Last week

Last week Hudson did NOT feel well at all. The dr said it was just a cold. This poor little face broke my heart. His eyes were swollen, nose runny and throat sore. He had an awful cough too. But....

He's been feeling much better! Thank you Lord for making my baby better.

I don't think I could take much more of hearing him feel that way :)

Free Day

I love free activities. But the down side is they are usually very crowded. MLK jr day is free at the Children's Museum. So we thought we would try it. We thought if we waited and went later in the day, it wouldn't be as crowded. I would say it worked, for the most part :) We got a good parking spot in the free garage and walked over and got to play at the exhibits we wanted to. We were only there a little over 2 hours, but that is plenty of time for a 16 month old. My brother went too. He's 10 and probably could've stayed a little longer, but no big deal. Hudson was ready to go and we were all ready to eat by 5. By the time we ate and got home I was exhausted! It's a lot to work 8 hours and go to the museum all in one day, but I couldn't beat the price! :)

A few pictures from the day:

Digging for fossils - Safety First!

Train with Daddy

Hudson is really into 'ChooChoo's' Right now. We recently put my brother's old train table in our living room and he plays with it the majority of the day. I'm thankful my mom saved it. The tables and the trains are not very cheap!

Playscape

A new year.

Alright, It's 2010 and I'm going to blog this year. Period. (Just so you know, I'm laughing at myself right now for saying that.)

We took a trip to Great Wolf Lodge for the New Year. It was so much fun! This was in the hotel room where they provided us with really cool hats :) Hudson had so much fun! He loves the water and even went down the toddler slides. He would float in his life jacket and splash anyone and everyone. It is a really fun family place and we can't wait to go back!

Hudson

He is getting so big! Well not physically. He is on the lower end of the percentile for his age, so at this point in his life he is taking after me. A growth spurt may change that later in life, but we don't care if he's small. He is talking so much. He will tell you all kinds of stuff and repeat anything and everything you tell him to. He is really in to playing rough with Tommy and rolling around on the floor or jumping off of the fireplace hearth or flying into his ball pit. He loves his cars right now too. He has a little ramp for his Chuck cars and he plays with it for hours a day. He's a wild man, but a total Mama's boy.Looking through the ball pit window

Our most recent adventure was last monday morning. Hudson had to have tubes put in. Everything went pretty well and he was only gone from us for about 15 minutes even though we were there 3 hours. He had a reaction to the anesthesia that night and was sick, but other than that, all went well. Hopefully they will rid us of all the ear infections forever! One can hope!

Waiting to go back to surgery

SNOW

We took Hudson out to play in the snow last week for the first time. He was so excited to get all dressed up and after about 20 minutes of putting on layer after layer, we headed out with his new sled. He had a blast, but it was cold and windy so after about 20 min we came in. At least we stayed out as long as it took to get dressed. I loved seeing him bundled so thick he could barely walk and try to throw snow at me with his mittens. It was a lot of fun!

All bundled up

Our Freezing Family

I'll leave you until next time with this video of Hudson's extreme jumping from the fireplace. :)