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Hudson Turns 2

Posted on Thursday, June 12, 2014

Another belated post, because of course!

My sweet little guy has turned two! Ah! I feel like the past two years have gone by in the blink of an eye, but at the same time I can't remember life before I had Hudson in my life!
I am so grateful and blessed to be this little toddler's Mommy.  He is just the best.
In honor of Hudson officially becoming a toddler, I would love to share some of my favorite things about him.

  • He is so friendly.  The friendliest. Every new person is a friend and he can bring a smile to everyone face he meets.
  • His singing & dancing.  He likes to strum the guitar or pound the piano and yell out and sing as loud as he can.  Today the song was about, "DADDY!!!"
  • All the "delicious" food he "cooks" for me, all day long.
  • His smile & his laugh.  Nothing can brighten my day like his squeels and giggles.
  • His prayers, they are so cute! Bless Mommy, Daddy, Bee-pas, Be happy. Amen!
  • His caring heart. He is always asking me "Are you okay? Okay!" Or, "Are you happy?" "Mommy happy!" For no reason at all.
  • His independence.  Sometimes I am not sure that I love this, but most the time I love watching him try to do everything all be himself with such confidence.
  • His curly hair, it is mostly poofy and crazy and always adorable.
Basically, I just love him!

This year to celebrate we just wanted to keep it simple.  We didn't want to bother with planning a party and just wanted to spend time with him and spoil him for a weekend.

The day before his birthday we took him to Thanksgiving Point Farm to celebrate, and he loved it. His favorite part was the pony rides.  The whole time he laughed and yelled "I'm riding a horse!" "I'm going fast!" (He wasn't.) "This is fun!" It was so cute!

On his birthday we just had a nice Sunday dinner with my family and he opened presents and ate chocolate cake. His favorite presents were his toy BBQ set, and his fox back pack, he still uses them everyday.

And now the birthday boy!



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Hudson Is One

Posted on Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Yesterday, Hudson turned one.  I can't believe it!  This year has flown by, yet I can barely remember life before we had a baby.


I had all these cute ideas for Hudson's birthday party, but then the night before our printer ran out of ink, and Hudson's handmade cake completely crumbled apart while I was trying to frost it.  So I didn't finish all the decoration's i wanted to, and Hudson ended up with a store bought cake instead of homemade, but I don't think he minded.

We grilled some food, opened presents, and watch Hudson have his first destroy his cake.  Me and Jason tried to think of toys Hudson would love, and wouldn't drive us crazy all day. We decided on a set of toddler instruments (he looooves music!) and a shopping cart he could push around, (he loves to put things in containers!)  We chose right!  When we got home that night he pushed his new little toys around in his cart all over our condo.  The most he has ever walked! Even though he stayed up later than normal, at bedtime he was not having it!  He wanted that shopping cart!

And now so many pictures you will feel like you partied with us...












Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated with us.  We are so lucky to have such a happy baby boy.  Everyday he makes us laugh and smile with his hilarious personality.  We love you Hudsie!

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Remembering Grandpa Hal

Posted on Monday, April 8, 2013

My Grandpa Hatch passed away a while ago, and he is so missed. 


I will always remember him as one of the most healthful people I know, showing up for his weekend trips with a box full of supplements, and showing us his funky crystals.  I remember being so impressed by my Grandpa running the St. George marathon.  Every time I see the red rocks of the St. George desert I will think of being a kid and finding fire ant hills and lizards in his yard.  Jason will miss their conversations about guns and science.  



We traveled down to St. George to say our goodbyes.  Our family stayed in a charming old manor and enjoyed the warm weather.  The funeral was on a beautiful day, until the graveside where a chilly wind blew and blew.  There were jokes that this was Grandpa's doing, as he hated standing around these sorts of things ;)  So it was short and sweet, the wind whistled and blew as guns were shot and a bugle played in salute to his time served in Germany, a flag was handed to my mom, and sweet words were said.


Even though he was gone so unexpectedly, he lived a good life and didn't have to deal with those doctors he claimed were so full of Bologna :)  Although he will be missed here and now, I feel him watching over my family and someday will see him again.






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Hudson...One Week

Posted on Sunday, June 3, 2012

A few days late here is baby Hudson at one week old.  Of course I caught him during one of the few times he is fussy...


The first week for us as new parents has been exhausting and the best week of our lives.  There is nothing like a teeny tiny newborn, the are so fresh and innocent.  I wish he would stay so small forever and i could always snuggle him up like I get to now!



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V-Day and The Bump

Posted on Saturday, February 18, 2012

For those who don't know, Jason has started working at a Mexican restaurant called Joe Vera's in Provo.  With his school schedule, work, and my work, we are basically on opposite schedules most of the week and don't see as much of each other as we used to.  On Valentines, of course Jason was working, so we celebrated by eating french toast at Kneader's for breakfast. Yum!  I also got very cute scavenger hunt around the basement :)  (Although some of the clues were written on some not so cute Walking Dead Valentine Cards....)


Today my brother and his wife arrived for LA with my cute nephew Asher!


He makes me want my own baby boy to be here already!
We went to Joe's and Jason served us.  It was fun to see him in action :)


I also realize I have been horrible about taking and posting bump pics to document this pregnancy.  It took a while for me to actually feel like a cute pregnant person instead of looking like I ate too much, and I am afraid the cute prego phase didn't last to long, I am almost in my third trimester and starting to feel big and uncomfortable.  But here are a few bump pics!

19, 20, 22, and 25 weeks.
So far my pregnancy has gone pretty well, but I can't lie I am getting more and more uncomfortable each day!  Work is still just fine as long as I take breaks to eat and sit down for a while.  Because I do a lot of standing on hard concrete floors, my hips have been super sore!  Sleeping is getting tough, hence this late night post!  I wake up having to pee or switch sides with a dead hip every hour or so and lay awake exhausted for a long time before falling asleep.  I haven't been having too many weird cravings, first trimester I craved salty things and hot dogs and mozzarella sticks, now the thought of eating a hot dog or salt and vinegar chips makes me sick!  Currently I just can't get enough ice and bananas!  Weirdly I read craving ice is a form of Pica (craving non-food items) and can be a sign of anemia, yikes!  But it is crazy to think I have only 98 days to go until this little baby is here!  I can't wait!

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More Portland Vacation

Posted on Tuesday, May 3, 2011


If you ever visit Portland, Oregon on a Saturday, you must go to Saturday Market!  It is so much fun to wander around the many many tents and look at the art & handmade goods made by local artists.  And if you are into people-watching...Jackpot!!!  Have you seen the Portlandia video "Put a Bird On It"?  About half these vendors are exactly what they are talking about.  I got a handmade journal that I've been looking for forever, and we got some funny t-shirts

My brother Ryan's favorite part of Saturday Market is the elephant ears.  Can you believe Jason has never heard of them!?  So he had his first elephant ear with melty-peanutbuttery-goodness.  From the looks of things I think he enjoyed it!
Next up on our itinerary was OMSI.  I have spent many field trips in that place!  Jason and I went on the submarine tour, then we wandered around with my Grandma & Parents until our feet were about to give out.
From top left; my mom in Egypt, Jason starting the tour, distortion, my dad in front of OMSI, Jason by the submarine.



In the interaction area I was shocked with the biggest shock in my life right in my face!  It felt like a punch!  But look at that static in Jason's hair!








If you want to taste some of the best desserts ever you must visit Papa Haydn's!  Yum!  Another Portland must!




After Easter dinner on Sunday we sadly had to leave on Monday.  Before our teeth-cleaning at my Dad's office, We had one last stroll down the Riverwalk with my Grandma.  We were lucky to have such beautiful and unexpected weather.  We had a fancy picnic of crab salads, leftover ham, pie, and my Grandma's famous potato salad, washed down with coca-cola from the bottle, a great last meal for our Portland trip!

In the we were enjoying our Gustav's fondue, and some last minute magnet-shopping and we almost missed our flight!  Would that have been so bad though?





PS, Ryan and Amy were on the same flight as Fred Armisen, the main actor of Portlandia.  Could there be a more perfect way to end a Portland trip?

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Our Own Deadliest Catch Adventure

Posted on Monday, May 2, 2011

Last Easter Weekend Jason and I were Lucky enough to go to Portland with my family.  We had so much fun and did so much!  I love visiting Portland, there is so many interesting people and so many interesting things to do.


Our first day there we began our adventure to the Coast to go crabbing.  We drove to the coast on winding, narrow roads, passing tall green forests of pine trees and the scenic views of Oregon farmland. My stomach was churning by the time we reached the small dock.  But while my Grandma and Mom waited patiently for us on the dock we made our way out onto the choppy waters of a windy bay, lined with pine trees and sandy shores dotted with sunbathing seals and sun-bleached driftwood.

My sister in law, Amy, and I were the picture-takers in the bow of the small aluminum boat.  My Dad drove while Jason and my brother Ryan set and pulled up the crab traps.  We caught only one crab.  Crabs have to be of a certain size and you can only keep males.  I almost felt bad because we interrupted him having a nice dinner, he was still chomping on some rotting fish guts.


A couple hours on the water was enough for me, and Jason & Ryan were soaking wet with salt water, they were devoted though and kept crabbing off the dock.  Luckily my Dad saved the day and came prepared with plenty of dry clothes!  Our crab along with a couple others we bought were cooked up and the dock and after some seafood at a oyster factory, we were beck to my Grandma's house.


In my past I have not particularly loved crab, but I was brave and tried some, and it's not that bad! I wasn't as brave as Jason who ate the heart, and some of the rotting fish bait, but I like to pretend that didn't happen.  After helping cracking a couple crab I legs I decided crabs are the spiders of the sea and pretty much creep me out.    (Until I found there are real sea-spiders, eek!)  

We had fun!  I think Jason's jeans still smell fishy, but it was worth it.  More blogging of our Portland adventures to come!