So close...

...I could almost touch him!

This is how close Kelly and I were at the Rascal Flatts concert last night. AMAZING concert!

Hangin' with Uncle G

This past weekend my brother and his girlfriend (my one day sister in-law...wink, wink) came in town to attend a wedding and stayed with us. Hudson was beyond excited to find out that his Uncle Geoff (or Uncle G as he sometimes calls him) was coming to see him.

Geoff is seriously the best uncle out there. He didn't think twice when Hudson asked him to get in his tunnel with him. (Even though my brother is well over 6 feet tall!)
These two could play for hours if it was up to my little man. I was laughing so hard I was crying at how funny they were being. Here's just a little example:

This is Hudson pulling him in his tunnel...he is really pulling hard...tongue out and everything!

Sweet hugs for Uncle G before he had to leave. Thanks for staying with us...LOVE YOU!

The 4th of July...better late than never!

This 4th of July we did what we always do...we headed to my family's lake cabin at Texoma for the weekend. Hudson is in absolute heaven at the lake! He loves every second of it ~ from driving the boat, to swimming, to catching fish. I see many lake memories in our future!

By far, Hudson's favorite thing is driving the boat with Paw-Paw. He especially loved pulling everyone on skis this year. He kept saying, "when I get tall, I want to ski"...how precious is that?!?

This bathing suit CRACKS me up!!

Hudson also got to hold his first sparkler this year. He was a little afraid at first, but was a pro by the end of the night. Everyone should do fireworks in their pjs, don't you think? :)

Our final day, Hudson came walking out of the water extremely proud of himself. He had "caught" a tiny catfish. SUCH a boy!

And there you have it...

We can't wait for our next lake weekend already!

Lunch & a Movie

If you know Hudson, then you know he LOVES all things Curious George. His lovie is named after him, he sleeps with a stuffed Curious George, he watches Curious George every morning after breakfast...you get the picture...he REALLY loves that crazy little monkey! So, when my friend Melissa told me that Studio Movie Grill was going to be showing Curious George, I immediately bought tickets online. This Monday was the big day and my little guy was beyond excited. I'm not kidding, this was his face from the time we arrived until the movie started!

Hudson's friends Griffin and Gannon met us for our lunch and movie.
I took the camera out during the movie to snap a picture and he immediately turned and smiled at me! He also leaned over halfway through the movie and kissed me! SERIOUSLY, he NEVER gives unprompted kisses. I might need to take him to see movies more often!

Such a happy boy! Nothing like eating pizza and watching Curious George...what a fun little date with my favorite little man! :)

Runnin' through the fountains!

Last week we met some friends at the Village in Fairview to let the kiddos run through the fountains. Let's just say that Hudson L.O.V.E.D every second of this and that we will definitely be running through the fountains again very soon! :)

A line-up of the boys: Landon, Hudson, Tanner, Reid, Wyatt, Porter, and Sutton. Can you tell that they would much rather be running through the fountains than posing for a picture?!?

Shamu, Shamu, Shamu!

This past weekend, Hudson, Kelly, Noni and I headed to San Antonio for a little getaway. We could not have had more fun and it was AWESOME getting to experience it through Hudson's eyes! The day we arrived we immediately put on our bathing suits and headed down to the pools. One of the pools at the resort was zero entry and Hudson LOVED it. I mean LOVED it! I have asked if we could have one in our backyard...the jury is still out on that one!

The waterfalls in the pools were definitely a favorite of this little guys!

The resort had fire pits lit at night to make s'mores. YUM YUM! Hudson loved roasting marshmallows, and loved each ingredient separately, but had ZERO interest in eating a s'more.

This is a face stuffed full of marshmallows! (Not roasted of course.)

The next morning we were at Sea World when they opened. There weren't any shows that started immediately, so once Hudson spotted this playground we had to stop and play for a while until the shows began.

Our first show was Believe, the Shamu show. Let's just say we saw this show THREE times. The little guy was a HUGE fan of Shamu. I have to admit, it is still my favorite too. It is definitely different now that the trainers don't get in the water though, but it is still amazing. One thing they do now is have the audience start chanting "Shamu, shamu, shamu" until he comes out. Hudson caught on really quickly and has been saying it ever since.

This was our family picture at Sea World. Fabulous I know. Ha!

Next stop, dolphins!

One word: SCARY!

Noni noticed while we were there that they still sold the same stuffed animal Shamu that she bought for me as a kid. So of course, she couldn't resist getting Hudson one. Hudson LOVES his Shamu...it has gone night night with him ever since.

Hudson said the sea lions looked ooey gooey! I guess they kind of do!

This was another play area that we couldn't leave without Hudson playing on. Poor Daddy...they climbed through the ENTIRE thing...Daddy was dripping when they finally emerged.

The next day we played in the pool most of the morning and afternoon. Most people must have been at Sea World that day because we practically had the pools to ourselves. It was great! Hudson was thrown back and forth more times than our arms would care to remember!

Happy, BUSY boy with the pool all to himself.

Nothing beats eating pizza pool side after hours of playing hard.

We celebrated Noni's birthday while we were there at a WONDERFUL Mexican food restaurant. I seriously have been craving it since we got back. Hudson was being an elephant while we were there with his slinky and even roped me in on the action.

He was also very proud that he somehow ate a hole in the middle of his tortilla.

I might have told the restaurant it was Noni's birthday and they might have brought out this huge sombrero while singing to her. She might have been a little embarassed, but Hudson LOVED it!

I think these last two pictures sum up our little getaway!! It was a GREAT four days and I might already be planning a trip to go back next year.