Smashing Pumpkins

Now that Halloween is over Jamie thought it would be a good idea to show Hudson what to do with his pumpkin...

a short reprieve

Yesterday Hudson slept in till 7:45 am, then took a one hour and 45 minute nap at noon and then went to bed at 8:15 pm. It was the best day of my life. This morning he woke up at 5 am (as he has been doing the past 2 weeks) and so far, has only taken a 20 minute nap (story of his life). Uggghhhh!

more leaves!!!

Hudson couldn't resist the HUGE pile of leaves Aunt Lesie had raked up before we came over...lots of fun! I had put him in his camo in honor of the dead deer cause I knew Uncle Nate would like it - but it turned out pretty cute for the leaf pictures...


Run, Run and Jump!

The only way we could finally convince him to stop playing in the leaves at Celeste's house was that we could go over and play in the leaves at Gigi's and Papa's. That worked...

So Papa Bear got out his rake and joined in the fun too!

It's raining leaves!!!

He loved poking the leaves with this stick and seeing the leaves stuck on the stick. Unfortunately he couldn't get them to stick very well...but he didn't seem to mind!

Dog pile!

Searching for Hudson's shoe...we played this game again and again and again...


A tiger hiding in the leaves....

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Caution: Deer Crossing

My brother-in-law Nate hit a deer in my sister's car on Friday night. No one was injured (including the red tail hawk he had in the backseat who flopped around quite a bit). Nate's an avid hunter so he was disappointed it was only a six point buck but he threw it up on the tow truck and took it home with him anyways! Unfortunatel y I didn't get a copy of the picture of him and his brother posing with it in front of the smashed up car - they have the hunter glare down and look so proud of their "kill".
We went over Sunday afternoon to pick Celeste up (since she is without a car for the immediate future) and the deer head was laying on the floor of the garage. Hudson took one look at it and said "Uh-oh. Deer dead."

There's still deer fur stuck in the door handle!

Christin's biggest fan

Hudson loves going to watch Aunt Christin play volleyball...sadly her last game for us to watch was on Saturday so we won't get to see more till next year.



My Montage 11/1/09

speaking sentences

Hudson is starting to put 3-4 words together and make sentences! This week he has started understanding the concept of "me" and "I" and started using those words in sentences. He has been saying things like "off of me" when he wanted the crumbs washed off his hands, "house see me" when he saw a picture of a house on our calendar (This one threw me for a little bit till I figured out he was saying "I see a house"!), "read me" when he wants us to read him a book and this morning he told Jamie "diaper off of me" when he was getting him dressed!
He also says phrases like "there it is", "I see it" and "hiding in there", and "I found it". (We play a lot of hide and seek around here!)
He also, like every other toddler, has learned the concept of "NO" and uses it more and more often. His answer to every question is "no" even if it's something he should want to say yes to!

Trick or Treat!

Hudson was a basketball player for halloween this year. I bought him a sweatband for his head - unfortunately they only came in one size fits all so it looks a little more like a bandage than a sweatband but it does have a Nike swoosh on it so that helped. Jamie helped me make his basketball basket - we cut the sides off of a mini basketball and left a handle on top. Hudson loves carrying it around although he was a little upset when he saw Jamie cutting it up. He kept saying "fix it, fix it". We only went trick or treating at one neighbors house but Hudson had fun and got plenty of candy! For mommy and daddy of course - I was surprised he even knew the word "candy" but as soon as they put some in his basket he started saying "candy".

We also got him an afro as part of the costume but he was NOT having anything to do with it!

He even played basketball with his candy!

The reason why I decided he should be a basketball player for halloween:

My Montage 10/31/09

He would play this ALL day if we let him!