OK. First: It’s 5:30 and I have been up for like an hour. For NO REASON. Ugggh. Pregnancy sleeping sucks. So does my SKIN this pregnancy. Just FYI. I am OFFICIALLY putting myself in the bad skin category. It’s payback for having never been in that category in my teen years. :/

But, yesterday, I had pretty much planned to blog 10000000 times and never did. Therefore, I have a few things to share.

One. My son has fully regressed into a co-sleeper and I am not sure how to fix this. It went from one-ish nights a week when Mommy wanted extra snuggles to me having to let him fall asleep then sneak him into his crib. That works- ohhhh 20% of the time it seems. Because we can now add to the fact that for the last week he has woken up before I go to bed SCREAMING and the only thing that calms him down (and it works immediately making me feel reallllly manipulated) is to set him in the middle of my bed. Homeboy immediately goes back to sleep. Now, I suppose the best remedy here would be to wait till he falls asleep and put him BACK in the crib. But, this is where laziness comes in. I 100% of the time fall asleep WITH him and for some reason Scott is unable to lift him and carry him 5 feet to the crib. If I wasn’t already knocked up- this would serve as birth control. I really have to solve this issue and FAST! I LOVE LOVE LOVEEEE snuggling with my baby boy- but every night is excessive. Sometimes you need some freaking breathing room. I’m mad at myself for allowing this to happen. I promise to update on his progress BACK into the 3-8 month old who slept through the night EVERY NIGHT in HIS OWNNNN BEDDDD.

lol. OK enough complaining about that- onto more exciting baby news. Hudson has been using a sippy cup for about 3 months for juice or water (usually a combo of both 100% juice and water in a 20:80 ratio) but up until the last few days, I think he was more playing with the cup, even though the liquid inside eventually disappeared. Yesterday, however, he got that sippy cup, sat down next to Dad on the couch and lifted it super high and CHUGGED. I was so proud he figured out what the drill was and I think this morning when he wakes up we MAY try giving him his formula in a sippy cup, slowly replacing the bottle over the next 3 months. That’s my plan anyhow.

Also in Hudson news: He received a letter from THE WHITE HOUSE today. It was a hand written letter from his buddy Barack, thanking him for being alive and explaining how Barack KNEW he’d be the next president. OK OK not REALLLLLY. But, Hudson DID receive a preprinted birthday greeting thanking him for being born and all that from The White House. And, the envelope WAS hand written- so at least someone took time to write it. Thanks to Hudson’s dear friend (OK, MYYYY dear friend) Howli. I’m sure she orchestrated that. Being that she asked for our address last week for the millionth time AND she works at The House of White. But, it’s a definite keeper for Hudson’s baby book seeing as Obama’s presidency runs concurrent with my son’s life.

In non-Hudson news, Scott and I started cleaning out the attic today. We have wayyyyyy too much stuff. Our attic is walk in and probably 250 square feet and it is FULLLLLLL to the brim with shit. Like, I am unsure how so much has accumulated, but it needs to go. So, this afternoon we were able to start with a few boxes. Unluckily for me, a box or two included my lovely husband’s high school memories boxes. I would like to remind all readers here that I have been dating my husband since I was FOURTEEN YEARS OLD. I mean, High School is an awkward time. Anyways, he had an ENTIRE box of letters, notes, cards etc that I have given him over the last 12 years. That’s sweet, right? WRONG! The first letter I pick up was like, more than I could handle. It was like “OMG! Can you believe in 2 months and 3 weeks we will have been going out for 3 WHOLE MONTHS!? I hope we can make it that far! You’re sooooo FINE- I just love you.” Yes, the word FINE is used BY ME. I was literally RED with embarrassment. He had known me like 2 weeks. I was telling him I loved him. SCARY PSYCHO!! RUN RUN! But, unluckily for him- he stuck around and now- he cannot escape!

So, we got a few boxes done and my Mom is coming on Sunday to watch baby while we finish that project.

Alright, kids. I think that’s all the updates I have for now.
Today (Saturday) is gonna be awesome and tomorrow I will have a lot of pictures to share! I cannot wait! YAY! Happy Saturday all.