Christmas 2009

Merry Christmas!

This week has not gone exactly as planned. Hudson has been a little sick and as it turns out, he has an ear infection in both ears and also had Bronchiolitis. He is taking an antibiotic and also taking nebulizer treatments. We can clearly see 2 bottom teeth showing now. So Hudson has been through it, but is still a mostly happy kid. I think he is talking more.

At school this week, Raegan had a pajama party (maybe pictures will come later). She has been excited about Christmas. She has still been afraid of Santa but that's OK, because she understands that Christmas is Jesus' Birthday.

We have been mostly hanging around the house with Hudson being sick, but below are two slideshows. One showing some pictures from the week, from Christmas Eve & even a couple shots after Christmas. The other slideshow is Christmas Day.

But first... a fun video. Most of us would say the Christmas season is pretty hectic. Well the video below will help you experience this if you didn't get your own frantic Christmas experience. On Christmas Eve, we decided to drive to see a Christmas light show at a nearby neighborhood. It was raining and Hudson was sick, so maybe not the best idea to begin with. But you can hear in the video that Hudson got upset, Raegan was entertained at first but then wanted a toy... and the light show is crazy anyway. And I don't think Raegan & I usually sound as southern as we do here. Regardless, this video captures the emotions of the holidays...

This slideshow is just some shots from the week leading-up to Christmas, Christmas Eve & today.



This slideshow is from Christmas Day.

Hudson is 9 Months old!

Hudson turned 9 months old on the 19th. He crawls like crazy now and pulls-up on everything. When on hard surfaces, he sometimes crawls to where his knees don't touch the ground. Pretty clever. He has a great temperament. He has great smiles and warms-up to people quickly. He has a little bit of a tooth starting to show. He is starting to get upset when we leave him... so I guess he is getting more attached to us.

Today, we took him to the Pediatrician because he had a fever on Friday and he has had a bad cough since then. And he has been less cheerful than usual. They said he has Bronchialitis. So now he has to do breathing treatments every 4 hours. They said he may only have to do this for a month. We hope that's true! Right now, he really doesn't like the treatment!

Here are a couple shots of his 9 month in the chair in his room.

Below is a slideshow noting some of what we did this past week.

Crazy Christmas week...

This has been crazy Christmas week. On Sunday was the CFA Open House (where I took Santa pictures), Sunday evening was the neighborhood Christmas party, Tuesday evening was Hannah's girl friend Christmas party, Wednesday night was Hannah's neighborhood Bunko Christmas party, Thursday night was my department Christmas party, on Friday night was the CFA Children's Christmas party (where I took Santa pictures) & Saturday we hosted part of the Miley family Christmas.

It was all good and all fun. But also exhausting. Below is a slideshow that tells a lot of the story from the weekend. Raegan is in the same dress made by Nana throughout the whole weekend. There were actually two other dresses that Nana made that we planned on Raegan wearing at some point but the way things worked-out, she wore the same one the whole time. Pretty amazing that a 2yr old can wear the same dress for 2 days!

Christmas events have begun...

Things are already really busy! Christmas events have begun. Preparing for & doing these events as well as normal work and working Chick-fil-A events are really keeping us busy.

On Friday morning, I helped "stuff the dome" with Chick-fil-A to prepare for the SEC Championship game. That's actually always fun.

On Saturday evening, we watched some football & we met Jason & Mina (& kids) at Stone Mountain. We watched the Polar Express 4-D movie and walked around the Christmas setup. It was really nice but too cold for Hudson. We couldn't keep Hudson out there for the laser show & parade. So we had to leave.

On Sunday, I took Santa pictures at the CFA Open House for a couple hours. Then we went to our neighborhood Christmas party. Raegan was pretty happy until Santa came into the clubhouse. Then she wanted to get out of there. She still doesn't like people dressed like Santa. But she does like Santa decorations & songs.

This week will be a crazy week with multiple Christmas parties. I hope we survive!

By-the-way, Hudson is little crazy man now. He cannot be still. If you're holding him, he is twisting & turning to get down. If he is down, he is crawling really fast or pulling himself up on something. It's difficult to even change his clothes or diaper now because he can't be still. How long does this phase last? I don't remember Raegan being this determined to move.

Here are some shots from this past week...