He's Got Moves

Catching Up

I'm waaaay too behind on blogging to bother typing any sort of update, so I think I'll just post some recent pics of the little guy. All in all, life is good.

Thanksgiving Day. Look at that long curly hair! Now I know why I didn't want to cut it.
He still looks like a chubby baby.

It is hard to believe four out of the five cousins on my mom's side all have kiddos. From L - R: Jacksen, Riley, the-always-camera-ready Jennah, Fischer, Joel and Hudson

You can only look so macho decked out in camo when you're holding a light blue binkie.

Christmas Eve at home checking out his new Little People farm set

Christmas Morning. He can scale this director's chair like it's nothing. See how proud he is?

Finally pooped out later on Christmas Day. This NEVER happens.

Cuddling with his cousin "Ry Ry" the day after Christmas

Playing with his new train table from Santa
(and wearing his conductor's gear from cousin Ry Ry)

Finally a new look

Still not my absolute fav, but much, much better than the previous background. It's progress. I love fall.

Taking a brief pause from running in circles for a quick update

Soooo tired


Fun at the OKC Zoo

Working hard in the yard

The child loves garden fresh tomatoes!

Bath time

So it's been over a month since I've blogged! Yikes. That is not good. One of my assignments for my students is to write a blog post on our class blog. And one of my tips for a good blog is to update it frequently. I guess I'm a hypocritical blogger. (We are using the Wordpress platform, and it is so much more sophisticated than Blogger! I like it.)

Life is crazy busy. Turns out teaching college students forces you to keep the hours of a college student (without the naps). After three or four weeks of staying up 'til 1 p.m. or later nearly every night, I think I've finally got a handle on this come-up-with-a-50-minute-lesson-or-activity-three-days-a-week thing. It's a huge challenge to keep them engaged and learning, but it's a good challenge.

And here's something really funny: I'm teaching a completely different PR class next semester! This is good in that it gives me another class under my belt. However, the thought of working so hard on developing all my lessons, lectures, and activities only to file them away for next semester is a little bit of a bummer. I am only teaching one class though...I had the option to teach others as well, but I've quickly learned I only have time to prepare for one class if I'm going to continue freelancing (and sleeping), and since that is what "pays the bills," one class is all I can handle right now.

The class for Spring 09 is PR Case Studies, and I really like reading case studies, so I think it will be fun. Plus, the class is Tuesday/Thursday, so you can bet I'm gonna be enjoying Fridays off with my little guy next semester! Yahoo!

Chris is good. Actually he's sick now, but Chris's sick is diffent than most people's sick. When Chris has a cold, he thinks he is knocking at death's door, and after a few days I'm threatening to finish him off if the cold doesn't do the job for me. I think he's finally turning the corner though, and it looks like he's going to pull through. Whew. Another close call. (BTW, Chris does not read my blog...Hehe).

Hudson is as onery as he is sweet. That little switch has flipped inside his head and he's 100 percent boy. He's constantly running, jumping and climbing on something. He says new words constantly...Lately he has said "clock" and "rerow" (yellow). Other words he can say (and this is more so I can have a written record in case you don't care) include: dog, go, truck, ball, horsey, momma and mommy, daddy, ready, set, go (sounds like re, se, ghh), shoe and please. He tries to say A, B, C and likes to try and repeat the numbers four and six when you're counting. There are a few more, but I can't remember them at the moment.

Hudson also had his first haircut a few weeks ago and did great. I was afraid the lady was going to cut all his curls off, but she didn't, and I think his hair is curlier now than it's ever been. He is getting so fun, always pointing and talking. Oh, and he's still in the 95 percentile for height! Wahoo! It would be so funny if he turned out tall with mine and Chris's lack of height.

Enjoy the pics! Will blog again soon. (Well, probably not, but I'll try.)

Yes, This is Still Me

But this template is so not me. I was getting annoyed with my old one because the white text was hard to read. And I liked this one until I noticed the two funky chicks at the top. Now, the template is called Funky Chicks, but I didn't realize it actually featured Funky Chicks on it. Somehow they were camouflaged amid the cute green flowers and swirls. And what are they doing anyway? Is the one in the back picking a piece of lint off the girl's elbow in front? And what are they, like seven feet tall? Size Zero?

This is definitely not the template of a mom who is getting "computer hips" and spent the day working in stretch pants and an Old Navy t-shirt. I am definitely not a Funky Chick. But I am too lazy to change my template tonight. So, until then, enjoy. Imagine this blog is managed by some hip, young early-twenty something who drinks fashionable...well, whatever the heck it is hip young people are drinking these days. I think I'll go have some diluted Juicy Juice.

CB.

(PS - I learned on the radio this morning that is text speak for "Ciao Baby." But I'm sure you already knew that.)