Happy Birthday Jessica!

Yesterday was our friend Jessica's 30th birthday and we went to Surin's tonight to celebrate. George was commenting on how our dinners have changed nowadays. Once upon a time it was just adults having a good time and now it includes 4 kids all under 3 years of age and a full glass of coke all over the table, spoons banging on dishes, tantrums, and everything else you can think of. We are definitely the kid table that no one wants to sit beside. :)

George took this picture while I was gone to the CMT's on Wednesday. LOVE my babies!


I snapped these of Hudson this morning b/c his eyes were so incredibly blue in this blue outfit. I did not edit these in any way except darken the black color a bit. Both of the kiddos just have beautiful breathtaking eyes!


Oh I just want to squeeeeeze him!


Love this one of Daddy and Emma at dinner tonight.


Mommy and Emma! She was such a character tonight. Both kids were ready for bed when we got home.


The Adams family-Cassie, Kynsleigh, and Sam


Chad and the Birthday Girl! I can't believe I didn't get a good picture of Hayden. Bummer!


Jess's ice cream cake from DQ-Yummy!


Friends Jessica and Josh


Jessica loving on Hudson...she's so wonderful with him. She will make an amazing mommy one day!


It was so much fun to get out of the house on a Friday night and socialize with friends. We don't do that much anymore and tonight confirmed why. :) It wasn't that bad but it was hectic at times. Yes, Emma did spill a full coke all over the table and all over her daddy's pants. Fun times!

We've got a really busy weekend ahead but it will be fun. Oh and George's 28th birthday is coming up on Monday!

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CMT Music Awards 2010

Ashli and I had such a wonderful time the CMT Awards on Wednesday! I love country music and there were so many of them there. Unfortunately I never saw Kenny but that's okay.
George took the day off for me b/c I had planned to get my hair colored (I've got tons of gray) and get my makeup done and it was hard to find a babysitter. So I got pampered that morning and then we left not long after lunch.

We ended up parking the car at our friend Sara's house and took a cab downtown so we wouldn't have to worry about traffic. It was wonderful! They dropped us off out front and we headed down to the Hard Rock Cafe for a quick appetizer and drink.


Then we headed back to the Bridgestone Arena around 5pm b/c the doors opened at 5:45. This is just some of the crowd. The Red carpet (it was actually blue) was to the side of the arena and we couldn't see any of it.


We were excited!


Once we found our seats (in the nose bleed!) this is what we saw...really there were no bad seats b/c they had those huge screens.


CMT Music Awards 2010!


Close up!


This is where the artist sat...we had some binoculars so we scoped them out the ENTIRE time! Several of them were on their phones the entire time probably tweeting.


Luckily they kept the lights on them most of the show so we could always see them.


The finale with the confetti was so cool! I loved every part of it except when Paula Dean came out with Snookie and The Situation. That was just so awkward and I don't know who invited them but it was lame-o! Well not Paula Dean but the other two. Such a wonderful experience and now we are determined to become seat fillers. :) Anyone know how to hook me up?? We are already planning our trip to the CMA's in November too. Woohoo!

Sweet Little Gracie

Yesterday I caught Emma brushing Hudson's hair and the next thing I know, she's putting hair bows on him!


I think he makes a very cute little girl. :)


Today our cute little friend Gracie came over to play for a few hours while her older brothers had swim lessons. Gracie is around 8 months old and I found out very quickly today that she is mobile! :) I didn't know that she was moving yet until I set her down and she just takes off. It was funny. Emma got a big kick out of her & loved playing with her. It was definitely more hectic with 3 but we managed just fine. We are very anxious for Gracie to come back and play again!

This was right after Gracie woke up from a nap so she was adjusting to being in a strange home with really strange people. She was so perfect though.


Hudson looking mighty handsome today!


Grace has the cutest smile and big blue eyes!


The fast little girl in action! I remember when Emma would crawl under the jumparoo.


Love this picture of Emma! She's wearing her Dora dress and her crayon apron. :)


Gracie was showing Hudson some love!


And then she tackles him. ha! She has 4 older brothers so I'm sure they taught her that.


Trying to get a group shot...didn't work out so well did it?


Tomorrow Ashli and I are going to Nashville to the CMT Music Awards which will be broadcast live at 7pm central time. If you know me at all you know that I LOVE LOVE LOVE my country music! Our tickets are not good but we will be there! I can't believe I'll get to see so many country singers at one time. I may not sleep tonight just thinking about it. :) I have a feeling I'll be exhausted tomorrow night and Thursday but it will be so worth it. Whoopee!

Congrats Cathy & Adam!

So this morning I had typed up this blog post and bam! Emma turned off the computer. :( So now I'm doing it again and it's going to be short and sweet b/c I'm tired! George and I did a yoga type class at the gym today and it was intense. Sweat was dripping off me onto the floor and my shirt was soaked. I think I did too many Scorpion poses! :)

Anyways, yesterday we traveled to Pikeville, TN for Cathy's wedding. She was a gorgeous bride with a beautiful dress and we had fun. The kids did okay even though Hudson pooped right when the ceremony started and G had to walk down the aisle while everyone else was still as a mouse. Emma kept talking too so I missed most of the ceremony. Ah the excitement of kids!

Hudson being super cute before the ceremony started.


Beautiful miss Emma!


Cathy's mom, Tena, walking down the aisle...LOVE her to death!


Cathy and her dad...such a sweet moment!


Newlyweds!!! Don't they look happy?


Eating chocolate cake at the reception. It was so very good!


George snapped a few pictures while the photographer was doing her thing. Unfortunately from walking outside in the heat after being in air conditioning, our lens was really fogged up so we had to work on the pictures a little. The originals all have a fog over them.


Love this pose!!


Hudson passed out from being too cute. :)


Me and Cat! We sure did get ourselves into trouble back in the day. :)


Just 2 old married girls these days!


When we got about 15 minutes from the house the most beautiful rainbow appeared and you could see the beginning and end. It was gorgeous and was wonderful to see after a perfect day. :)

Hudson's 6 Month Appointment

Poor little boy was just tortured today at his appointment. It was absolutely pitiful. We were there for an hour and a half and I was so thankful to leave with my screaming baby. :) First of all, he is doing great! He weighs 18 lbs 7 oz (75th%), length 28 inches (90th %), and his head was in the 50th percentile at 43.5 centimeters (I think cm). I think he's going to be tall like his daddy! So different from Emma who was never on the charts. :) My petite little beauty. Anyways, he is meeting all of the milestones for a 6 month old so that was great. Then came the fun part. A few months ago I had mentioned something to Dr. D about hair growth in the private areas. At the time she said not to worry about it but the hair is growing and stuff so she wanted to take blood and check out his testoterone levels, androgens, and something else. She said they could be normal but we need to make sure. So I was thinking they would do just a little finger or foot prick...oh no, it was a full on blood draw from the arm. :( I hate seeing my babies have their blood drawn. Mrs. Tara is the sweet nurse that always does it and she feels so bad. Emma held on to Hudson with me like a great big sister and of course he screamed forever. Then she had to put a big band aid on him which was soaked with blood so she had to rip it off and put another one. I think he cried more when she switched band aids! He finally calmed down and was ready to fall asleep when Michelle came in with 3 shots and the rotavirus liquid. Whew, what a day! Absolutely pitiful and I feel so bad for him. He cried all the way to the car and as soon as I strapped him in he was sound asleep. Emma was such a doll with him and after the last shots I bent down and kissed him and so did Emma. Love that little girl!

Isn't he sweet? Michelle was measuring his head. Have I mentioned how much we love Michelle?? She is the sweetest nurse ever!


I love it when he holds his arms out for me!


He really does weigh 18 lbs 7 oz! Emma weighed this at her 1 year!



Earlier today Emma and I were playing her Princess game. Hudson was dying to play with us so who am I to say no? :)


Nice! He makes a gorgeous little girl.


He's going to kill me one day!


I'm so ready for the weekend. Tomorrow one of my friends from college is getting married so we are driving to TN for the wedding. I hope the kids behave themselves during the ceremony. Oh and the blood results will be back sometime later next week. Hopefully they will be normal. Off to put the kids to bed!

Cute Cute Cute!

Emma loves to jump in the crib with Hudson when he wakes up. She'll hear him on the monitor and take off running in his room and squeal "HUDSON! he's awake mommy, he's awake!" It's so very cute. This morning I decided to snap a few pictures of them since we don't have a lot of them together.
I never could get Emma to open her eyes.


Hudson kept plunging toward me probably b/c he wanted the camera.


Emma decided she doesn't like pictures or so she says, so I snapped more of Hudson.


I totally dig those blue eyes. Never mentioned that before have I?


You can see his 2 teeth really well in this picture!


My little drooler...gosh I just love my two kiddos!


We aren't doing too much this afternoon. We met G for lunch at Earthfare and now Hudson is jumping so hard in his jumparoo I'm afraid he's trying to jump out! :) Oh did I mention he is done with his baby swing? I said something to G the other day about taking it down and he said now we can sell it. I secretly wanted to cry. I hate the thought of selling all of the baby stuff. I know I said I was done with the whole being pregnant business but Hudson has been so incredibly perfect it just makes it that much harder. His whole baby stage so far has been a walk in the park and he's just growing too fast. But them G keeps reminding me that he will one day be a back talking 2 year old. Not my sweet Hudson! :) Love me some babies!

Anywho, last Saturday we started repainting our shutters on the house and we have 3 completed. Our house looks lovely right now! :) I'm hoping it won't rain tonight so we can paint the other 7 when G gets home. The weeds have also taken over my flower beds and I must pick them before my lilies get lost in the craziness! Have I mentioned how beautiful my lilies are??? I need to take a new picture. So if anyone is looking to mow the yard, pick weeds, or paint shutters just stop by our house tonight and we'll have lots of fun!