Sweet Baby Curls

Rear View Smiles

We would have kept bubba in the backwards facing car seat longer but we finally got to the point where we stretched the strap to its limit and bubba was always turning to look at me (not safe!). So, after doing some research on the safest forward facing car seats we went and bought one.

I'm sooooo in love and so is Hudson! We can see each other now and "talk" to each other. It is soooooo much fun! It makes me want to go more places so he can ride in it haha. Yes. I will keep my eyes on the road but I absolutely love being able to see him now.

He kicks those legs with so much room now. And it even has a cup holder!!! Coolest thing ever. Man this is going to be so much fun!

As small as this act of growing out of a car seat may seem to some it most definitely put a smile on our faces. It was such a wonderful way to spend the weekend :). Love this little love of my life!

He's the best thing I've ever seen in my rear view mirror. To make my weekend even better my bubba took a nap on me. Best. Feeling. In. The. World.  The. End.

My Beautiful Husband's 30th Birthday Weekend

My beautiful husband's 30th birthday was last Friday (4/5). Just like any man (I'm assuming) he said he didn't want to have a birthday party. I'm sorry...I don't care who you are a 30th birthday is definitely something to celebrate. Well...any birthday is but at least your 30th!

(<< Old pictures...the bottom left is his 21st bday! Bottom right is still one of my all time favorites..my senior prom)

So, I planned a surprise poker night for the guys with blackjack dealers and even though I'm sure Karl would have wanted to see me and Hudson (due to the stinky busy tax season - glad he has a job but we miss dada immensely) I planned it before I knew he'd be working this much. Luckily I was able to reserve my husband from work for the surprise and I think he was surprised to see the blackjack dealers (or at least was really good at faking it haha).



Due to staying up until 3:00 AM and based on what the guys said I think everyone had a really fun time. Who was there? Why the good ol poker buddies of all time:  Wes, Luke, Adam, and a few new to the group Patrick and Pops :). So glad they could make it and make it a special 30th.

I'm not really sure what 30 feels like but I'm pretty sure it feels like 18, 21, 25, etc...maybe with a few more aches and pains (haha sorry babe). I'm right around the corner from 30 myself....and I still feel 18. My great great grandma says the same :). Life is what you make it.


The next day Hudson and I went down to nana and pops for a 2nd Easter Hunt due to nana being sick the actual Easter weekend. It was a beautiful day for egg hunting and dada got to at least make it down that night to have some confetti fun.

I know you don't read this much babe (or have the time) but bubba and I miss you more than you know. You are a wonderful daddy!

Happy Easter 2013

Happy Easter! This was bubba's 2nd Easter but 1st Egg Hunt. He did great! Momma tried to capture some cute pictures. Looks like he is eating the bunny but he's actually giving it a big kiss. My sweet baby!!

Poor dada had to go to work (YUCK!) but we started off the morning with bubba's basket the Easter Bunny left for him and dada blew bubbles with him. The Easter Bunny knew he didn't need much candy so he left him swimming trunks, two books about farm animals, bubbles, craisins, jelly beans and a cute bunny!

Dada went to work so we headed to mawmaw and pawpaw's house. Karl was able to make it for lunch and the hunt then had to head back (DOUBLE YUCK!).

Bubba hunted like a pro with dada. Dada tried to hold off the other kids to get an unfair advantage but they dominated. With over 60 eggs to get Hudson pulled in a whopping 11 eggs.

Such a beautiful day, burgers, sweet potato fries and a great time with our wonderful family! Running in and out of the house eating all of the candy out of the community Easter Basket (thanks mom and dad!). And of course Brigette brought her beautiful cupcakes :). YUM! Happy Easter!

Dada First

I believe it was 7-8 months ago when bubba said his first word "dada." Bubba has accumulated a pretty good vocabulary for what momma can tell but the word he says the most is dada. It's the first word he says every morning and the last as he goes to bed. Dada is the best! We miss and love you dada. 4/15 can't get here fast enough.

Happy Friday Everyone!!

Austin Rodeo 2013

We decided months ago that we were determined to take our bubba to pet the animals at the Austin Rodeo when it came into town and so we did! It was so much fun seeing his face!

Mawmaw and I got there with bubba before dada did and so we decided to ride Hudson's first baby canival ride. Luckily he's 32". There were only 2-3 rides he could ride and only one of those was open. The rest were 36" and up..except for the super cool teenage ones haha. He was a little freaked out while on it but he survived. No tears shed just a little uneasiness. Then dada showed up while we were on the ride and that made bubba's day!

After the ride we made our way over to Kiddy Town to show bubba the animals and pet them. Bubba was a little skittish at first but we helped him pet the cow and show him that we weren't scared. Then it was on. He wanted to keep touching the cow and all of the goats. They would gather around him and he would kind of uncomfortable but then wanted to keep feeding them. I love how much bubba loves animals.

Then of course we had to eat food that was bad for us. Burgers, fries, turkey legs, ice cream and cotton candy. They had red velvet funnel cakes!!! We didn't try one but man it sure looked good. We didn't want to leave until it was bubba's bed time so we walked around the fair grounds. There was this little jumpy castle thing for little ones with a ton of used toys in front. We played in there until Hudson was exhausted and headed home.

I absolutely loved how much bubba loved the animals. He was so proud to feed them and pet them. We had to say "soft" a lot and he was. Just to show me how much he liked it, we have this book at home with lots of first words in it and bubba usually loves to read the whole book several times. Today, he only wanted to go to the page with the cow on it! Looks like we need to get my bubba a farm. :)

 

What works for us at 14 months: Pop Pop Pop

This book is so much fun! Definitely want bubba to know about this when he grows up because it's so darn cute! I almost forgot these new words this month. This book called "Bubbles Bubbles" is one of Hudson's favorites. He tries so hard to say bubbles. He runs and gets the book and makes a sound that sounds like he's saying "bubbles bubbles bubbles." It almost sounds like he's whispering it. So cute!


He also says "pop pop pop" for 2 reasons. 1. Pops is his grandpa Stan's name. And 2. He repeats it after we read it to him in this bubbles book.

If you have been working with your little one on body parts and waiving hi and bye this book can be interactive. As we read the book we pause at the end of each body part and bubba touches his nose, toes, and hair. Then he waives after we read that the bubbles go by.

I didn't realize that's what he was doing a month ago. Once I realized I started slowing down so he could show me. Even though some baby books might seem silly. They are teaching our little ones more than we know :)!

It still amazes me that this firecracker looooooves to read! We love you sweet bubba! You never seize to amaze us!

Reading his book with dada and aunt Ashley.