Happy Birthday Daddy!

Daddy turned another year older on Wednesday! His requested birthday dinner was CJ's deep dish pizza and a peanut butter cookie from Mrs. Fields.....and they were delicious!! Happy Birthday Daddy!

5 Months~

Hudson you are 5 Months old! I can't believe it....where has my baby gone? You are such a busy little guy! You rolled over from tummy to back on Feb. 2nd and were soon rolling over from back to tummy. As soon as we put you on your back now it's only a matter of seconds before you flip over and are laying on your belly pushing yourself up and looking around. You don't want to miss a thing! :) Your really strong and holding yourself up very well...you squirm your legs all around too....I don't think it will be too long and you will be on the move.

You are in size 6 or 9 month clothes and I am now buying you 12 month clothes! Yikes....I figured you'd be at least a size ahead....but I didn't think you'd be two sizes ahead. :) But the more I think about it I think your sister was two sizes ahead too. We are finishing up the size three diapers....they are getting pretty snug...but I'm hoping we can finish up what we have.

You are eating one tablespoon of cereal with apples for breakfast at Melanie's and then having 1 tablespoon of cereal with a veggie for dinner at home. You have gotten so good with the spoon in only a couple weeks. At first you just wanted to suck everything off the spoon....now once you see the spoon you open your mouth so wide...it's so cute. As far as baby food you have had....apples, green beans, sweet potatoes, carrots, squash and peas. You don't seem to love any of them more than the other so far....but you're a pretty good little eater. You're still taking a 6 oz. bottle around 6:00 am, another little bit with your cereal, another 6 oz. mid-day, a little with your dinner, and then another 6 oz. bottle with 1 1/2 tablespoons of cereal in it for your night time bottle.

You have become a good little sleeper. We have started to be able to put you down around 9 or 9:30 and you will sleep until 5:30 or 6:00 on most nights. I think you've only woke up for a bottle in the middle of the night twice in the last month. Thanks buddy!

You gnaw on everything.....especially your fingers!! I always think you are teething....but I can't feel anything close to coming through. I think it's just your "thing" to always be chewing on something. You are jabbering all the time too....you love to hear yourself talk. I think you're trying to keep up with your brother and sister. :)

Your newest thing is sucking on your bottom lip. You look so silly when you do this! :)

You love bath time and are loving sitting up all by yourself in your tub. You kick and splash all around and try to get your feet. :)

~Happy Valentine's Day!~

Kinley was so excited for Valentine's Day this year. She couldn't wait to take her Bubble Guppies Valentine's to Miss Melanie's for her party! :) When Kinley was signing her name she kept putting an "i" at the end of her name. I had no idea why she all of the sudden thought her name ended in "i". I asked her why she was doing that and she didn't really say....but then I figured it out.... She was writing an exclamation point! She must have seen me write Happy Valentine's Day! on some cards she made so she thought her name needed an exclamation too. :) That girl doesn't miss a beat!

We got Kinley the Leap Frog Trace and Learn...she loves to write her letters and shapes. Hopefully this helps keep her busy while she's home with Dad so much this time of year. :)

Valentine cuties...

Kinley and I made a cake quick for Daddy (and us) on Valentine's night. Don't mind her crazy hair.....her requested hair do for her school party was a braid...it had seen better days by the time she got home. :)

~4 Months~

Hudson Matthew you are 4 months old!

What you have been up to these days.....

You are in size 3 diapers and wearing size 6 months clothes and as of today...some 9 month clothes. You are so long and so chubby! You are eating 6 oz. about every four hours or so. You were doing better with sleeping a few weeks ago, but lately we'll put you down around 9:30 and you'll be up at 3:00 for a bottle. We'll be stopping this one very shortly. :) We get to start cereal and baby food this week....so curious to see how you like it.

You're doing great at daycare and so far not being too high maintenance for Melanie....at least that's what she says anyway.... :) I was worried about you sometimes. You can be a particular little guy. But we love you to pieces....

You got your first ear infection on January 19th...poor little guy. You had a cough, but other than that you were in good spirits and eating and sleeping just fine. Actually you slept through the night three nights in a row while you had your ear infection! Daddy took you to the Dr. just to have them check you out and make sure you didn't have anything other than a cough and you ended up having a bad ear infection in your left ear and the other was a day behind. I'm really hoping we don't have more of those in the future. :(

You have really found your hands and are doing very well playing with your toys....which is nice...you would get pretty bored sometimes before and didn't sit too long without fussing for someone to hold you. Now that you can play you seem to keep yourself occupied a little longer. You love to put your hands together in front of you and think you are so tricky. It's adorable to watch you....once you get them together you just look and look at them....then eat them. :)

Your stats:

Length: 24 1/2 in. (25%)

Weight: 16 lbs. 4 oz. (70%)

Head Circ.: 16 1/4 in. (40%)

Cute baby blue eyes.....

Happy Birthday Riley!

Riley turns 9 on Thursday! I can't believe he's almost in the double digits...he's getting so old... Riley is obsessed with Big Mac's lately, so what a great idea for a cake! I think he wished it was a real Big Mac....

Riley is a great big brother and great student. He got straight A's this last quarter....hopefully he can keep up the good work all semester! Go Riley!

Happy Birthday!!

K-I-N-L-E-Y

Kinley is doing so well with writing her name! Her "K"s were giving her trouble but this past week she finally got them down and she was sooooo excited. The letters are often out of order....but they are at least all there. :) She loves preschool at Miss Melanie's! We are so proud of her!

3 Month Pictures

Hudson did so well for his 3 month pictures yesterday. I thought they turned out pretty good. We went right around feeding time so I was nervous....he did great for a while. Then it was like he flipped a switch and was done. He went from smiling to screaming in less than a second. Luckily we were pretty much done when he decided he was done and ready to eat. :)