Easter Fun

The boys and my parents couldn't get home soon enough last Friday! We missed them terribly and were thrilled to have everyone home for the holiday weekend. Sweet Sarah and Brian sent the boys some Easter goodies and they loved it all, especially the funny card as you can see!

One definite benefit of three boys is hand-me-downs! Here's Hudson styling in a little Easter outfit Jamey's mom bought for Carter when he was a baby, bunny shoes and all:).

Cooper and Pop on a Saturday bike ride. We saw a bunny hopping through a yard and the boys got so excited because they said it must be the real Easter bunny and he was out hiding some eggs!
We had an egg hunt Saturday afternoon and they loved finding their goodies and trading candy. I made them take pictures before hunting hence the uncooperative, fake smiles!
They were all business about finding eggs!


Now the fun part - let's see what we got and make sure we got the right amount!

Hard to believe this little guy will be running around the yard getting his own eggs next year - sigh.
Easter morning before church family photo. Getting everyone ready and out the door for early church is a definite challenge, but even more so when the Easter bunny has been by the house! I tried to talk the boys into leaving him a note and telling him to come to our house while we were at church but they weren't buying that deal. Their baskets were stuffed to the brim and I was all ready to capture the moment of them coming down to see what they'd gotten when Coop came flying downstairs without a stitch of clothes on! I refrained from snapping pics of his little heiny for your sake:) but they got lots of fun stuff...bubbles, chalk, candy, activity books, bats, balls, and a scooter for Carter.

I had an Easter outfit that I'd ordered for Hudson that I just couldn't wait for him to wear. Apparently he had other plans because about 10 minutes before we had to leave for church, Carter noticed Hud's outfit was less than presentable after his diaper didn't do the job containing the mess!
They're still cute but would be so much cuter if they'd just stand up and smile nicely!


Cooper was done with pictures and Hudson was sleeping but we had to at least try to get one of my parents and the boys before they headed back home!
Saying goodbye is so hard to do!

Hudson is trying so hard to crawl and definitely gets where he needs to by scooting, but I wouldn't call it crawling just yet!
My happy 6 month old.
Check out what the Easter bunny left for me!
I know he looks sad but I could just eat him up in this picture!
Who cares if Easter has passed?! He still had to wear his outfit at least for a picture!

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.