First Trip to the Natural Science Center!

The weather here has been great in the mornings so my mom and I decided to take Hudson to the Natural Science center to see the animals that they have there.  This was his first trip (other than the aquarium) seeing real animals.  He loves to pretend that we are going to see animals on our walks at home but we rarely see anything other than a bird or butterfly.  Today he got to see meerkats, lemurs, monkeys, kangaroos, tigers, wolves, goats, sheep, alpaca, pigs, birds, turtles, alligators, fish, and dinosaurs!  He even sat through a 45 min interactive musical show about meerkats and seemed to have a great time. 

 I think he thought the huge dinosaur was cool but was a little nervous about the loud dinosaur noises that they had piped into the room.

 We were there early so he got to enjoy the kids play area with no interruption for awhile. 

 Stuffed raccoon was a little creepy but Hudson liked it.

 Watching the meerkats with Grandma. "Grandma" has been a hard word for him to say so sometimes he calls her "mom" because I think he hears me call her that but recently he started calling her "maw maw." It is pretty cute.

 This is the first time since he was about 5 months old that I have been successful in getting him to wear sunglasses in the sun.  Of course the ones that I brought with us were too big but he kept them on for most of the time we were in the sun!

 38 weeks!  This is about how far I made it last time with Hudson.  Although my body is killing me, I am hoping he waits another few weeks to make his arrival. 

 I thought a picture in front of the ears was appropriate for me.  :)

Hudson's first attempt to hit his baby brother with a stick. :)  At least it was a little one.

Hudson watching the Big Dinosaur.

Saying hey to the monkeys

He still loves playing the guitar and now usually tries to sing a song while he is playing.  It usually ends up being parts of all the different songs that he knows together.

This is a random one of Hudson before bed one night.  He is usually pretty hyper when he is actually tired so calming down for bed is sometimes tough for him.  He still loves the Zac Brown Band :) and anything with banjo type music.

Last Days

I decided that I wanted to try to spend a little time with Hudson before his little brother gets here so Friday was my last day of work before starting maternity leave and Hudson's last day in his daycare classroom.  We were really sad to say goodbye to his teacher's and friends but I am excited about getting to see him more.  Who knows how this will go when there are two boys under two to take care of.  I warned them that I might be calling to drop him off there again! :)  Hudson loves his friends and teachers at daycare and it is amazing how much he has learned there.  He can count to 10 in English and Spanish, knows all of his colors, knows his ABCs and even tries to do some of the letters in sign language, He eats like a big boy at a table, takes a nap on a mat, washes his hands, knows lots of fun songs, talks constantly, and my favorite:  loves to clean up "meen up" and wipe tables thanks to Ms. Latoya.  Here are a few pictures of Hudson in his one year-old classroom.

 Hudson's favorite: Breakfast

 Circle time

 Looks like the boys are making a mess.

 His "Ria".  She has been one of his teachers since his first week at school when he was 7 months old.  He loves her so much!

 Sweet!  They said that she gave him a big kiss on the lips when she left. ;)

 He loves the ladies. :)

 Lunch time

 Nap time!

 His special cupcake snack.  They said he devoured it.  I am not surprised.

 It looks like he may have also eaten some of the paper towel :)

 Loving on his Ms. Latoya.  

 Reading the big book with Ms. Toya

 All of his friends made a card for him with their handprints.

 Ms. Maria took a nap with him on his last day. :)

Can't believe he was this little when he started there!  Time flies.  Excited to be home for a while and spend a little more time with my boys.  They grow up too fast!

Who Needs Sleep?

It has been a long week!  Last Monday we got a call from daycare saying that a little boy bit Hudson on the arm and drew blood.  So we had to take him to the Dr. to see if he needed antibiotics.  Apparently, human bites are more likely to get infected than dog bites.  Hudson has randomly been talking about biting and the little boy who bit him all week.  It was sad when I walked in to pick him up from daycare because he held up his arm and said "Bite!"  "I broken!"  Poor guy.  So far it seems to be healing fine without antibiotics.  He also decided that he did not want to take a nap for me this weekend and fighting with him to take a nap made me exhausted.  He must have not been feeling well because he woke up with a runny nose and cough.  He has had a pretty good run of being healthy this summer but I guess this is a sign that winter is around the corner.  Of course he gets sick just in time for the baby to get here.   3 more weeks (or sooner)!

 He will smile on command on occasion.

 Daddy treated him to a ride in the front seat over the weekend.  He loved it!

 Angel and Hudson watching out the window for animals in the back yard.

 Almost the same size. :)

 I can give him a paper towel and he will "clean" for at least 15 minutes inside the house.  On this day it was wet on aunt Becca's deck after the rain and he stayed out there for about 30 minutes.  

Hudson In Action

Here are a few recent videos of Hudson doing some of his favorite things:

He loves playing with daddy because he does the fun stuff mom can't do right now.  In this video he loved it when Zach threw the ball really hard against the wall.  When it sounds like he is saying "ma ma please" this is actually him saying "more more please"  This is one of his favorite phrases.

I was trying to catch him on camera "reading" out loud but he always stops when I turn the camera on.

He really likes to read books and it amazes me how he remembers things about books even if we have only read it once or haven't read it in awhile.

I think I have mentioned before that Hudson loves to listen to Parmalee and one of his favorite songs is "Must of Had a Good Time".  He likes to pretend that he is drumming to it or playing the guitar with it. Although the Mickey Mouse guitar does not play this song he liked imagining that he was jamming to "Good Time" :)

Rainy Thursday

I have so much to get done before this baby comes!  I feel as big as a house right now and running errands with Hudson is not easy.  Mostly because he is so heavy and it is so hot getting him in and out of the car and the car seat.  I always have good intentions of getting things done on my "day off" but I am starting to realize that these are going to be the last few weeks that I have just spending time with Hudson.  I am trying to soak it all in.  I was a little relieved to have a rainy afternoon today.  It didn't make me feel as guilty for not running errands and for actually putting my feet up and taking a little cat nap when Hudson napped today.  We spent the afternoon playing around the house, dancing to music, drawing, and painting with water colors.

 Nice belly shot

 He really enjoyed just mixing all of the colors together. Unlike his mother, he does not seem to mind all of the colors looking like brown!  I remember always hating it when the black paint got into any of the other paints.  

 As you can see, Angel was close by due to the thunder that was going on during the painting.

 He likes to pretend that he is going to sleep on anything that looks like a mat.