He's So Funny

Here are the latest Hudson conversations/quotes:

H: Jonah swallowed da wheel (whale).

M: What? A wheel?

H: He didn't listen to God.

M: Oh...(getting it now)

H: He swallowed da wheel and took his time-out. And then da wheel spit him out and he said, "sorry".

Later in the evening Hudson disobeyed and was going to have to get a spanking. We were talking about him disobeying mommy. Here's his reply.

H: Jonah not get a spankin cause he don't have a sad spoon.

I couldn't even spank him then. Hilarious.

H: Mommy, that's freakin' me out! (woops...guess I say this one)

H: You're gettin' on my nerbs (nerves).

He said this to my brother on Christmas. Who is this kid?

H: Mommy, I'm stirswee (thirsty).

My mom started to correct him. I asked her not to : ) He's already growing up too fast!

Hudson also had a conversation with daddy about a little girl at his school named Gracie. When Matt asked him if she was pretty, he said:

H: Yeah. She's got blue eyes.

What?!!! What 3 year old notices the color of his friend's eyes? So cute...but sooo sad for his mommy. Maybe he was just liking her because his mommy has blue eyes : )

Family Traditions

Christmas was so heart-warming this year! It was so great to share it with our children and to begin our own family traditions. I have compiled a list of traditions from this year that I would like to continue...and a list that I would like to trash : ) Enjoy.

Traditions we hope to keep:

* Choosing and cutting our own Christmas tree on Thanksgiving day. Thanks Stinson Christmas Tree Farm (and Jerry)!! We LOVED our tree and LOVED the experience!

* Visiting the Live Nativity here in Mobile. It made for a great opportunity to share the true meaning of Christmas.

* Opening matching PJs on Christmas Eve.

* Eating a breakfast for dinner meal together as a family on Christmas Eve.

* Matt reading the Christmas story to the kids and me on Christmas Eve (man, I guess a lot of these are Christmas eve traditions)

* Singing Happy Birthday to Jesus on Christmas Morning

* The kids receive 3 gifts each on Christmas morning. This also created an awesome opportunity to explain the reason for gift-giving. Thank you Lord for sending Jesus!!

Traditions I hope to trash:

* Carrying that beautiful Christmas tree strapped to the top of our car down I-65 for 2 1/2 hours. For those of you that know me...I like to blend in. Definitely didn't blend that day.
* Making a mad dash to Old Navy ON Christmas Eve for those cute little matching PJs...seriously. Do I have to procrastinate?
* We will keep the Christmas story. We will not read the 7 page version from the Children's Bible storybook.

* Having to head back to Foodworld because we forgot syrup. Again, ON Christmas Eve.

Sidenote here...our Christmas Eve/Christmas Day were celebrated early because of traveling.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

Has it really been a month? Dang. I don't want to be a "once-a-monther". I'll try to do better...again : ) Aaaand again, this is a bad pic. I guess you can all gather that a) we are not photographers and b) we do not own a photographer's camera. So, just go with it and excuse the horrible pictures, please. This is our tree. I love it. I love having a live tree- our house smelled so wonderful.

Christmas and New Years were awesome. We had daddy home for 2 weeks at Christmas!! Woop woop. And we also got to travel to see both sides of our family. It was wonderful. There are several family traditions that we started that I would like to continue...and several that we would NOT like to continue. I will fill you in in the next post.

I love this picture! Brothers on Christmas morning in their matching pjs. I mean, isn't Christmas all about basketball? Doesn't Hudson's face just scream, "My daddy's a basketball coach!" ?

Happy 3rd Birthday!!

We had Hudson's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese...fun, fun! You can tell that Chuck E Cheese himself is not Hudson's favorite!! He was sticking pretty close to daddy. All in all, it was so much fun!

And, this is what we REALLY came for! : ) He LOVES basketball!

Here are a few of Hudson's favorites:

* DADDY!! Yep, Matt can do no wrong in his eyes. He is the greatest! It is really so sweet...

* MILK. You heard me...milk. He could drink it 24/7.

* His "blankie". Thank you Aunt Cynthia! He has loved it since birth.

* Curious George. I would be ok if we never watched another episode.

Praise God for blessing our family!! Hudson has brought more joy than we could have ever imagined 3 years ago!

Six Months Old!!

Not the greatest picture, I know. We've got to be better at taking pictures of this little one...don't you just love those blue eyes? I cannot believe he is 6 months old already!!! SAD! I always wanted Hudson to do things early, but I am eager for little Micah to stay a baby. I'm not ready for him to grow up!

Here are his stats: 20 lbs. 2 oz and 27 1/2 inches long- 90th percentile for both!

A few of his favorites:

* MOMMY! Yes, I am still the favorite for a little while longer : )

* His "blankie". Both boys love their blankets.

* Hudson. Nobody can make him laugh like big brother.

* Rocking back and forth on all fours...he's not crawling yet!

Micah has been such a sweet joy!! I praise the Lord for blessing us with him!!

I'm a Big Boy

Hudson has just started wanting to dress himself in the mornings...this is what that looks like!! He was ready to go outside so he thought he could speed up the process by getting himself ready! Hilarious! He said that they matched because they were "team" shirt and shorts.

He has been saying some funny things lately, also. Here are a couple:

* H: "Oooohh!! Hey, mommy!! There's a dumptruck!! " M: "Yeah, buddy." H: " FOLLOW IT!!!"

*H: "Hey, mommy! I need some tullup (I hear pull-up). M: "No, Hudson. I am not getting you a pull-up if you need to go to the bathroom." H: "Mommy! I need some tullup!" M: "What? (as I walk to the bathroom I realize he totally meant toilet paper. Mom of the year award right here. )

I warned you...

Ok, I told you I would be terrible at this! I will attempt to update you with a multitude of pictures...can I blame basketball season???? I will say that though I have been terrible at updating my own, I have been faithful at reading yours : )

These are pictures of Hudson's Harvest party, Thanksgiving party, and of him carving his first pumpkin!!