Summer is Here to Stay!

Our day in pictures...

Drink break...he wanted a coozie like the adults!

Game Face!

Which one is scarier???

This one...

Or this one...

For Mom, definitely #2! Although I think #1 is pretty scary for most Baylor opponents. Last night Hudson had his second bad fall. His first wasn't very well documented, but he fell off his tractor and scratched his nose pretty bad about a month ago. This is where the second incident happened...

Hudson LOVES the bath. Last night he was on his knees leaning over the edge and his hands slipped. He fell and cut his eye open pretty good. We tried to ice it, but that isn't very easy with a busy 15 month old. He looked pretty tough this morning going to daycare!

This is tonight, so you can see it's healing quickly already. I know this won't be the second or last time we have some boo boos with this boy! (P.S. you can see bottom tooth #3 in this pic)

Better Late than Never

Hudson turned 15 months just two weeks ago on May 4th. This was one of his "milestone" check ups. I decided I will try to blog as much as possible, but I will only do "stats" at his "milestone" check ups. So here they are:

Height: 30 inches (16%)

Weight: 20 lbs (3%)

Sizes: Size 3 diaper (almost ready to move up), size 3 shoe, 12 months shorts, 12-18 months shirts

New words: thank you, mmm (when something is good!) He can still say dog, da-da, side. He is starting to communicate a lot more even without words. He can sign "more" when he wants more food. He also points to things if he wants them. He will reach when he wants up and has said up once or twice, but not consistently.

Teeth: He has three teeth that have come through all the way and you can see on the bottom. He has four teeth that have come through on the top, but they are not far enough down yet that you can see them well. We started brushing his teeth and he LOVES it!


Tricks: He can stand by himself! He is so close to walking. He will take 3 or 4 steps at a time.

He has started using a fork to eat. The fork is easier because I can stab the food for him and it won't fall off. The spoon works with some sticky things, but for the most part he doesn't have the coordination yet to keep the food on the spoon. He still LOVES all kinds of food.

When he hears music turn on he starts to dance side to side.

He thinks it's hilarious when people laugh. He will start to laugh anytime other people are laughing.



Toys: He still loves any hat or sunglasses. He has now found drawers and cabinets and loves to open and close them. At school his favorite toy is the house. He opens and closes the door all day. He is pretty independent when it comes to play time.

His little personality is really starting to shine through now! We are going to have a fun summer!

More Easter

Hudson had his school Easter party on Thursday. He dressed up in some spring colors, so when we got home we snapped a few pictures in front of the beautiful flowers.




Meanwhile Dad was working outside and was worn out, so he took a break. Hudson must have been worn out from taking pictures. He went to give some cuddling.

After about 1 minute of cuddling he was ready to play again.


Easter morning opening his basket. Notice the change in hair :( I have yet so find a place that doesn't chop it off. It's getting so light now too it looks shorter than it is.



Easter one year ago. CRAZY how much he has changed!

Easter Fun!

Our neighborhood has great events for every holiday. This is the first event where we felt Hudson could enjoy the fun. We have realized now that we have a kid, we will see what our homeowner's fees are going to!

The first stop were the eggs. I didn't bring a basket because I didn't think he would "get it" yet at only 14 months. Boy was I wrong!!! He loved the eggs and wanted to take them all. I think he thought they were balls because he loves playing with any kind of ball.

Next up was the Easter Bunny. Again, I wasn't sure how he would react. Especially because the Easter Bunny was surrounded by eggs on the ground and all Hudson wanted to do was be on the ground with the eggs. To our surprise he loved the Easter Bunny!

(Notice he wouldn't let go of the eggs even for the Easter Bunny. He also has a scratch on his nose from his new tractor.)

He smiled for a few quick pictures and then he was back to searching for eggs.



He tried to take as many as he could, but the neighborhood did have one rule...


We took a break from egg hunting to visit the petting zoo. Hudson loves our dogs and I thought he would understand and want to pet all the animals.

He did like this fluffy bunny, but she didn't like him for too long.


The food was also a distraction. Hudson thought that it was a snack for him!!!


We had a great time this morning at the event. They also had jump houses and face painting, but we will save that for another year or two. I can't wait to see what other events we will get to be a part of now!

Sick and Shoes

Well...Hudson is sick, yet again. I am crossing my fingers that this weather will stay warm and this will be the last of it for a while. Towards the end of last week Hudson got a little cough with a stuffy nose, but I assumed it was allergies. It has been very windy here and everything is blooming! When I picked him up from daycare Friday he just didn't look good so I got him into the doctor. He has some type of virus/infection and an eye infection. So Friday night we started the trusty Z-pack and some eye drops. He has been running a pretty high fever all weekend. With Tylenol he felt pretty good (minus sounding like a smoker's cough) and all he wanted to do was go outside.
After all that playing outside we went out to eat. I guess being sick plus the outdoor activity made him extra sleepy. This was on our way to pick up some food.


Last night his fever was still 102.5 so I kept him home today. We enjoyed staying in our pj's all day and resting in mom and dad's bed!

He learned a new word over the weekend. His new word is "side" which means outside. This morning was very windy and cold and being that he was sick I didn't want to risk taking him out. This is what happens when he wants to go "side" and can't :(

While I was home from work I thought I would try and be productive while we were inside all day. This is the before of Hudson's shoe collection.

I know! It's HORRIBLE! He had quite the collection of shoes from his cousin Barrett. And none of them fit yet. Now that he is trying to walk I told a few people he needed shoes that fit. So my mom and step mom bought him precious shoes in smaller sizes, but they still don't fit. With all of these cute shoes I think I would try them on him every few weeks and then just throw them back in the closest in frustration that they were so cute but didn't fit!

And here is the after...

These are all of the shoes that still don't fit, but we are hoping they will soon!

And the ones that DO fit! Except for the boots, but there was no room on the other side!

And Cody thought I had too many shoes!

Random...on two accounts!

This post is dedictated to my last "accidental" and random post. I am currently finishing up my Master's program and have to keep up with a blog for class. (One of my excuse for not blogging lately--it's not as fun to blog when you HAVE to!) So...I accidently posted my assignment to Hudson's blog instead of my school blog. So sorry to get some of your hopes up. The good news is in honor of that I'm posting "random" pictures :)

Traveling to the Hill Country

Hudson visited the Barber in Marble Falls, TX

The after picture of his cool new doo

Fun in the sun over Spring Break

New birthday toy from Abbie, Clara, and Brody (Jay too!) He loves it!!

Hudson LOVES all food these days!!!

The dogs also appreciate his love for food!

He thinks hats are way too fun!

His cool new shades...thank you Aunt Janet, Uncle Jack, Levi, and Claire for the gift card. This was one of our purchases.