under the weather ...

i woke up monday with a sore throat and about 45 seconds later i hear judson cough and i can just tell that his throat hurts too! so, here we are on friday ... wait, now it's saturday ... and he is now coughing worse and has had a fever this evening! lovely. so, we are waiting to see how the night goes to decide whether or not we will have to make a trip to see the pediatrician in waco on a saturday morning ... thus far i think the otc meds are working ... dimetap, robitussin, and motrin! they had me give him regular robitussin ... not the children's ... so it does not taste good at all. he LOVES "mesidin" as he says, so i have to trick him and give him all the good stuff first, then throw in the nasty stuff last! then once he realizes he's been tricked he runs out of the room, because he knows i will try and make him finish up what's left in the little cup! haha! kind of humorous.

he did take a 3 hour nap this afternoon and we followed it up with a bath that included the soothing vapor bath that smells like vicks! he did like that ... here's a pic! :)

Merry Christmas!

I love this time of year! Really, I think it's just that I love getting together with my family and cousins! They are so fun to be around! Unfortunately, my cousins are all growing up and I don't see them very often because of all their school and social activities. For example, Ashlin was supposed to come to town on Sunday, but she stayed home to hang out with friends! Bummer! I think she was regretting it today when she was bored and she admitted it on her myspace page! :)

Also, I ordered myself a Christmas gift that I have wanted for years and finally broke down to buy myself ... a BREAD MACHINE! It should be delivered Christmas Eve! Woohoo! No need to feel guilty ... my husband ordered himself a gift too ... Rosetta Stone so he can learn Spanish! Haha!

Here are some recent photos ...



Jentry in her "Santa's Little Helper" pajamas this morning!


Judson eating his lunch today! He was having his "site" aka Sprite from Chicken E!


Cousin ... Taylor


Cousins ... Ashlin and Katelin


cousins ... Dalton and Dena


cousin ... Tanner

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Miss Happy ...




Judson always wants to give sister kisses!



Judson is really enjoying being home all day while mom works!



We went to the Hamilton office Thursday and he was bundled up on the way home ... he looked so cute and fell asleepabout 3 minutes after this picture!

Just a few recent photos ...

My grandma got a tricycle bike and Jason took Judson for a ride in the basket when we were there for Thanksgiving!





This is Jentry in her "this is my little black dress" shirt!





Here she is last week in her church outfit. Her Rhinestone Button Pants and her shirt that I bedazzeled a bit ... unfortunately, the bedazzles on the shirt left rust marks around themselves when I washed it! Doubt I can fix that problem!





And here's my cowboy riding his stick horse ... extra this week since the NFR has been on TV.





He looks so old in this picture! He's growing up so fast!

Random ...

I had to post this pic and hopefully my brother won't read this and hack into my account and delete this blog post! Haha! He REALLY could if he wanted I'm afraid!

I think this is a great picture! The older Judson has gotten the more my brother has really become "Uncle Jared." He is really good with Judson ... this is them in Jared's office the other day playing with the webcam on Jared's laptop. Judson waived at himself on the screen for like an hour, laughing the whole time. Jared decided it was a photo op and took advantage of the webcam camera!



Also ... since I feel like our family in complete with Jentry's recent arrival ... I am thinking about making our Christmas Stockings this year! (How I will find the time, I don't know) But, I hope to find something to assist me in this endeavor when I go to Waco next week for her two-month checkup ... I will have to check at my favorite store ... Hobby Lobby!

Also, I haven't ever bought a BIG Christmas tree since no one ever comes over to our house much! Last year I did get a small 3-4 ft. one to set up high ... since Judson was only 1 and a big one could have been dangerous! I might be CHEAP though and wait and buy a tree and all the decorations I would want AFTER Christmas and just put up a nice one next year ... when we hopefully are in our new house and out of this rent house! :) I am very CHEAP ... I know ... but I would hate to spend twice the $ when I know it will all be so much cheaper on 12/26!

Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cake Recipe

I made this cake for our first Thanksgiving gathering tomorrow ... really good!



CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE


1 18.25-oz package chocolate cake mix
1 3.9-oz package instant chocolate pudding mix
1 cup vegetable oil
4 eggs
1/2 cup hot water
1 cup sour cream
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Grease and flour a bundt pan.


2. Combine cake mix, pudding mix, oil, eggs, hot water, sour cream and vanilla. Beat until smooth. Stir in 1/2 of the chocolate chips. Pour batter into bundt pan. Top with rest of chocolate chips.


3. Bake for 1 hour. Allow to cool for 10 minutes, then invert cake onto wire rack and let cool completely.

And then, for the glaze, I do this:

CHOCOLATE GLAZE

4 oz milk chocolate chips
3 tbsp butter
1 tbsp milk
1 tbsp light corn syrup
1/4 tsp vanilla

In small, heavy saucepan or microwave oven on medium, melt chocolate chips with butter. Stir frequently until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in milk, syrup and vanilla. When glaze is cool, pour onto cake. Let glaze run down sides. Chill about 10 minutes to set glaze.

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