Easter Part 2, 3, 4, 5...

Our Easter festivities continued on Friday and lasted all weekend long! Hudson got to spend some time with some family members that he doesn't see very often. Thursday Roger's parents (Nam and Pa), Hudson's great-grandparents, came in town. Then Friday my dad (PaPaw), step-mom (GiGi), and sister (Lexus) came to visit. Here are pictures from our weekend of fun.

Friday's agenda: time with PaPaw, GiGi, and Lexus plus the school egg hunt

Sucker from the Easter basket PaPaw and GiGi brought

School Egg Hunt

Hayley and Hudson

Bella and Hudson..his teacher's say he's quite the ladies man

PaPaw visiting school

School party

Saturday's agenda: Easter basket from Mom and Dad, more time with PaPaw, GiGi, and Lexus

Had to sneak a cute picture of sis in! Watching Hudson open his basket...

Love this boy! This picture is so him!

Sunday's agenda: Easter lunch with Nanna and Papa, making cookies with Nanna, Nam, and Mom, Easter basket from Nanna and Papa, Easter basket from Nam and Pa

Candy...cookies...candy...and more candy!


My mom cooked a delicious lunch! The beaters were Hudson choice of utensil!
Can I just add that he looks SO old in this picture :(

Sweet Easter Babies...

Easter Festivities 2012

Each year our neighborhood has a great Easter event! Last year was the first year that we went.

2011

This year we had two little ones that got to visit the Easter Bunny! Cody is out of town hunting, so Nanna and Papa came over to enjoy the event with us.


Hudson was scared of Santa this year, so I wasn't quite sure how he would handle the Easter Bunny. He likes stuffed animals and did okay with our middle school mascot. Well...he LOVED the Easter Bunny! You can see the look in his eyes here. There was a long line to get your picture taken with the Easter Bunny and he kept trying to go back to the bunny saying "sit lap".

A little egg "hunting". I say hunting lightly. The eggs were everywhere!

Wanting to go back to the Bunny

Handsome boy
Pretty sister watching Hudson have fun with Nanna
Petting Zoo! By far Hudson's favorite. He LOVES animals. Anyone know how much it costs to have a petting zoo at your house? He would love that for his next birthday.

Lamb

Bunny
Duck
Chick...he loved the duck and chick but wasn't quite sure about holding it!
He finally did! Just long enough for a picture...
Watching the balloon lady make him a hat
Finished product!
Riding the train
Nanna and sister taking a break in the shade

Jumphouse

Kroger was having an egg hunt right after the neighborhood event, so we ran by there just to check it out while we had our basket with us. We got there 3 minutes after it started and there were no eggs left, but the firemen were there with their firetrucks!

Hudson and Emma are both napping now and I have a feeling they will be long ones! So I'm off to get some cleaning and laundry done...

I'm a Big Boy Now!

We made the decision to take the real plunge into potty training! I can honestly say I wasn't planning on starting this early. My plans all along were to wait until summer when I had off to really work with him. Especially with a new baby at home! The only thing I've really heard about potty training is do it when the kid is ready. Well, he had been using the potty here and there and staying pretty dry in his Pull Ups so it seemed like he was ready. Plus I still had 2 weeks at home left with him while on maternity leave. I also recently read the Cox Quads (click here to see her potty training story)blog on the 3-day potty training method. I thought if she could potty train quadruplets in 3 days surely I can do it with Hudson in 3 days.


The 3 day method is basically just to put them in underwear day 1 and stay at home for 3 days in a row. Taking them to potty often and rewarding them every time making a HUGE deal. So we stocked up on cute undies and M&Ms and we were ready. We started last Monday, February 20th.

Day 1: 2-3 accidents
Day 2: 4-5 accidents (everything I read says this is the hardest day)
Day 3: 0 accidents!!!

Day 4 (Thursday) we were brave enough to take him out. We went to dinner at a local restaurant where they all know him and knew it wouldn't be a huge deal if he had an accident. He went accident free!


Since then he has been several places: CVS, Sonic, trip to Nanna and Papa's (about a 35 minute drive), haircut, restaurant and has still been accident free in public! AND he will use the big potty in a public place (I was nervous about that step) Since Day 4 he has had one accident a day, but I am happy with that!

He still hasn't gone number 2 on the potty (I'm hoping that will come soon!) Also, we are still putting him in Pull Ups during nap and at night (I'm not that brave yet!). Although, he wakes up from most naps dry :)

As we say after every successful potty trip...YAY!!!!!!!! I'm a very happy Momma to have one out of diapers :)

2 years and 1 month

Hudson turned 2 on February 4th and I promised stats from his 2 year appointment:

Height: 32.5 inches

Weight: 22.7 pounds

Diaper size: almost grown out of a 3! We have switched over to pull ups though...we have started "lightly" potty training. He has a Cars potty and knows how to use it. He uses the potty about 3 times a day. I'm debating on if I tackle full force potty training:UNDIES! (thinking about trying the 3 day method) before I go back to work or waiting until summer.

Clothes: pants 18 months; shirts 2T, some 18 months; pj's 2T

Favorite Foods: grapes, yougurt, cheese, any kind of pasta, any kind of candy! He has become a more picky eater with his age. And it doesn't make any sense because it changes daily what he likes/doesn't like besides the foods mentioned which he will almost always eat.

Favorite toys/activities: iPad apps (Wheels on the Bus, Counting, Monkey's Lunchbox, Bowling), Leapfrog toys, cars/trucks/airplanes, any toy that makes noise!, dancing, singing

Talking: I don't even know where to begin with the words he knows! He will repeat almost any words that you try to get him to say. He has also started saying "sentences" (two words) such as "Hudson eat", "Sis night night"

Milestones: Vocabulary huge!, tries to run and jump, able to follow oral directions/tasks, can eat independently with fork or spoon


Emma is now one month old! Her are her stats:

Height: 20.5 inches (last checked at 2 weeks)

Weight: 8.6 pounds (as of today!)

Diaper size: We are in between...newborn are getting quite snug but a 1 kind of swallows her!

Clothes: Newborn, but see her moving up to 0-3 very soon!

Foods: Formula 3-4 ounces every 3-4 hours during the day, 4 ounces every 3-5 hours during the night. Some nights I'm luckier than others!

Favorite toys/activities: none yet, but she likes to be held 24/7. She is a little bit more high maintenance than her brother was!

Talking: no sounds yet!

Milestones: getting better at holding her head

Here are some pictures we had made of Miss Emma when she was 2 weeks...