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. :)

Zzzzz

Hudson has been having a lot of trouble with his sleep schedule lately. Mainly, night time is the problem. He has always been a night owl. When most babies have bedtimes of 7:30, 8:00, or even 9:00, Hudson has always stayed up until then or later and we have had to rock him and make him go to sleep. I guess we have brought this on ourselves in a way, because we never put him in his crib awake. We have always rocked him or let him fall asleep and then put him in his crib. C'mon, he's our first and we are major softies! But anyway, lately he has stayed up until 11:00 on average! I am usually so tired and just can't handle it anymore that I end up getting frustrated and make him sit on my lap and cry and it's so awful! I just wish there was an easier way! For the last few months he has become so much more independent and gets a major temper when he doesn't get what he wants. Hmm wonder where that came from?? Not me, that's for sure!! So going to bed is no different. If I sit him on my lap, he will scream and wiggle and throw arms so hard that I have to put him down! I guess all of it is just a sneak peak of what is to come in the terrible 2's. I know we will get through it and eventually he will go to bed at a normal child bedtime, but until then Ill just have to look at the bright side and savor those weekend mornings when we get to sleep in until after 9! Ahh how refreshing! :)

How could I be negative at all about anything though, when I get to see this in the mornings...

I give up...

So I give up on trying to do this whole monthly thing and catch up to currently. I have wanted to blog something every day for the past week and then I remember, ugh, I cant because I still have 11 months to finish first and I really just dont want to get into it right now. So ya know what, forget it! I am going to put up a picture of every month of Hudson, though. One that was a favorite, and then I'm moving to the present! I know, how exciting that you finally get to know what is going on in our lives right now. Get ready!!

PS I also give up on trying to fix the spacing. Enjoy!

September 2008

The Day we brought him home from the hospital.

October 2008

Halloween Onesie "Pumpkin Butt"

November 2008

Smiles!

December 2008

Our Christmas Card

(Photography and design by Suzanne Sandlin)

January 2009

Hanging out in his Christmas present

February 2009

Rolling Over

March 2009

Mommy and Me Morning

Ha! I just noticed he has on the same sleeper. I promise we changed him that month :)

April 2009

So excited Easter morning!

May 2009

Looking a little annoyed at Mommy's photo shoot in the grass.

June 2009

Father's Day King's Island Trip

July 2009

On our front porch getting ready for a trip to the Zoo.

August 2009

Just being cute on his 11 month birthday

September 2009

I'm One!!

First Month of Hudson

I'm going to try to go through each month of Hudson's life and hopefully catch up to his current age soon. So here goes Hudson's first month :)

Hudson was such a wonderful baby in this first month of life. He still is wonderful, but in a different way. He was never a screamer and was happy 95% of the time. He was in the 90th percentile for Height and weight. Here are some of my favorite pictures of him at this age.

A first smile

A First Bath

The picture I used for his announcements

Sleepy boys

Hudson 3 weeks old

One of my favorite pairs of jammies

Lovin Bath time

So there it is. I know I left out a lot, but that first month home was soo exhausting and I really wasn't even able to walk without cringing until about the 4th week. I have quite a few more pictures, but cant post them all. These will just have to do. :)

Then comes the Kellar's with a baby carriage!

And this is finally the beginning of this precious baby boys story!

I was induced on 9/8/09 at 7 am. If you have read my profile at all, you will see that he was born on 9/9, so my labor story is definitely a good one! We went to the hospital and to make a very long and grueling story short, I was in full on labor (without epidural) for around 17 hours before they informed me that I was going to have to have a C-section. So I got the epidural so I could sleep for a few hours. After that short nap, I was taken to the OR and at 2:26 am Hudson Brandt Kellar arrived! He was 7 lbs 15 oz, 20 in long. He was perfect in every way and we thank God for that every day.

Our First Family Picture

So that smile in the picture was a very forced smile. I was so sick and shaking like crazy. Shaking so hard that I could barely hold him when we got back to the room. I had to have Tommy and my mom help me. The first 2 hours of his life were a complete blur. I wasnt able to nurse, so Tommy fed him his first bottle. He's such a natural dad. He has been wonderful from day one. I am so blessed to have such an amazing husband and father to my baby.

Hudson was so good from the beginning too. He slept well, ate well and was always so aware of everything. My mom still always says, He doesnt know how old he is! He acts like he is 2! Ha! I think she is pushing that a little bit, but he has always seemed like he is big boy.

My Big Boy Coming Home From the Hospital

Then comes marriage...

Tommy and I were married on June 16, 2007. It was such a hot day, but it was beautiful! I have gone to a Christian church my whole life. My great grandmother has gone to this church all her life also. So it is a very special and sentimental place. It is an old white rustic church with a steeple and all. About 300 people attended and that was about how many we invited so it was a great turnout! It was a very exhausting day, but well worth it!





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