.the seagers.

chocolate dipped

2012-02-15T08:40:00.000-08:00

You know its valentines day when you get to eat chocolate dipped strawberries for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Hudson LOVED the chocolate dipped strawberries and was asking for more all day.

Duckies

2012-02-15T08:26:00.000-08:00

The other day we were at wal-mart and i told Hudson he could pick something out for Valentines. He insisted on these duckies! He wanted all three colors but i made him narrow it down to 2. Let me just tell you, its the best 2 bucks ive ever spent. He has not let go of those dang ducks since monday, he loves them. I might even go back and let him get more colors.

Basketball

2012-02-15T08:16:00.000-08:00

Hudson is obsessed with basketball. Not even kidding you. My parents have a big basketball hoop in their backyard and as soon and we get to grandma and grandpa Bensons the first thing he says when we pull up{well besides Grandma!, Grandpa!} is "basketball, shoot it!". He absolutely loves it. For his birthday my cousins daniel and brit gave him a basketball hoop. Seriously that thing is my babysitter, right when he wakes up he wants to go downstairs to "shoot it". He loves it. He rarely ever misses, Jordan says its time to advance his hoop ;).

Bath time.

2012-02-15T08:10:00.000-08:00

Hudson really loves his baths. The other day we were at target and got him some numbers and letter toys for the bath, he absolutely loved them... he loved them so much that even once he was out of the bath he snuck back in to play with them.

target+a nap

2012-02-11T21:30:00.000-08:00

Sometimes nap time just cant wait... yes we put a bean bag in the shopping cart.

a wonderful saturday

2012-02-11T21:17:00.000-08:00

its always a wonderful saturday when the rebels win. We played SDSU today and i was in such regret that i didnt bring my camera. hudson was so cute chanting "rebels" hand wave back and forth and all... and saying "basketball, shoot it". Gosh i love that kid. The student section was awesome, and had the best posters... my favorite of course was this baby....

oh and did i mention this game about put me into labor? Do i dare go to the tournament come march?

finally!

2012-02-09T20:46:00.000-08:00

I love sugar cookies. love them. Everytime i go to make them im searching for a new recipe cause im never completely satisfied with the one i used before. I have tried so many i couldnt even count, I never stick to the same one. I like a soft thick sugar cookie. Well folks, today was a fab day... i have anxiety over the fact that i just want everyone to come over and try these babies and tell me how delicious they are. I FOUND IT! i FINALLY FOUND IT! i found the recipe that will have me searching no more! Oh and did i mention i loved the frosting recipe that was a attached with it? Double bonus. They cook up poofy and wonderful. Heres to finding the best sugar cookie recipe yet!

For the Cookies:
6 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
2 cups granulated sugar
3 large eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1½ cups sour cream

For the Buttercream Frosting:
1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
4 cups powdered sugar
Pinch of salt
6 tablespoons heavy cream

Directions:
1. In a large bowl whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.

2. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream the butter and sugar together at medium speed until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating until each is incorporated. Add the vanilla extract and sour cream and beat at low speed until combined.
3. Add the dry ingredients and beat at low speed until just combined, scraping down the bowl as needed. Dough will be a little sticky and that is ok. Divide dough into two sections. Flatten into rectangles about 1½ inches thick, then wrap with plastic wrap. Chill in the refrigerator overnight or for at least two hours.

4. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Line large baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpats; set aside.

5. Lightly flour the countertop and the top of the dough. With a rolling pin, roll the dough out to ¼-inch thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut out the cookies and place on prepared baking sheets. Bake for 7 minutes, until cookies are slightly golden around the edges. Immediately transfer cookies to a wire rack to cool. Cook cookies completely before frosting.
6. To make the frosting, in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together the butter and vanilla extract. Slowly beat in powdered sugar and the pinch of salt. Once smooth and creamy, add in heavy cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, then beat at medium-high speed for a minute or two until light and fluffy. Add food coloring, if desired, and beat until combined.
7. Once cookies have cooled completely, frost and add sprinkles, if desired. Allow frosting to set, then store in an air-tight container.

SIDE NOTE- I used almond extract in my frosting instead of vanilla... i prefer almond in my frosting. Also little secret... i didnt chill my dough and they rolled out perfectly and cooked up great. 7 min in the oven is all they need since they are baking at such a high temp!

jokes on us.

2012-02-09T09:33:00.000-08:00

Last night Hudson made a breakthrough... well to us{in his own mind he knows he is teasing us} I know hes been teasing us. Hudson talks extremely well, ive said it before and ill say it again. One word he never says for us is ball. I cant even describe in writing how he says it, but we all know that its ball. Like he doesnt even open his mouth... its just "gmmm". basically a weird noise. Last night i was giving Hudson a bath and we were playing with his bath toys and i said "Hudson just say ball for mommy i know you can" he replied "ball" i cheered and he laughed. So then i figured, eh its just one of those one time things and no one will believe me. So then i asked him "hudson whats this"... "BALL!". I then cheered again and he laughed...agian. So Jordan gets home and i tell Hudson "tell daddy what you are holding".... "gmmm" mouth shut and all. DANG IT. We ate dinner, after dinner i said "Hudson if you say ball for dad i will give you a sucker!".... out came the words "ball"... so basically the joke is on us. We had a big breakthrough day... he was then playing with this rattle thing, not knowing i was paying attention to him he was pointing at the colors saying "purple, blue, orange, red". I was so proud. He still says "gmmm" when using ball in a sentence, and im sure if you ask him "what color is this" he will reply yellow.... but we have made a big breakthough! especially due to the fact he let me video him this morning saying "BALL". oh yes, he is up to 13 on his counting.... i have big hopes that my kids will turn out smarter then me ;).

Spinach Shake

2012-02-08T08:57:00.000-08:00

I have had some people asking me what i put in my spinach shakes. When i got a vitamix i started obsessing over spinach shakes, honestly they start the day off right. Hudson and I always drink them in the morning with a piece of alpine valley toast{this bread is our FAVORITE, you can buy it at costco, you will never buy anytihing else again..unless you are white bread people, we definately are not} Even my husband who was raised on white said to me "man im glad you got me hooked on this". Its fresh healthy and delicious. Sometimes Hudson and I dont make our shakes in the morning but we always have it for one of our meals, why? Because we love them. Honestly i have made them lots and lots of ways, here is the way i make it most. Oh and side note, i buy my spinach at costco and all my produce. We stick to blueberries, strawberries, and bananas. I cut the bananas in halves and the strawberries put them in ziplocks {along with the blueberries} and freeze them, this way you dont have to use ice.
Spinach Shake:
1 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk
half of a frozen banana
handful of blueberries or strawberries (we switch off)
Large handful of spinach
scoop of V-shape protien mix{I dont know where you can buy this but its fabulous and filled with vitamins}
tbsp of flax {we get ours at costco}
Be warned that the berries can make it look blackish... but dont let that color fool you, as you can tell from the pictures even Hudson is obsessed! happy shakin!

adding one to the list.

2012-02-07T18:21:00.000-08:00

dumped cherrios and milk on the floor, nail polish shattered across the kitchen, black handprints up your stairs, chocolate z-bar smashed in your{brand new}carpet, ink colored on your brand new chair, peanut butter in your hair, high pitch scream in the car for miles upon miles, drity little footprints across the newly mopped floors. Motherhood takes a little bit of patience. Most days i smile and happily clean it up, some days im simply more patient. A couple weeks ago i saw a box in the laundry room that was waiting for me to unpack, so i decided why not. In the box was some nail polish. Hudson has an obsession with colors and holding things so of course he loves nail polish. Well boys+nail polish= a bad thing. What did he do with it? he chucked that baby across the kitchen and it shattered...everywhere. Well i snapped, hudson cried, went upstairs. I decied to calm down, hurry and wipe it up off my cabinents and floor, and take a big long deep breathe. When i went upstairs to find hudson i couldnt find him anywhere, i then remembered he loves my closet. There i found him in the dark closet with the door shut and the biggest sad face, it broke. my. heart. I felt so bad and so sad. That day i added another resolution to my list. Be patient with Hudson when things like that happen.
The messes, the screaming in the car, the broken things... i dont want those things to go away because so many other things out weigh those. The 'i love you mommy", or the way he tucks his hands into my body when we get out of the car and its cold, his head on my shouler, his smile, the funny things he says, the thank yous and the sorrys, the hugs and kisses, the laughs and the snuggles, just all the little things that make every mess and broken thing worth it. Hudson seriously makes me cry... you know that i just love you so much i could cry. Everyday i am so beyond thankful i was blessed with this spirit. That heavenly father trusts me with such a jewel. I am beyond blessed and theres no reason i cant be more patient when not so fun things happen. Hudson is my buddy, and i couldnt imagine life without him. These next 10 weeks are the last 10 weeks i have with just the two of us. Just the two of us eating breakfast and snuggling watching elmo...and we are gonna soak them up.

2012-02-07T17:30:00.000-08:00

We love PBS kids at our house. Hudson has really been enjoying signing time, the other day he was playing with his ball and trying to sign but didnt want to put his ball down, so he found a great solution.

January recap

2012-02-02T18:05:00.000-08:00

Yey for a new month! January was a great month!

chobani yogurt has been my choice of breakfast. hannah anderson pjs came back to costco. brookie spent the night. ate dinner at nordstrom cafe. discovered my new favorite hair product. cured my pregnancy cravings with peanutbutter and chocolate. played at the park. cheered for our favorite rebels. made a cheveron painting. drank a lot of green smoothies. got my eyelashes filled. celebrated brookies birthday. started on the felt flower pouf. dyed over at how cute old navy is right now and bought me some post baby gifts. read a lot of books. worked late nights in the salon. thanks for being so great to us january... on to the next one... Happy February!

knickerbocker park.

2012-02-01T19:08:00.000-08:00

Knickerbocker Park is the park right behind our house. Hudson absolutely loves it and seriously thinks im the coolest mom when i take him on a walk to the park. I jog in the mornings with hudson (i say jog but i feel like im waddling, pregnant girl issues) when we pass the park he always says "park, park park!". I respond "ill take you later" So with many broken promises we made our way to the park today and he loved every minute... he did not want to leave! Every mom at the park kept telling me "oh my gosh he is so darling, hes like a california baby". Hudson has no fear, and is very independent. He chooses the biggest slides to go down as i watch him climb up to the top and just cringe. He fell and his shoe fell off but he didnt even skip a beat, he just got up and kept running after every mom around blurted out "ahhh" including his own.

our favorite:chicken tortilla soup

2012-02-01T18:55:00.000-08:00

This is one of our favorite meals... its really delicious. Is anyone else weird about making soups in the summer time? I dont know why i am because i mean, we eat all food hot right? Since the warm weather will be here before we know it (who am i joking the weather has been beautiful) i decided to make this for dinner. If you make this one day, mark my work it will become a fam fav. Thanks to my sister for the recipe! Hudson enjoyed every bite. I always serve it with cornbread and honey butter. enjoy.

chicken tortilla soup:
4 chicken breasts
1 can tomato sauce
1 can diced tomatoes
1 can black beans
1 can corn (sometimes i do 2 cause we love corn)
1 tbs worcestershire sauce
4 chicken boulon cubes
30 oz water (2 cans)
throw all in crockpot and cook on low for 8 hours, or on high for 4 hours. shred chicken.
serve with cheese, sour cream, tortilla chips

did i teach you that?

2012-02-01T18:32:00.000-08:00

For those who know Hudson knows he talks beyond well for his age, lately he has me dropping my jaw thinking "did i teach you that". I usually call jordan and ask "did you teach hudson....."
things that have dropped my jaw recently:
-It rained last monday and when i opened the garage Hudson said "its raining, its wet!"
- While taking a bath he lifted up his butterfly toy and said "Butterfly"
- The fact that he can count to 8 all by himself, he was sitting by jordan one day and just started counting. today he got to 10 with my help of saying "ok say 10"
- We went to see my mom at the church while she was setting up for new beginnings and they had a big sun set up and he looked at me with big eyes and said "sunshine"
-He secretly trys to annoy me by arguing that everything is "yellow" but he does know some of his colors really well... he knows pink, orange, black, white... today i put on a white shirt and hudson said "its white mom" then he went into my closet picked up a sock and said "its a pink sock"
- He has a book he really loves full of all kinds of cars, one morning he was sitting on my bed reading it and pointed to the firetruck and said "firetruck"

torn.

2012-01-31T08:08:00.000-08:00

Hudsons nursery was easy for me, im kinda a one way street with boys. I have found that there are so many different ways i can go with my girl nursery, and i think i am pretty set on a way but then i see something else and think "maybe i should do that". I fell in love with the nursery on "me oh My" blog. I would make mine a little more shabby, but she was kind enough to share the wall color. I would do that wall color with just all cream and white things. The thing that im torn most on is the cribs! wicker or iron? I adore them both. Here is the nursery that i have I have had in mind for a long time....

Heres the funny thing about all this, i have the mobile, the bedding, the pouf is in progress, i got the most darling mirror (but it could be used in any nursery) so then i was in pbk and i kinda love this bedding so then i get thinking... should i do something like this? Or i have the cutest anthropologie bed spread i could make into crib bumpers... im leaning towards the top one. Its what ive always had in mind, ive always loved iron rod cribs and should just go with my gut right? i thought making these boards would help but im not sure if it did...

oatmeal cookies

2012-01-25T09:12:00.000-08:00

these are my favorite favorte oatmeal cookies! they bake up so delicious. I think i ate 5 right out of the oven. We are a cookie family, yes i blame Hudsons cookie addiction entirely on me. I do a couple things different from the recipe. I use whole grain flour and put extra cinnamon in because i never put any "toppings" in the cookie. i just like plain old oatmeal cinnamon. yum. enjoy!

3/4 c. shortening
1 1/4 c. firmly packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 tsp. vanilla
1/3 c. milk

Beat until creamed then add:

3 cups quick oats
1 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Mix at low speed just until blended. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls unto cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 10 to 12 minutes.

you can add different extras to the cookie base if you want, like i said i never do, i just add extra cinnamon but feel free to add:

butterscotch chips
mini peanut butter cups
white chocolate chips with macadamia nuts
raisins
m&m's
white chocolate and dried cranberry
chocolate, mini marshmallows, and chopped almonds

You really can't go wrong. Enjoy!

Hudson go to the laundry room and grab me a diaper...

2012-01-25T09:04:00.000-08:00

we kind of love this place.

2012-01-25T09:02:00.000-08:00

Favorite things right now.

2012-01-25T05:49:00.000-08:00

Do you sometimes find yourself looking at a fashion blog thinking "welp that outfit cost 1000+ dollars" its so crazy to me. I am absolutely loving the spring stuff coming out and all the color. here are my favorite things right now... happy shopping!

loving this shirt paired with these pants and these shoes. I got shoes like that last summer and i swear i wore them with every outfit. Who doesnt love an awesome summer sandle.?

how perfect are these flats paired with these fab skinnies. like i said im LOVING all the color this spring.

obsessed with these pants. loving them in this color. and you seriously can not beat that price! i bought these in black and dark denium after i lost all my weight after Hudson and I am not kidding you, i got so many questions about where i got my pants. they are great for spring or winter in my opinion. great with boots or flats or sandles. love them

this shirt paired with a dark denium with a bright colored flat

love this top with a high pony tail to show off the zipper

everyone needs a shirt like this to wear with a perfect fit jean.

this belt with a tucked in blouse like this

my favorite work out pants are these cause they beat the price of lululemon and totally compare

obsessed with these studs

just switched to this foundation and loving everything about it. if you havent tried this you need to! my friend ashley asked me to get her some and thats the day i picked some up for me. amazing.

how could anyone resist this darling cardigan

The weekend in an instagram.

2012-01-24T09:54:00.000-08:00

We had a great weekend! Jordan had Saturday off (much needed for him and for us) so we planned a day full of basketball. We went to the findlay prep/Bishop gorman game to check out some recruits for the runnin rebels. Then we ate cafe rio and headed to the Rebel game. As you know we are big Runnin rebel basketball fans, we got to the game super early because the game before was at 2 then the rebel game didnt start untill 7, but it was so fun getting there early. Why? Hudson got to watch the team shoot around and was seriously mezmerized. He just stood there in awe, Anthony Marshall cam and game him a high five, which was so cute. We love our REBELS! Sunday we had our Best friends over brad and britt for a delicious sunday dinner. I made crusted oven garlic chicken with homemade tomato cream sauce (my fav from pioneer woman) pasta and vegetables with my all time favorite mud pie for dessert. Oh and did i mention i started on Baby Girls felt flower Pouf? As you can see from the pictures i finished cutting the circles! yey! ill post pictures of the final product. I am REALLY excited about it!

scoot and zoom

2012-01-18T09:22:00.000-08:00

My aunt Kathie and uncle Ron gave Hudson this awesome scoot and zoom for his one year old birthday and he has been obsessed with this toy lately! thanks Dyes for the awesome gift!

color

2012-01-18T09:18:00.000-08:00

remember how i told you Hudson is OBSESSED with coloring and it kinda drives me nuts? This morning he was dying to color so i gave in and let him have at it.... he also discovered coloring on the tile is much more fun. Im teaching him "only on paper" its not going over too well....

mornings.

2012-01-18T09:03:00.000-08:00

Right when Hudson wakes up he wants out of is pjs and into a shirt. First thing he says to me "shirt, shirt" then of course he has to have shoes on so usually he ends up walking around in his diaper, shoes and shirt because well the pants arent important ;). So if you see Hudson in a shirt and shoes with no pants just assume its morning time.

Stuck.

2012-01-18T08:58:00.000-08:00

The other day i put Hudsons slide in the family room so he could play on it while i was in the kitchem. All of a sudden i hear "i stuck i stuck" i looked over to find him like this...

Blueberry muffins.

2012-01-18T08:53:00.000-08:00

Every Sunday i usually make the most delicious blueberry muffins. Jordans sunday school class loves them, and well so do i. Hudson had never licked batter before and was really weirded out by it, he is a texture boy. So i gave him a spoon and set him on the ground and well he came to love that batter. Not much ended up in his mouth, and I am sure one day he will know how to lick a bowl clean!

Emmitt turns two.

2012-01-18T08:47:00.000-08:00

Last Friday the 13th Emmitt, hudsons cousin (jordans sisters kid) turned the big TWO. Shali and Daniel had us over for dinner, cake, and presents. It was an enjoyable night... and well we are just such nice guests letting our child climb all over their furniture to jump off. Hudson is obsessed with jumping lately and it scares me a bit. The kid is fearless, i really wont be surprised if im in the ER with a broken something before his 2nd birthday. Yes we let him just jump hoping he will learn but nope, he loves it. He would seriously jump off anything.

birthday boy.

home.

2012-01-18T08:31:00.000-08:00

Kara kept Hudson all day last wednesday. While its so nice to have some alone time, i missed him and was so happy to get him home that night, how could i not be happy to see this face? Love that Hudson!

Felt flower pouf.

2012-01-11T19:08:00.000-08:00

Ive wanted this for baby girls room for quite some time. So the other day i went to order it... 200 bucks. Umm i said nevermind on that. Ive been having to take it really easy. My mom, sister in law, mom in law have been too good to me and hudson. Mainly my mom deals with me eveyday, but thank goodness for kara and lore for giving her little breaks. I have placenta previa and well ive been so crampy and such and im suppose to be having "pelvic rest". Well thats really hard for me. I like to go go go. Or at least have something to do. So my mom and i have decided with all this "taking it easy" i needed something to do. So my friends, we bought some poufs and im making this! with the help of my mom of course! You think i could do that alone.... my momma keeps the perfection part in crafting. wish us luck! im so excited! take that 200 buck pouf....

Tv watchin.

2012-01-11T18:52:00.001-08:00

This is how Hudson prefers to watch Sesame street these days. In his truck.... with his "hat" as he calls it.

an i-pad morning.

2012-01-11T18:50:00.000-08:00

Hudson has been loving the i-pad. This morning he just sat and played his ABC train game all morning. He has the game memorized, he will say whats next. Aligator, and before he presses the button for B he says "bubbles". For K they have a karate kid and it says "huuuh ya" and im not too fond of that one because now he does the karate kick with the "huuuuh YA". Grand. I kept asking my mom, "how did he learn that" she said "the abc train game!"

blankie boy.

2012-01-11T18:45:00.000-08:00

Hudson loves loves blankets. Particularly his silky blanket but he will snuggle up to any blanket. I always find him grabbing at all the throws on the couch.

valentines

2012-01-10T17:15:00.000-08:00

anyone knows im the biggest holiday person. Every holiday is always decorated for at my house. I always get the comments "i love your valentines stuff, i have zero valentines decorations"... so here is my valentines decorating 101. Its simple really. With decorations i dont really like lots of clutter, just a few cute simple things to brighten the house during whichever holiday it is, except christmas go all out for that my friends! I wish i had a picture of my dalring wreath on my front door but i dont. So here it is, most all my v-day decorations are made, althought this season i do have my eye on some things at pbkids.... but most are made. 1. always have a cute wreath for each holiday. This valentines i made really cute red burlap wreaths, they still need some big pink bows on them, pictures to come. Last season i made a rosette vday wreath that i absolutly love. 2. you always need a cute garland! its a must. My valentines one is probably the easiest garland ever, i took felt, cut hearts out of them and strung some twine through them. 3. my all time favortie thing for every single holiday... candy in glass jars! heres my secret, i save my candy for each holiday, its candy my friends. it has no substance, it lasts. unless its something like chocolate, in that case i ditch them. But my valentine red hots and conversation hearts are pron going on 3 years, and guess what... they taste and look fab.4. add the holiday colors around the house whether is be through signs, or lanterns. my sister in law made me the cutest "be mine" sign from vinyl and wood. I got my "xo" at joanns and painted them pink and red 5. Subway art, the girls at eighteen25 have one for every holiday, send that baby right into costoco. Bam theres your beautiful holiday house. Every year i usually make something new... so by the time im older ill have a lot more, but remember with holiday decor, less is more. Especially for spring/summer holidays, i like a crisp clean looking spring house. Happy crafting. or buying.

18 months.

2012-01-10T16:35:00.000-08:00

Yes Hudson is actually 19 months but we went to the doctor at 18 months.. same stats as always
- height- 90%
-weight- 50%
- Hates nursery ( i could have sworn he was gonna be an easy going nursery goer!) i should have known since he does SO AWFUL at the gym daycare.
- Not a picky eater, eats asparagus, carrots, tomatoes, fish... really anything
- Talks like a champ. Serioiusly people never believe me that he is only a year and a half. must be the enfamil (i joke) some of my most favorite words he says: sparkle, jammies, candy, juice, love, YEY, star, yellow, color. its alwys hard to think of on the spot, he is a chatter box. Sometimes i think "did i teach him that" he really is such a smart kid and im not just saying that cause hes my kid, people think hes really smart.
- Ok so hes not so smart with his colors, he insists that everything is Yellow. We will tell him no thats blue and he says back "no its yellow"
- Something i dont lik right now... the phrase "its mine" he says it lots, we are teaching him sharing. slowly but surely.
- If you ask him what "so and so" says he will say "i love you". it startd out "what does dadddy say" but its basically what does grandma, grandpa, mommy, daddy.... say.
- loves blankies
- loves elmo
- all boy, loves balls. He can kick a ball really really well! my mom always says "i hope you have that on video"
- he is tiger, jump jump jump.... loves to jump
- loves being outside
- takes one good nap a day, ill take it.
- has 18 teeth
-wears size 8 shoe, size 12-18 pants, 18-24/2t tops
- obsessed with shoes
-loves to get dressed in the morning, he loves a new shirt on, its kinda funny
- loves taking baths
- really into coloring... kinda drives me a ittle crazy.
We love you so much Hudson, thanks for a great 18 months! you really are the best surprise.

breakfast+hannah anderson

2012-01-10T16:15:00.000-08:00

Yesterday night i was at costco, everytime im there i check to see if Hannah Anderson Pjs are back. They are my all time favorite pjs and hudsons were getting a little snug. I like getting them at costco instead of nordstrom, or ordering them because well... they are half the price. Why am i so obsessed with them? well for one they are just darling, they are comfy, half the price, and just easy. The best quality for what they cost. Hudson may look like his dad, but he eats like his mom. He loves breakfast, like me. Its the first thing we do in the morning. Eat breakfast. Usually we eat our favorite toast from costco (if you havent heard me talk about the bread we buy its amazing and yummy), cereal, fruit, a green smoothie, oatmeal, or all of thee above. Today i had kashi cereal with strawberries and blueberries (how delicious are costco blueberries!) and hudson had multi grain cheerios, with a side of toast and fruit. Its one of my favorite parts of the day with hudson, we sit next to each other on our bar stools and eat. So heres to breakfast time and for costco getting our favorite pjs back! yes hudson is OBSESSED with jammies, or in his words "mammies"

new jammies!

Breakfast time....

Uncle Zach.

2012-01-09T20:35:00.000-08:00

I just have to blog about this, so i remember how much my Hudson loves his Uncle Zach. For those who know Hudson know he is very leary of people he doesnt know. Looks at them funny, doesnt really give them the time of day if they try talking to him. Zach and Zaira live in Reno and before that they lived in Logan so Hudson hasnt really ever been around them much, but my gosh he is OBSESSED. My heart hurt a little for hudson knowing his uncle zach and aunt zaira were leaving and he would be so confused as to why after two weeks of christmas bliss they were just gone. Today i was sitting on the couch at my moms (she has me on lock down) im due to her house in the morning and all i can do is lay on her couch haha.(i have the best mom, i love her for so many reasons) anyways as we were sitting there hudson looked over and saw a picture of zach and said "zachs bye bye". He has such a cute relationship with his uncle zach. Even one night he wouldnt go to Jordan from zach (that says something!) everyday during christmas break when we would go to leave and zach would be holding him he would say "bye mom". Or when we would wake up in the mornings he would say "zach"... even today he will walk into my parents and look at me and say "zachy pooh pooh".

maybe this is why he loves uncle zach so much?

Seager sunday.

2012-01-09T09:18:00.000-08:00

The sundays we go to the seagers, i call them Seager sunday. Sunday dinner is always fun for Hudson. He loves his cousins. The seagers have all boy cousins, jordans sister Shali is due the same day i am and is having her 4th boy. I think everyone will be excited to have a little girl around. Most girls are more mellow, but im sure she will have a wild side. My mom says i was a very sweet little girl, just for the record. I always tell Lore "ya know your gonna have to get some girl toys" ;). These boys have lots of fun together, i only hope that Hudson will let his sister play with all of them when we are at seager get togethers. Oh and side note, Hudson loves Blake. He is always saying "blake, blake, blake". He loves older kids, i think kids his own size make him confused.

haircut time.

2012-01-09T09:02:00.000-08:00

Sometimes my kitchen becomes a hair salon. Only for 2 people though. Jordan and Hudson. Jordan is really the picky one about hudsons hair. Jordan likes short "clean cut" hair. So of course if Hudsons hair gets a little shag he has an anxiety attack. not really but you get the point. So finally i cut it... and well... hes lookin pretty handsome.

Checking things off...

2012-01-08T13:41:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday i made a "house to do list". Things i need to get done in the house this month. I want to get them all done before i start on the Nursery. So Friday i spent my day making a shelf and a painting. I went to Home Depot got a piece of wood for five bucks. i got my wood 2ft by 4ft. Then i headed to michaels got some paint, my momma googled how to draw cheveron stripes (i was surprised at how easy that is) and i painted myself a little something for the cost of... what... 8 bucks. awesome. I am kind of obsessed with them, i am doing a striped one for hudsons room. I got my shelf backets at anthropologie, then used extra wood from my entry table for the ledge. I am quite pleased with the outcome. So heres to getting things checked off my list! This weeks goal is to get hudsons room done! My wonderful and talented mom is making his bedding from some sheets i loved at west elm. nothing crazy just into a crib sized sheet. Pictures to come.

oh and yes, my valentines decorations are already up. What can i say im a sucker for holidays! LOVE THEM.

all boy.

2012-01-07T16:51:00.000-08:00

we spent the monday after Christmas at the Seagers. Jord had the day off so it was nice to be able to spend some time with kilee and levi before they headed back to NYC. Hudson is all boy, except yesterday when he chose the pink spoon over the green one at Yogurtland, i was a little worried. Hudson LOVES the outside. The kid played played played all day and loved it.

Sunday dinner.

2012-01-05T17:06:00.000-08:00

Its always a Sunday Fun day at Grandma and Grandpa Bensons. We love sunday dinner.

2011+goals.

2012-01-04T12:34:00.000-08:00

wwell its been a great year. Hudson has grown up and we have a little girl on the way. I loved this year and im not even a fan of odd numbers. A new year... on the way home from the movies the other day i told jordan "i hate when people say 2011 sucked so happy its a new year" i proceeded to tell him that if thats their attitude then 2012 will prob suck too. Life is what you make of it. Jordan laughed and agreed and thought it was funny cause nothing really changes its just a new day. i guess people feel a sense of a relief, like a clean plate. Jordan and I have had some time to make some goals for ourselves and our family. I am most definately a goal person. I set goals for myself, and i 98% of the time complete them. i love goals. They push me. I dont really make "weight" goals like a lot of people, thats just part of my life. i love working out. Although i did make a goal to run a marathon and i did and i fell in love. I am running one with my sister this fall and im so anxious and excited. Here are a few of the goals i set for myself and our family. 1. Study the scriptures throughly. dont just read the words. understand.
2. Be more grateful. I sometimes find myself just wanting when i have so much.
3. take better care of my teeth. dont laugh. i need to floss more.
4. Pray morning and night. i always pray @ night. Mornings tend to get ignored.
5. Cook dinner more.
6. get super organized. My house looks clean just dont look in the closet ;)
7. make a quilt with my mom
8. take my kids to the park more/ more walks
9. take more pictures of my kids. keep up on blog.
10. Tell my Husband "i love you" more often. I sometimes am not the best.
11. Do laundry (hate laundry this one is so hard for me)
12. Be a better friend. sometimes life gets so busy, and i adore my friends and i am glad we can go weeks without talking but just care more. its easy to care for your family but i love and appreciate my friends so much and i need to show them that.

A Happy new year.

2012-01-04T10:24:00.000-08:00

A New year! 2012... Hudson and i spent New Years Eve at my parents house, Jord had to work. We started the night off with the rebel game, our favorite verrazzanos pizza and wings, and a W from the runnin rebs. Then we did our annual "fortune readings" (melt lead and pour in water then it tells you your fortune) a tradition we started years ago. Hudson was so cute when he did his, he did NOT want to take the glasses off. The Dyes came over and did their fortunes, and we shared lots and lots of laughs on the couch playing games. Happy new year everyone. Wishing you happiness and health for 2012.

Christmas 2011

2012-01-04T10:09:00.000-08:00

We really had a fabulous Christmas. I love the Christmas season, I always hate to see it go. I got a new camera for christmas so that morning i hurried and charged it so i would have pictures later on in the day. Christmas is always a bit crazy for us because we have both families that live here. We do "rotate" years but its still basically split. Ok maybe more time at my families house but I always tell jord "im the girl" haha. He is so great and doesnt even mind. This year we slept at our house and had christmas morning with just the 3 of us. Around 8:30 we headed to the seagers, had breakfast with them and went to church. After church we did Christmas at their house, hung out for a bit, talked to Cody then headed to my parents around 3. We had Christmas at my parents with my siblings (minus my sis and her fam, dilike!) and my mom cooked up the most delicious dinner. Of course we were all in our matching PJ's. Hung out at my parents till late then headed home and called it a night. This Christmas Season was a great one, Jordan and i spoke in our ward on "keeping a christ centered christmas" and i was so grateful i got to give that talk because it kinda made me refocus. I am so glad i have christ in my life and that i can keep the "christmas spirit" in my heart all year long. I am also grateful for our wonderful families who make christmas so special. Im still a little kid and love my parents house all decorated, and the "special" wrapping paper santa picks out for all of us (so thanks mom and dad for still making it so special even though i am married). This year Hudson was so so mellow. just kinda stared in awe. Santa didnt get him much because he doesnt really get it yet, and well grandmas and grandpas spoil him. Hes a lucky boy. Grandma and grandpa seager brought him a tramp. Grandma Sparkle and Grandpa brought him a truck/car which may i add just sat in for an hour after he got it. It was really funny. Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and had time to reflect on the true meaning. Thank you all for your darling Chistmas cards! i absolutely love getting christmas cards, we didnt get around to those this year, maybe next year, but we sure did enjoy yours! so thanks! I guess we could have sent this picture out ;). Hudson really did LOVE santa all season long "santa santa, ho ho ho", he loved him in movies, and in books, and on our advent cal, and in line to take his picture... put him on santas lap... and well not so much! I secretly was hoping for a picture like this.

all ready for church.

finally.

2012-01-03T10:53:00.000-08:00

As you all know we moved into a new house. A new house that i absolutely adore. Adore the house itself, adore providence, adore the parks, adore the neighborhood, adore our ward, it was just a great move. Anyways for all of you who have moved into a new house you know its a process to get it decorated. Im sure ill be decorating for the next two years. One, i cant spend tons of money at once... and two... its just a lot of work. So i have been searching and searching for the perfect wallpaper for my entry wall and some of my kitchen... and i finally found it! Now here is my question, does anyone know anything about wallpaper hanging? do i do it myself? or do i hire someone? here is the wallpaper, im kinda obsessed. And it is a big line, they have pillows and chairs and fabric all in it. Which i really like.
Imperial Trellis Citrine Wallpaper

now im just a bit anxious to get it and have it done!!!

23w and 2 day week ultra sound.

2012-01-01T13:10:00.000-08:00

I had my 23 week ultra sound (remember, im going in every 4 weeks for ultra sounds). I am not going to lie, i wasnt really looking forward to it. My 8th ultra sound, early, hudson freaks out in the ultra sound room... its a little ridiculous. Like SCREAMS. May i add its the tiniest little room you ever did see. I think he thinks we are at the doctor for him or something. Anyways turns out i Really really loved this ultra sound. The tech (same tech i always see) was so great this morning, even though my placenta has NOT moved it was so nice cause she remeausured everything for me just cause i was there, and of course i made her check her privates ;). She thinks im funny. Its always the first thing she does, she kinda teases me now... like "oh my gosh what do you know, its still a girl". When i was pregnant with Hudson the tech said "thank goodness this isnt a girl cause he has HUGE feet" indeed the kid was born with ginormous feet. I mean he is 18 months wearing a size 8 shoe. Anyway i dont know why but at my 20 week ultra sound i never asked about her feet, so this time i said.... "does she have big feet"... the tech kinda looked at me funny, like why are you asking that, and replied "nope not big" then i explained to her why i asked. I feel like her profile resembles Hudson a lot, just more feminine. Her nose looks a little "softer" then hudsons, ya know.... just more feminine. I really am getting so anxious for APRIL. I see dr. Harter in two weeks, he will decide what we should do since my placenta hasnt moved. The tech said this time we will wait till 32 weeks for another ultra sound... but let harter decide for sure. Im not gonna lie, if i have to have a c-section i have to have a c-section. Its not a big deal to me, and i think its because Harter is so fabulous. Women go to him just for his c-sections. Of course he also prides himself on vaginal dilivery too ;). hes just the best, what can i say. As long as she gets here safely thats all that really matters .....

i love this one. looks like she is doing "i love you"

CANADA- august 2011

2011-12-30T09:54:00.000-08:00

Canada is my most favorite favorite vacation. Such a great place to be with family and the kids. So kid friendly, it makes parents job easy. Bike rides, hikes, ice cream, games, walks through the town, boat rides on the lake, picnics, running (for me ;)), candy shops, horse back riding, lemonade selling, and the best of all a whole lot of cousin/family time. So heres to being "better late then never".... We cant wait for next years trip!

We painted boats and then road up the lake in the real boat to send them down a little river into the lake. Lets just say the painting was way better then the sailing.... they were a flop in the water but so fun to decorate, and the kids love a good boat ride!

BBQ at cameron falls. Hot dogs, and smores. This year the kids and josh and steve actually went swimming in the river. CRAZIES. no it is not warm, Hudson sure loved his marshmallow if you cant tell.

We go for Ice cream every night. its a must

The girls loved selling lemonade. They would make like 30 bucks a day. I think i should start putting hudson out on the streets to sell lemonade ;).

Bears Hump is a quick fun hike we do every year. I absolutely love it. The view when you get to the top is the town that our cabin is in. Waterton Park.

We got kites and decorated and flew them, never question mom and dads kite making skills ;). Mom knew exactly how those kites went together. The kites flew really really good, and were so much fun! they flew much better then the boats floated thats for sure.

Bruce (a good friend in canada who built our cabin) is always kind enough to let us come ride his horses. Him and his sweet wife made us a yummy dinner and the kids always have a blast riding the horses. They could have stayed there for days.

The summit hike! Amy, Tyler, Steve, Dad, Jordan and I went on this hike. We did it in record time... i think like 4 hours? i forget. When we got there, there was a sign "cougar in area" yes i was afraid i wouldnt ever see hudson again. We have seen bears on this hike, which is no biggie, but a cougar!? i will pass on that. thankfully we never ran into the cougar ;). This is my favorite hike in Canada though, i absolutely love it. This year there was lots of snow on the hike, which was kinda fun slippin down.

garland....

2011-12-13T12:14:00.001-08:00

I cant stop thinking about this christmas garland i saw on "me oh my" blog. Do i have energy to make it?? craft night anyone?

20 week ultra sound pictures.

2011-12-13T06:55:00.000-08:00

this little gal might just be in gymnastics..... she was making me hurt the way she was moving. She would put her legs up over her head, like she was trying to flip. She better just settle down......

here she is showing off her moves.... see her legs behing her head....

21

2011-12-12T13:20:00.000-08:00

Here i am at 21 weeks. Its funny, one of my brother in laws friends said to me " it sucks that you got in such amazing shape and now you are pregnant" ummmm. haha. what i wanted to say was.... well am i just not suppose to have anymore kids? lol or when you start having babies you will realize that its much better to be in great shape before you get pregnant.... anyways here i am at 21 weeks.... I had my big ultra sound a coulple weeks ago.... everything looks great but at this point i have to have a c-section. Which im fine with, whatever they need to do to get the baby out healthy. Its crazy with hudson i only had 2 ultra sounds the whole pregnancy.... this time ive already have had 7. i go to the doc every 2 weeks right now. technically i still see harter just every 4 weeks... then the ultra sound tech every 4 weeks, but they are on flip flop schedules so i am at the doc every 2 weeks. if that makes any sense at all... I have placenta previa. My sister had it with one of her little girls, and my sis in law had it with Both her girls. both of theirs moved before it was baby time, so we will see on the 28th if it has moved. Maybe a c-section wouldnt be too shabby, i mean you wouldnt have to go through contractions ;). Hey im just lookin at the bright side here....

i swear that my butt isnt that big, its the leggings ;).

ruffle tree skirt.

2011-12-12T13:06:00.000-08:00

A few people have been asking how i made my ruffle tree skirt. Well i did find the idea on pinterest but i did NOT follow that tutorial. talk about a headache! i dont think i could have the patience to make it like the tutorial says... its called a "no sew" christmas tree skirt, but you better believe i used a sewing machine! HEREs what i did:
- i used linen, i like the way it lays, also it kinda frays which i like
- i bought a felt tree skirt at wal-mart for 5 bucks, beats cutting a circle cause who wants to mess with doing that? not me
- I cut my strip 4 inches wide... and i even felt like i could have done 5. My friend did 2 inches and more power to her! go girl.
- Heres where the big difference is.... the tutorial just ruffled their strips as they glued them with the hot glue gun. WHAT!? no thanks.... i know girls in my ward that did it this way and it took them 8-10 hours. With the help of my mom who is a wizzard on the sewing machine... i ruffle them on the sewing machine. also make sure when you cut your fabric you cut it long ways.... so it shoudl be 5 yard long strips. (yes i used 5 yards of linen)
- After all strips were ruffled i hot glued them onto the skirt.... and VWALA!! a beautiful ruffled tree skirt

BUDS

2011-12-12T12:48:00.000-08:00

A couple weeks ago Hudson and i stopped by to see Diesel and Britt.... when we walked in Deisel was laying under his toy mat, Hudson just crawled right under there and layed next to him and started playing. I pray he is this sweet with his sister.....

Brittanys baby shower.

2011-12-12T12:43:00.000-08:00

Remember how i am so far behind on blogging? so here is the catch up game. ready. set. go. I am so far behind on blogging that this baby shower i threw for brittany in ummm JULY has not been posted... trust me its been on my mind. I need to get back into the swing of things, moving and being pregnant has put a hold on the blogging world. But i love looking back on our blog and all the memories so im getting caught up this week and staying on top of it! Anyways Britt is one of my best friends so of course i was so excited to throw her baby shower. I went with a brunch theme. Also i was lucky because i had just thrown hudsons one year old party the month before so i used the banners we made for that, and the milk jugs, jars, and straws so it worked out wonderful.We had the shower early. I made creme brule french toast (delicious) one of my favorites, britts mom brough quiche, my mom made cin. and orange rolls, we put fruit in waffle cones (thanks pinterest) and ate our hearts out and had a grand time. Yes Diesel is what... about 4 months now.... Brad claims hes gonna marry our little girl and well Hudson loves the kid. He is seriously such a sweet baby, i dont think ive seen him cry.... even when hudson tries and steals his paci. We are Lucky and so grateful to have brad, britt, and diesel in our lives. We love you guys.

this kid showed up at the end ;).....

ouch.

2011-12-06T08:37:00.000-08:00

Some days at the park just arent as fun as others.

Hudson took a spill at the park on saturday. My cousins little girl Lucy was trying to get the marker off his face ;)

We think Alike.

2011-11-22T07:34:00.001-08:00

thats why Nordstom is the best. they get it. HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!

Baby #2.!

2011-11-06T07:49:00.000-08:00

Have you been wondering where ive been? Ive turned into worlds worst BLOGGER! Im so so behind on blogging, i keep thinking well i cant blog until i get canada pictures from my sister, and Brittanys baby shower pictures off my moms computer.... cause i like things to be in order. BUT it hasnt happened so i fugure i NEED to keep up on this thing. Im so bad at writing in my journal that if i dont blog i will be in big regret. If you havent heard... BABY #2 is on its way and... ITS A GIRL. i am not kidding, i have been so busy and on top of being busy i havent felt so great. We moved into our new home in september, can i just reccomend not moving while in your first trimester. I am just barely getting everything unpacked and decorated and organized. I didnt tell my mom i was pregnant till i was 10 weeks(crazy huh) but she would call and say " hi what are you doing, are you unpacking?" i wanted to say "NO IM MISERABLE AND AM LAYING IN BED" ;). I honestly feel so beyond blessed and am so so thankful for all that i have been blessed with. I know my heavenly father knows me and loves me and im so grateful for that. I feel so overwhelmed with how blessed i am, sometimes i think gosh i dont deserve all this.

i think you could say...

2011-09-14T10:22:00.000-07:00

Missoni for target was a huge hit, consideringn when i got there at 10am the shelves looked like this:

i wasnt really disappointed, although i did want to actually see some of the cute things i was anticipating. it was funny you know kyle of RHWOBH? (real housewives of beverly hills) well she was tweeting about how it was so crazy and she got a tweet back saying "you know thats disrespectful that you went and shopped at target for missoni when you can afford the high end stuff" woah. what? i guess people are real upset. Here are some of my favorites:

i did get some cute missoni tights that will look darling with a black pencil, so no complaining from my end. and certainly not my husbands. Now i wouldnt mind like.. tory burch for target :)

chopped the locks.

2011-08-26T17:49:00.000-07:00

its true. I know what you are thinking "its still long" and yes maybe. but not to me. I cut 3.5 inches off. thats quite a chunk of hair. Yesterday at work my client was processing and i mentioned i wanted to do it to melinda and she said "k lets do it right now" so we did. and i love it, and am so glad i did it. Take in consideration my hair was down to my belly button ok. and now its up above my tatas.

proof:

on a side note: kids. since ive had one i have become a very scheduled person. I mean i have my gym classes everyday mon-sat that i go to and it doesnt change. Today is friday. i go to bootcamp at 4:30 on friday. The other day i had this client saying " my child is on my schedule" WHAT!? i wish. Ive been in my gym clothes since 4:00. its now 5:47 and we havent been to the gym yet because hudson is sleeping. for the past 3 hours. its great, that means he needs it, but just another thing to prove that im on his schedule, and we make it work :). Maybe he has figured out the gym times and is faking sleep? he is a smart little booger.

rent.

2011-08-12T21:38:00.000-07:00

Our old House is up for rent. dont mind our packed up house.

Home sweet home.

2011-08-11T08:46:00.000-07:00

if you havent heard, we are moving... we are moving. Aug 31 is when we can move in. The house just got finished just waiting for appliances. We thought we would be able to move in sooner but we got our close date when we got home from canada. Our house is all packed up, and we are living off of pb&j and cereal.

14 months.

2011-08-11T08:43:00.000-07:00

(dont mind all our moving boxes. we are all packed up!)

Crazy huh. 14 months? makes my heart kinda sink.Doesnt he look so old in that picture? i just want him to stay this age. i love this age. He is loving, and funny and cant argue with me. He is our sunshine, sometimes i just am amazed at how blessed we are. @ 14 months:
*words he says: cookie, stinky, no no, cracker, Baby, ough oh, thank you, rock, mom, dadda, cheese, hi, go, fishy. basically he tries to say anything you say. People are always amazed at how good he talks. He says ought oh all day along with baby. He thinks everyone is BABY. He knows what a baby is because everytime he sees a baby he points and says "BAAABY" but he also calls people his own age baby. Its probably my favorite word he says. He is going through a string cheese obsession so everytime he sees string cheese he says "cheeese" also when i take his picture he will sometimes say "cheeese"
*He is my dancer. If you put on a jam he will start groovin for you, or if you say "hudson dance" he will start dancing for you. hilarious. my favorite is when i look at him in the car and he is jammin his head.
* has 12 teeth
* size 6 shoe, 12-18 clothing
* Loves his silky and his crib
* is in love with his paci, and i know i need to try and take it away. give me a break he was off his bottle at 10 months ;)
* loves shoes! right when he wakes up he brings me shoes to put on
* loves elmo!! so much. elmos world saves me
* can be bribed with apple sauce(we get those packets at costco, they are fabulous for on the go!)
* loves taking baths
* would be outside all day if i let him
* favorite toy= balls and rocks. he LOVES rocks.
* waves and points at everyone and everything
I aways reread these things and realize i forgot a billion things, i wish i could have our life on record ( maybe just him ;)) happy 14 months.

Canada sneak peak in an instagram.

2011-08-11T08:12:00.000-07:00

we have been in Canada for 11 days. We got back monday night. Its always so nice to go to Canada during the summer when its blasted hot in Vegas!! Hudson was in heaven with all his cousins and being outside most of the day... i think hes having a rough time just being home with me now, and who wants to be out in this heat for longer then a couple hours?

Fam bam.

2011-07-23T18:51:00.000-07:00

3 weeks ago Kinley was blessed. Amy and Steve were in town, Zach and Zaira have been here all summer and it was so nice having EVERY member of the family here. I love it when we all get to be together, its a good time. A little noise and craziness is good for the soul.

make my day

2011-07-13T10:21:00.000-07:00

break my heart.

2011-07-13T00:52:00.000-07:00

Here i am 12:27AM. feeling like i have a newborn again. It all started yesterday. Hudson went down at his normal bedtime of 7:30 everything was good then came 11... screaming. Deathly screaming. Usually if Hudson ever cries during the night its because he cant find his paci. Jordan rush's in, and he is standing up so he gets him out and rocks him then puts him back in bed. 2 min later screaming. This reapeats over and over for 2 hours. I decide in my mind that maybe he is teething, felt his gums didnt really feel anything new but decided to give him a little advil. By this time its 3am and jordan and i decide what the heck we will let him sleep with us. BIG NO NO IN MY MIND. but i was tired and all Hudson wanted was to be snuggled. Today has been a long but good day. We went to the temple tonight, got a babysitter, got home and hudson was sound asleep like normal and went to bed at his normal time. Well its happening AGAIN! But tonight is different im letting him sob it out. Now stop right there before you start thinking im a mean mom. I DID go in, make sure everything was ok, he didnt eat dinner great so i fed him some toast and milk, rocked him, loved him, turned on his sleep sheep and said prayers. Everything was fine... then the screaming started. Jordan and i sat here and decided "ok this is ridiculous." We cant have another night like last night. So now i sit here at 12:41AM with a baby thats finally done sobbing but all i want to do is go in there and kiss him and hug him. It really breaks my heart but Hudson has been the best sleeper since he was six weeks. He adores his crib, whenever i put him in it he never makes a peep(usually just a look like ahhh my bed) and i am so nervous by letting him come in our bed during this little meltdown phase that he wont be the hudson that sleeps 12 hours straight in his crib. Its hard being a parent. Just little decisions like this. Remember how at 12:41 i wrote he was not crying anymore well its 12:45 and he is SCREAMING his head off again. I am at a loss. I feel like one hopeless mom right now. Its like he is scared of something. He just wants us to hold him and usually he just stares up at you with those big blue eyes like "please dont leave me". One mom in me is gonna break down and cuddle him all night but the other mom in me says stay strong. So maybe Ill just let dad deal with it. Has anyone experienced this? PLEASE tell me it will be done in no time. MOM NEEDS HER SLEEEEEEP.

fourth of july 2011

2011-07-05T11:31:00.000-07:00

Its been a great fourth of july! sunday we did our fireworks with my family, and i wish i had pictures because hudson fell asleep in the middle of all that. It was pretty funny.
we started out The 4th at my parents house with delicious breakfast! My mom made french toast with strawberries and special sauce, and i made bisquits with eggs and bacon in the middle(such a yummy recipe) and the bisquits look so cute, i put a pic of one up.

After breakfast we made our way out to the pool! it was so fun having ALL the grandkids together and all my siblings.

it was overcast and a little breezy so hudson wasnt too sure about the water cause he was a little chilly. But he LOVES all the basketballs and had so much fun throwing the ball and going after it again and again and again.

After we played outside and swam, i took hudson in to eat some lunch... well that didnt go too well...

Later that day we went home and took a nice long nap then jordan hudson and i made our way to yogurtland at town square and played at the park there.

On our way out jord took hudson up the escaltor and hudson loved it. He could have gone up and down that thing all night.

Once we left town square we stopped by 7-11 got some drinks and went to mountains edge park and climbed up the mountain to watch the fire works. It was the PERFECT view. you could see all the fireworks throughout the whole valley. Its safe to say we got a great firework show!

hudson has started a new thing... he loves to point. at everything... in fact he is pointing right now. He was in awe of the fireworks. It was darling and Its the cutest little point... its more of the letter k in sign language flipped.

sundays.

2011-07-05T11:30:00.000-07:00

This sunday Kinley was blessed. Sundays are always a little crazy, Hudsons naptime comes when church is about to start. So on sunday i usually hurry get hudson ready first thing and then put on elmo to try and keep him awake. By the way if we talk about elmo a lot its cause he is obsessed with Elmos World. Anyway on sunday i set hudson on my bed, looked over and found him like this. Poor little buddy. I have decided there will never be a good church time with a kid. But the one we are at now is just awful, it comes during.... the first nap time, lunchtime and the beginning of the second nap. But we deal with it... safe to say.. church is an adventure every sunday. He was so good in josh and karas sacrament i told jordan "maybe we should go to other people sacrament meetings more often"

SHARKS.

2011-07-05T10:46:00.000-07:00

The other day we went to the splash pads at town square. My sister has been in town for the past week and its been a blast. When we got to the splash pads i had hudsons reef flip flops, but come to find out he doesnt fit in them. So i ran into old navy and grabbed the first flip flops i saw that were his size. They were on sale for 4 bucks so it was perfect. Well can i just say i really am not that fond of them. Hudson on the other hang LOVES them. He is always bringing them to me to put them on him, he wears them all day and if you take them off he throws a fit. Really? why the sharks? i think i better hide them.

exhausted.

2011-07-05T10:42:00.000-07:00

Cousins have been in town, and jordan is starting his new job which leaves these two exhausted.

China boy.

2011-07-05T10:40:00.000-07:00

Jordan served his mission in Taiwan. A couple months ago he went back to China for some business... well he brought home this outfit. The other morning jordan saw it and said "we need to take a picture of hudson in that before it gets too small" so we put him in it and snapped a pic. I actually thing hudson loved being in the outfit. It was funny to watch, he kept smurking at us and can i just say i hope i have a girl like hudson cause this kid will leave hats, and sunglasses on for hours.

silky love.

2011-07-05T10:35:00.000-07:00

My aunt linda gives all the babies silky blankies. I stil have mine she gave me. I remember when i was little and i couldnt sleep without it, and if i was going to my cousins for a sleepover i had to have it with me. One time i left it at our cabin in canada and my Uncle richard found it and brought it home and wrapped it for me for christmas. I was so excited to get it back. As my nieces and nephews have all been given these silky blankies its been so funny watching how attatched they grow to them. Now i have my own little boy and i am proud to say he is a silky blanket lover. First thing he does when he gets into his crib is finds that silky, he watches elmo with it, and everytime he lays eyes on it he gets a big grin. His silky blanket is up there with his paci, and the two of them together= one happy baby.

this deserves its own post.

2011-06-24T11:52:00.000-07:00

Jordan got a big fat job promotion! YEY! i was so beyond proud of him. He is now the Director of Operations and Analyst for Green Valley Ranch! When he got a call from GVR's G.M to come interview for the position he called me and told me. I was nervous and excited for him. He went and interviewed and the next day got the call that they wanted to offer him the position. I honestly am so excited. I was jumping up and down so excited when i found out, after all i really love GVR. Have you been to their spa and steak house? AMAZING. you should go! and there pool is real fun ;). look at me already promoting Green Valley Ranch. ;). I cant help it. I am just the proudest wife around these days. His new job is going to be a lot of work, but im so excited he wont have to work 17 straight hours anymore... and the best part... NO WORK SUNDAYS!!!! YEY. Go jord, you just look so handsome in your new suits.

a chair, a cup and cartoons.

2011-06-13T22:00:00.000-07:00

Hudson got a cute little pottery barn "anywhere chair" from grandma and grandpa benson for his birthday. He loves it. He is starting to enjoy cartoons, and he looks like such a big boy in his chair watching cartoons drinking his milk in a sippy. melts my heart.

the one with his eyes closed makes me laugh because my camera wouldnt work and he was totally posing for me like "mom hurry up and take it"

FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY!

2011-06-12T23:16:00.001-07:00

We threw a first birthday party for hudson. It could not have been a better day. Delicious foood, darling presents, cute decorations, cookies, lots and lots of cookies, swimming, and most importantly the best friends and family! Hudson is so loved. thank you everyone for coming and celebrating! I did a cookie bar just for that cookie monster of mine. the day before we baked lots and lots of cookies. We had chocolate chip cookies, rootbeer float cookies, orange creamsicle cookies, strawberry milk cookies, snickerdoodles, oreos and of course animal crackers. We bbqed and swam and had a blast! thanks to the seagers for letting us use their backyard and my mom and zaira for helping me SO much from making cookies, to making decorations.

we partied hard, and were all ready for naps! hudson loves his nicole.

12 months.

2011-06-12T23:05:00.000-07:00

HE IS ONE!

can you believe it? i really cant. it kinda makes my heart sink. ONE YEAR OLD? It has been the fastest year of my life. I feel like i was pregnant with hudson just yesterday. It brings a knot to my throat, the kind of knot that makes me wanna burst out crying. He is the sweetest, most loving little man.

-we go to the doctor on tuesday so im not quite sure what his weight and stats are.

- Obsessed with his grandmas right now!

- can say mom, dad, cookie

- loves to clap his hands at everything

- not walking! i cant believe it. he has walked 12 steps and could totally walk if he wanted to, hes just a calm content child (hes his dad, basically) stands up all the time

- hes going to be a climber, loves to climb up on our bed

- the only time we sit still durning the day is nap time

- waves at everyone

- loves his silky so much

- had cows milk for the first time on his birthday and loved it, i knew he would

- still the best sleeper, since 6 weeks baby. thats my boy.

- love when people fake laugh

- has eight teeth

- will carry a sock around in his hand for 5 hours, its such a weird obsession of his, it cracks me up

- we have a storage bed that has drawers at the botton, he loves to open jordans drawer and sit inside it with his blankys and pacis and watch cartoons. the other day he stayed in the drawer for at least 25 min. thats a long time for a busy boy.

- favorite treat... COOKIES.

Theres are so many things i want to remember about hudson at this age, every little detail, but he does so much that its impossible. My first year of being a mom couldnt have been better. Hudson has made my job easy and i really get nervous thinking that not every baby is going to be this good. I have learned a lot this year. Its such a blessing to be a mom, especially hudsons mom. Happy birthday Hudson boy!

Etsy Shop

2011-06-09T20:21:00.000-07:00

My sister in-law opened up an etsy shop. If you have little boys... well sorry you wont like it ;). Its just for girls(sad right) anywaysHERE is the link. Check her out, she will be adding more stuff soon! And if you need to know where all the cute boy stuff is... well call me ;).

my child can say cookie.

2011-06-05T07:48:00.000-07:00

thats how much he LOVES cookies. The other day i was frantically getting ready so to entertain hudson i just set the amimal crackers on the floor (i was desperate) and im pretty sure he thought it was the greatest thing. Afterall it is birthday week so why not let him have some handfulls of animal crackers? the kid was shoveling them in his mouth as if he has never eaten them before. I would tell hudson "cookie"... and out came the cutest "tookie". Now if you say "hudson say cookie"... sure enough he will. He is a crack up. Him and those cookies. He will love his birthday party... on the menu... COOKIES.

a very good time.

2011-06-04T23:02:00.000-07:00

My good friend Amy got married. I had the honor of getting her ready for her special day, and seeing her walk down the isle just gave me absolute tingles. She looked so beautiful and her reception was the cutest. Seriously, she planned the whole thing by herself and she did amazing. And mmm the food was so yummmy. I have been so blessed with the best girl friends any girl could have. be jealous. very jealous. The one bad thing about growing up is that i dont get to spend hours upon hours with my best girl friends. I swear everytime we get together none of us have changed. We are so lucky to have such a true friendship. We laughed lots and ate one too many bundtinis. Today was such a great day spent with the best of friends and lots of laughs. Love you girls and congrats to amy and scott!
ps. sorry haley and jill, we brought out the cameras too late.

yep pretty much the most beautiful bride.

me and my meg. love this girl.

poor rach, her skirt zipper broke. she handled it like a pro.

locked in.

2011-06-01T08:13:00.000-07:00

On saturday Hudson got locked in the car. Luckily we were in the garage so it was shady, and a miracle happend 5 min later... but lets just say it was the most paniced 5 minutes of my life. Here he was when i got the door opened, look at that sweet face. I just love him. He prob didnt even know he was locked in the car, he is so patient with me. I LOVE THIS BOY

4 Boys and a dang good time.

2011-06-01T08:07:00.000-07:00

the Seager side has 4 grandsons. No girls yet. I assured them that i would bring them a girl one day. no doubt. These four boys play SO good together. Emmitt and Hudson are only 5 months apart and are so cute together. Seriosly its so great having hudson over there, he played for 5 hours straight on sunday without a care in the world.

Kinley Kristine

2011-06-01T07:56:00.000-07:00

she is here! shes bound to be like her aunt britt, 4th child, and a girl. WELCOME to the best family kinley. We love you oh so much! I asked her if Berkley was coming next or Harper. She wouldnt tell me.

oreos+goldfish

2011-05-27T20:44:00.000-07:00

Hudson is my cookie monster. LOVES cookies (i wonder why!?) i always give him pretty good cookies(ya know nothing too extreme) kirkland brand "organic" (yes organic) vanilla animal crackers. We always joke about organic food so i just had to add that in for my doctor brother who preaches that organic food is nothing but a waste of money. I told him it makes me feel better so thats what im paying for. Anyway Hudson got to spend the day at my moms the other day while i was working... and well... my doctor of a brother gave him mini oreo cookies and gold fish for lunch. I am sure he loved every minute of it. Usually his lunch consists of grapes, turkey, wheat bread and he loves it. When they brought him to me i asked "where is his shirt" they explained to me that it was covered in oreo cookies. OREOS? My dad got two huge boxes (he has the hook ups) of mini oreo cookies. The grandkids are loving them, even hudson. Im sure it was a nice break from his plain jane kirkland animal crackers. Who doesnt love oreos for lunch? Never again uncle zach, never again. ;)

cousin love.

2011-05-20T20:25:00.000-07:00

Hudson loves all his cousins of course... but im not gonna lie he has an obsession with brookie. Brooklyn can make him laugh like no other. i need to record these two together, she will be such a great babysitter in the future ;)

2011-05-14T10:08:00.000-07:00

i am in love with this commercial. i could rewatch it a million times

cursing my life away.

2011-05-11T09:06:00.000-07:00

is what ive been doing since anthropologie came out with their wedding line. WHY AM I MARRIED ALREADY!? like im not joking, i am so mad. WHY why couldnt they have come out with it 2 years sooner? IM SO MAD, and every time im on the site i just get more mad. I wish i could get married again, or that jordan and i just met lol. lets just be two years behind. reason 1. my hair is LONG now, really long. 2. Im 15 pounds smaller then when i got married (granted im pretty sure i have long hair and am 15 pounds smaller cause of hudson) and 3. I COULD WEAR THAT DRESS AND THAT COVER UP AND THOSE EARINGS. agh, why do you do this to me anthropologie. Can we have another wedding jordan? so i can wear that wedding dress? and all those other things and have a anthropologific wedding. thanks honey. they have done it agan, and have stolen my heart. dang you anthro.

Mothers day.

2011-05-10T20:25:00.000-07:00

Another reason i LOVE being a mother. what other day does your husband get you FOUR bags of your favorite vegan choc chop cookies? YUMMM. It was a great day!

11 months

2011-05-10T20:22:00.000-07:00

WHAT!? he turned 11 months yesterday! ELEVEN MONTHS. its flown by, i really cant believe we will be celebrating his one year next month. its just crazy. I love this kid more than words. The other day my dad said to me " i think hudson is here for a special mission, hes just always so happy and funny" i think he is right. I feel so blessed to have hudson. Seriousy. These days im usually up before hudson and i cant wait for him to be up in the morning. I miss him when i work long day, so bad. It makes me realize how lucky i am that i only work 2 to 3 times a week. I serioulsy give props to moms with full time jobs. HUGE props. they are superwomen for sure.
- stands by himself
- waves if you say hello, or bye bye
- Loves to eat, eats ALL solids now
- he can crawl real fast
- loves to bouce up and down when he is standing, so is that dancing? i dont know
- gives the best kisses
- loves when people fake laugh
- SUCH a daddys boy, sometimes i feel bad haha.
- he may look like his dad, but he eats like his mom. he had salmon on sunday and LOVED it. im teaching him not to be a picky eater ;)
- he may be calm, but he can be SPUNKY
- loves to play with balls, he will play catch.
- loves the water and outside
- his hair is darling, we use got2beglued and it is awesome, thanks jenna.
- he has 8 teeth
- has the chubbiest feet you have ever seen. some people think they are swollen haha. nope just chubby
- like to blow bubbles, spit bubble. i know i wonder who he learned that from
- loves taking his hand to his mouth and making noises. wow that is real hard to explaiin over the computer
- loves the car, he just looks out the window the whole time and enjoys the ride.
Hudson is loved by so many. My nieces and nephews adore him, my siblings, and parents are always asking when they get to see hudson and i feel so blessed to have them. To know that other people are there for him. My mother in law and father in law are always so willing to help with him and its nice to have them so close.
I know this sounds funny but i honestly knew hudson would be a calm baby. He didnt make me sick when i was pregnant, he never caused me any problems and its just like his personality. A calm happy kid. with some of his moms spunk, now lets just pray it lasts into his teens ;). We love you hudson. Happy eleven months.

catch up

2011-05-10T20:04:00.000-07:00

We are playing blog catch up! Here we go... thanks to my i phone we have some pictures. Im so bad at keeping my camera charged!

We celebrated Jordans birthday with great friends and family! of course i made him a delicious breakfast

Hudson looked like a STUD on easter. Easter post to come!

i packed away hudsons bottles for the next baby. It was actually kinda sad.

this kid loves to eat. And he LOVES this dinner i make. Its delicious so i dont blame him. Creamy pasta on pioneerwoman.com yum.

hudson has become SO BUSY. one night i was making dinner and jordan wasnt home yet and well... this happened.

me and some friends had a royal wedding brunch at my house. I made creme brule french toast and amy and rosemary brought fritta and delicious drinks. Its was great fun. i am in love with london so we had to have a brunch, duh.

i FINALLY made that chalk board ive been wanting to make. Now it just needs hung!

made a grand toatal of 14 sheet cakes!!! AHHH I WILL NEVER MAKE SHEET CAKE AGAIN. Our young women did mothers day dinners for our camp fundraiser and well... it was my idea to make sheet cake so i baked and baked all day long. thank goodness for my mother in law helping out with the frosting!

and well this kid is READY to walk. he'll be walking before his birthday. mark my word

they call themselves the Nannys.

2011-05-10T19:47:00.000-07:00

This is wilma and diloris. Jordan met them when he was director of wildfire lanes and they LOVED him. They knew he had a pregnant wife at the time... so they took on the role of the nannys and have been showering hudson with gifts, really great gifts since he was still inside me. They are so sweet, Hudson met them in march and they were beyond excited to finally meet him. They are so funny, they said "we are all ready for his one year old birthday"

SO BEHIND.

2011-05-10T08:38:00.000-07:00

we have been BUSY BUSY BUSY BUSY little bees. Blogging has been the last thing on my mind, hopefully ill have time to get this baby caught up by the weekend! i have SO much to blog about that i kinda dont even know when ill have time and where i should start. Friday, thats my goal. Between This busy boy of mine, work, my calling, being a wife and keeping this house clean i hardly even get on the computer and our dvr is FULL but it has been on my mind. This thing is my journal so i always think "oh i need to blog about that" . We are doing great. Jordan had a birthday (2months ago haha), celebrated our anniversary, hudson is getting so big! He turned 11 months yesterday and my boys treated me like a queen on mothers day. stay tuned. we are still alive. hope everyone is great. my 5 min is up. ive got to get to work. Hope all is well.

trouble.

2011-04-21T20:39:00.000-07:00

this is why the laundry isnt done. i have to keep my eye on this one. (its a good excuse right?)

Summerlin Half Marathon!

2011-04-09T21:06:00.000-07:00

Those who know me know this... i think running is boring. Flat out, BORING! not kidding. So why? why in the WORLD would i sign myself (and my husband, yes i suckered him into it) up to run 13.2 miles? WELL because ive never done a marathon and when i was pregnant i thought it would be cool to run one btwn each baby. I am no runner. i work out 6 days a week but i love the gym. I go to classes at the gym that feel like they last 5 minutes. 3 days of boot camp, 1 day of spin, 1 day of body pump, and swim and run the last day. so i thought, ya im gonna run a marathon. I didnt really train for the marathon. the furthest i ran was 7 miles, i did all the things you "shouldnt" do. I bought new shoes 2 weeks before, which by the way i LOVE, i ran 3 miles maybe 3 times a week, and one 7 mile run. In my head i thought... well boot camp pushes me really hard along with spin so thats like training. I went into the race not expecting much. If i sucked i sucked... my goal was to NOT STOP. SO we wake up 5am, get dressed, get everything ready, run to wal-mart for an i pod holder and we are off to summerlin to run 13.2 miles. first off they did NOT have an i-pod holder that fit my phone so we had to STUFF i mean STUFF that thing in there, it wasnt going anywhere. So we get to the place where we start... its 40 degrees outside and im in a tank. no jacket, no nothing. People were dressed for alaska! ear muffs, mittens, jackets, beanies (vegas people can get a little dramatic when it comes to cold) they had these strap things with 5 water bottles on them, and all there gear in case of a terroist attack. i started feeling very unprepared looking at everyone... here i am with my bright pink nikes and i pod. Oh i did wear a garmin so that made me feel a little professional (thanks de;)) Anyways the race starts and im feeling GOOD! 8-9 min miles, fozen... but good. Then i get to mile 8, OH MILE 8. i drink my GOO (lifesaver) while still running and then the worst thing happens...my music shuts off. WHAT? NO NO NO! if you only understood, if i took the phone out i wouldnt be able to get it back in, i would HAVE to stop. So i dug out the phone slowing down to a pace of 11 min miles.it was so hard to get out i was kinda panicing. it was my mental meltdown. Got the phone out, got my music back on and just held the phone the rest of the way. Running is mental so i had to refocus. Mile 8 started to get really steep and was hilly the rest of the way, there was prob a mile of flat between mile 8-13... ANYWAYS. i fiinished the race in 2 hours and 2 Min. the day before the race i said ok my goal is 2:20 but i was feeling so great during the race and i was going for under 2 but im really pround of myself... it was my first marathon and def not my last! i LOVED it... i must admit it was actually really fun! and nothing beats the chocolate milk at the end ;). jord finished 5 min before me at 1:56 min. im really proud of him, even though he said he will NOT be doing it again ;0. he's a little sore ;). but i am really glad he did it with me even if we didnt run together. If you dont think you can fun 13.2 miles, trust me you can. I did it, and i did it without stopping once. I really am proud of myself. Its a huge accomplishment. It was fun to be a little nervous about something like that... ya know like when you had cheer or tennis try outs back in the day. anyways i look forward to many many more. Thanks to all my friends for all the tips, help, and advice! (De, Jenna, Cami, Becky, Linsi)

10 months!

2011-04-09T20:31:00.000-07:00

2 more months and my baby is gonna be 1! ONE YEARS OLD? huh? when they say it flys by they arent lying! happy ten months!

boys will be boys.

2011-04-06T14:17:00.000-07:00

Boys. I always pictured me more as a "girl" mom. Im really girly. Im more of a girl person... ya know i had lots of GIRL friends and got along with girls easily. Im not going to lie, i thought Hudson was for sure a girl. I was calling him "Hadley" and just really felt like it was a girl. I didnt care either way, but i grew so attatched to the feeling that it was a girl that when they said "BOY" in the ultrasound i was a little disappointed. I just felt like i didnt know the baby anymore. all i dreamt about was girls. My patriarchle blessing talks about girls. i really thought it was. Having a boy scared me. Natrually i know how to handle girls, i know how to play with girls... cause well i am a girl, i just click with my nieces cause im the "fun" aunt who can do their hair and nails. I LOVE girls. I thought what will i do with a boy, im gonna be such a boring mom, im just not a boy person. I have NO IDEA how to play with boys were my thoughts. My dream has always been to have two boys first then two girls last. Too bad you dont get to choose ;). So when i found out it was a Boy i was nervous... i've learned A lOT since becoming a mom to my Hudson. 1. Boys are born BOYS they naturally like dirt and throwing rocks. 2. You can be very girly and in deed have a boy who is very much into balls and cars. 3. Shopping for Boys is really so fun. im not lying. I adore having a little boy. i cant imagine not having hudson. I love little boys and i think im doing a pretty good job at being a "boy mom". I am just amazed at how they are just born boys. Hudson loves digging in the dirt, throwing rocks, he loves cars and balls. He is such a boy... and guess what he has one girly mom. So heres to dirt, rocks and cars.

bug bite.

2011-04-06T12:50:00.000-07:00

hudson woke up with a bug bite on his forehead. im blaming the bug bite for his grumpiness. Its a rare occasion for him.

i peed my pants. just a little.

2011-04-06T12:40:00.000-07:00

maybe he should practice a little more before taking Hudson...

why do i buy toys?

2011-04-03T22:10:00.000-07:00

Hudson is all about remotes! and cell phones, and water bottles. Dont get me wrong, he loves his toys, but more so remotes! all those buttons, and clearly they are real fun to chew on. Hudson seriously will do anything to get that dang remote. More than once he has been sitting on our bed (we have the "storage bed" from west elm so it sits on a wood thing) anyways the remote will be down on the lower part of the bed and hudson will crawl face first and reach his little arms so far to get that dang remote. I told jordan that he should have got some fake remotes and i phones in china ;)

how darling.

2011-03-30T10:38:00.000-07:00

How darling are these little boys dino tails? i LOVE em. Saw them on my most favorite blog.

embrace it.

2011-03-25T23:01:00.000-07:00

so tonight Britt was doing my hair (i know its confusing we are both britts and we both do hair) and we got talking about how parties, weddings, hair, shopping.. ya know all the girl talk ;) then we were talking about how we can be pretty picky about things.
I know im high maintinence. I will be the first to admit it. But i got thinking, really... everyone is high maintinence in their own ways. me:
im high maintinence in what Hudson wears. Its kinda beyond picky. he has never worn overalls and never will. Hes never worn a cheesy vest to church. and never will. he has never worn characters on his shirts. and i cant say he never will, because i think those retro ones are cute. ya know like the superman and batman retro \ones. just no barney, elmo, power rangers please. but seriously. i think boy shopping/clothes gets a bad rep cause so many people dress there boys so funny. Like come on would you want your husband to wear that? no. so dont put your stud of a child in it. And another thing, who brings there kid to church in sweat pants? ahhh, no. no. no. i know people are agreeing with me here. i wish i could shower the world with minny skinny boy jeans and lace up vans, and cute tees.
im high maintinence in the way the bed is made. pillows need to be fluffed, sheets tucked, pillows placed like they always are. thank you.
im high maintinence in my water. i HATE spring water. i am a purified girl. Arrowhead is SO GROSS! it tastes like lead. not that i have tasted lead. but if you put arrowhead in a cut and kirkland in another i can tell you which is which.
house decor. i like pretty homes, not much to it. im the pickiest about couches. its a little ridiculous. but whatever.
Parties. Oh i love to throw parties, love to plan them, love them. My friend britt is prego having a baby boy and my other friend katie is gettting married . I offered to throw there parites, not just cause i love em... but i really love to plan them and make them look pretty. ahhhhh i love thinking about it.
my shampoo and conditioner. if i have to use grocery store shampoo i might freak out a little, maybe even complain about it. if you had my hair you would too.
where i shop. its a visual thing i think. i get headaches in smelly. unorganized. crazy places.
so these things make me high maitnence? ive heard people say " oh britt said so and so was awesome and that means it was really awesome if britt said that" what does that even mean? that im high maitnence?
NOW dont get me wrong. If you see me at the grocery store i most likely wont have make-up on, ill prb be in my gym clothes with hair that hasnt been washed for three days. if you come to my house, try to stay away from the laundry room. i am never caught up on laundry, and if i do get caught up im behind the next day. i know i know. what am i going to do when i have 4 kids around this place, jordans laundry is like having 10 kids. i really dont know what i will do. oh and my car is usually a mess(im changing that habit, my car is spotless and im LOVING it). So if people call you high maitnence i really dont think its a bad thing. I remember when my family use to say "oh ya, you are high matinence" well ya, im a zobrist, us girls are all high maitnence. I use to say "what, no im not" cause i think being "high maitnence" sounds like your this high strung crazy person who doesnt have any fun. But really what is being "high maitnence". cause if its having preferences... well then we are all high maitnence in a way right? right.

Easter.

2011-03-23T22:56:00.000-07:00

i have this 16by20 frame just waiting for the valentine art to be switched to easter. Last night i could nt sleep, one too many cokes. Funny thing is i only had 1 coke, thats how sensitive i am to caffiene. So i stayed up making subway art for every holiday. Here are some easter ones i made.

im a big holiday/occasion girl. i love them. Jordan doesnt like his birthday, he likes no attention... but he married the wrong girl for that cause my family is big on holidays and big on birthdays. His birthday is coming up, so its "birthday week" time. Banner up, and of course some subway art for jordy ;)he secretly loves it. (ok maybe not)