Thanksgiving

This year we went to my grandparents house for Thanksgiving. I made a yummy cheese ball and I brought a veggie try. It was so weird not baking or cooking anything this year but my aunt and her two boys came down from SLC and they made tons of food so I just brought some finger foods. I love the holidays ...minus eating a ton! I am gonna start working out like crazy after the holidays! Yes I said after...lame excuse, I know! I'm just going to enjoy the holidays this year! It's much more fun with a baby....I love him sooooo much!!!

Me, Huddy Buddy and Heinz at
grandpa's house

Hudson is so funny!

He's screaming in this picture

Huddy and Daddy are matching!

Huddy and his cousin Jadyn

Enrique and Huddy

I am so excited for Christmas...we got Huddy some awesome new toys!!! You should see my house....we don't have very many toys for him to play with, it's kinda sad...it's tempting to open them all right now but I won't :)

Happy Holidays!!

late 8 month post

Hudson at 8 Months!!

• I'm not sure how much I weigh...I'm just big :)
  
• I still love Tangled
  
• I have my two bottom teeth :)
• My bedtime is at 9:30pm and I usually sleep until 8:00am
• I can't crawl yet but I can go onto my hands and knees for a little bit... then I plop onto my belly
  
• I usually take 3 naps a day
• I wear 12 -18 month clothing
• I have OUTGROWN my carseat! Thank goodness we saved a big one that we got at my baby shower!
• I can clap my hands and say "yay!" but when I say it I just SCREAM high pitched!
• I shake my head from side to side....I am trying to dance
• I can say dada, baba(bottle), ba(ball)
  

We just love this little guy and can't get enough of him! A couple weeks ago he got his picture taken with Santa. It was so funny...when Santa started talking his head shot straight up to look at him and I snapped the picture :)

Santa and Hudson 2011
8 months old

My big boy

I love my little family

7 Months!

Hudson turned 7 months on the 17 of October! Weighing a whopping 22.5 lbs!
I love this little man...he brightens my day.
Hudson says dada and occasionally says mamama(when he's fussy), he shakes his head from side to side like he's saying no no, he love love LOVES Tangled!!! I really shouldn't play it for him as much as I do but when I'm trying to get ready that is all that will keep him entertained. He will sit and watch it without making a peep for almost the first half of the movie! Huddy still hasn't crawled yet....hopefully soon? He really hasn't shown an interest...maybe he will skip the crawling and go straight to walking. I guess we will see!!
He's a great sleeper...usually. He will no longer let me rock him to sleep :( We just lay him in his crib and turn the mobile on and he is out within a couple minutes. These past couple weeks I have found him laying on his belly with his face buried in the corner...It makes me so nervous but he seems to like his belly now. His bed time is at 9:45 and he usually wakes up by 7:30am. Just these past couple days he has been waking up at random times....I think because he is teething!! His little bottom tooth is so cute!! I think his second tooth is starting to cut through too! But other than that he hasn't been fussy with teething...yet!

We bought Huddy his high chair this week...he loves it!
I can't get enough of his smile!!!

For Halloween he was a Tiger....a Hurricane Tiger and I was a cheerleader!
I was going to have Heinz dress as a football player but we couldn't find his jersey.
All the holidays are much more fun with this little guy around... I cannot wait for Christmas!

Our cute little family!!

He had a loooong day!
Happy Halloween!!!!

4,5 &6 month post!

6 Months old!!

I can't believe my baby is half a yr old! Time is going by way to0 fast! This little man keeps me so busy that I rarely blog anymore but I really need to keep up on it so I am going to TRY to blog once a month!

6 month birthday and the Utes won! What a good day :)

Hudson's 6 month stats: 20lbs 14 oz, 27 3/4 inches, head circumference 17 1/2
Hudson is such a chunk! He is now in 12 month clothing...His pediatrician can't get over how tall he is either! He keeps asking how tall Heinz is but he's not even 6ft.
Hudson sleeps through the night. He goes to bed by 9:30 and wakes up for the day by 7:30 or 8 and he can now hold his own bottle! Yay! He love love loves being outside! If he is fussy all I have to do is walk outside and he is fine. He drools a tons, loves splashing in the bath, going on walks, reading books, sucking on his toes, sitting up so he can see what is going on, loves cartoons....Tangled is his favorite, especially when she sings, and just about anything that keeps him entertained! We recently started him on baby food and he loves it. He loves pears, applesauce, bananas, green beans, squash, sweet potatoes and sweet baby carrots. He hates PEAS! It is so funny watching him pull funny faces...he was gagging so we stopped :) He is at such a fun age right now, even though I think it is the hardest! He loves the attention and if he could be held all day (which he can't because he is so heavy!) he would love it. I'm starting to get some buff arms though :) He is really good at sitting up now but he has yet to make any attempt to crawl! I will just enjoy this...I'm in no rush because I know he will be into everything when he can crawl.
Hudson at 5 months...He can sit up pretty well and a couple days before he turned 5 months he rolled over! He did it for a couple days straight and that's about it! He showed us so now he's done...hasn't rolled over since! I started him on rice cereal and he had his first mashed up banana and he loved it. He started sucking on his toes and he found his thumb at 5 months...the little chomper! And he slobbers like crazy! Bibs are a MUST! I have a thing with putting cartoon character clothing on him...I'd rather not unless it's really really cute...but with his drooling, I don't care what the bib looks like..he needs them or he has a huge wet ring around his neck. ( I know, I'm weirdo)




5 months...sat in a high chair for the first time at Texas Roadhouse
Hudson at 4 months!
18.9 lbs, 26 1/4 in
He started giggling and it is so cute. He started grabbing his binky and he tries to put it in his mouth. If he is laying down he tries to sit up...He hates laying down and if he is...he better have a bottle in his hand. He got his very first sickness :( He had a cold and then got the flu...it was the worst thing ever! I'm so happy he feels better now.

One thing after another!

I can't believe I haven't done a 4 month post yet and my little man will be 5 months on the 17th! So much has been going on. We were of town for a couple weekends and then two weeks ago I had really bad allergies. I kept blowing my nose and it was so sore! I noticed a bump on my jawbone and when I woke up the next day, the right side of my face was swollen and I was having flu-like symptoms. So we drove home from Salt Lake that night and the next morning I went to the Doctors and it turns out I had a Staff Infection! Me...of all people! I'm constantly washing my hands/hand sanitizer, and washing bottles and I get a staff infection!!! Who knows, we went to Antigravity a few days before I got it. It hurt like hell and I was on antibiotics for 10 days, meanwhile, Huddy was getting over a cold. The sore on my nose went away and then last Tuesday, Huddy started throwing up and having diarrhea! It has seriously been AWFUL seeing him go through all this pain! He was getting so dehydrated and his bum was so sore and he was puking big time! Not like spitting up...it was throw up:( I took him to the Doctors twice so they could check him for dehydration and he said it is just a virus that would last 3-5 days. We are now on day 6 and he is starting to feel a ton better, I just hope it goes away soon! He's been on Pedialyte and will hardly take but 2 oz of formula. His poor little tummy! Hopefully when everything settles down I can actually upload some pics and do a real post. Until then...I better get some sleep before my baby boy wakes up :D

3 Month Huddy!

I can't believe Huddy is over 3 Months old now! Time is going by so fast, it kinda makes me sad. Huddy is a great sleeper now! I usually do his last feeding around 830-9 and put him to bed by 1030 and he sleeps till 7:00am! I love it! Of course there's been a couple times that he has woken up at 345 or 5 but most of the time it's 7 :)
I just started work 2 weeks ago and going part time, 3x a week. Of course they hired way too many people while I was gone, so they cut everyone's hrs even more, so now I only work twice a week... Tues& Thurs. I'm okay with that, I just don't know if Heinz is ;D I thought it was going to be soooo hard leaving Huddy, but I've handled it pretty well. Heinz' mom is a teacher so she volunteered to watch him the whole summer! I am so thankful, I don't know what I would do without her help! Especially Annie and Win ( Heinz' little sister and dad) They have watched him two weeks in a row and they did great! I check my phone constantly and Annie sends me pics of him all day long, I love it!
Huddy is starting to smile more and more, it is the cuttest thing ever! He hasn't full on laughed yet but he has let out a little giggle.
He slobbers a ton! We just got family pics taken and his shirt was soaked! And he blows little bubbles out of his mouth too.
He is starting to jabber a little bit and he always chews on his hands...hasn't found his thumb yet! (Thankfully;)
He is in 6-9 month clothing....we seriously need to buy clothes for him constantly! and he is now in size 2 diapers!
When he is super tired he fights it!....Already!! He will throw his head back and toss it from side to side.
At night I can usually lay him down and he can go to sleep on his own, but when he takes his naps, I usually rock him to sleep. I don't mind doing it and I just love to cuddle him and besides that, it is usually a 20 min cat nap...it drives me crazy at times. I can't wait till he takes longer naps so I can get stuff done.
He does not like to lay on his back, he likes being able to sit up and see everything that is going on and he still doesn't like his swing. He LOVES his Bumbo though! It's a life saver!
He likes car rides but if we are at a stop light he wakes up and cries instantly, it's so funny!

I still need to catch up on some posts so I will be doing that soon, but until then here are some pics that Dallas took for us a couple days ago. I love them. Thanks Dallas!

3 yrs and the best one yet!

3 Years!

Heinz and I celebrated our 3 yr Anniversary over the weekend! I can't believe how fast it has gone by! We started dating in High School when I turned 17 and Heinz was 15 turning 16! I know, I'm a cradle robber! But I couldn't resist his blond locks and tan skin, and he always made me laugh, even though he wasn't trying. He could be an air head at times, but I love him soooo much! I am so glad that Heinz is my husband and that Hudson chose us to be his parents, it's been the best year ever! It is so cute to see the smile on Heinz' face when he comes home from work and sees huddy. Both of their faces light up, It's so cute! Well, I just wanted to post some pics of us over the years and all the fun stuff we have been able to do and the accomplishments we have achieved. We truly are blessed! I love you Heinz Henry Rahde... and Huddy Buddy!

Now I really feel old! This picture was taken when we
started dating in 2002

This is the only pic I could find of me and Heinz
at school, and its with his good buddy James.
James(senior), Me(junior), Heinz(Sophomore) 2003

Heinz and I at my Graduation 2004

Heinz & his Uncle Sam at Graduation 05

Academy of Country Music Awards 06

Heinz and I at my apartment when
I was going to hair school 07

Cancun, Mexico 07

Engagement Pics 07

Our Wedding Day, 08

In our new house! 09


Trip to Germany, Austria, Paris 09

I'm prego! Christmas Eve 2010

My Little Family
May, 2011