~9 Months~

Hudson Matthew you are 9 months old!!  You are at such a cute age and sooo much of your personality is starting to come out....but I really want my baby back!  You are a crawling maniac and are pulling up on everything already.  You love when we hold your hands and walk with you....you just crack up laughing and love every minute of it.  I have a feeling you will be walking soon.....you want to keep up with your sister so so bad.  You watch her like a hawk and want to do everything she does. 

You started clapping and shaking your head "no" on June 27th.....one day when sister decided to go to Melanie's to play with her friends.  It's almost like she wasn't here to keep you busy so you had all of this time to develop your own tricks!  You clap your hands all the time and can tell when someone is asking your a question and love to shake your head.  You can tell by the tone of our voice when it's a question and you love being able to "answer."  Even when Daddy and I are talking across the room you will end up crawling between us and talking and shaking your head "no" just like you are in the conversation....you have done this more times than I can count and it's just the cutest thing.   

You are still at three meals a day of baby food and about 4 6 oz. bottles a day.  You'd much rather have real food or baby food instead of your bottles.....besides your nighttime bottle....you still love to cuddle with that one....and I hope that doesn't stop anytime soon.  :)  We've started to give you bites of real food that we know you can handle, but not too much of anything yet (but you REALLY love ice cream).   You have 6 teeth....four on top and two on bottom so we'll start introducing much more real food here in the next several weeks.

You are still wearing size 4 diapers and size 18 months clothes....some 12 months too.  You are a still a very good sleeper and head to bed around 8 and sleep through the night until about 6:00 or so.  Some days we can get closer to 7, but that doesn't happen as often as Mommy and Daddy would like.  :)  And we really don't like the days you are ready to go at 5:30 am.....

You are just the cutest, sweetest thing and we love watching your personality come through more and more every day.  You are such a little ham!  :-) 

Summer Fun!

I am loving being at home with the kiddos this summer!  I am using all my vacation time I earned during tax season to be home with the kids all June and July....and we are having so much fun!

Lots of bike riding....

 hangin' out...

 watching Star Wars with big brother Riley in the playroom....

 celebrating Mommy's birthday.....

 making cookies....

 Hudson, do you have an ear ache?  Hudson now has his third ear infection.....

 playing games with Daddy....trying to keep it away from little buddy....

 being such a big boy....

Riley Update...

Riley has wrapped up his soccer season and baseball season and will have a little break from sports before basketball starts up this winter.

 In June Riley tried out for the competitive traveling team and we are waiting to hear whether he made the team.

 Towards the end of baseball season Riley wanted to give pitching a try and asked the coach if he could pitch.  He pitched in two games struck out six batters and wasn't scored on.  Riley is excited to get even better at pitching over the off season.

Riley got straight A's in school and didn't miss one spelling word all year.  We are so proud of Riley and excited for him to start the 4th grade.  WAY TO GO RILEY!!



1st Day of Preschool!!

Kiney had her first day of preschool today and she was sooo excited!  Or as she would say "I am so exciting"....meaning excited.  Kinley is doing great with preschool at Miss Melanie's, but we thought it would be good to put her in a larger classroom environment over the summer....so someone doesn't think she's always the center of attention....  :) The preschool is right by Miss Melanie's house so we swing by and pick up Kinley's buddy, Cole (Miss Melanie's son) and they go to preschool together.  I think they both loved having their buddy there.  

I can't believe my baby girl is getting so big!!!  Where has the time gone!!