Showers and Sunshine!

This morning West Ouachita threw Hudson Wade a baby shower! He got many things that he needed and lots of cute clothes!! He got lots of toys too and some cute little teethers. Everyone ooed and aaahhed over how cute my handsome little angel is and daddy got to show off his family at work today!
When Matt came home from work we spent some time in the sunshine and worked in our flowerbeds while Hudson Wade sat in his bouncer in the shade. He loves being outside! Sometimes when he is fussy we go for a walk around the neighborhood together. The sun was very bright today so Mommy let him borrow her sunglasses.



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Location:Hemlock Cir,West Monroe,United States

One Month Milestones!

Tomorrow Hudson will be one month old! Wow! I can't believe how fast this came!
Today was his one month check-up. He now weighs 8 lb 9 oz! He did so great at his appointment today! He only wimpered a little the while time! I'm so proud of him!
His colic seems to be better. I switched his bottles from Playtex Drop Ins to Dr. Brown's Natural Flow and changed his formula from Enfamil Premium to Enfamil Lipil and that has made a difference. Last night was still kinda rough though! Dr. Stanley wrote him a prescription for some Colic drops so hopefully things will be much easier tonight!
Some time this week, Matt and I are going to buy him an Easter basket! We will probably fill it with things for our summer vaca to Florida with Matt's family in July.
Here are some ideas I've come up with for his Easter basket:

1. Sunscreen!
2. Sunglasses! Probably these ones from old navy:



3. Baby floaty for the pool!
4. A beach towel!
5. Some bubbles! Every baby likes bubbles!

It's gonna be so much fun making him his first Easter basket!

Here are a couple of pics I took today. Hudson was laying in my lap and I was playing Patty Cake with him and tickling him. He is beginning to learn how to play!









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Three Magic Touches

So Hudson Wade has been colicy lately :( and anyone whos ever had a colicy baby knows how exhausting it can be for mommy and baby! There seems to only be 3 things that calm him down and distract him from his hurting belly when nothing else works!

1. A ride in the car.
Today, after trying almost everything else, I finally buckled him in and we went for a ride to Smoothy King where I ordered a much needed Strawberry Kiwi Breeze to take the edge off! Sure enough, he was asleep in only a few minutes!

2. A Warm Bath!!!
Hudson Wade loves bath time! He isn't quite yet to the point of playing in the water but he sure does like to relax in it. Who doesn't, really? He sometimes even falls asleep when I wash his hair! It's so cute!



3. Last but not least:
Above all other kinds of lullabys, worship music I his favorite! Some of our favorites include Draw Me Close to You, Lord Im Amazed By You, The More I Seek You and Hillsong's In Your Freedom. He falls asleep to the sounds of worship music each night. The presence of God is so soothing for the both of us... Especially after a long day of dealing with colic!



I will leave you with one cute thing that Hudson Wade did today. I was holding him and he sneezed and when I looked down at him he had a big grin on his face. He is beginning to smile not only in his sleep (which makes my heart melt) but also while he is awake and alert!

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Hudson Wade Herring

Hudson Wade Herring
March 3, 2010
5:06pm
7 lbs 5 oz
20 1/2 inches

We are so proud to welcome our little angel into the world! It's almost been one month and we couldn't imagine life without him!



















Special thanks to Melissa Perkins for shooting the newborn pictures.
Melissaperkinsphotography.blogspot.com
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Hudson Wade's Happenings

Today I had a Hudson Wade check up. My doctor said that all of the measurements, my weight and blood pressure were perfect! However, she also said my blood count dropped four points and she prescribed me for iron. Thats not too big of a problem compared to what could go wrong in the third trimester of pregnancy.. She just made sure that I was aware that if we couldnt get my blood count up then that could result in a blood transfusion depending on how much blood I lose during labor and delivery.

In consideration to my first shower on Sunday at church, I have also been doing my best to perfect my baby registry at Target! I can access and edit it directly from my phone and I find myself doing it often each day! I have decided that the theme for the nursery will be safari animals! Specifically Twiddliwinks Madagascar collection! They are sooooo cute! The only problem is that most of the items are available only online so I may have to order some of them myself. It wont be a big deal as long as I get a couple of Target gift cards to pay for them with. I plan on painting three different canvases to match the set. Here is a sample of what our nursery will consist of:

School also started this week! The ONE class that I am taking will be a breeze! I am so happy to have COMPLETE CONFIDENCE that my professor is willing to work around my little bundle of joy throughout this semester! I would just like to ask for prayer for my sister! Her schedule is brutal! She said her Chem professor acted like she wasnt taking any other classes besides chem! Poor thing! I have trued to help her out as much as I can this week! She already had homework in the class I was in last semester! She also has to get a job so if anyone has any suggestions let me know!

I cant wait to post next week about how the first shower for Hudson Wade goes! I am looking so much forward to it!!!

Its Been Forever

Wow! Its been a long time since I have blogged! Hopefully I can keep up with it like I would like to! With a baby on the way I am hoping I can keep this on my to do list each week! I know everyone would love to be able to know all the updates of having a new baby around the Herring household!

Right now I am 32 weeks and 5 days pregnant with 7 weeks and 2 days to go! We have slowly but surely been trying to get our house in order for our little Hudson Wade's arrival! Our nursery is nowhere near, barely even started, completed! We have the crib up and our dresser/armiore up but the changing table is still in the box and the room is still being used as storage until we move everything into the shed in the backyard. My first shower is next sunday at the church and so this week I will be busy trying to prepare the room for all of Hudson's new things! After months and months of indicisiveness, I finally picked out the bedding for the nursery and ordered it yesterday! I am sooooo excited for it come in next week! Here is a taste of the nursery decor. This is the bedding I ordered AND the crib we bought:



With basketball season underway, Matt doesnt have much free time to focus on the house. Thank goodness I have a team of family and friends who plan on helping us with cleaning and organizing!

Until my little man gets here I am doing my best to take it easy each day and take advantage of being able to nap whenever I choose! School begins next week and I am only in one class this semester on tuesdays and thursdays so it wont be so bad trying to juggle being a college student and a new mommy!

Thank you all for the prayers and encouragement I have recieved throughout the pregnancy!
Hopefully, I will be blogging more often!

ART

Next Thursday is my last day of work!! WHOOOO!! The reason for this is to begin devoting more time to my artwork. I have ben researching and researching and am super excited about all the opportunities I have to promote my art and begin marketing it!