All Smiles

I love how much my bubba smiles. He wins my award for Best Smile Ever. :)

My beautiful sissy, AKA, Mommy #2 :)

Austin & Jackson Payette

Austin and Jackson Payette were born on Monday, 10/14 at 12:37 PM. Their sweet momma and dada, Skye and Doug, were more than ready to meet these beautiful boys. Poor momma was on bed rest for several weeks in the hospital and they were scheduled to be here on 10/16 but Monday came and it was show time. Skye and Doug went through a lot and it was a HUGE payoff to have both twins born safely and healthily. They sent this picture of the twins out laying next to each other it totally melted my heart. Best buds in the womb. A built in best friend for life. Such a sweet and wonderful treasure.

Hudson and I stopped by Friday for a quick visit before they headed home. I got to hold Jackson. It felt so wonderful to hold this beautiful sweet angel. I didn't have time to hold Austin but I know I will get to sooner than later :). 

The boys are fraternal. When I first saw their picture I thought they looked the same. But no! So very awesome. Jackson looks like Doug. Austin looks like Skye. A wonderful mixture of parental features in both angels. They were sooooooooo sweet. 

Hudson sat patiently in his stroller for me and pointed and kept saying baby baby baby. Then I kneeled down so he could see the angel Jackson. Bubba was so sweet. I can't wait for Hudson to meet his cousin Liam in November. Bubba is so soft and sweet with babies. I know he's going to be an awesome big cousin :). 

So happy to have met the twins and can't wait for all of the fun adventures to come. 

21 Month Old Flirt

 I can't believe my baby is 3 months away from 2. There's just something a little sad about approaching these year marks. I can't believe my baby is growing so fast. Time is flying. I say sad because everyone, and I mean everyone, tells you to hang on to these moments because before you know it they will be 18 and going to college. Whoa..I'm not ready for that. I'm doing my best to soak it all in. Trying to capture and remember every cute moment. Ugh...I'm not a vein person so I say this without referring to crows feet, creases in foreheads and gray hairs, but I hate getting old. HAHA. I wish I could stay this age forever as I watch Hudson grow. Ok...I'll have to stop there cause otherwise I won't be able to make it through this blog without crying lol. Yes...I'm that mom...and proud of it :)

What's new this month? Remember our trip to Dallas a few weeks back? Well...let me start off by saying that Hudson is in this "mine" phase. As most people would go "Oh...the 'mine' phase" I use it to my advantage. Reverse psychology works on little ones let me tell you. If Hudson won't eat dinner and I know that will result in a 3 AM wake up call for milk I take his food and say "mine" and he says "mine" then takes his food and eats it. HA! Got ya bubba. Hehehehe. Anywho, we went to Dallas to KK's & Marky's homecoming game in Santo. There was this adorable little girl who was Hudson's age and Hudson gave her everything he had (uh oh). He found a toy...he gave it to her. He found a quarter on the floor...he gave it to her. After that she grabbed his hand and they held hands. I'm in trouble. There's no doubt that I think my son is going to be a lady killer (look at his dad) but this early? I'm nervous.

Hudson's other favorite word to say all the time is "No." You ask him a question and 75% of the time the answer is no. He uses it very well with intention so I can't be disappointed. Bubba's vocabulary is not only growing pretty good but he's now into saying two words together a lot. It's amazing how fast these things take off. We eat dinner together. Put his food on the table first and he says "mommy eat" and "daddy eat" as he points to our chairs. If he wants more of something he says "more milk" or "more candy" another favorite of his. It's so fun to hear his little munchkin voice. Love to hear him say "thank you" when you give him something or "come on daddy" when we're going on our evening walk. Melts your heart.

The older my angel gets the sweeter. We've started a very slow transition to his big boy bed and as we lay in his bed to fall asleep he kisses me a billion times and wraps his arm around my neck. I don't fall asleep many places other than my bed but this is one of my favorite places to fall asleep. He has my heart melting as he falls asleep and I fall asleep right next to him. Then dada wakes me up and we put him into his bed. Not 100% ready to let him roam around his room and his bed is high off the ground so it might be awhile but I'm most definitely enjoying the beginning of it :).

Biggest thing this month. Two Words. Toy Story. Bubba is in love with Woody and Buzz and says "Woody" and "Buh" all day long. He has Toy Story sheets that are a huge attraction to his bed. For Halloween we've asked pawpaw and pops to dress up like Woody and Buzz. Hudson is going to freak when he sees them. We got Hudson's Christmas presents in this week...Woody and Buzz. They are AMAZING! I can't wait to see his face when he opens them.

Thanks to mawmaw she got bubba hooked on a flashlight. Cutest thing ever! He wants to explore with his flashlight. He wants it to be dark so he can flash it around the room. I'm telling you..he's going to make some kind of discovery...I don't know what..but he's working on it. It's the most awesome thing to see curiosity in his face. As a mom, I couldn't ask for anything more. Every month no matter how busy work is or hectic life may seem I've never felt luckier to have this angel and be a part of his life. Hudson is forever taking me on his adventures and it's the most amazing thing I've ever been lucky enough to experience. Happy 21 months angel baby. You are one awesome being.

Oh few more things. I'm not going to tell you what we are going to be for Hallowee (trust me..you will see pictures) but bubba is into scaring us and so this costume will be his time to shine. So very funny. He's the perfect candidate for our costume. Can't wait to show you. This past Friday Hudson and I went to visit our friends Skye and Doug in the hospital. I'll tell you more on this later but bubba was absolutely adorable. Saying baby and being soft with the twins. He did't want to leave the babies. Afterwards he kept saying baby baby baby. Sweet sweet bubba. He's also a perfect candidate for a big brother when the time comes :).

Yes to the Dress

See that look on my sister's face? That's the face of a beautiful bride who can finally see her vision coming together. We found HER DRESS! It's been months of searching for this dress that's like no other and a quick trip to San Antonio and we found it at the first place we stopped! Of course I'm not going to show you (hehe) but let me tell you this.. YOU are going to be blown away...not only by her dress but by one of the most stunning brides ever. I love you sissy.

On another side note. Have I told you that Hudson is my best friend? LOL. Love this boy. Just had to share our sweet moments together. LOVE MY ANGEL.

Boo at the Zoo and a few (more things)

Last week on Monday was mine and Karl's 11 year dating anniversary. We've been together for a looooong time. Actually...doesn't feel that long. We're still having fun :). We went on a very quick date thanks to mawmaw and back home to put our honey to bed. Love this ray of sunshine more than anyone knows.

This past Friday bubba and I went on an excursion. We stopped by HEB to get pumpkins, Garden Ridge to get wreaths, ribbons, cute face jack-o-lanter garden sticks and more. Totally a boys dream lol. Actually they had a HUGE...I'm not kidding..probably 2 story tall Santa and Snowman display. Hudson was very intrigued. He almost turned it off (YIKES!). The Garden Ridge attendant gave me a look that told me he's never been around children. Side note: why do people look at you funny when your kid is throwing a fit or making any kind of ruckus in a store? Seriously...I'm going to wear a shirt that says "Toddlers...take a picture it lasts longer." I mean come on people. I'm sure there are some people who have really quiet children (good for you) but mine...he's loud. He likes to explore. He's about to make the next big discovery...or something and by all means he's not sitting still to do it. So before you start to send those judging looks my way..how about you be jealous of this awesome kid who has the heart of a great explorer? Ok...rant over. 

Anywho, I need to teach bubba who Santa is. He's going to be sooooooo excited this year. Last Christmas was  amazing. I just know that this year will be that much more awesome. Whoa..side tracked again. After Garden Ridge we went back home to make and hang our trash bag ghosts in the tree and put out our pumpkins. At first it looked weird as we added each item but when you pull up to our house it looks like 1. a child lives here and 2. fun. We're ready. Bring on the costumes and candy. 

Friday night we took bubba to Boo at the Zoo. I love the Austin Zoo. So cute! It was kid/baby friendly for sure if you are thinking about going. Nothing scary. They did have a haunted house for the kids to go through but once we heard that popular hammer banging noise that all haunted houses have we knew bubba wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole. 

So we rode the train. They had cute little displays with aliens dancing, witches cackling, and they stopped the train to have pirates hand out candy to the kiddos. Bubba never got scared but he was very observant. Normally on the zoo train he's standing up, trying to climb over the seats, etc. This time he sat right in between mommy and daddy with hands on our laps just taking it all in. Sappy part...brace yourself. Before we took off the train whistle blew and bubba had this extremely serious look on his face like "hey...I know what that is" and it tugged at my heart. Seeing the face of familiarity or discovery on my child is one of the best and most rewarding things to see. He completely amazes me.

All in all I'm so glad we took bubba. It was a cute and fun family date for us all :). 

A Day in Dallas

Hudson, pawpaw and I had a very quick trip planned to Dallas the weekend of 10/4. My cousin Marky (who is 18 and a senior!!!) had his homecoming game on 10/4 and my sweeeeet friend Natalie was throwing Noah's birthday party on 10/3. So, we packed up so we could have a packed day (or two) in Dallas.

Momma packed DVDs and her laptop to help with the trip. Getting a car dvd player soon y'all. HAHA. We left after seeing pops briefly at the house at 11:30 AM to head towards the Santo Wildcats homecoming pep rally and football game. I don't know if you remember but Shawn'Na and I took Hudson to their game last year around this time. My little baby crawled across this gym last year. So cute! I loved taking bubba. It was his first football game and this one was his second. What I also love is my KK is a teacher and she can get us into the gym where I can let my runner be free. He wanted to play basketball. Takes after his momma and her baller skills hehe.


After we attended the pep rally we heading to KK's house to wait to go to the game. We were going to go to Lone Camp for dinner (the only restaurant in Palo Pinto - hehe sorry kk....funny...but true) but they were closed! So we went to Tommy's. A convenience store slash hang out spot for everyone in town. Bubba ate pizza and ran around. After dinner we headed to the game. Pawpaw chased bubba around and I knew we wouldn't stay past half time. We didn't last year either. We just stuck around to watch Marky be his awesome drum major self and direct the band. They were great!

Then we headed back to KK's for bath and bed. Everyone (me, Hudson and especially Pawpaw) were exhausted. When pawpaw is around Hudson only wants pawpaw. And he wants pawpaw to explore everything with him.

We woke up Saturday and hung around with KK drinking coffee. It was COLD outside! A front blew in over night and man did it feel great! We packed up the car and headed to the Clem's house for sweet baby Noah's 2 year birthday party. His birthday is actually the day after mine (10/27) but with a peanut on the way they moved the party up so Noah could have his special day :).

My dad was like the baby whisperer. All three boys, Hudson, Noah and Caleb (who we were lucky to meet for the first time) all hung around my daddy telling him stories. And of course my daddy enjoyed it. He's a pretty awesome guy let alone pawpaw. He's got the pawpaw thing down good :). The boys ran in and out of Noah's room where his new toddler was (his daddy made it). It was beautiful :). Hudson kept climbing in and laying down. I knew it was bubba's nap time but it seemed like he was really trying to tell us he was ready. The boys were so very cute together. Noah has a baby brother or sister on the way and I know he's going to be an amazing big brother. I've been around so many baby boys and they are all so different. Noah to me is the sweetest most gentle angel. He's always been so very polite to Hudson and I know Hudson enjoys being around him. They are so cute! Caleb is Noah's best bud and he was sooooo adorable. Copying Noah. My favorite thing was those two boys licked everything. You would have thought that every bit of food they were eating was an ice cream flavor. So very cute. We miss the Clem family bunches!

After we reached 2 PM we knew bubba was way over due for his nap so we loaded up and took off for home. With one round of Toy Story we made it home with very little fussiness. Fast but sweet trip. Perfect to see our favorite peeps we miss and be back home in time to relax before the work week.

Run To Me

This is how my angel runs to me right now. Best. Thing. Ever. He kisses and hugs me when I swoop him into my arms. I can't believe how lucky I am.

    -Luckiest Mom In The World