5 Question Friday!

I am so LOVING Kasey's blog, she is introducing me to a whole new blog world! LOL

Every Friday she does "5 Question Friday" So I am participating this week!



1. What is your dream job?

HOUSE WIFE! LOL Well, I LOVE my job, but my DREAM job would be something that you dont have to work very many hours a week but you get paid alot of money. So if anyone knows what that is, and if I can be it. Let me know.

2. What song could you play over and over?
Held- Natalie Grant. Beautiful song and I LOOOVEEE it! I love so many songs though... especially old school country songs that you know ALL the words to even though you havent heard it in like years! And I love anything by The Fray. And BTW Kasey, I have heard that song and your right, its the bomb! I love it too!


3. Do you prefer to talk on the phone or text (or email)?
I LOVE text messaging. Most of the time someone will call me and I wont answer. But if they text me right after, Ill text back. Its hard talking on the phone with a kid, they like to get loud and crazy right when the phone gets to your ear! LOL


4. What is your must have beauty product?
Mascara for sure. Cant leave the house without it!


5. What is your favorite Michael Jackson song?
THRILLER!!!!!!!!! For the same reason as Kasey, pom squad and cheerleading dances!! SO much fun!



Hope everyone has a fun weekend!!

Hudson's 1st Halloween!!

WELL, I searched and searched for Hudson the perfect costume. I really wanted him to be a monkey. Then my mom called me one day and she was in Old Navy and found a lion costume.. I told her to get it! I know ALOT of babies are lion's for their 1st Halloween. But I couldnt help it, it was too cute.

Friday morning Hudson had his 9 month check up... He is 22lbs 8oz! And 29 inches tall! Such a big boy! He has done so much this past weekend too! He has been jabbering baby talk for a while but nothing specific. Well all of the sudden he just woke up one morning talking! He says Dadadadadadadadadadada... its so cute! Then he said ELLA! My mom used to joke all the time that Ella would be his first word because we say her name so much. (Ella is my yorkie for those of you who are thinking WHO THE HECK IS ELLA) When he said it, it sounded like Lella, LOL! All I could do was laugh because it was so crazy and precious! Everything new that he learns almost brings me to tears because its so sweet. I just love him so much. I cannot explain it. I am so thankful that God has blessed me with a healthy baby.

So Saturday night we got Hudson in his lion costume and my brother came out, and our friend Lindsay and her husband and their 2 little boys, and my friend Kelley! I made tacos and cheese dip and halloween cookies! The boys played like wild hooligans of course! Their youngest son, Colby, was also a lion and Dawson was a skeleton! Hudson loves other kids! He had the best time following them around and playing! We had lots of trick or treators come by! Ella chewed them all out of course.

On Sunday we just layed around and enjoyed each other. We got out the video camera and filmed Hudson playing and talking! He has been taking a few steps here and there but nothing major. Well while we were filming he took 10 STEPS!! Yes, 10!!! Ever since then he takes 6-10 steps randomly throughout the day! He is just getting so big!

I went to work on Monday and just felt yucky. I had felt yucky over the weekend too but just blew it off. But Monday at work I was just feeling worse. I talked to one of the Dr's and he ordered some blood work to be done. After getting that back signs pointed to an infection, and anemia! I had a low grade fever so they sent me home. Mom was at our house watching Hudson so I told her to go ahead and take him home with her just in case I was contagious. I layed in bed all afternoon and woke up at 4 this morning feeling horrible. So I called in to work. I went to see my Primary Care Doctor today and turns out I have a bladder infection. I got a Rocephin shot and some oral antibiotics. So hopefully I will be able to go to work tomorrrow, I hate missing. When I miss one day its like missing a day and a half for the average person since mine are 12 hours shifts. Plus I just feel bad because I know they are super busy! I have been sleeping all day. Alex has been taking care of me :) He got me some juices and medicine at walmart last night, gave me a back rub, and rented me some movies! He came home and fixed me lunch and now is cooking supper. I am lucky to have him! Hudson will be coming home tomorrow since I know I am not contagious! I just hope I dont have to take care of any flu patients tomorrow! My doctor said she recommended that I stay home because my Lymphocytes were so low which means my immune system is low and more succeptible of getting sick! Ahh!

Well here are some pictures from our Halloween weekend!

BLOG AWARD!!

My friend Kasey awarded me a blog award!! YAY FOR MEE!! I was so excited to be picked! Thanks Kasey!!

So, when awarded the award, there are a few rules!

1)You must thank the person who gave the award and list their blog and link it.
2) You must share "10 Honest Things" about yourself.
3) You have to present this award to others whose blogs you find brilliant in content and/or design, or those who have encouraged you.
4) Last, you must tell those people they've been awarded HONEST SCRAP and inform them of these guidelines in receiving the award.


10 Honest Things About Myself..

1)I truely LOVE being a nurse. And I dont mind all the yucky/nasty parts of it either.
2) I have one of the cutest kids in the world (just being honest)
3) I love to cook!
4) I love having people over and cookouts for football games and the superbowl and I try to pretend like I enjoy watching football games. But I really couldnt care less! I just want to know who won and who lost, dont care to watch it!
5) I love to shop, and I love to buy things for other people! Im a big gift giver!
6) I want to have 3 kids... and I think it would be awesome to adobt a child.
7) I want to go back to school already. Iv already applied.
8) My brother and I have a really close relationship that I love :)
9) I act like things dont bother me alot, but I really do get my feelings hurt easily
10) I am a strong Christian and God leads my life :)

Now I will award my people!

Megan Wilson
Megan and I are friends through a friend and she has the CUTEST little girl! I love reading her blog and seeing cute pictures of their little family outings!

Jessica Copeland
I have been following Jessica's blog since she started!! Her and Craigen have the CUTEST little boy!! You all need to go and look at his halloween costume!! Precious! She also is on top of this flu season prevention and she posted some good tips if you have kids! Their son Cash and Hudson are almost the same age.. I think they are a month apart! So I enjoying seeing her pictures and post's about Cash growing because Hudson is right behind him!

Jodie Waldron has a beautiful 2 month old baby girl!! She is so adorable and her pictures are too cute! She is a new blogger and I really enjoy her posts!

MckMamma, I know will not be able to reply to this post because she is very busy with her sick baby right now. If you do not follow this blog it is a MUST. Her son, Stellan, is ill with a heart defect and her blog is so inspiring. My heart is so heavy for their family and I pray for them daily. She is such a strong mother and wife. And she has beautiful children. Little Stellan is a miracle and it is very rewarding to be able to be involved in her story.

I believe that is all I am going to award! Many of the other ones I follow have either already been awarded or dont blog often enough to care about participating I assume! I hope you all enjoy!!! Thanks again Kasey!!

FALL is HERE!

The weather has been so nice (minus all the rain) lately! I love the cooler weather and the excitement of fall clothes! Hudson has so many cute outfits that I have been so anxious for him to wear! I, on the other hand have NOTHING! Last year at this time all I wore were jogging suits because I was big and preggo! So I have cleaned out my closet and am ready to refill it! I have been saving up some extra cash so that I can splurge a little. :) Alot of new things have taken place in the Harvey House lately!

Hudson is growing like a weed! He stands up all by him self and has really good balance! He will take a couple of steps if you are close to him or if he wants something close to him but thats it. I think he could walk if he wanted to but he's just not ready, and Im not going to rush him! He is already into EVERYTHING as it is! He waves "Bye Bye" and claps his hands too! It is so cute! We took him to the Pumpkin Patch here in LR this past weekend! It was too cute. It was Alex's first time to ever go also! We looked at the animals in the petting zoo and Alex fed them some food, Hudson was amazed! Then we road the hay ride, Hudson wasnt really aware that we were being pulled by a tractor and all! He was too involved with waving at the other little kids and playing in his diaper bag HA! But it was neat, this place has a Christmas Tree farm too so the hay ride took us down through all the trees! Hudson got to pick out a free pumpkin from the bucket of little ones. Then Alex and I picked out to large ones to carve! It took forever to pick out the pumpkins! Alex was running around that place wild! Picking up every pumpkin and checking it out! Those of you who know him well can picture this Im certain! Hudson and I decided to sit at the picnic tables and have a yogurt snack while Daddy looked around! Finally he found the perfect 2! Unfortunately I didnt check my camera batteries before we left and realized that it was dead once we arrived. SO ANNOYING!!! So the only pictures I have are from my phone! Here are a few...



We had alot of fun hanging out together! Hudson is going to be a Lion for halloween! Our Church is having a big festival that we are going to go to! We were also invited to a hallween carnival that a girl I know is throwing! She has a little boy also!

We went to Mena a couple weekends ago so that Alex could go bow hunting! Alex, his dad, and brother stayed at the deer camp all weekend and Dana, Hudson and I hung out! We had alot of fun! Aunt Darla highlighted my hair and put some low lites in! Then we went shopping in Fort Smith and I started on my Christmas Shopping! We ate out and just shopped till we dropped! We got home around 10! Hudson was exhausted! Then we went to Church Sunday morning and the boys came in that afternoon! Noone had any luck with a deer yet! We are going to have Family Pictures made the first week of November in Mena at a place called Sweet Peas! She took my maternity pictures and has taken pictures of Hudson too! I am excited!! Alex took off work for 1 week to hunt starting opening day! I am going to go out and sit on the stand with him some too! I will not be killing anything though! I think its so great that he and his Dad are really building their relationship!

Other big news... We bought a truck! It has come time that we take over all of our own bills, well Alex's mom has been paying his truck note all this time. We decided it would be best, under circumstances I'd rather not mention related to his "old" truck, that we bought a new one and started over! Well I say new, I mean new to us! He picked out a silver Z71 extended cab! It is really nice and we got a great deal on it! I am VERY pleased with our payment plan as well! We got really lucky. Alex loves the truck too and of course has already done so much to it and has more ideas. He enjoys fixing up his vehicles....we all know this! But I cant complain... he lets me shop when I want to! I think I will be getting a new vehicle around Christmas time :) That suprise will be mentioned in a few months! Gosh, Christmas is coming up quick!

We are having a cook out with friends tomorrow night, and planning to go to the Zoo on Saturday if it doesnt rain!! Fingers Crossed!!

Hope everyone is having a great month!!

September!

Alot has been going on here in the Harvey House! September has been a busy month for us! Seems like we have had plans every weekend!!

First off, we went downtown to Big Whiskeys to watch the Hogs! We had alot of fun! We got to see lots of friends that we hadn't seen in a while! The game was good and the Hogs won so that made it even better!! I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping we are going to have a good season!! Hudson went and stayed with my mom and he wore his Razorback jersey too!!




This past weekend we went to Star City/Monticello to visit my family and celebrate my mom's birthday! Hudson and I went down on Friday, Alex had to work so he and Ryan drove down on Saturday! Friday night we went to watch the Billie play Warren and watch Jordyn cheer! Monticello has a good team this year. Also, they finally beat Warren!!! Hudson did not like all the yelling and screaming in the bleechers so me and mom took him down by the concession stand and stood for the remainder of the game! The weather was rainy and yucky too :( Saturday Hudson and I went over to visit some of my dads family and he got to play with some of his little cousins! We had a good time and then headed back to moms to cook for her birthday! We had a shirt airbrushed for Hudson to wear that said "Happy Birthday NiNi" it was so cute!! And we gave her one of those digital picture frames that holds up to 3000 pictures! It is so neat.. I really want one for our house! It was great getting to see everyone!




Saturday night is when Hudson started getting sick! He felt warm and was really fussy around after waking up around 12:00. So I took his temperature and it was 101.7!! He was up off and on all night! Then Sunday he was all stopped up! He wouldnt even take a bottle because his nose was so stuffy!! Now before when I have said "Hudson is sick" it was never anything like this! This is for sure the first time he has actually be SICK! Poor baby has felt horrible! Dana came down on Sunday night to keep him while I worked this week. Monday morning I called and made him a Dr Appt! My boss and the people I work with are so great that they allow me to leave and take Hudson to the Dr! Turns out he had a head cold, and small ear infections in both ears!! He is doing much better now though and hasnt ran a fever since Monday morning. All of the drainage is starting to break up and dry up which is causing him to have a horrible cough. But he is playing and drinking and happy as can be! I think Alex and I were WAY more upset about it than Hudson was! I was a wreck! LOL

Wednesday night when I got off my mom, Grandmommie, and Aunt Leslie came by here and we made a big poster for them to take on GOOD MORNING AMERICA!! They left for NYC on Thursday morning and they were on GMA this morning! The sign was so cute and they were shown on TV alot!! Pretty Cool. They are having a great time!

Tonight we are going out to dinner and bowling with some friends! Hudson is staying with Sarah, his babysitter at our house for the first time alone! She has kept him alot during the summer while Kelley and I layed out, but she was just right inside and I was there! I know she will do fine and Hudson loves her! I am just thankful that we have someone we trust that can keep him for a few hours so we can have some time together! I havent been bowling since before Hudson was born! No telling how this is going to turn out! Ha!

Next weekend we are going to Texarkana for a wedding! We havent been down since May so its a much needed trip. I am excited for his family to get to see Hudson.

Well as you all know Deer Season is quickly approaching us! And let me just say this household is getting pretty excited! Alex has already gotten out all of his gear and checked it over and ordered some new stuff! Hudson has been wearing his "Daddys Little Hunter" camo hat almost everyday..(thanks to his daddy) Hudson has some camo overalls, boots, bib, hat, and who knows what else! Alex was added to his Dads hunting lease in Mena! So he is planning on going down for the whole first week and staying and then every other weekend after that! Hudson and I are going to tag along and hang out at the camp with Dana!! I plan on going out and sitting on the stand with Alex too! I am for sure not going to shoot anything! But Ill go scope them out!!

Hudson and I are playing at home today on this rainy day!!! Hope everyone is having a good week!!

FOOTBALL SEASON IS HERE!!

We are so excited about the 1st LR game this coming weekend!! Alex and I are going to Lunch with some friends and then going to the Golf Course tailgating! We are really excited to see everyone!!

Here are some pictures of Hudson in his Razorback Jersey!!





That jersey is a size 12months and it fits perfectly... he is such a chunk!! He weighs 21 pounds now!!

We went to dinner at Copeland's lastnight with Dad and Kara and it was DELICIOUS of course!! Here is a pic from there...



Here are some pictures of Hudson before Church this morning! He can stand up for about 5 seconds without support! We caught him in action in one of the pictures!!

Whats new in the Harvey house!?

We have all been very busy but we are all doing great! Hudson has mastered the crawling thing and he is already wanting to walk! I got my first big paycheck last week so I promised him he could get a new toy :) Well we went to Wal-Mart and picked out one of those toys where he can stand up and hold on to it and push it and walk with it. Sounds confusing but Im sure all you moms can picture this in your heads! Anyways... it says 9+ months but I couldnt resist it. After a couple of days he has it figured out! He pulls up on it and pushes it while walking all over the house! It is so cute! It looks funny because he is only 7months so it just looks unusual seeing him walking behind it! Ha! Of course he cannot walk yet... he can just walk while supporting himself on the toy! It is his new favorite for sure! I bet he will be walking early. Alex started walking at 8months so he thinks Hudson is going to take after him in that area! We shall see! Other new with Hudson, he has been sick! This is the first time he has been sick and had to go to the "sick" area in the Dr. Office!! He has had a cough for about a week and it just seemed to progressively get worse. He also had a little rash around his eyes that doesnt bother him at all but it doesnt look pretty and its just not normal for him. Dana was watching him this Mon, Tues, and Wed while I was working so I made him an appt with his doctor for Wednesday morning. My amazing boss let me leave and go meet them at the Dr too. His doctor says she thinks that the rash is some sort of irritation from him crawling and into more things now and then touching his eye. Something has irritated it. Of course there is not much you can do for a baby around the eye because of the risk of any creams getting in the eye. So she said to let that run its course and just keep an eye on it. Then she gave him an antibiotic for the cough. You would never know he is sick. He is still eating like a pig and playing hard! He is so sweet, he loves to snuggle and just hug on you. I am going to miss that when he gets bigger! He has 2 teeth on the bottom now!! Its so cute! I havent been able to get a good picture showing them off yet though!

Alex has been working like usual! They have stayed busy at Landers thank goodness! I know alot of people are losing jobs and having trouble during this regression and we are so thankful that Landers stays at the top! Alex was off this past Saturday and we had his sister Sutton and his brother Brock come down and stay the weekend with us! We had alot of fun with them and I know Alex was happy to have them here! We grilled burgers and went to the movies and went shopping. Alex's family is still having a rough time with the loss of Sydni so we were glad Sutton was able to get away and spend some time with us. When I got home from work on Wednesday there were 2 guys here talking to Alex about a Security System for our home. I was totally against it at first because I was tired and didnt want to pay big money for that. Well after talking to them about it they totally sold me. It was a great deal and a low, fixed rate each month that we would be paying! It monitors all the windows and doors and when we are not home there is a motion detector on. We also got those keychains where you can set them alarm from outside when you leave and turn it off when you pull up to the house. Also when we are home and the alarm is not set, we can set it to where when any door opens it beeps twice just to alert us that a door is open. That will be great when Hudson gets older and trys to go outside without me knowing!! Its pretty neat and definately worth the safety of my family.

Well I am still LOVING my job! I am really getting the hang of it and taking multiple patients alone now. It is so rewarding to recieve these patients and then send them home a few days later knowing that I have helped them improve and become independent again. My patients have complimented me so much saying I was a great nurse and that they recieved great care. And family members have thanked me for being so kind and caring to their loved ones. It means so much to me. I still love everyone that I work with also. A new girl started this past week and she just graduated also. So there are alot of us in our 20's working together so its so much fun! And they all have small children too so we all have alot in common. Its great!!

Well today Hudson and I are going to run some errands and go eat lunch with Alex! Here are some recent photos!!

Hudson eating some Gerber cheetos!!

Hudson and Daddy!

Grana bought Hudson this after his Dr Appt! Spoiled rotten!