Happy Halloween

The pictures say it all....Enjoy!

Birth Announcement

I finally got Hudson's birth announcement finished and in the mail. This is the picture we used and actually took ourselves in our living room. It was quite an adventure, but he was a good sport.

Happy Fall!!

Good times with Uncle Bobby and Aunt Kimmy

It was a wonderful weekend having Bobby and Kim in town from Baltimore. We enjoyed lots of good food, good company and a good football game.....despite the fact that we lost this year. At least we had fun leading up to the game with some collegiate pumpkin carving. Check out the pictures below.

Our Early Riser

Growing up I was never the morning person, so it figures that I would have a child who is. Madison is so eager to start the day, she would often awake at the crack of dawn. Through the years we have tried different tactics to delay her early awakening. Once she learned her numbers, we decided to place a clock in her room to help her learn when it would be OK to come out in the morning. The rule has been that if she sees a 7 at the beginning, it's OK to come wake us up, but if not, she needs to go back to sleep. This brilliant idea has worked great for months...until this week. For several days in a row we were amazed by the fact that she was waking up at exactly 7am. One early morning I was feeding Hudson around 6:30 and as I left his room, I heard an alarm going off in Madison's room. When I went in her room, she was awake. Apparently this clever girl discovered the alarm clock, and how to set it. Her alarm has been going off around 6:40, and she was staying awake and watching the clock until it said 7:00. I had to laugh when she confessed this to me!

Hopefully she's still this chipper in the mornings when she's a teenager!

It finally feels like Fall...sort of!

We enjoyed the brief, but cooler weather this morning as we visited the pumpkin patch. As you'll see in the slide show, Madison had a great time getting her face painted, playing games, riding a pony and looking at all the pumpkins. Hudson enjoyed the fresh air and music before nodding off to sleep. Hopefully we will start to feel many more cooler days soon. We are all tired of the heat here!

A+ Check-Up

Hudson had his one month doctor's visit yesterday, and had a terrific check up. He is growing extremely fast and seems to be right on track developmentally. We could tell he has been growing, but we were shocked by how much. Here are his current stats:

Height: 21 1/4 inches (40th percentile)

Weight: 11 pounds 5 ounces (90th percentile)

Head Circumference: 38.6 cm (60th percentile)

These are quite different measurements then we had with his dainty big sister , who was 20 1/2 inches and 9 pounds 13 ounces at his age. Looks like Madison better think twice about bossing him around as they grow up. At this rate he's going to surpass her pretty quickly!

Hudson is 1 Month Old

An entire month has already gone by in our little man's life. Its amazing how much Hudson has grown and changed in such a short amount of time. He is starting to settle into a routine with three wakeful and three sleeping periods during the day. He has thankfully begun to sleep about 4 hours at a time during the night, and when he does wake up he is great about eating and going right back to sleep. He loves to eat...and it shows! He has outgrown most of the newborn cothing, and his cute, chubby rolls are emerging and filling out some bigger clothing. He knows his name, and recognizes his family. He already seems to be fond of his big sister and enjoys watching her...when she moves slow enough for him to follow. Our hearts have melted at the smiles he is beginning to give us, and we have even heard a few laughs when he is tickled between his neck and chest. He is such a bundle of joy, and is truly a good baby. Having a baby back in the house makes us realize how grown Madison is, and it only seems like yesterday that we brought her home. We are trying to cherish each day because they are flying by! And while I would love for Madison and Hudson to stay this age forever, it is a privelage to watch them both grow and develop into little people.

Happy 1 Month Birthday Hudson!

Let's Go Seminoles!!

Madison and Hudson cheer on the Seminoles in hopes for another win this week.

Before every game Madison asks, "Daddy, what color team do we want to win this time?"

GO NOLES!!

Farewell to MomMom...Hello pacifier!

Handling two children is certainly easier when you have one adult per child, but I am managing. It's been two days since MomMom left and we've already broken out a pacifier for Hudson. After listening to him cry most of the way to and from Madison's school and then trying to play with Madison, soothe Hudson, and attempt to prepare dinner (boy I miss all those wonderful meals) all at the same time, I was ready to give it a try. I'm not sure I want him to have one all the time, although Brian and Madison both agree on the issue. I will say though, it was definitely nice to sit down to the dinner table tonight, while Hudson quietly drifted off to sleep in his bouncy seat with a pacifier. We'll see what tomorrow brings!