Washita River

Our cabin was by the Washita River and we walked down to the river one night after dinner. Hudson, of course, loved the water. Although he didn't get to play as much as he wanted since it was so dirty. That red dirt in Oklahoma makes the swimming holes pretty gross!

On the way back to the cabin Hudson and Jamie rode in the very back with the hatch open. Hudson got to ride out of his carseat several times when we were out on the property and he liked that. Of course he then threw a fit when we would make him get in his seat and buckle in!

Washita River

Hanging Out

He hates it when he gets the water in his face. It's hard to capture the reaction on camera, but this one is pretty good.

The one thing I forgot to pack was his high chair so Hudson got to eat sitting on the table which wasn't the easiest but we managed.

"Oooohhhh. I see a bird."

Bird watching.

My Montage 6/20/09

When we were driving to the river from the cabin we let Hudson "drive" the car and he liked that! Jamie took his toy airplane and tried to fly it a couple nights. Hudson really liked watching it but it just kept crashing!

Cabin

We stayed at a cabin outside of Davis, OK for the first 3 nights. The term "Cabin" is probably a little misleading - the only thing cabinish about it were the logs they built it with - which means it was my kind of "cabin". :) We spent a lot of time there since we had to head back for naptimes and lunch every day plus Hudson went to bed by 8:30 every evening so then Jamie and I would sit out on the deck and read - except I coudln't stay out too long cause the bugs kept eating me! I ended up with at least 20 bug bites, Hudson got 1 and Jamie had 0.

The first morning we were there Jamie woke up REALLY early and sat on the porch, drinking coffee, watching the wildlife and the sunrise. (He saw a fox, opossum, and an armadillo.) Hudson evidently thought this meant he was supposed to get up early too because he woke up at 6 or 6:30 every morning. But he slept all night so that's the important part!

View of the river that was about 1/4 of a mile from our cabin.


View from the porch of our cabin.

Hot Tub!! Hudson loved the shower/hose on the porch and played in it every day.

One of the bedrooms. There were 2 bedrooms and 1.5 baths, plus the loft (below).

We're home!

We had a wonderful vacation and I can't really say I'm glad to be home. It was a lot of fun just spending time together as a family. This was the first time we have done that since the few days after Hudson was born and the first time that Jamie and Hudson have got to spend so much time together. It was fun for me to watch them bond, although towards the end of the week Hudson got to where he wanted Daddy more than Mommy and that made me a little sad :( Mommy doesn't do cool stuff like Daddy does he has discovered! Our whole trip was great - the cabin and hotel we stayed at were both really nice, the excursions went as planned and were fun. It didn't rain a drop which means it was really hot but except for the zoo this morning in OKC the heat wasn't too awful.
I have hundreds of pictures from vacation so there are going to be a lot of posts so you can share in all of our fun times! Enjoy!

VACATION!!!

Jamie, Hudson and I are leaving for vacation in tomorrow morning (Well, technically this morning. I had to get clinic stuff caught up before we left so here I sit at the computer at 2 am!) and we are SO excited. Well, Jamie and I are. Hudson has no clue but he's going to have fun. We are heading down to Oklahoma to Turner Falls and the Arbuckle Mountains. We've rented a cabin down there for a couple nights and are just going to relax! We'll also spend 2 days in Oklahoma City going to the OKC memorial and the zoo. We'll be back Saturday and since I won't have access to the internet while we're gone (I'm refusing to take our laptop with me cause I don't want to be tempted to work, or blog, or facebook....) there won't be anything new here for awhile. But check back next week cause I'll have lots of pics from vacation.

fun with Daddy

Jamie took Hudson to Chisholm Trail Nature Park on Saturday morning. My brother-in-law was there doing a nature walk with his hawk and lots of other people brought their animals out. You could just walk through and look at all the differnet animals. Hudson loved it and his favorite by far was the birds. Which isn't surprising since he points out every bird in the sky when we're outside.

yes and no

Hudson started nodding his head "yes" and "no" a few days ago. He shakes his head so hard he about loses his balance and falls over sometimes but he thinks he's pretty funny. The first day or two he did both "yes" and "no" but now he just does "no". (A sign of things to come??)