Hudson Consoles Sissy and More

I've been meaning to write a few cute things bubba tells sissy. And a few other things he has said. 

When we gave Grace her first bath she was not happy. She cried a lot. Bubba helped and he was telling her, "It's ok sissy. Mommy is almost done."

One morning sissy was crying bubba told us "I will be right back." He went to grab his little piano and said "I'm playing a song for her. I think she likes it." 

When we brought Grace home from the hospital bubba looked at Grace's belly button and said, "Her belly button looks kind of old." 

Some proud mommy moments:

We were playing with a pretend friend one morning and Hudson told me it was a brachiosaurus. I started talking to his pretend friend and asked what time period he was from. Hudson tells me, "Hi friend, I'm from the Jurassic time period." Can't believe he remembered that. My smarty pants. 

Some more proud moments. Daddy has been teaching bubba to count really high. And mommy has been working on letters with bubba. He can most definitely trace/copy letters. Just yesterday he wrote a few on request for aunt shee. I'm really proud of my bubba. He's always been so smart to me. His brain never seizes to amaze me. 

 

1 Month Old Princess Grace

Today my beautiful angel Grace is 1 month old. How did that fly by? Wow...please let time slow down. 

She has finally given up on fussing about her sweet big brother heavily adoring her (aka smothering) with kisses, hugs and sweet doting words. Before she would turn her head side to side as her big brother would get about half an inch away from her face. Now she willingly lays there. I kid you not, she's under his sweet spell. She smiles when he kisses her and you can't break her gaze if Hudson has her attention. We have no doubts these two will be inseparable. Once she can move they aren't going to look back. 

We did a little tummy time so far. Instead of Grace raising her head she's moving her legs like crazy and even moved forward a tiny bit. What?!? She's already trying to move. She's 1 month old. Slow down little girl. What am I kidding myself. She's going to be just like her big brother. 

How's her sleeping? I'm afraid to say in case of jinxing myself but...I have to set alarms at night right now to feed her. And sometimes we both sleep through the alarm for an hour. She's been an excellent sleeper at night since we brought her home. I'm going to thank my lucky stars for that one. She loves to be up for stretches at a time during the day where we get to see those beautiful blues her and her brother both got from their daddy and we get to play for a bit. She's our 2nd active little booger. 

Oh the sweet sound of Grace. Her sweet baby sounds are like music to my ears. I love to hear her talk. I tell bubba she's talking to you and he gets down next to her and says "hi baby girl". Then tells her she's his big girl. 

How's Hudson with all of this? He is in love with her. If he says "Grace, I love you" and you tell him you love him he says, "I was talking to Grace." Move over everyone his baby sister is all his. He has become the best big brother we knew he would. Funny though if you come over to visit he will tell you Grace wakes up, goes to sleep, wakes up and cries all day long. Hudson also prefers "all 4 of us" do everything together. So for this month we all 4 have been to the pool (even though mommy and sissy can't get in yet - I will gladly sit pool side in no bathing suit), Cabelas, HEB, to get donuts, to mawmaw and pawpaws house for the 4th of July weekend. Staying home with a toddler and a baby just isn't possible. I foresee a lot more adventurous outings with Grace then the typical 3 months in the house you should do. 

We all are so in love with our angel Grace that completes our little family. Happy 1 month princess. 

Elbow Muscle

Did I ever tell you that Hudson loves for you to feel his muscles. The one he likes you to feel the most is his elbow. My sweet boy thinks his hard elbow is one amazingly strong muscle. Makes mommy laugh but it's so cute. 

I tell him protein makes his muscles stronger. He take a bite of eggs "mommy feel my muscle (aka elbow)". Take another bite "mommy feel it now." With an excited response to his "growing muscles" he eats all of his food. I just love his imagination. 

A little more catching up :)

April 28th Hudson received a new beautiful baby cousin to adore. Ella Josephine Lancaster was born while we all slept in our beds. I woke up to a wonderful text saying she was here. It was the best way to wake up. We flew over to the hospital after I got off work and we all immediately fell in love. Hudson was so adorable. Being so soft and sweet with her. He didn't want to let me hold her. He wasn't ready to give someone else a turn. He kissed her and held her hand. So in love…so sweet!

That weekend we celebrated maw maw's birthday (5/2) on 5/3 with some yummy dinner and a good time at maw maw and pawpaw's house. 

Friday May 8th we took maw maw and aunt Brigette flowers for Mother's Day at the shop. When I then discovered that The Thinkery was only 10 minutes from the shop I packed up Hudson fast and took off. I've been wanting to take him here for months and I'm so glad I did. 

Hudson has been building boobytraps in our house. He lines things up thinking that each thing is going to effect the next. It's so adorable to see his brain work. I knew The Thinkery would be awesome for him. We hadn't been to this new awesome location :) 

This top left picture is my favorite of all time. Those are the wheels I love to see turning. So many things there to make him think, build and play. It's so pretty out there too. There's a lake, beautiful park, birds, ducks, geese, so much to do. I absolutely love getting to see my bubba learn and experiment. I love to see his mind blown. It blows mine.

Daddy painted Grace's room and put together our new glider/rocker. So glad we got her one. I can't wait to have all those heart to hearts I've had with Hudson in his chair. Even still do. I will never give that up. Best, sweetest memories of my life. 

Mawmaw came in a put her magic decorating skills to work. My mom has more talent than I could ever dream of and she did not pass that to me. My sister stole it all. Hehe. I just love how perfect Grace's room is. I couldn't have imagined it. I absolutely love it and know she will too. Just perfect!

While we're in decorating mode we also got Hudson a few new decorations. Some dinosaur decals he absolutely loves. He's so excited to show you Grace's room when you come over and his too. 

More Catching Up…

More catching up means photo collages and fun memories in a flash. 

Hudson LOVES to help me make things. We made cookies for Ella's surprise baby sprinkle for nanny. He made most of he cookies for me. I was totally surprised he didn't want to eat them all like mommy did. 

I'm adding a few other photos of my bubba just being adorable. Love his smile and I love putting it on his face. I will do just about anything to get this boy to smile because he makes my heart smile every second of every day.

We've been hitting up the pool since late March. Anything to get out and soak in some warm sun and have fun in the water. Even went to our favorite date spot. The Liz Carpenter fountain. I just love taking Hudson there. You can have a picnic. Stroll up and down the hill (or race down it like Hudson likes to do and scare me). Splash in the water, feed the turtles, so much in this one spot smack in the middle of Austin. It's a true treasure.

We even made daddy's birthday cake together. Daddy's birthday fell on Easter this year (April 5th) so there was some cake making and egg decorating fun. Bubba loved help keeping it a secret from daddy. He kept telling daddy, "Don't go in the kitchen!" My precious little helper. 

We celebrated some other birthdays as well. Cousin Noah turned 5 on April 1st. Hudson would say, "Noah is 5! Can you believe it!?!" And we celebrated Hapa's 106th birthday on 4/18! After a week of rained it turned out to be a nice day for hapa's birthday :). 

On April 11th pawpaw scored us some free MotoGP tickets. Hudson and I raced over (not really) to the race and let me tell you..my son was quiet the ladies man. He got to take his picture with the Ducati girls and he wasn't bashful at all. We stayed for at least 3 hours and sure enough my bubba had a great time. 

Fishing March 13th 2015

I'm so behind it's not even funny. Can I blame it on baby brain? I use that excuse a lot these days.

We took Hudson fishing one last time before I knew I would be cut off from traveling. I had been looking since January for a somewhat warm weekend and sure enough one came up. My dad and I drove down Thursday night with Hudson. He did so good until he realized we weren't going to be going home. He kept saying, "I want to go to sleep in my bed." We then kept telling him that we were going home and that bought us a few hours. Sure enough..he fell asleep right before we got there.

The next morning he woke up and had the biggest smile on his face. He loves the coast as much as we all do.

I knew this would be the last trip to the coast even though I had planned 4 more after it. I just felt like maybe this was it before we reached the point where I shouldn't travel anymore. We'll go back with Grace for sure. I hope I can get her hooked too :)

Friday we fished with pawpaw on the pier all morning. My precious bubba waited patiently for a fish in his ever so cute fishing hat (we borrowed from uncle Chris). We even held hands while we wait. Holding onto these sweet memories as long as I can.

We did our usual feeding the pelicans with the little perch we caught. Every time we pulled a perch out of the water Hudson would say, "That's the biggest fish I've ever seen!" Ever time. It was so adorable.

We also hit up the beach. Another favorite of mine. It was too cold to go for a swim but that didn't keep us from taking our shoes off to walk in and find shells. My precious little adventurer. Always willing to experience something new with me. I could do whatever Hudson wants to do every second of my life if I could. Nothing makes me happier than fulfilling some idea he has.

Friday night daddy got there and we all went fishing the next day. We could hang out at the fishing center the whole time. Most times Hudson and I do. We go to the beach too but we don't get on the boat with daddy and pawpaw yet. One day we will but for now this is exactly where we want to be.

Weeks 22-35 & Words of Hudson Wisdom

As I said a few blogs ago…I'm slacking. Here's Grace growing weeks 22-35 :) and a few fun things my sweet Hudson tells me :)

Mr. Fixer:  "Mommy, let me look under your chair. I'm good at fixing things. (He looks and messes with the screws) You are good to go mommy."

Sweet Tooth:  "Listen to me mommy. You need to get me a lollipop please."

Best big brother ever:  "I'm going to rock Grace. She's going to love me."
He looks down at her from time to time and says, "Oh hi Grace. I love you." My favorite is when he takes his little hands and puts one on top of my belly and one below and says, "Grace is this big."

We went shopping for Grace and I forgot how the conversation started but he tells me, "I've been waiting for Grace for 100 years."

Melts my heart:  "Mommy, hold me like a prince for bed" as I whisk him away like a princess :).

Future Poet: We were riding home from pawpaw's birthday dinner and Hudson starts to sing  "Peppa peppa in my home. Pepa Peppa on pawpaw's phone" and "North Star North Star can you get in the car. Can I hold you in my arm."

Kisses:  When we get sick it takes every part of us to not give him kisses on his mouth. He would ask me every day, "Mommy, are you feeling better?" then he would pull up my shirt over my mouth to kiss me.

Angel Boy:  we'll be sitting on the couch and he puts his hand on my cheek and gives me a sweet smile. Then tells me, "I love you mommy. I love your pretty eyes."

Cutest Backseat Driver:  "Mommy to get home you go around the world..take a left and then you are there."

I love this precious boy and sweet angel Grace growing in my belly so much. I can't believe how lucky I am to call myself their mommy.

I'm 36 weeks today but I'll post that one next time :)