Summer Starts!

 Summer has official started for Nate and I.  We had a workday today and now we are done! YEAH!!!  We are both so excited about the summer.  Nate is starting summer camps next week and I am going to be hanging out with Hudson.  I am very excited about being with my little boy!  I will never have another summer where it will be just me and Hudson.  Elaina(we will call her Laney though) will be around next summer--that is crazy to think about!  So, needless to say I am really looking forward to the next couple of months.

Well, here are a few updates.  The family went to go and visit our good friends the Riefel's who just had their first child--Tabitha.  Hudson did surprisingly well.  He did not get jealous when Nate and I held the baby and he was very sweet to her as well.  Maybe this was good practice for him!

We also moved Hudson into his new "big boy" room.  We are still in the process of getting all the decorations up, but the bed was ready so tonight was his first night to sleep in his new room.  He fell right asleep after his bedtime story and song.  He looks so small in his bed, but it was time to make the move.

I hope to keep this blog a little more updated now that I am out of school, but we will see!

Here are some pictures:

Hudson holding Tabitha and being gentle

Being very sweet with her

The proud dad-Trevor with Nate and Hudson

Hudson's new room:

Listening to a bedtime story before he went to sleep in his new bed!

We played in the room all week so Hudson would be use to the room, so here are pictures from the week.

Nate relaxing in the new beanbag chair

Hudson showing his Nana how he is going to sleep in his new bed

Showing off his new sports pillows

Mr. Independent!

Well, Hudson is now officially two!  I wouldn't say the the twos are terrible because he really is quite fun to be around and interact with.  The only thing is he's a bit more independent.  He now likes to get in his booster seat by himself, put his clothes on(which can be quite comical) by himself, comb his own hair,  brush his teeth by himself and many other things.  The funniest one is he likes to get his own shoes!  Now depending on the day you can usually distract him and go and get the "right" shoes, but some days it just is not worth the battle.  How bad can it be you ask, well his favorite pair of shoes are his Elmo slippers!!!  So, if you see us in the grocery store, at church or anywhere else and Hudson has his slippers on don't judge us just know that it wasn't a battle we wanted to fight that day!  :)

Here are the infamous shoes!

It didn't bother him that it was 90 degrees that day!

Not really the ideal basketball sneaker, but he could care less.

You can't help but laugh and smile at this boy!

Jenni comes!

We were excited to have Jenni come into town and see everyone even if it was only for a little bit.  She came in on Cinco de Mayo, so we took her to a local Mexican restaurant to eat.  It was great seeing her!

All the girls outside of Gringos

Notice the massive drool on his chin--we are teething!

Hudson with Aunt Jenni

"Cheese!"

Update

Well, I know it has been a while since we have updated this blog.  We do have a good reason though.  Nate and I are expecting our second baby in October!  We found out this week that Hudson will have a little sister and Nate and I are thrilled!!  I know Hudson is going to be a great big brother.  Anyways, since I am normally the one that updates the blog and I have not been feeling very well, we are a little behind.  We will try to catch you up a bit.  

Hudson is now 2!  Time has just flown by.  He can now speak in complete sentences at times, his favorite word is now "No!"(love the age 2), he loves to sing the Happy Birthday Song and his ABC's, he loves to play basketball--he gets up in the morning and says " momma, daddy, basketball", and he is looking more and more like a little boy!  He is so much fun to be around and Nate and I can't wait till this summer!  We are going to have so much fun!!!

Well, we have some pictures of things we have been doing in the past couple of month.  We went to the Galveston County Fair and Rodeo, dyed Easter eggs with Nana and Pappy, had a swim party with friends, and celebrated Hudson 2nd birthday twice!  We have been busy--Enjoy!

The Fair

Excited to see the goats--thanks Uncle Trev!  He was trying to climb up the fence to get in the cage with them!

He is such an animal lover.  This is the petting zoo at the fair.  There was a camel and a zebra here too!!

He is all boy!

Turn your back for two minutes...

I'm raising a cat!

Easter

He loved dyeing Easter eggs.  He kept saying "Wow, cool!"

He stated to throw the eggs in the cups--we were trying to show him how to gently place the eggs in there.  Boys really don't do anything gently!! :)

Pool Party!!!

Hudson's party!  

We did a Kung Fu Panda--this is his favorite movie!

SO excited to have a basketball goal!

This is my favorite picture--he just saw the basketball goal that my sister and Steve got him.  He is saying "WOW, COOL!!"  He was so excited and it was the funniest thing I have ever seen!! :)

Well, we just got Hudson's 2 year pictures taken today, so hopefully we will have those up on our blog for you soon!  That was a fun time--getting a 2 year old to do what YOU want them to do is always fun!!!