Smart or Stoopid?

According to this test I'm SMART!! I wish that were a true indicator of my real intelligence! Then maybe my children might start taking me seriously when I tell them that jumping on the top of a bunk bed is NOT a good idea.

P.S. That clock puts extra added pressure! Whew!

P.S.S. I just took it again and it said that I was stoopid...and that "thinking isn't something you should do today" and "they say ignorance is bliss. you should know." Ouch!! LOL

A little confession...

I'll let y'all in on a little secret of mine...I LOVE The AVATAR:The last airbender. No, I'm not talking about those cute little icons we put up in our chat boards and bloggers. No, this is a child's cartoon that is on the Nickelodeon Network. We watch them as a set or "volume" once they are out on DVD, and I anxiously await their newest release (April 07). lol I love the Avatar because I watch it with my children and I don't have to cringe b.c of some bad language (like stupid, dumb, moron, you know, the stuff that surprisingly you find today in cartoons for kids), children bullying others, and a bunch of fighting and storyline with no morals. I'm from a generation of cartoons (He-Man, Care Bears, etc.) that always ended with a moral or lesson learned and little if no violence. These are some of the same reason I like to follow the AVATAR seasons. They also tell a story.

Anyway. I'm always a little embarrassed to let people know my mini obsession with Aang, Sokka, Katara, Uncle, and Zuko is unveiled. It's out now! Care to share a little confession?

Welcome to Husdon David

Fresh from the womb, Jarom and Chelsea's little slice of heaven arrived at 6:17am on February 22, 2007! And he's a big one...I don't know how little Chelsea did it (the little hot mama went through the pregnancy by herself mostly)! HUDSON DAVID H.

The daddy, Jarom, despite being called to duty in Afghanistan (reserves), was able to be home for the birth! However, his stay will be short lived. He reports for duty again on March 3rd and will be gone for 12-18 months! His son will be a toddler the next time he is able to see him. God Bless ALL our troops and the HUGE sacrifices each of them make in serving and protecting our freedoms!

We love you both! Thank you both for your love and sacrifices!

So I felt like blogging tonight...

Ok, so I felt like blogging tonight. I'm bored (in between Netflix shipments) and lonely (Christopher is out of town) so I wrote and posted pics and yadda yadda la la before you know it I have this really long post. I was feeling quite proud of myself as I'm not the literary type and my post was quite entertaining. Then as I'm going to publish...there was a stall and we never recovered from it...until my post was eaten up!!! So, after swearing under my breath for a few moments and then swearing to never swear again, I shall post again. This time without whit and literary genius. Sorry, my brain still hurts from the last eaten up post! I'm not like my fellow bloggers that can just whip out an amazing post in minutes...that is not my talent and it hurts my brain and takes too long. So...I digress. Anywho... Instead of baking and eating to amuse my bored self, I had the kids entertain me while I had my camera out and this is what I found the most hilarious to share. REESE. She is quite the funny little lady. She is really into her hot pink cowboy boots and hat. My favorite though is when she does this and strikes a pose like the one on the bottom right. She is just too funny. Or actually, when she tips her hat off her head and says, "YEEEEHAAAAAWWW!!!" with such enthusiasm. She is becoming quite the country Texas girl...and I think it is sooo cute. I am excited for her to go to Gavin's "Texas Hoedown" for his preschool program. I think she's just gonna eat it up and jump right in to "Dosi-doe". And yes she is wearing a swimsuit. We just can't keep her out of one. She wants to go in the pool so bad. Maybe sometime this week when it is in the 70's again, I'll let her play with the water hose.

And my boys!! I have been working frantically trying to get a picture of Caden smiling for the camera. Because he really is smiling ALL the time. It is just when you get the camera out, he starts to become too interested in all the flashing and "peek-a-boo" he believes mommy is playing by getting behind the camera. Tonight however he was getting some loves from his big brother Gavin and was sure giggly. I was able to get a shot of him smiling a little. He sure is precious and we just love him to bits! We just can't imagine what life was with out him...our little cuddle

bug. Dinosaurs are kinda his thing. While he was in the NICU we were told to put something from his room like a stuffed animal or something in his cradle with him. Something about our scent from the animal from our home would be soothing to him...well we put a little triceratops dinosaur in his bed with him. It was the one seen in our post Caden Day 8 - A WEEK OLD!! Anyway, they seem fitting for his personality and his struggle, so we went with it. So naturally I got excited when I found his little sleeper set. Doesn't Caden just look like his dinosaur? He's soo cute! And of course since I have two boys, I get to match them!! It's just too much fun!

Caden and Blakeley...

sitting on the floor...P-L-A-Y-I-N-G...first comes love...ok, ok, I'll stop while I'm ahead. I'm starting to sound WAY too much like my mother. But, I just had to say that I think this picture is too cute of Blakeley (Caden's baby girlfriend) and Caden. They have such a fun time eating toys together or sucking the life out of anything they can get their little hands on! We love it when we have our friends come over to play.

The Cloud Maker...

So we were on our way out yesterday afternoon and Gavin yells from the back seat..."look mommy, it's making clouds...there they go up into the sky." He was just too into himself thinking that he discovered how clouds were made, I couldn't break it to him that was indeed a power plant. I absolutely adore kids and their enthusiasm for the simple things in life...like cloud making! So come to Forney one and all and behold our cloud maker in all its glory!

13.1 in 1:45:08

He did it! He braved the 40+ degree weather and finished his half marathon (13.1 miles) at 1:45:08. Christopher was hoping to finish around 1:45:00 and did! The race was a bit more difficult than he imagined it would be (this was his first long distance race) being that he got bored half way into it and wished that he had his mp3 player to keep his mind busy. With that, he thinks he could have pulled off a better time. Lesson learned. He finished 7th for his age group (24-29) out of 30 and 95th overall with 550 runners. I'd say that was a pretty good first run. It averaged to be a 8:03 mile over 13 miles. He runs 7:23 miles at home for 9 to 10 miles....so basically those last 3 miles killed him! While he was running those last miles he thought to himself how he never wants to run a half again, however, after finishing the race and receiving his rush...that has changed.

For finishing in the top 100 he received a medal (see pic) and so naturally we had to run right over to IHOP to celebrate. Christopher loved walking in with his "e-stretchy pants" (again, think Nacho Libre) and getting lots of looks. He just reminded everyone that "its for fun". I like this picture too because it has Reese stealing Christopher's pancakes off his plate while he was posing with his medal. HA...true Reese form. Also on hand for the celebration was Tyler (Christopher's brother) and his girlfriend Amanda.

Next on the race agenda is Christopher's triathlon on the 10th of March and my Azalea 10k also in March on the 24th. Christopher will do well once again and I'm just hoping I can finish my race, as training has been a little slow (see people update post). I'm really just excited to be running around a blooming flower garden for a few hours!!

People Update

I feel like we have been perpetually busy this past month, however, when we get down "to the nitty gritty" (think Nacho Libre!) there really isn't much to blog about. This cold and flu season has hit us hard and we are out at least once a month. No bueno! So here we go, a people update of sorts...

• Christopher runs his half marathon "The Texas Half" this Sat. the 10th of February. He has been training running up to 10 miles a day, so I think this 13.1 mile run will be a walk in the park for him. His first triathlon is March 10th in Athens. He has been training hard and has really come to enjoy his new hobby and obsession. To pat himself on the back for a job well done last year with his job, he bought a new triathlon bike. Bought it from the Richardson Bike Mart, the same bike shop in which Lance Armstrong purchased all this bikes when he was growing up here in Dallas. Christopher likes to point that part out!

Let the love affair begin!! Christopher has lost 10 lbs with his training and is gaining quite the athlete physique.....hubba hubba!!

• Sariah (me) is still changing WAY too many diapers and quite tired from cleaning up Winter Puke Fest 2006/2007. I'm anxiously awaiting March 7th!! Why that date? It is the day Caden turns 6th months and that just happens to be the magical age that he is permitted to attend my gym day care while I work out. I am on a quest to lose about 50 lbs by the end of the year, and being at the gym is a big part of that. I'm going to use the same workouts that I was doing before I got preggers with Caden...I think I might be able to pull it off. Of course, my love affair with food needs to be curbed a little...I have never been one to diet, so portion control is my target with food. Weaning Caden from the boob will help too, as I only add weight while breastfeeding. I have also enjoyed seeing the temps back up into the mid 60's as I about died the month of January.


• Gavin surprised us by giving up his need for sweet things and has taken up "healthy snacks". He would eat them before when I gave him no alternative, but now he will actually request a "healthy snack". If given something from someone else, he asks, "is this a healthy snack?" He's too cute. He also started up lifting weights with his daddy! He's a funny kid. Right now he is preparing for his "Texas Hoedown" performance on March 8th. He has been bugging us to take Karate lessons for a little while now. We think we will let him try it out this summer after school is out. Might be fun...I think....
• Reese will have no more dragon tooth...that's right, the dentist is going to pull it. On Reese's first b-day Christopher took her to the bath tub to spray her down and get all the cake off. There was a mishap in the bath tub and Reese came tumbling down and chipped her two front teeth (I'm sure you have noticed in pics). Unfortunately, her right tooth started to die and turn green so we were going to have it cosmetically fixed. That is, until the tooth started to abscess. We took her in for a check up and the dentist decided the best thing was for the tooth to come out leaving room for her permanent tooth to grow unaffected. So, out it comes on the 15th of March and we are mad dashing to get a family picture before she is a toothless wonder for 5 years!!

First birthday pics from 2005 right before the dreadful tooth chipping.

Too cute...where has my baby girl gone!??!! Makes me almost want another...however this baby making shop is CLOSED.

• Caden our baby of love. He is growing up fast too. His little baby umbilical hernia is closing well and his eczema outbreaks are spreading out. Yea! He's still pretty much only breastfed but we are trying some cereals. However he wants nothing to do with them. He is just like his older brother...eats like a little piggy but wont gain weight. Where do they get this from b.c I sure didn't get anything like that!!

Caden is still our happy baby and warms anyone up with his big smile (which surprisingly I don't have on camera anywhere!!!). He is sitting up now and interacting with Gavin and Reese more, which makes my job a little easier!

Bath Time!

I just thought I would share some bath pics real quick before I run to pick up Gavin from school. When I get back, I'll do some people updating. Lots going on in 'da Lloyd hood.

Caden is finally sitting up and holding his own (five months tomorrow! can you believe it?), so now bath time is more enjoyable. He has joined the ranks of his siblings.
Reese feeding Caden a bath toy....he'll take whatever he can get into his mouth these days!
Reese enjoying her hair washing...as always. (you like that peri bottle in the background? the kids LOVE it in the bath! good thing they don't know what it was originally used for!)
Caden checking out Reese's torturous washing session.
This face is just too hilarious!

This one too!

Be back on later with more to come! Chelsea have Hudson yet!?!?! Girl, give me a call!!