Picture Time

This weekend I had some pictures done of Elaina and Hudson. First, our friend Erin came over and took a few shots of Elaina--they were so cute. Then, my mom, sister and I took Hudson and Elaina to a studio to take some pictures.

Here are some of the results!

The first two are pictures that our friend Erin took. They turned out so cute!

Here are the pictures from the studio.

Girls are so fun to dress up. You have cute clothes, shoes and hair bows!

I have really enjoyed having my little girl to dress up!

One Month!

Elaina was officially one month old on November 1st. It is really hard to believe that a whole month has gone by since we brought her home from the hospital. It does not seem possible!

Elaina at one month:

~She can hold her head up

~She likes to smile at people

~She loves to be cuddled and held all the time

Here are some pictures of our little girl!

Watching daddy

Trying to talk to daddy

I caught one of her smiles on camera

And another one! :)

Halloween 2009

We have had a busy Halloween week. It all started Sunday. Our city puts on an annual event called Halloween in the Park. We went to take Hudson trick-or-treating and met some friends there. Hudson did well at first but as soon as he saw that first scary mask he was done and ready to go. So, we left and went to have dinner with our friends the Hogue's and the Reifel's. Hudson and Madison had a lot of fun playing at CiCi's.

Here are some pictures:

Madison was a witch and Hudson was a football player.

Here they are being silly!

Too Cute!!

Elaina's outfit

I am loving all the girly hair bows!!

Our little Michigan football player!

GO BLUE!!

On the Friday before Halloween, I brought Elaina up to Nate and I's school. I went to my class party and Nate kept her in his office away from all the germy kids! After the party Elaina and I went to go and have lunch with Nana.

Elaina's first Halloween

Nana and Elaina

On Halloween night we went to a party at the Hogue's house. The kids look so cute dressed up and so did some of the parents. Our friends the Burkhalters had the night's best costume though! The guys took the kids trick-or-treating and after that the kids had a mini dance party. It was a great night!

The Burkhalter's won the best costume award.

Sandra was a Dos Equis bottle, Jason was The Most Interesting Man and

little Isabella was a black cat

Nate and I

I was a witch and Nate was a Detroit Tigers player

Lori was our babysitter for the night!

Daddy and Hudson

Trick-or-treating with Marlie

Dance party!

Hudson having fun dancing!

He was a pretty good dancer!

Elaina's first bath

Elaina had her first bath this week. I even had a little help giving her a bath!

My little helper

Washing her back.

So relaxed

Visitors

We have had some visitors come the past couple of weeks to see Elaina. Nate's mom(Grandma) came for a week to visit us and help out. Hudson loved playing with Grandma and he had a great time. We also had our friends Dylan and Christina come by with their daughter Madison. Madison was so excited to hold Elaina and she did such a great job.

We also had a very special visitor come--The Hurt's. The Hurt's lived in College Station when I was a student at A&M. I actually use to teach Caroline when she was 4 years old! I also babysat her and her sister and both girls were in Nate and I's wedding. They moved to North Carolina a couple of years ago and we try to keep up with them via e-mail. Carolina and her dad were in town for a wedding and stopped by for a visit. Caroline has grown up so much and was great with Elaina. Here are a few pictures of all our visitors--they are a little out of order.

Hudson playing "wake-up!" with Grandma

Caroline, Elaina and I

Hudson's friend Madison came by to see Elaina and play with Hudson

Nate with his mom

Hudson and Grandma playing

Grandma holding Elaina

Pumpkin Time

This Saturday we went to a little pumpkin patch to take some pictures. Hudson wanted nothing to do with the pictures. He wanted to play with the pumpkins, ride the tractor, play with the wheel barrel and just run around. What can I say--he's a boy! We tried to get some pictures but most of the time he would not even look at the camera.

The best family picture we could get

Hudson riding the tractor!

Picking out a pumpkin

Uncle Tim helping Hudson load up a pumpkin

Happy Fall Y'all!!

Potty Time

***One day Hudson is going to see this post and kill his mom for this but...Oh well!***

I have to brag on my little boy--he is potty training and it is working! I would love to say that it is all the great parenting skills Nate and I have, but it is all our sitters doing! We are not at the point that we can go in public without any accidents or where we can sleep in underwear at night, but we are getting closer everyday. I am really proud of my little man and a I am also a little sad. This means he is growing up and before I know it we will be starting kindergarten!

Some funny potty quotes from Hudson:

"I went pee-pee on the floor"--not mommy's favorite thing to hear!

"Pee-pee goes in the potty"

"It's yellow!"

"It's comin'!"

"I. Am. Done."

Here is our big boy in his Lighting McQueen undies!

Brother and Sister

Last night Hudson showed some interest in holding Elaina, so Nate and I jumped on it. What we did not expect was Hudson's reaction. He did not want to let her go! He cried when I took her back so I could feed her and cried through his whole bath because he wanted to hold her. At one point Nate took him out of the our room so I could feed her in peace and Hudson sat right by our bedroom door crying for her. We were a bit shocked! He was so funny when he did hold her. If you noticed my arm is in almost every picture so I can make sure she is supported well and Hudson did not like this! He kept telling me "Mommy I do it myself!" I think he just may be a wonderful big brother!

My two sweet kids!

Loving on his sister

So happy to hold Elaina

I love both their faces in this picture

Give Elaina more kisses

Elaina with Mommy and Daddy

Ready to go home

Elaina all dressed up.

Nana and Aunt Ashley gave her the going home dress.

She looked so cute in her first bow!

Loves her daddy already

The fam--minus Hudson. We really missed him in

the hospital!

The proud dad right after Elaina was born.