Riding The Polar Express

This past weekend, we headed to Grapevine to ride the Polar Express again. We have done this the past several years, so Hudson was really excited to do it again.

He started out the evening by drinking hot chocolate on Noni's lap while waiting for the show to begin.

He loved walking through the "snow" with Daddy trying to catch the snowflakes.
Waiting for the fun to begin.

First up, Mrs. Clause. Hudson loved talking to her this year. :)

Then, he caught sight of the big guy! LOVE the look on his face...he was so excited!!

This year, Santa gave each child a bell.

I think it is safe to say that Hudson rang his bell the rest of the trip! :)

Such a fun tradition!!

Polar Express Party Day!

Last Thursday was Hudson's party day at school. It was a Polar Express theme, so he had to wear jammies to school of course! :)

Here he is before heading off to school.

I got to go to the party and when I got there, Miss Amber was just sitting down to read The Polar Express to the kids.
After drinking their hot chocolate and making jingle bell necklaces, they had a book exchange. He and Adan exchanged books.

His sweet class with their books.

They ended the day by singing Happy Birthday to Jesus and pointing up when they said "to you" each time. :) Love it!

Hudson with darling Miss Amber in her super fun Grinch jammies! :)

Such a fun day! :)

Birthday Party for Jesus

We went to our church's annual Birthday Party for Jesus a few weekends ago, but this year Hudson was so excited because his friend Landon was there! These two had SO MUCH FUN going around to each station together. Precious!

You can't go wrong with the bean bag toss!

A little putting...

The hit of the night was definitely the guys making ballons "things". Landon and Hudson were mesmerized by this teenager...it was hilarious! They both picked a candy cane to be made...

...and promptly turned their candy canes into swords! Of course!

How cute are these two?!?

Two Special Ladies

Hudson has been fortunate to have a FABULOUS babysitter for over two years now. Jamie has come every Wednesday and Thursday afternoon to watch Hudson while I tutor and she is definitely like family. Hudson absolutely adores her. Sadly, we had to say goodbye to her last week because she is headed to Texas Tech to get her degree in nursing. We are SO HAPPY for her, but there were tears shed by all when she left last week. :( She has promised to come visit when she comes home to see family and we are going to hold her to it!!

Hudson and Jamie

You might remember Miss Amanda from posts when Hudson was in gymnastics. We hated saying goodbye to her last August when Hudson quit gymanstics. We promised to stay in touch and we finally got to see her a few weekends ago! Hudson asks about her on a weekly basis and always tells me he misses her. So sweet! So, she came over for lunch and to play and Hudson was beyond excited!! We have promised to not let so much time go by before we see her again!

Hudson and Miss Amanda
We have been beyond blessed to have so many wonderful people in Hudson's life...he is one lucky little boy!

Annual Playgroup Christmas Party

This past Monday was our annual playgroup Christmas party. I can't believe that Hudson was only 4 months old at our first one...crazy! Alli hosted the party and the kids had an absolute BLAST! They did two crafts, ate pizza, watched part of a movie, and played, and played, and played...you get the idea! They play so well together and it is so fun watching how "old" they seem now...they have such great imaginations and there was a lot of good guy/bad guy stuff going on. :)

Here they are looking all grown up:

Porter, Quinn, Sutton, Landon, Reid, Tanner, Hudson, and Chapman

Hudson decorating his tree.

The kids eating dinner and watching Cars 2.
Some of the mommies...so sad...Amy and Annie had already left at this point.
Meredith, Alli, Brittney, me, Kara, and Cara

These girls and their sweet kiddos are definitely something to be thankful for this time of year...LOVE THEM!!!!

Hudson's 1st Christmas Program

This past Thursday was Husdon's first Christmas program at school. He was SO EXCITED! He couldn't quit talking about how he would get to be "on stage" and how he was going to be a lamb while singing. I have to say that I was beyond excited to watch him in his first program. We got there early and Noni saved us second row seats while we took him back to his classroom to get ready. The 3 year old class performed first and they were adorable. Then, it was the Pre-K's turn. I was excited again when Hudson was front and center! Then, the program started. He started out singing... ...and doing arm motions...

...and then quickly become DONE with the entire thing. He stared at me the rest of the time with this face:

Sweet love...

Poor thing. He was definitely ready to go and had no problem making a quick exit when it was all said and done. Oh well...maybe next year! :)

A Thanksgiving Surprise!

The weekend after Thanksgiving we headed to Oklahoma to Paw-Paw and Nana's house. We arrived early and right after we ate lunch, they had a surprise for Hudson...

Yes, they got him his very own 4-wheeler to ride at their house. It took all of about 1 second for him to FALL. IN. LOVE. with it!! After a quick riding lesson with Paw-Paw, he was off.

Can you say pure joy??

The last morning we were there, Paw-Paw was reading the paper and Hudson promptly hopped up right next to him and told me he needed the paper to read too. :)

LOVE it!! Two peas in a pod!