9 Months

This sweet, happy baby turned 9 months old on December 14th.  He had his 9 month appointment the day after and weighed 20 pounds, 10 ounces and was 28 inches long.  (That is two pounds heavier than Hudson was and the exact same length.)  As Dr. Smith said, he is a BIG baby!  He still isn't crawling or pulling up all the way by himself, but is well on his way.  He got the all clear to start eating chicken and turkey at his appointment and has loved it so far!  (We will have to wait on beef and all forms of dairy until after he turns 1 because of his allergy.)  He continues to be an absolute JOY!  He loves standing, playing with toys that make noise, being sung to, watching his brother, being carried around, eating, being outside, and bouncing.  He is the squirmiest baby I have ever been around...not sure if I need to worry about that...ha!  His hair ALWAYS stands straight up and is the cutest thing ever!!  All in all, he is absolutely perfect and we all love him like crazy!!

 I could NOT get him to keep his sticker on...he kept taking it off and then started trying to eat it.  My photo shoot ended pretty quickly!  :)

Haddy's Adventures!

Haddy arrived the day after Thanksgiving again this year.  Hudson was excited to find him in the guest bathroom and was shocked to see that he had written on the mirror.  :)  After this picture was taken, we headed to Oklahoma.  Haddy was waiting there when we arrived, but I forgot to take pictures of his adventures there.  Oops!

 Here are some of the things he did when we returned home from Oklahoma.

 We found him looking at pictures of Santa one morning in the iPad.

 This was probably one of Hudson's favorite days.  I had stored these peppermints in the attic last year with the decorations.  Needless to say, they looked really yucky when we got our Christmas stuff out this year.  I had every intention of replacing them, but kept forgetting.  Apparently Haddy tried to eat some though...

 The peppermints obviously made him sick because this is how we found him the next day...

 The day that Haddy was sitting on the floor with a bottle, Hudson was playing with cars in the living room.  One of them knocked him over and Hudson was devastated.  This is how he found him the next day...

 Hudson lost a tooth and this is how we found him the next day.  He wanted a dollar from the tooth fairy too, but only got play money.  Poor Haddy.

I forgot to take a picture of Haddy on Christmas Eve.  Hudson loved finding him every day...such a fun tradition!

Giving Thanks!

We had a fabulous Thanksgiving this year.  Kelly's family came over Thanksgiving Day and we had a wonderful time eating, visiting, playing, and watching football. This little turkey got to wear his Turkey Day bib from Aunt Fern.  :)

 The next day we headed up to Oklahoma.  I must have only had my camera out for a few minutes because I only have pictures of the boys with Aunt Fern and Uncle Geoff.  I guess that is what happens with two...my hands seem to be full all.the.time!!!

 Hudson had no desire to fix his hair and I had no desire to make him.  Ha!

 Luke even got in on the photo fun!

 Uncle Geoff loving on my boys!  Love him!

We are so blessed to be surrounded by so much family that loves our boys so much!! There is SO much to be thankful for!

8 Months!

Eight months, really?!?  It is hard to believe that Holden is already 8 months old!!!    I know I say it every month, but he continues to be an absolute JOY!  He really is the happiest little thing.  He loves to eat, play (or jump like a crazy man) in his exercauser, eat, be sung to, eat, watch Hudson play, eat (HA...you get it!!), be tickled, take baths, hold his feet, bang toys around that make noise, and snuggle.  I had to include the eating because this kid loves.to.eat.  He of course still gets his main food supply from me, which he continues to want in the middle of the night, but he is also eating solids like a champ.  He still doesn't care for peas or green beans, but all other foods get gulped right down.  We call him a little bird because he just sits in his high chair with his mouth open for bite after bite.  He had his first ear infection the day he turned 8 months.  :(  When they weighed him I laughed because he was one ounce shy of 20 pounds!!  Chunk!!  Dr. Smith made the comment that you would never know how small he started out.  He's definitely healthy!  Here he is smiling despite the fact that his ear hurt...sweet boy!

I couldn't love him more...he is the perfect completion to our family!!!

Final Soccer Game

Hudson's final soccer game of the season was the day after Halloween.  It was a GREAT game and Hudson even scored a goal!  Awesome way to end the season!!

 Hudson, Cooper, and Grayson

 Top Row:  Hudson, Caleb, Jordan, Caleb

Bottom Row:  Zachary, Cooper, Grayson, Kush

Halloween 2014

Halloween fell on a Friday this year, and man was it a busy day!!!  We started out the day by having a fun breakfast.  I normally make ghost pancakes, but was out of the ingredients to make them.  Oops!  Mom fail.  As I was panicking in the kitchen, Kelly said to try to make them out of frozen waffles.  This was my attempt at a spooky breakfast. :/  Hudson didn't mind a bit, thankfully!

After dropping off Hudson at school, Holden and I headed back up there less than an hour later for the 9 weeks awards assembly.  I COULD NOT be more proud of Hudson.  For the second year in a row, he received the Shining the Way award.  This award is only given out to one boy and one girl from each class.  Warms my heart!!!  He also received perfect attendance for the 9 weeks and the on time award for never being tardy. Yea Hudson!!

 Love this sweet boy!!

 After the assembly, Holden and I headed back home so he could take a nap before heading back up to school for Hudson's class party.  First they decorated ghosts...

 Then, they were turned into mummies!

 That night we had our traditional Jack O Lantern pizza for dinner.  I think Hudson was going to eat the whole thing.  Nut!

 I had grand plans of cute pictures of the boys this year.  When Hudson decided to be Hiccup from the movie How to Train Your Dragon, I immediately searched for a dragon costume for Holden.  Cute idea, right??  Well, I didn't think about the fact that Holden might not like his darling dragon costume.  Or, the fact that he might actually HATE his adorable little dragon costume.  Yep, I got three pictures before he completely freaked out.  :(

 That was as good as it got.  He REALLY didn't like the hat!!

 At least my big boy cooperated!  

 We met up with Hudson's friend Jaxon from school to go trick or treating that night.  Our little grumpy dragon went to bed while Noni stayed at the house and passed out candy.

Our neighbor scared Hudson early in the night before we headed out.  So, on our way home Hudson decided he wanted to squirt him with silly string that one house gave instead of candy.  Here he is squirting Rodney!

 When we got home, Hudson went through his loot and got to choose one piece of candy before bed.  It was a great day!!