updated pictures

I put some of Nate's pictures from his birthday on a new shutterfly site. Check it out at www.natehudson.shutterfly.com

I hope you enjoy!

Nate had an amazing 1st birthday. Nate was born on Good Friday and what better day to baptise him, but on his first birthday. It was such a great day and Nate had a blast. He even ate birthday cake, which has so many levels of excitement to it, since he doesn't really like to eat.

March of Dimes

Nate, Scott, and I are participating in the March of Dimes next month in Valdosta. For those of you that do not know, the March of Dimes benefits research for premature babies. Check out this link to see a cute e-card of Nate! http://ecards.marchforbabies.org/MA5V9T

New pics

Nate got his 1 yr pictures last week. Go to www.carrieviohl.com and scroll down and you will see Nate. you can click on any of the pictures and it will take you to a screen where you enter your email and name and then you can view all of his pictures. Hope you enjoy.

Puppy!

PUPPIES!! We are getting a new puppy in a few weeks. We can't wait. Puppies and babies....we will never sleep again.

Happy New Year

We had a great Christmas and a happy New Year. I think we were all in bed by ten. As you can see Nate had a wonderful holiday and a ton of fun!!!

I have to start back full time in February and we are looking for someone to come to the house to help take care of Nate. If you know of anyone you think might want to help us with this precious little one shoot me an email. juliaeg02@aol.com. Thanks so much!

All I want for Christmas.....

is my two front teeth. Nate's top two teeth broke through yesterday. He now has a set of four so he can really bite!! ouch. He has been a blast recently. This is such a fun age and he is really discovering the world around him. He loves to do high fives with Scott, as you can see. We have been doing physical therapy twice a week and this has really helped him strengthen his trunk muscles. This will help him get closer to sitting and crawling. He definitely has the drive to do it. As soon as he is able to start moving we are in trouble.

We had a great visit to the auditory verbal center in Macon on Friday. They are helping us with Nate's hearing to develop it to the best of our ability. We are really excited because Nate responded to low frequency sounds. This is the first time we have been 100% sure that he was hearing something. I thought I was going to cry, but I knew I had to pull myself together since they would think I was a giant softy. Normal language is in the medium to high frequencies so this doesn't mean that Nate can hear everything. What it does mean is that he is responding to low frequencies and we will use that to continue to teach him to respond to those sounds. That way if he is hearing the medium to high sounds he will let us know by responding. The therapist said he may not be hearing the medium to high sounds or he might be hearing them and just ignoring them. Most men will understand that concept.

He also had a great appointment with his liver doctor. He was so pleased with the way he looked we didn't have to do any lab work and we are cleared for four months!!!! Nate has a great laugh and got tickled while we were seeing Dr. Romero. Doc couldn't stop laughing with him and I think that was Nate trying to smooth him over so he didn't have to do labs.

I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and enjoy all of the things you are thankful for.