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Little Smiles

Hudson my happy little smiler.

First Snowman of Winter

Well we had our first real snow of the winter. Ella has been wanting to go out and play in the snow and build a snowman. So John took her out on Friday. She had so much fun making her snowman and running around in the snow she didn't want to come inside. Hudson and I enjoyed watching them from inside the warm house. After Ella came in she had her first hot chocolate (really luke warm chocolate) but she really enjoyed it especially the marshmallows.

Happy 28th Birthday John!

Happy Birthday, John!

We Love You!

John started the day with a Happy Birthday wake up from Ella with a hug and kiss. Ella spent the day asking me when we were going to make daddy a cake. She loves to help me cook but she took some time to pose for some pictures. Also Hudson enjoyed helping us by watching us from his swing. John had said he wanted some snow before Christmas so he got his wish. It snowed all day. John had one of his favorite meals Chicken Fried Chicken with mashed potatoes and gravy. Ella was so excited to eat the cake that she didn't want to eat her dinner. She was very proud of the cake she made.

Decorating for Christmas

We put up our Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving. Ella was so excited to help me get all the decorations out. She really was able to help decorate this year. Although when she was helping put the balls on the tree she like to put them all on one branch. Her favorite decorations are the snowmen which she loves to plays with. Also this year we let her have her own Christmas tree in her room. I let her pick out her own ornaments and of course she picked princess ornaments. Ella loves to dress herself as you can tell from the pictures above. When we decorating the tree she chose to wear her Easter dress. So when John & I were outside putting up Christmas lights she went and put on a sweater and her snow boots over her dress. Usually she does a better job matching. Hudson loves the Christmas lights and he will just sit in his swing and stare at the tree and Ella keeps letting me know that we need presents under the tree.

Ella's Store

Ella loves to go to the library and so she pretends she has a library at home. She uses the laptop to scan the books and the "cards". Now she has moved on from having a pretend library to a pretend store. She sets up her store full of books, movies and toys on our ottoman and then asks "What do you want, Mommy?". I was tired of always having a mess on our ottomans so I made her a little table for her new store. She loves it so much she helped make a sign and she hung it up on the wall behind her "store".

Six Weeks

I can't believe it has already been 6 weeks. The time really has gone by fast. Hudson is doing really good. He is a happy chubby baby. We are still working on his sleeping but he is starting to sleep better. He doesn't like to take naps in his bed during the day. So during the day naps are taken in his swing or by me rocking him. Finally he has started smiling. When he sees us or we pick him up he will give us a big smile. Those little smiles are just so precious. John even got him to giggle a little bit. He is getting so big.

Ella is still smothering him with love but she is actually a good little helper. I hear "I'm a good helper, Mommy" at least 15 times a day. She is really gentle with him and she tries to help him to stop crying (which sometimes she is the reason he is crying to begin with). She likes to read him books or give him her dolls to sleep with. She loves attention but thankfully she is okay with sharing the attention with Hudson.