Hudson Lovin' Bath Time

Happy 4th of July 2008!

Taking Aim......

"Yeah, I did it"
Hudson watching Daddy & Ella play the bean bag game
Hudson & John all smiles

The girls trying to feed Hudson who was trying to stop them
Bean bag Toss game
Pushing each other on the swing
Ella is really into whales right now so John got a whale fire-cracker
A Whale Fountain

We spent the 4th at my Grandparents with my dad, aunts, uncles and cousins. It was really nice weather and Ella had a lot of fun playing with her cousin Avery who is also 3. The girls had fun pushing each other on the swings and watching the fireworks. Hudson was having fun watching the girls run around and watching Daddy play the bean bag toss game. The girls were really cute together. After each fire-cracker they would cheer and clap for their daddy's. We all had a great night but we were all exhausted Ella was so tired she fell asleep about 10 minutes into the car ride and Hudson fell asleep right after her.

Water Fun

First trip to the swimming pool. The pool was a little on the cold side but Hudson and Ella didn't mind. Our over-cautious girl had her life vest, arm wings and was in her dolphin boat, while Hudson was just in his baby boat. After a little bit Ella had warmed up to the pool and was swimming around the pool by herself with her life vest and arm wings. Hudson also enjoyed floating around in his boat and Ella's boat.

When the kids woke up from there naps we showed them the little water park we set up in the backyard. We had a pool, crazy sprinklers and a bowling slip-n-slide. It wasn't much of a water park but our kids are still small enough to enjoy the little things.

8 Months

My sweet little baby is eight months. Hudson is sleeping really good all through the night. His first two teeth are coming in and he is doing pretty good not being really fussy. On our San Antonio trip Hudson learned to crawl up the stairs and when we got back home he started to crawl up on the fireplace and he is so proud of himself when he gets up there. He is getting too big he is starting to pull himself to a standing position without holding on to anything and he will stand there for quite awhile. He is a really good eater as you can see he loves sweet potatoes and squash. Hudson is still my perfect happy little guy but I can tell that he is already more adventurous than Ella was at this age.

Congratulations Ashley & Ben!

Ella was wanting to take a picture with the "Princess"

Father Daughter Dance Mya the little flower girl

Hudson & Nana

Hudson was overly tired but he was still such a good boy

Ella even danced with the "Princess"

Ella dancing with Mya all night

Day Five & Day Six

Golfing

This picture was taken right after Ella made a hole-in-one. Shortly after that she was done golfing and spent the rest of the time in the shade eating snacks.

The guys trying to relax by watching Seinfeld while still watching the babies.

Bowling

The kids enjoyed bowling but they enjoyed eating popcorn just as much. They would bowl then run straight back to the popcorn without even seeing if they knocked down any pins.

The kids were so tired after a long week the little ones crashed while watching a movie.

As we drove to the bowling alley we heard some funny noises and then our air conditioning went out. So we decided to leave Sunday night and drive all night long. Our kids slept the majority of the ride. It was really hard to stay awake but we finally made it home on Monday at around 11 a.m.

Six Flags - Day Four

Malia, Ella, Meryn and Meredith having a cup of tea

Caleb and Ella just driving along

Bumper Cars

Ella had fun at first with the bumper cars but then she got stuck and had a little meltdown.

Well we really weren't ready to go to Six Flags we were burnt out on theme parks. Gramma & Grampa stayed home with Hudson and Brooklyn. So the day was more relaxing with just Ella to worry about.

After the bumper car meltdown we decided it was a good time to go home for the day. But to help Ella feel better about leaving John wanted to win her a prize. So as we were walking by the games Ella pointed to a game and said she wanted that "Lollipop Bear". Thankfully John won the bear and thankfully it was on our way out of the park because the bear was bigger than Ella. Grampa & Gramma were kind enough to stay home with Hudson and Brooklyn so they didn't have to spend another day in the heat stuck in their strollers.