A Few Firsts.....

We had our first family get-away to Wichita Falls last weekend. All of Matt's extended family from Memphis came to visit, so we headed to WF on Friday to see everyone. (Thats 16 people in 1 house). Hudson went a few days early to play and swim with his cousins. He had so much fun. It was nice to get to enjoy Harper alone for a couple of days, but we were MORE than ready to have our Hudman back. Harper did great in the car both ways. She actually sleeps in the car....which Hudson RARELY has ever done. We enjoyed our time with the fam. The kids swam and played hard. We went to church for the first time too with Harper. She, again, slept the entire time which is always nice. Our drive home with all 4 of us and Ace went perfect. BOTH kids and dog were exhausted and slept the car ride home. It was a fun filled weekend, but it is always great to be home.

Harper had her 1 month check-up on Monday. (They require a 1 month check-up here in FW for some reason). She weighed in at 10 lbs 10 oz (90%), and 21 and 1/2 inches long(75%). She is one growing girl. She got one shot too. I hate those stinkin' shots. And it only gets worse as the apts go on. Luckily Hudson does not go back for a check-up until he is 3, and no shots again until he is 4. I can handle that. Hudson is so sweet with Harper. He wants to see her the second he wakes up in the morning. He loves to hold her. I'll ask him to sing to her when she is crying and it's either the ABC's or Happy Birthday. It is so cute. We have to catch it on video.

Cara came to see us Mon and Tues. It was fun having her around. She and Hud played hard together. Thanks for coming to visit us Cara!!!!!

Harper (this week) has been sleeping 6 hours straight in the night. So this is just me getting up once with her. In the beginning it was every 2-3 hours, so this is a HUGE improvement. What is also nice is that she has the nursing thing down, so a feeding only last about 10 min per side. That beats our old 30-45 min feedings. In the beginning it is so overwhelming, but it does get so much easier.

Matt is going to Chicago for business Mon and Tues of next week, so my sister Suzanna or "Nana" as Hudson calls her is coming to stay a few days with us. I am super excited. It'll help the time pass while he is away.

THE COUNT-DOWN has BEGUN!!! 2 weeks until we see THE WIGGLES LIVE!!! We are so excited. I can hardly wait to see Hudson's face when they are actually there in person. He is going to either freeze up in awe, or be bouncing off the walls. It's going to be a blast. All 4 of us are going.

Well, that is about it for us. Here are some pictures from our weekend!

Matt, Hud, and Micah on the "big blue boat". Hudson loved it!




Sweet Harper too tired to watch all the excitement outside.

Micah, Harper, Hudson, Reese, and Kori. Micah and Reese are going to have another baby bro/sis come April. (Time to start that blog!!!)
Harper, Hudson, and Reese (she'll be 1 tomorrow).

Hudson and his Grandaddy.
My sleeping babies.