Happy Earth Day!

My little nature boy took it upon himself on Earth Day to go outside and pick up some trash:). He came up with the idea on his own and the rain didn't deter him one bit! He got a little discouraged because he couldn't find much to pick up but a few cans in the yard did the trick to make him feel like he'd done his good deed. We are so lucky - Carter really has a heart of gold.

Baby Love

Quiet is definitely not a word used very often to describe our house with three busy boys but quiet is just what it's been since yesterday morning. My parents came to pick up Carter and Cooper for a week of fun in Greenwood and I nice break for me and Jamey! It's wonderful to have a reprieve from reasoning with argumentative little boys but man we miss them! I know they're having such an awesome time and once they're home again I'll wish I could send them right back but their absence has definitely made me realize just how happy they make our house. Friday can't get here soon enough but in the meantime Hudson is getting some well-deserved attention and loving every minute of it!


Playing in the yard with our wonderful weather last week.





Cooper loves "bubble flowers" as he calls them:).
Not too many good pics but we did have fun dying our Easter eggs and we surprisingly didn't get too messy!

Hudson's first trip "up town" with Pop and he loved it!
Daddy and Hud doing a little work.
Mommy, can you just talk to me and make me smile all the time? I LOVE this attention!

Long Time Gone

I feel like it's been forever since my last post but I guess that's going to be the story of my life from here on out with a busy family of three boys! I love to keep the blog updated but try not to get too worked up about it as I'd much rather use it as an enjoyable thing instead of an obligation. Having said that, I'm going on 3 1/2 hours of sleep that was interrupted by a baby feeding break, I've vacuumed the downstairs, straightened up in general and played outside for 1 1/2 hours so my bed is calling my name once these boys' beds are calling theirs! I know as soon as I hop in bed I'll have a million things running through my head, like updating this, cleaning, etc., so I'm trying to be proactive and knock out as many things as I can before then!

We've welcomed spring and warmer temperatures with lots of playing outside, park trips, and playdates with friends. It's amazing how much better just being outside and seeing the sunshine can make you feel! Hudson has been a trooper to get hauled around here, there, and everywhere and spends most of the time being held, in my sling, or in the stroller and fortunately stays pretty happy. Carter and Cooper are really playing so well together and love to dream up fun adventures to go on outside - their imaginations are definitely alive and well and it's so sweet to watch and listen to them get so excited about whatever they're up to! It's so hard to believe that all too soon there will be another musketeer running around with them - sigh!

My cousin Missy and her family came to Cary a few weekends ago and we were so excited to have the chance to visit with them and introduce them to Hudson! Their daughter Corry is my goddaughter and she was cute to point out that Carter, Cooper and Hudson were her godbrothers and they were much cooler than her real brother:).

Hudson has really come around to his exersaucer the past few weeks and will actually stay in it for about 30 minutes or so happily - yay for time to cook dinner without a baby in my arms!
Cooper loves the game Elefun and loves to play it in his undies even more!


I'm ashamed to admit how many kisses a day these sweet cheeks get!

He's found his feet and if they are within reach he is touching them!

Getting lots of love.
Hudson is also at the "grabby phase" where he loves to get fistfuls of hair, face, neck, or whatever he can get his clammy little hands on. As if postpartum hair loss wasn't enough to deal with, now my child is helping my shedding cause!
Even though he doesn't really look too thrilled, he loves this sling and just sits quietly checking things out.

Toes taste so yummy!
Cooper showing Hudson his samurai sword!
My little Easter bunny.

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!