13 Months

Hudson,
13 months old. It still doesn't seem possible. Each and every day is a new adventure with you. You are definitely a full time job, but I wouldn't want any other job. You make each hard day better just by laughing. Even when I'm frustrated with you I can't get mad because you start laughing and I completely forget what you had been doing. I think you know that is a weakness of mine! I love you more than you will ever know...Life is so much better with you in it!

Here is what you have been up to...
*Still in the same size diapers and clothes.
*You have learned to stand up on your own without holding onto things. When you discovered this you were so proud of yourself!
*You love to dance anytime music comes on. If you had it your way you would walk around holding onto my cell phone all day with the ipod playing.
*You try to imitate anything I do, like brushing your hair, taking your temperature with the temporal thermometer, and trying to wash your hair.
*I took your shirt off one night and you headed straight for our bathtub and turned on the water and got my washcloth and put it on your head. Just another reminder you are getting so big.
*You are still drinking about 20oz of Gerber Good Start Protect Plus 2 for toddlers every day. Momma decided that the formula has a lot more vitamins that regular cows milk and it is whey protein which is so much better for you than cows milk. So even though it is more expensive I believe it is better for you and therefore completely worth it.
*You are eating three meals a day with a couple snacks in between.
*You are definitely testing your boundaries with Momma these days. Even though you know exactly what "don't touch" means, you like to push it. For instance yesterday you kept trying to touch Momma's computer cord and I kept telling you not to touch it so you stood with your little hand about two inches from it just looking at me smiling. You are just like your momma was when I was a baby...very stubborn and strong willed.
*You have know how to wave for a long time but are just starting to look at people and wave at them. If somebody waves back to you, you always start laughing.
*You are completely and utterly amused with other kids and what they are doing. If there is another kid around your attention span is gone completely. You try your best to talk to them and get their attention. You are quite the socializer and flirt for that matter.
*You have started waking up at least once in the night again. It is wearing Momma out. My only hope is supposedly it is completely normal due to everything you are learning and you are also starting to dream now.
*I know you were dreaming one day because I watched on the monitor as you let out your happy squeal and then started flopping around in your bed all with your eyes closed. A couple minutes later you were completely quiet and back asleep. I absolutely loved that I got to see it because it was adorable. I'm so thankful your dreams make you laugh! :)
*You have learned that there are certain ways your shapes go into the box and will sit and try to figure out which hole they go in until you get it right.
*Anytime I start the microwave you think I am making something for you and you get very frustrated if it isn't for you!
*You have gotten VERY good at walking and have recently started running as well.
*Every day (that it is nice outside) we go on a walk after dinner. I think it is one of your favorite parts of the day. It sure is mine! The entire time we are walking you are laughing or talking and pointing at everything you see saying dis...I think that is your word for this. And every time I tell you what dis is! :) Love these moments with you.
*You are getting all four of your one year molars. The bottom right and top left have both poked through and we are waiting on the other two. Because of how much your teeth are hurting you have been extremely fussy the last couple of weeks which is totally unlike you!!!
*Every morning and after every nap I sing a song I made up for you that goes "Goodmorning (afternoon) sunshine, did you sleep good??" The smile that appears on your face literally makes my heart smile every single time.
*You still love to read your books and like listening to me read to you more and more each day.
*You started to learn to jump. Each time you squat down and then bounce back up. Half the time you bounce up with so much enthusiasm you fall over. Whenever you start to jump we jump with you and usually it leads to you getting the hiccups you start laughing so hard!
*We have dance parties quite often and once again usually you get the hiccups from laughing so hard.
*You still say Momma, Dada, fishies, dog, this (dis), and you are trying to say truck, duck and knock knock.
*You love playing ball with Mowgli now. You throw it and he runs to get it then you walk over to him and bend down and pick it up and throw it again. So sweet. The other day you were playing with him and he had the ball so you walked over and sat down, took the ball and held it up to your head. Then you held it up to his head and started making your barking sound. (You try to imitate the dogs barking.)
*Momma will leave her bedroom window open just alittle bit for you and the dogs will stick their noses in and you squat down to talk to them and reach out your little hand so they can lick it. You laugh ever time they give you kisses.

I could go on and on sweet boy. I love you more than life.
Momma

Happy 1st Birthday Baby

Happy 1st Birthday!!! My sweet baby Hudson I can't believe it has already been a year. This last year has definitely been the BEST year of my life. When you were born I was taken to a whole new level of being able to love. It is a love thats unconditional and overwhelming!! God has given me a glimpse of just how much he loves us. You light up my life every single day and I am truly blessed to be able to spend my days with you. I can't even imagine having to work and leave you with somebody else. Our time together is so precious to me. I am thankful every single day that God trusted me enough to be your Momma. I love you sweet boy!

Here is what you have been up to...

*At your 1 year check up you weighed 23lbs 10oz which put you in the 50th percentile and you are 31.5 inches tall which is the 95th percentile. You are such a skinny little thing.
*Size 4 Cruisers
*12-18 Month clothes except we are about to have to go up to 18-24 Months in your pants cause they are getting too short.
*You still go to bed between 8-9 and wake up between 6-7 and you are still taking 2 naps a day between 1.5-2 hours
*You say several words including Momma, Dada, Daddy, fishies, and you try to say duck and dog.
*We went on a trip over Spring Break to Newport Beach California and you did wonderfully! Such a good little traveler.
*The biggest change this month is you are climbing on EVERYTHING!!
*You got a car for your birthday and while i was out of the room I heard you driving it and came in to find you had driven it across the living room over to the fridge and were playing with your toy that goes on the fridge door. :) Funny little man.
*You are talking ALL the time now. Not that we can understand much of it but you sure do have a very strong opinion on a lot of things.
*You love spending lots of time playing with your toys and reading your books.
*You love sitting in Mommies lap watching tv at night when you are tired.
*We moved to Bixby right after your first birthday and you have adjusted to our new house wonderfully.
*Your favorite past time is to unload things. It doesn't matter what just anything you can take out of where it goes.
*You absolutely love to sit at the window and talk to the doggies.
*Anytime someone talks to you, you smile and lean your head over on your shoulder and start acting shy. Its absolutely darling.
*You still only have 4 teeth.
*You love to dance when music comes on and it is absolutely adorable. Whenever you start dancing you start stomping your left leg just like your dad does. Hilarious

Can't wait for the next year to see everything new you will learn every day! Love you baby. Life is so much better with you in it!

Love,
Mommy

11 Months Old

My sweet Hudson. You light up our lives every single day. We can not believe you are so close to turning 1. It doesn't seem like it should already be that time. No matter how old you are, you will always be my baby.

Here is what you have been up to...

*YOU ARE WALKING...you started walking February 21st. At first you walked for a couple of days and then stopped. Then we went to visit Jaxon and you decided you wanted to follow him all over and you haven't stopped since.
*Size 4 Cruisers
*12-18 Month clothes
*You go to bed every night between 8-9 and wake up between 6-7. You definitely have your momma's sleeping pattern when I was a baby.
*You take two naps every day. One in the morning and one in the afternoon. Usually they are an hour and a half. Sometimes you sleep for two and a half hours though.
*You sleep all night in your crib now except when you are sick or teething. When you wake up in the night, which is rare now, I still put you in bed with us and you go right back to sleep. Momma misses snuggling with you every night and spends alot more time rocking you to make up for it! :)
*You drink most of your formula out of your sippy cups and usually only have a bottle in the mornings and before bed.
*You want to eat/drink whatever momma and daddy are eating.
*You still love to open and close cabinets, but now you are very interested about what's inside and want to unload every one you open. Because we are about to move we haven't put locks on them and so it has been a little more challenging.
*You love to play with your toys and spend lots of time sitting loading and unloading your bucket of blocks.
*You now love to watch The Wiggles and Toy Story.
*We still spend lots of time each day reading. Well Momma reads and you unload all the books off the shelf :)
*Your other top tooth still isn't quite all the way in. Its very close though.
*We don't get your clothes in the baby section at Baby Gap anymore but in the Toddler part...makes Momma kinna sad.
*You have started throwing fits when you get mad. Its really hard not to laugh because you will hit yourself on the forehead in the process. :)
*You got your hand swatted (it was so soft I don't even think it would be considered a swat :) ) for the first time this week. You were messing with the cord to your wipe warmer and pulled it down. Somehow it didn't knock you out and didn't hit you at all. I told you no and you listened for a few minutes. Then went right back to it. I told you no again and you did it again so you got a little swat. You looked at me so confused like "what was that for"
*You say Momma, Dadda, fishies, and Daddy now.
* Right now you are standing up next to your daddy begging for pieces of ice. Such a funny boy.

Love you more than you will ever know. Life is so much better with you in it.
Love always and forever,
Mommy

Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays

Last night we celebrated Whitney and Aaron's birthdays. Whits was a little late and Aaron's was a little early. Regardless a good time was had by all. In just two short years our family of ten has grown to fourteen and I LOVE it. We all have so much fun together.

The birthday kiddos



All us kids


Aaron & Alex


Mimi, Popi & baby Hudson


My Momma & sweet baby


My sweet little family!


Can't wait for our next family birthday celebration.

Spring, Snowstorm, Super Bowl

We went from spring time 70 degree weather and playing outside in the grass...



To 14 inches of snow 3 days later....the weathermen deemed it Snowpocalypse 2011...





After being stuck inside most of the week it was time for the Super Bowl XLV. The Packers and The Steelers. Now I have been a Packers fan since I was a little kid. Back in the Brett Farve days. The Packers won and we had a great time watching the game at my parents with Nanny, Papa, Mom, Dad, Aaron, and Alex. Thanks to Alex for our delish Green Bay Packers Cupcakes.
Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Icing. LOVE THEM and the baker :)



We will see what this week brings. They are predicting another 6-12 inches of snow on Wednesday. I can only hope!!!

10 Months Old

At the risk of sounding redundant, I can't believe another month has flown by. It is getting closer and closer to April and your 1st birthday. It doesn't seem possible. You bring me joy every day and I can't imagine spending my days any other way than with you. I love you little man.

Here's what you have been up to....

*You started crawling and you are so much happier now that you are mobile. Except you get really mad when you follow me and then by the time you get there I move again. :)
*You got two teeth right after you turned 9 Months and your first top tooth came in on your 10th Month b-day. Your other top tooth should be in any day.
*Size 4 Cruisers
*12-18 Month clothes
*Last Monday you took 5 steps by yourself and will be walking any day. Each day you become braver and let go of the furniture more often.
*You are into EVERYTHING!!!! But your favorite thing is to open and close cabinets. You could care less about whats inside (thank goodness).
*You love to sit and shake things in your hands over and over and over. Sometimes you get going so fast you fall over backwards.
*You say Momma, Dadda, and try your best to say fishies
*You are eating just about anything and are starting to eat some of what we are eating.
*YOU ARE SLEEPING IN YOUR CRIB!!! For most of the night anyway. :) You usually wake up at some point and Momma comes and gets you and puts you in our bed. Lots of people tell us its a bad habit, and it just might be. But these are some of my favorite moments with you and I plan on cherishing them as long as I can. Some day I will miss your sweet snuggles or you falling asleep holding onto my hand.
*You love to read. I will come back into the room cause your talking away and its because you are reading your books. PRECIOUS
*You try to pick up the phone and hold it to your ear. Anytime I'm on the phone I put it on speaker phone so you can talk to whoever is on the other line. You get so excited and laugh every time.
*You are drinking several of your bottles out of sippy cups every day and we are going to keep on transitioning to them.
*You are trying to climb over everything possible.
*You are still completely amused by the doggies and will stand at their gate and talk to them.
*You learned how to clap today. You have been clapping all your toys together for a long time, but hadn't figured out how to clap just your hands together.
*The only TV show you will watch without turning your head is The Wiggles. Its so cute to watch you while it is on.

Can't wait for the next crazy month with you my little man. My life is so much better with you in it!
Love you little monkey

New Adventures

So my blogging has been slacking lately. Lots of things have happened in our lives since my last post. Hudson is still our pride and joy and growing every day. The biggest thing that has changed is......We are moving to Tulsa.

My Dad's two stores are in Tulsa & Owasso. The last few years the business has grown by leaps and bounds and it has been inevitable that my parents would need to move there sooner or later. Since Bryan works for my dad it would be alot better if he was in Tulsa as well. We thought all of this would take place in the next five years. Right before Christmas my dad decided we all needed to be in Tulsa by this summer. It was a little bit of a shock but I knew we would adjust. Now we probably need to move by the middle of April.

We are extremely excited and sad all at the same time. We will be leaving family and lots of very precious friends. Thankfully Tulsa is only an hour and fifteen minutes away. While we are so sad to leave all of our friends & family, our immediate families will finally both be in the same place. This will make holidays SOOOOO much easier, and allow Hudson to get to be around Bryan's side of the family a lot more often.

This a new phase of life, a new adventure. I'm sad to leave the city that has been "home" all of my life. The saying "home is where the heart is" is very true. My home is with my hubby and my baby boy. As long as we are together we will always be "home".

Pray for us. Pray for our house to sell quickly. Pray we find another house in Tulsa. And last but certainly not least, pray for courage, and peace.