I found this table at goodwill and saw definite potential. I thought it was so unique, and has storage! A definite plus for a child with millions of toys and a mother who hates to look at them all the time. I didn't realize how much work this was going to be but I am pretty proud of the way it turned out. Slowly my living room is coming together!
Before: Hello 1980's!
After: Much much better
I love the top of this. Except for the scratch Hudson made on it before I sealed it. Grrr....I keep forgetting to post on Hudson walking. He started walking at 14 months. It took him a while until he felt comfortable enough to really walk. Now he does just great though! Besides the fact that he looks kind of bow-legged. He uses his new found skill to run away from me while having his diaper changed and while we are in sacrament meeting. I can't complain too much about the first one though because he looks so dang funny running (and laughing the whole time) with his naked bum showing.
Can it be that another Pat's Run has already come and gone? Time sure flies. I am not really an avid runner but Pat Tillman is so inspirational to me that I look forward to this every year. I ran so slow this year but I did my best. Hudson was a real trooper. I made him a shirt again this year. My dad pushed him in the stroller (and still got a faster time than me, what the heck?!) I am going to try to stay in better shape now so I can do better next year. (Even though I'm pretty sure I said that last year and didn't do it. )
I think I'm whiter and whiter every year.
Playing with bubbles
Stealing chips from my cousin
I'll admit it. I've been a lazy blogger. There's just been so many other things to do. I've had a lot of projects. This is my latest one. I refinished our table. It turned out pretty good. This is the first time I've ever stained anything. It is so messy and smells awful, I think I may have gotten a little high. That's probably why you have to be 18 to buy it. One project down, a million to go!
After:
Jacob and I took Hudson to the zoo for the first time. I thought he would totally love it, because he really seems to like animals. I think he might be a little young still to appreciate it though. He kept looking at the pigeons, even when there was a giraffe like ten feet away. He did seem to have fun though. His favorite animal (besides the pigeons, ha ha) was the orangutans. He kept pointing at them. He seemed to like the elephant too. He really wanted to grab this one swan that was sleeping really close to the fence. He would have grabbed it if I had let him. It was a beautiful day outside and we all had fun. Even though I am pasty pale and can only handle so much sun.
This is apparently what Hudson does when he is in his crib and doesn't want to go to sleep: He gnaws on his crib. I go in to get him and he has a wood shavings beard. Maybe I should feed him more so he stops destroying his crib. It hurts me to look at it. Any suggestions on how to get him to stop doing this?
