Five HOLE Months

I'm adding this little bit because Ashley pointed out that I misspelled "hole" in the post title but wanted to clarify that it was an intentional error because it feels like there has been a "hole" in time that has elapsed since Mr. Hudson was born. Spelling and grammar errors drive me bananas so I just couldn't let it go without clarifying! I'm by no means perfect in either category but I do try:).

I'm in denial that this precious babe of mine is already 5 months old! I honestly can't believe how quickly the time has flown but at the same time it's hard to remember what things were like before our little bundle of joy.

He is such a sweet, happy baby most of the time and spends his awake time these days "talking", playing with baby toys, laying on his activity mat, trying to sit up like a big boy, and little bits of time in his exersaucer and jumper. He's only entertained for about 10 minutes or so by himself and then needs some sort of human interaction, whether it's love from his parents or chatty, big brothers coming to talk to him! He still loves his pacifier, his bath, his brothers, and being held and talked to...those are probably his very favorite things:). He generally wakes up between 7 and 7:45am and then naps from 10-12 and 3-5 most of the time. He's ready for bed around 8 or 9 and then has been getting up once or twice in the night to eat but goes right back to sleep. As much as I love a sleepy, snuggly baby, I do look forward to getting uninterrupted sleep hopefully before too long! We haven't started solid foods yet and plan to do that at 6 months so maybe that will help him make it a little longer during the night.

Even though we are much busier and sleep-deprived, we are so blessed to have such a little angel that really completes our happy family of 5! Life is good and Hudson is our icing on the cake!




Not so impressed with the jumper yet!
His little arms always seem to find the leg holes after a few minutes!
I love how pictures help me find things...like that missing green paci I see under to loveseat!
My head is so heavy!

Volcano Fun

Carter's preschool class talks about a letter each week and last week's letter was V. They ended the week with a volcano one of the teachers brought in and apparently Carter was quite excited about watching it erupt! He has had a $20 bill in his piggy bank that has been burning a hole in it ever since we talked him into putting it inside so he thought a volcano would be the perfect way to spend it. His teacher even stopped me to tell me just how much he loved the volcano and that he'd already told her he wanted to buy one with his money because she told him it only costs $15!

We headed out to Science Safari and let him pick out which one he wanted...fortunately he chose the least complex and least expensive one but it was still a pain for me but lots of fun for him! The adult assembly part was tedious but Carter loved putting on the strips of plaster and painting it. I honestly thought it was be a piece of junk and hard for him to do but he did great and was very impressed with his finished product!



They could hardly wait for Hudson to take his nap so we could all go outside to witness the eruption!
Cooper was obviously not too sure about it initially and was worried it was going to be loud. My sweet boy must have some sensitive ears!
Skepticism quickly turned to excitement!

As you can see project volcano was an overwhelming success!

Welcome Spring!

We are LOVING the nice weather we've been having lately and we're spending as much of it as possible outside! Hudson has been a good sport and doesn't seem to mind strolling around the street or hanging out in his bouncy seat while the big boys play.


We could hardly wait for NC State's Farm Animal Days this year and as usual, the boys had a blast but word is apparently out about our little find because it was ridiculously crowded. They held baby chicks, saw horses, cows, pigs, goats, rabbits, turkeys, etc. and loved every second of it, well almost!

Cooper needed my help to hold them but Carter was so sweet to let Coop check out the one he was holding:).





Now for the unhappy part! Cooper was eagerly awaiting the strawberry ice cream after seeing the animals and was less than thrilled when they informed us they were out of strawberry. I got him vanilla instead but that just wasn't going to cut it for Mr. Stubborn (where could he get such a trait!).
My sweet pouting boy.
Hold on a second, maybe vanilla isn't so bad!
Yeah Mommy, I actually like it!
He thankfully came around and was nice enough to share with Carter so we could head home as Hudson's patience was running out.
We have a beautiful tree next to our driveway that Carter likes to climb. It's so sad to me that the blooms are only really pretty and abundant for about a week but we enjoyed it while we could!


We had to go outside with our future astronauts (as they like to claim!) to check out the supermoon! Cooper was petrified that it was going to be loud so he covered his ears the whole time. It honestly wasn't very impressive but we did have a lot of clouds around so maybe that was part of the problem.

Babies Don't Keep Round 2

I know I've put this poem on here before but can't seem to find it! It's one of those things I try to remind myself of when I start feeling bogged down with all the day to day tasks that I tend to stress about!

Mother, O Mother, come shake out your cloth,
Empty the dustpan, poison the moth,
Hang out the washing, make up the bed,
Sew on a button and butter the bread.

Where is the mother whose house is so shocking?
She's up in the nursery, blissfully rocking.

Oh, I've grown as shiftless as Little Boy Blue,
Lullabye, rockabye, lullabye loo.
Dishes are waiting and bills are past due
Pat-a-cake, darling, and peek, peekaboo

The shopping's not done and there's nothing for stew
And out in the yard there's a hullabaloo
But I'm playing Kanga and this is my Roo
Look! Aren't his eyes the most wonderful hue?
Lullabye, rockaby lullabye loo.

The cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow
But children grow up as I've learned to my sorrow.
So quiet down cobwebs; Dust go to sleep!
I'm rocking my baby and babies don't keep.

- Ruth Hulbert Hamilton

Family Fun

It had been way too long since we'd seen Nunu and Pop and we had such a great time with them when they came for a couple days! My mom's recovery from her surgery has been a much longer process than we all anticipated making travel pretty difficult but we couldn't take it any longer! Two months was far too long and hopefully the longest we'll ever have to go again. The boys adore them and were thankfully super well-behaved the whole time, which made for happy grown-ups and happy kids!

Pop loving on Hudson when they first arrived!
What a crew! Hand turkeys, activity books, soccer, catch, ice cream trips...you name it we did it!

Hudson getting a taste of daylight and warmer weather - yahoo!
Bear has jumped out in the lead as the favorite animal of the moment for Coop. He is well-loved to say the least with ketchup stains, holes, a floppy neck, and stuffing coming out to prove it.


Bear, Pop, and Coop watching trains.

What you lookin' at?


If the boys don't greet me in the garage as I pull in from work, this is where I find them patiently waiting and playing their leapsters. It makes my morning to see them so happy to see me and to be playing nicely together!
Hudson getting some love on our mountain trip.
If at first you don't succeed...
try, try...
again...until you give up because your 14lb 4 month old has cheeks that weigh him down so he won't look at the camera!
I love that they love each other.
This is how Coop rolls. He'd prefer no unds at all but we have to draw the line somewhere!
My tummy baby loves to lay this way and check things out!