Oh the memories...

Last night I finally decided to upload pictures from my phone onto my computer. I realized how important a lot of these pictures are to me and I wanted to make sure that I saved them in case something ever happened to my phone or if I just happen to get a new one one day.

I love the memories that I was able to capture on my phone camera. I usually have my camera with me but for time I don't my phone comes in pretty handy. Here are a few of my favorite pictures from my phone...

Hudson at his one year check-up. Look how little he was! I can't believe he will be three in August!

Hudson saying touchdown!! He looks so different here. I didn't take a lot of pictures of him in his glasses but this was one of my favorites.

First time at the beach! He loved it!

Right before Hudson's eye surgery. Mommy was a mess at this point but he did great! We are so thankful his surgery was successful!

I am so thankful for this picture. Hudson and I went to visit my Grandmother on a Monday afternoon. He loved visiting with her. She pushed him around on her walker. He loved it! I didn't have my camera but I was able to get this picture on my phone. My sweet Grandmother went to Heaven six days later. This was the last time we saw her and the last picture we have of her. I will cherish it always!

Hudson hangin' out with his Uncle Chad. Chad doesn't get to come home much but we enjoy every visit with him. Hudson loved getting to spend time with him.

Look at this big boy! I sure do love every second with him.

I Hope you enjoyed my little trip down memory lane:)

So fresh and so clean!

Hudson's favorite time of the day is bath time!

He loves it. He will ask to take a bath all day. I love that the fact that he enjoys bath time because he hated it as a baby. I know that there may come a day when he hates baths again. I am going to enjoy these sweet moments while I can.

Usually, after bath time Hudson will run around the house until he finds his daddy! He loves running around in just his towel. He is such a silly boy!

Even when he is wild and crazy he still melts my heart:)

This is what he looks like the morning after his bath....

Love this crazy haired kid!!

A month in review....

I just realized that it has been a month since my last post. I hate that I have neglected the blog because I was doing good there for awhile. We have been pretty busy these days. Grad school is keeping me busy and Todd is busy with his new business, TL Productions. We are really excited about the possibilities that this has opened up for him. He is so talented and he is finally getting a chance to use these talents and make a little extra money. I am so proud of him. Hudson is pretty much the same except he is hitting the terrible twos's full force. He keeps me going. There are some days that I am ready to pull my hair out but at the end of the day I am so thankful for this wild boy! Here are a few pictures to show you what all has been going on around here....

Hudson is now sleeping in his toddler bed! Sometimes he sleeps and sometimes he doesn't. He has always slept great at night so I know it will take him a little time to get adjusted. We are eventually going to move him into the guest room and get him a twin bed. We are putting off the big move a little bit longer:)

My little Valentine loves balloons so he was excited to get them along with a new train, water toys and a heart basket.

This is what Todd cooked for Valentines. He grilled some delicious steaks. He also made twice baked potato casserole and bread. It was so nice to relax while someone else did the cooking!

We enjoyed some time outside before it decided to turn cold again.

My skinny boy sportin' his new underwear. He is no where near potty trained but we test out the underwear every now and then. He will pee in the potty pretty much all the time but pooping is what he refuses to do. I am just letting him do it on his own timing. When he is ready I will be too!!

New recipes

One of my new year's resolutions was to cook more this year. Along with that my goal was to cook one new meal a week. I have always enjoyed cooking but with our crazy schedules it was sometimes hard to plan meals. It is especially hard to cook during football season. I never knew what time Todd would be home from practice and I would usually just end up going to my parents for dinner and he would eat when he could. Now that football season is over and Todd is home much earlier, I can plan a menu for the week. I decided to cook one new recipe a week was because my husband is somewhat of a picky eater. I was getting real tired of chicken, potatoes, green beans and rolls. He will eat other meats besides chicken but the only vegetable he will eat is green beans. So I was having a hard time coming up with a variety of meals. We still usually eat out once during the week and on Sundays. We love the local Mexican place and we can usually eat there for under $20! We will still eat at my parents on occasion or we have them over for dinner. It is much easier to cook for four than it is to cook for two. They love having an "excuse" to see Hudson!

So I am proud to say I have kept up to my resolution! I know it is only February but I tried this last year and didn't even make it this far. I have enjoyed cooking some of our old favorites and trying out some new ones. I think Todd has enjoyed all my cooking too! Hudson has tried some of the new recipes but he is starting to be a picky eater like his daddy:)

Here are a few things I have made in the last few weeks:

Chicken and Rice Casserole - One of Todd's favorites!

Ingredients:

1 can cream of chicken soup

1 can cream of mushroom

1 can of milk

stick of butter

1 cup of rice

boneless chicken breast tenders

Mix cans (soup and milk) and butter so it is all liquid (low heat)

Spray 9x13 glass pan and butter bottom of dish

Dish the rice in the pan

Pour half of the soup mixture in pan on top of rice

Place chicken on top (I fit as much as I can in the pan)

Pour remaining soup mixture on top

Sprinkle on parmesan cheese

Bake at 275 for 2 1/2 hours

Cheesy Pinwheels with Italian Dip

I got this recipe of Pillsbury.com

Chicken Pot Pie

I got this recipe off Kelly's Korner

Ingredients:

2 pie crust (I got the pillsbury roll out kind in a pack of two)

1 egg for egg wash

1/2 bag of frozen mixed vegtables

1/2-1 cup of southern style hash browns

1-2 chicken breast

1 can cream of chicken soup

1/2 cup sour cream

salt/pepper to taste

Cook the chicken with garlic powder and pepper

Dump sour cream and soup in bowl and stir

Add frozen veggies, hash browns, chicken

Stir until all combined. Should be thick

Place bottom crust in pan. Brush with egg wash on one side

Place egg wash side up

Dump veggie mixture on pie crust

Roll out the second pie crust, brush with egg wash and place egg wash side down on pot pie

Seal around the pot pie, cut off excess and place a foil ring around the edges to keep from getting too done

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes

Potato Soup

I made this one up on my own. It was delicious!

1 can cream of potato soup

1 can cheddar cheese soup

I threw in a cup of frozen hashbrowns

Two spoon fulls of sour cream

Bring to a boil stirring occasionally

Top with bacon bits and shredded chesse

So easy!!

Peanut Butter Cup Pie

I got this recipe from kraftfoods.com

Do you have a favorite recipe? I would love for you to share it with me.

I am always looking for some new ones to try!

What do I feed my kid?

Today I thought I would join Kelly over at Kelly's Korner for Show Us Your Life Friday which is "What Do You Feed Your Kids?" this week. I LOVE her blog and I love when she does this every week. So I thought I would join in on the fun this week!

The real question is "What Will My Child Eat?"

He is a very picky eater and I really struggle with trying to find new things for him to eat. He refuses to eat vegetables...doesn't even want them on his plate! Here are some of the foods he will eat:

Breakfast foods:

Biscuits (with jelly or gravy)

Pancakes

Sausage Balls

Cereal Bars

Pop Tarts

Lunch/Dinner:

Bologna

Cheese

Pizza

Quesadilla's

Meatballs

Chicken

Fruits:

He LOVES fruits!

Blueberries!

Grapes

Bananas

Applesauce...does that count?!

Kiwi...Thank you Mimi for introducing this at Christmas:)

Strawberries

Snacks:

Goldfish

Teddy Grahams..I buy the bunnies too..they are whole grain

Raisins

Fruit Snacks

Yougart

He does love drinking milk and juice so I try to buy the "healthy" juice so that he is getting some fruits and veggies that way.

He also loves anything sweet!

He loves to get an ice cream sandwich when we go to Nana and Papa's!

I am hoping we will grow out of our picky stage but I don't want to force him to eat things he doesn't want because I know he will just end up not liking them even more.

I am open to suggestions on what you feed your picky eaters.

All things boy!

I love having a little boy! I never thought that I would love all the things that little boys do but I can not imagine my life without my son. I love football (Todd got pretty lucky when he married me!) and pretty much every other sport! We have already been talking to Hudson about sports...especially football and what position he is going to play. Todd has decided it is time to start working on passing and catching. We are pretty sure he is going to be lefty so that could make things a little more interesting! Hudson loves playing ball with his daddy. He will say "sit daddy sit" and he could throw the ball with him for hours!

I wouldn't trade my life with these two boys for anything!

Another one Hudson's favorite things to do is build with his blocks. He got some new blocks for Christmas and he loves them. He will say "build it, mommy, build it"! He loves to just dump all the blocks out too. He is still trying to learn how to get his blocks to stay up but he takes this job very seriously!

Building his "tastle!"

He was having so much fun!

New Friends

Most of you know that in June Todd and I left the church that I grew up in and started attending a new church in Jackson. We were sad to leave our friends and family there and it will always be "home" to me. My parents still attend there so I know that we will still visit from time to time. We just felt that we weren't growing spiritually at our current church and felt that God was calling us to make a change. We have been so blessed by our new church family. I know I talk about it all the time but it really has been a huge blessing for us. I am so thankful for the people we have met and the friendships we have made. We were already blessed to have some pretty great friends but now we are overwhelmed with them!

These are just some of my new favorite girls!

This was taking at Brooke's (the cute blonde in the leopard top) baby gender revealing party a couple weeks ago. Her and her husband are expecting their first baby in June! We are so excited for them and can't wait to meet their sweet baby GIRL!

I am so thankful for these girls and I don't think they really know how much their friendships already mean to me. Thank you God for putting these girls in my life!