted. But it's actually a tree sized weed that shows how long I've been putting off pulling weeds. I spent the whole morning cutting grass, trimming bushes & pulling weeds. I thought I was going to die. But the yard looks good now! I should have taken a picture of how good the yard looks but instead you can just see this picture of the monster weed that is now gone. (the rest of the day we just hung-out, ran some errands together and went out to dinner)

Hudson is 4 Months Old & More Lake Fun...

Hudson turned 4 months old yesterday! He's still a happy baby and he is a chunk. He lights up when Raegan gets near him, and Raegan really likes him and wants to help care for him.

This is a picture that Raegan asked us to take before school one morning. She is saying so much and forming her sentences really well! Plus she is a clown!

This past Thursday night, 2 of my friends [Jonathan & Todd], my brother [Jason] and I all went down to the Lake. We spent the night and got up the next day for all day water play! The weather turned out great and we had a great time. I guess I got too much water in my sinuses because I ended-up with "Sinusitis." That's just inflamed sinuses & some fluid in my ears. But that didn't really get me until the end of the day. Below is a slideshow of some pictures from my camera as well as Todd's camera.

Then the 3 guys all drove back to Atlanta on Friday night while my parents, Hannah, & her sister [Jennifer], Raegan, and Hudson all came to the Lake. Raegan was a little sick and Hannah thought she might have Pink Eye. She stopped on the way and got some medicine for that... and either the medicine cleared things up pretty good or she didn't have Pink Eye. She still has a little bit of a rough voice but she is fine.

We all had a good time over the weekend. You can see some of the shots from my camera as well as my Mom's camera in the slideshow below.

Now we're back to work and school. I've started back in a co-ed Wally Ball league at work. We lost a match today. Our record is 2-2. Also I'm on week 5 of the P90X program. I can't hardly move my arms tonight. Hannah is starting back LeagueTennis this week (w/ Carrie). I still can't beat Brian, my neighbor (at tennis).

That's about it for us right now!

Pool Parties & more transitions...

Hi all! It's been a good week. First, here are a couple cute shots of Hudson. He's growing so fast! He's still a happy, mostly content baby. He has been sleeping through the night really well. When he first started rolling over, he awoke a couple times because he was frustrated that he couldn't turn back over. But he's actually rolling over and sleeping that way a good bit too now. He seems to have good control of his head now. See the 4th picture... I can't lift my head that high!


This is a few shots of Hudson in the Bumbo. I took these with my Blackberry and didn't realize how poor the quality was until I transfered them to the PC. But I'm posting them anyway...




Another place that I took poor quality pictures with my Blackberry was at our friend Marley's 2yr B'day party. That was Tuesday and I took a few pictures. But most were blurry. Here are two shots from that party.


This is a shot of a dress that Hannah's friend at work made for her. She made it for Raegan when Raegan was first born... and now she can finally wear it! We think she looks cute in it.

Hannah has been in a productive mood this weekend. Before I got up on Saturday morning, Hannah had already fed Hudson, taken Hudson for a jog, started laundry, got Raegan up and she and Raegan were making blueberry pancakes. I felt kind of lazy once I drug myself downstairs and realized how much was already in motion!

I don't think I mentioned in our last post how at the Lake last weekend, Luci got caught under the running board of my brother's van as he was pulling out of the driveway. We knew she didn't get under the tire but she seemed traumatized. Her mouth was bleeding but it was a surface scratch. Anyway, we took her to the vet, they kept her over night and she is OK other than bruising. Hannah has been giving her medicine the vet prescribed. Anyway... all that to say that Bristo seemed pretty concerned of course. Below is a picture Bristo giving her care (and maybe acting as a heating pad for her back).

On Friday, the Stuckey's came over. Raegan and Hudson had a good time playing with Harrison and Cooper.

Our neighborhood had a pool party on Saturday. It was fun for adults & kids. They even had an ice cream truck pull-up and the ice cream was free! This slideshow has some shots from that party...


Finally the biggest milestone of the weekend... on Friday night we converted Raegan's crib into a toddler bed. Here are a couple shots of her first introduction to her new bed.

She went right to sleep. And she slept through the nite. Below is a shot of her after getting out of the bed after her first night sleeping in it.

The only issue we're having is that she wants to take her diaper off in the mornings and potty on the bed. She still doesn't understand that she can get out of the bed if we're not in there. But I'm not sure why she thinks she should remove her diaper. We told her she can get out of the bed and go to the potty. Then remove her diaper. I guess she'll learn.

This is a little video we took of her the night we first introduced the bed. In the background is a funky version of the "Monkey's jumping on the bed song...".

Have a good week!

Independence Day & a move toward Independence...

Hi all... I hope you had a good Holiday this past weekend! We did. We have a ton of pictures to post. First, let me show you a video of Hudson's move toward independence (there is no sound in this video)...

Hudson has started rolling over from his back to his stomach. In the video he started out completely on his back. This started Thursday. First he's rolling over and the next thing you know he's off to college!

We went out to Lake Martin for the July 4th weekend. My brother and his family were there as well as Nana & Papa. We had a good time (I don't know why Jason & I dressed alike in this picture).

Between my mother, my brother and me... we have way too many pictures. I tried to narrow them down but it became overwhelming. So... I have gone through and picked my favorites from each camera and put them in seperate slideshows.

This is a slideshow of 25 pictures from Nana's camera (pics not necessarily taken by Nana):

This is a slideshow of 75 pictures taken from my camera:


This is a slideshow of 40 pictures taken from Jason's camera:


If you made it through all of those pictures and you're still reading... I'm amazed and appreciate you're interest! So I'll throw one last thing at you. This is a video of Raegan on the boat. Sometimes she gets really excited and you can tell on this clip that she get's almost crazy excited.

OK... I think that's enough media for one post. Maybe next time we'll have more to type. Have a good week!