Cute & Precious

We had a fun weekend. We celebrated my birthday and went shopping for the kids!! It is so much more fun to shop for the kids than for ourselves. We found tons of good deals from Babies R Us, Baby Gap, Gymboree, Macy's and Janie & Jack. It was so much fun!!

Ella was able to wear one of her new outfits on Sunday. As someof you know, we are late every Sunday to church. This week was especially bad. Paul and I totally forgot the kids chior was singing and we were suppose to be there at 8. We rolled in about 9:40 to Bible Fellowship (which starts at 9) and realized we were suppose to be there at 8. Oooops. But here are a few pics of our Sunday morning............... cartoons, milk, & cherrios while mommy and daddy are getting ready and sweet kisses for our sister.


Hudson is so precious and I am not just saying that because he is my son....well, maybe. He got some new pj's for Christmas that have a drop bottom on them. He is so cute running around in them. Hudson decided he wanted Dixie to sleep with him. So, we tucked in both of them in and cracked the door. Dixie made it about a minute before she jumped down and ran out. Hudson started crying. Dixie just isn't ready so sleep in there!!
We have birthday week at our house. It all started on Tuesday with a shopping trip with Trina- one of my co-workers and a wonderful friend who is my new personal shopper. We went to NY & Company....one of my favs. I was able to get a cute sweater and 2 new pairs of pants. So fun to shop!! Then on my actual birthday, my wonderful teammates ordered Jason's Deli and made birthday cake. My students at school my kids made me feel so special....constantly wishing me Happy Birthday or singing to me. They are such a sweet group of kids (for the most part).
That night we went to dinner at SaltGrass with my dad since my mom was out of town. Hudson was a little under the weather, the benefit of that was he went to sleep at 7 pm. Paul and I got to spend some time just hanging out and talking....hard to do with 2 small children.
Friday night, the Lasiters has us over for dinner. Marci is a really great cook. It is so fun to watch the boys play...we even put them in the bath together. Hudson did not like it, but JD loved it. We had a good time together.
Saturday night we did my birthday with my family. We got a babysitter so we could actually enjoy dinner and not entertain a 2 year old through dinner. We went shopping at Northpark and found tons of great deals. I love sales!! We ate dinner at Maggiano's....family style. It was a fun experience. The food was so amazing!! We had a great time with the fam. We ended the night back at our house with birthday cake and presents. Hudson and Ella were excited to see the family. We enjoyed our traditional red velvet cake from Red Oven, and cheesecake, chocolate cake, and tiramisu from Maggiano's. YUMMY, YUMMY!!! We had a great time and I have a wonderful birthday!! Thank you for everyone who made it so special!!

Happy last year in my 20's. Hudson & Ella hanging out!!

Under Construction

I have noticed how our blog is some what plain, so I decided to play around with it tonight. After about 2 hours, this is what I came up with so far. I would like to change our header and background, but that is for another day!! I hope you enjoy our updated blog!!
Goodnight!!

Our Little, Big Boy

Just a quick Hudy story.
So yesterday, we put Hudson down for his nap in his room. He went unwillingly as usual, but was fine after a minute or two. Then Ella and I went to lay down in my room for a Sunday afternoon nap. After a few minutes passed, I heard Hudson in the living room. He had climbed out of his big boy bed, opened his door and decided he wasn't taking a nap. So, we got up and played about 30 more minutes and started nap time all over again. This time he was tired and stayed in bed.
Oh, but the story doesn't end there. About 2:00 in the morning, I heard a door open. I told Paul, "Hudson just opened his door." Paul met him at our door and Hudson just waved and said, "Hi, Dad!!" Paul had to put him back in bed and told him it wasn't time to get up just yet. Luckily, he went back to sleep.
Then at 6:30, we hear our door open and Hudson's little head popped out, he waved a little wave and said Hi!!! We just laughed because he is so precious. It really made my day!! I just kept remembering his little head peeking around the corner and his big smile...it makes my heart melt.

The Last of our Holiday Pics

Here are the last of our holiday pictures from Nadia's camera:

Ella with her baby doll at James Coney Island for lunch. Hudson & Ella posing with Teta by the beautiful tree.
Hudson is such a loving brother.
Hudson loves his Elmo laptop....it makes lots of fun noises!!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!!

More Holiday Pics!!

Our ChristmasAdventures

We had such a wonderful Christmas!! Hudson enjoyed all of his trucks and toys he got from family, friends and of course from Santa!! We started with a trip to Gilmer ( 12/20-12/23) It was fun to hang out with our family. When we go to Gilmer, we have 3 parties to attend: Mamaw's party (our immediate family- 20 people), the Big Dean Party (Papaw's brothers and sisters and all of their families- usually about 100 people), and the Bowden Party (Mamaw's sister and all of her side of the family- about 35 people). Hudson had a blast playing with his cousins and Ella was held by just about everyone- Paul and I got a break!!
We came home and did laundry, repacked and wrapped presents. We went to the Christmas Eve service at FBC Euless with my parents, Ryan and Jenn and Jenn's whole family. It was wonderful until Hudson saw the juice from the Lord's supper and started insisting that he have some, " Juice, Juice, Mommy." I offered to get him his sippy cup, but I didn't realize Paul had taken it to the back with him and Ella- so that just made things worse. Overall, he did alright. It was really entertaining!! Hudson did find a "book" (the Bible) under the seat to keep him busy for a while.
Christmas morning we woke up and opened Hudson's presents. He wasn't really awake and he was only wanting to play with the bowl and spoon from his stocking. So, Paul and I opened Hudson's presents. Ella slept through it all. It was all too exciting!!
About 11 is when we went to my parents house. After a wonderful traditional Christmas lunch we started opening presents. It was so fun. Hudson was tired, so he wasn't that interested in the gifts. If you have ever seen Plunko played on the Price Is Right, then you would understand what Hudson did over and over again. He had 2 things of Carmex from Paul and Ryan's stocking and my dad's set of screw drivers in their plastic wrap. He would sit on my dad's new tool box and drop the carmex down the front of it like Plunko. It was so funny to watch. We had a good time!!
Thanks Mom and Dad and Auntie Jen and Uncle Ron for everything- the kids are already sleeping with their new (stuffed) dogs.
We headed to Houston about 4pm. We ate a wonderful Christmas dinner then opened more presents. It was fun. Every year Paul's dad plays the hot/cold game with us to find our Christmas card. This year Ella and Hudson got to play the hot/cold game. We had so much fun!! Hudson loved his new Elmo laptop. I don't think he put it down all weekend. On Thursday we took a little trip to Kemah. We ate seafood and Hudson got to ride the "choo-choo" It was a little chilly, but loads of fun!!
Thanks Sam and Nadia for such a great time.....and for some female bonding time Nadia!!
We came home on Friday. We were able to stop and see my grandfather in Newby on our way home. He was sitting up in his wheel chair. I was so proud of him. He fell and broke his pelvis on December 9th and has been on bed rest since then. His goal was to be sitting up for Christmas dinner- and he met his goal. He chased Hudson around in his wheel chair and loved on Ella. This was our first Christmas without my grandma (Memaw). We all miss her so much, but we know she was able to celebrate with Jesus on this birthday. We said she got to go to His birthday party.
I know it is a lot, but we really had a great Christmas and I couldn't leave anything out. We are so blessed to have such a wonderful family and great friends!! Merry Christmas!!

Happy Birthday Hudson

I AM TWO!!! We celebrated Hudson's 2nd birthday on December 15th. We had such a great time with friends and family all weekend long. My brother's graduation from DBU was on Friday. We has a really nice dinner at Papasito's in honor of his amazing accomplishment!! We are so proud of you Uncle Ron!!

Saturday started with lots of busy last minute preparing for Hudy's party. We had the party at my parents church in their gym. Our friends, the Eisenhours, had done that for Dylan's first birthday party....it was a great idea. The kids ran around the gym playing with the balls and jumping in the bounce house. It was such a fun time!! The girls hanging out: Amy, Amanda E., Marci, & Me
Hudson pushing Kate on his new tricycle!!