~Firsts at the Lake~

There were a lot of firsts for a quick trip to the lake this weekend.....   This was Hudson's first time to the lake....and he was such a good water baby!  :)  Kinley also tried waterskiing for the first time and loved it!  It was HOT, but there was always a pretty nice breeze on the lake so if you were in the shade or water it was actually pretty comfortable.  Hudson loved crawling around in the shade on the pontoon boat.  And Kinley loved showing him around the "Yozarks"....she was a great big sister.

Hudson's first time on the boat.....he's happy and clapping so that's a good sign!  :) 

 Cutie pie.....

 All suited up for his first float in the lake.  He was not a fan of the sunglasses....but kept all of it on once he could splash in the lake...

 Our little waterskier!!!!  She had so much fun and looked so little out there!  Other boats were clapping for her and taking pictures....so she thought she was pretty big stuff!  :)  She skied every morning we were there.  This trainer ski is perfect for little ones learning to ski.  There is a board with places for their feet just like a ski under that inflatable part.

 Just floatin'.....

 Hangin' by the pool.....

~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!!   

~8 Months~

Hudson you are 8 months old today!!  You are growing up way too fast!

You are sooo happy that you can crawl now.....you love following sissy around or being right at my feet while I'm in the kitchen.  You are so happy as long as I'm in sight.  You are such a Mama's Boy.....but I'm not complaining!!  :)  You love to get up all the way on your feet in a bear crawl position and think you are so cool.  I think you think you are walking.  :)  I'm guessing you're going to be walking before we know it.

You are eating three meals a day....you have some fruit and cereal for breakfast, a 2nd stage fruit and a veggie for lunch and another fruit and veggie for dinner.  You love your baby food!!  You like a bottle every so often, but would much rather be eating solid foods.  You have a 6 oz. bottle when you wake up in the morning another one around lunch time and sometimes one in the afternoon....then you usually don't have another bottle with cereal in it before bed.  You are ready for your bottle and bed around 8:15 pretty much ever single night....there isn't much holding you off or changing up your schedule.  You sleep all night long and wake up anywhere from 5:30 until 6:30....usually closer to 6:00 or 6:30.

You are wearing size 12 or 18 month clothes....really more 18 months....I'm just trying to get a little more wear out of your 12 months outfits...but we are cutting it close.  :)  You are still wearing size 4 diaper...but I was thinking just the other day we might be able to move you to size 5. 

You LOVE to laugh....and are always laughing at your sister.  Sometimes she's not even paying attention to you or doing anything funny....and you just crack up.  You're pretty good at the fake laugh too.  :) 

You're quite the little talker lately....always jabbering and saying mama and dada....but you don't know what you're saying yet.  In the past couple days you have really been making funny noises...you're favorite lately is a monster type growling noise.  And one of your favorite noises to make is grinding your teeth!! 

You have two teeth on the bottom and about two weeks later you got your two top teeth.  I think another one will be coming in on top here in the next couple of days....

You're getting so big so fast little boy......slow down!!!  We love you to pieces!!  :) 

 Here you are in the middle of your fake laugh....  :) 

Sprinkler Time!