Being Silly with Noni!

Noni was over a few weekends ago and she and Hudson were playing.  I heard squeals of laughter and came around the corner to find this sweetness:

He can be such a stinker for her sometimes, but these sweet snuggles sure make up for it!  :)

Birthday Party for Jesus

The first weekend in December, we headed to church for their annual birthday party for Jesus and drive through nativity.  It was amazing as always.  This is definitely one of our favorite Christmas traditions and we love starting out the season celebrating the true meaning of Christmas!

First up, driving through the nativity...Hudson always loves the live animals that are there.

 After the nativity, we headed inside for games, dinner, and singing to Jesus!

 Hudson's favorite prize of the night was this GIANT pixie stick.  He couldn't believe it!  

Fall Pictures

The first weekend in November, we had our family pictures taken.  The primary purpose was to get our Christmas card picture and some cute pics of Hudson.  Here they are!

 My favorite:

 It wouldn't be a photo shoot without Hudson making his "crazy eyes" for a picture!  I hate to admit it, but I used to do it as a kid too...guess he got one bad thing from his mommy.  :)

Fall Leaves

The Monday after Thanksgiving, I noticed that there were a lot of fallen leaves in our front yard.  When I suggested that Hudson and I rake the leaves he literally could not wait to go out front and get started.  I wonder how his attitude will change when he is a teenager??  :)

 As  much fun as he had raking, he had the most fun running and jumping in the leaves.  He did it OVER AND OVER again.  It was so fun to watch!

 Before bagging up the leaves, he made a leaf angel...silly boy!

Thanksgiving 2012

Sadly, we don't have any pictures of Thanksgiving day this year.  Hudson woke up sick and we did go ahead and go to Poppy's for a while, but he spent most of the time curled up next to me on the couch dozing.  It was such a sad sight.  :(  Lucky for us though, it was just a 24 hour bug and he was completely fine the next day!  So, we headed to Oklahoma to give thanks with our family!  We celebrated that Saturday and Hudson was so excited to find out that Aunt Shani brought a craft for him.  Love her!  They sat for about an hour and painted and decorated a Christmas tree.  What a lucky boy!

 Silly Aunt Shani!

 Hudson and Great Aunt Fern having a moment.  :)

 After dinner, Hudson and Nana retreated to her room and were ready for combat.  They were hiding behind a chair and would attack when anyone came in.  He would get SO tickled each time.  It was priceless!!

Love him!

The BIG Red Dog!

This past Sunday afternoon, Noni surprised Hudson with tickets to see the Clifford musical in Dallas at the Winspear Opera House.  When we got to our seats, Hudson could not take his eyes off of the HUGE red lights hanging from the middle of the theater.

 When the show was about to start, he was really shocked because the lights went into the ceiling.  He started yelling for me to take pictures.  :)

 Sadly, I wasn't allowed to take pictures during the show, but when it was over I snapped a quick picture of Clifford.  Thanks Noni for a fun afternoon!  :)

ASI Afternoon!

A few weeks ago, Hudson's old gymnastics teacher contacted me to set up a playdate at the gym.  She invited Hudson, Tanner, Ellie, Reid, and Jace to come have lunch and play.  (Hudson, Tanner, and Reid all started taking gymnastics under Miss Amanda when Hudson was just 18 months old!  Hudson took classes with her until he was 3.)  So, this past Friday we picked up Chick-fil-A and headed to the gym.  Hudson was beyond excited to see Miss Amanda, and to PLAY!!

First up, swinging from the rope of course!!

 An action shot on the trampoline.

 Sliding into the pit.

 After we ate, we had to take a group shot of the kids with Miss Amanda.

Jace, Tanner, Miss Amanda, Hudson, and Ellie  (Reid was at Kindergarten)

 Hudson with sweet Miss Amanda!  It was a GREAT afternoon!!