Sweet Baby

 

I really can't get over how patient Hudson is. He reminds me so much of Josh. Hudson also has such a sweet demeanor about him. The other night I was in feeding him and just as he was finishing he cracked a little smile at me. Kind of made me wonder what he was thinking about. Was he just so happy that he couldn't help but smile? He looked asleep, but still he managed to say thanks.

All Done Mommy

 

Isaac is not a huge fan of the vaccuum cleaner. He starts to cry and runs to hide when I pull out the vaccuum. One time he crouched on the couch and cried the entire time that I swept away. Well, the other day it was time to vaccuum again and of course Isaac protested. Every time I shut off the vaccuum to move it to another plug he would say, "All done mommy" as if that would make it all stop. He tried this about 4x. Of course he was thankful when I really was finally done. He also likes to say, "all done milk", "all done cheese", "all done dryer", etc. It is a very conclusive phrase for him.

The Many Faces of Isaac

 

 

 

 

Snow Bunny!

 

Josh recently bought me a double stroller so that I could take the kids for more walks. I must admit, I was starting to get cabin fever! Cool thing is that we were able to sell our old Mountain Buggy on Trademe, so we barely paid anything for our new Phil and Ted's double stroller. I took Hudson for a walk the other day and it was a bit nippy, so we whipped out Nana's big puffy white snow suit. He looks like the kid in "A Christmas Story". He liked sucking on the fur Nana. :)

Isaac's Run-In With Nurse Nelly

 

 

Well, on May 5th daddy took Isaac to the doctor to get his cast removed. One would think that Isaac would be smiling in the picture that we took of him after his cast was removed, but no smiles could be found. Poor little lamb...he had a rough time battling the nurse as she attempted to saw off his cast. Josh said that he was pretty riled up over the whole ordeal, so riled up that the nurse actually nicked his leg in two spots and she had to put some bandages on his leg to patch him up. The saws they use to cut off the casts are pretty safe because they work in response to pressure, which makes it nearly impossible to cut anything other than the cast. Leave it to Mr. Scuddles to find a way around that safety feature. After his cast was removed he was quite itchy for two days and he would not walk during those two days either. Then he moved to walking on his toes with a bent knee, just like he did when he had his cast on. He walked like this for 13 days. Just when I was about to wonder if he would ever walk normal again, he started to walk on his heal with a straight leg. Two days later he was walking almost normal...with his foot slightly turned out. As of today, he is doing well and definitely almost 100% recovered.

Chillin' on Grandma's Blanket

 

Praying

 

 

We like to pray before our meals and so we taught Isaac how to pray with us. The other night daddy was praying a little bit longer than Isaac deamed necessary, so he took the liberty to end the prayer early with a pre-emptive...and might I add loud..."AMEN!" Josh and I couldn't stop laughing. The other picture is Isaac glaring at Hudson for interrupting our prayer with his bubble blowing. Cracks me up!

Sorry, no smiles

One would never know how expressive Hudson usually is by watching this video, but he is actually a very smiley little fellow.

Update on Hudson

Sweet Hudson. He makes me laugh a lot. Tonight when I was putting him to bed he tried to sneeze, but instead just let out a little howl. He actually does that a lot and it really cracks me up. He has been talking quite a bit. I can hear him in the morning about a half an hour before he is set to wake up chattin' away. He talks for a little bit and falls back asleep. Really cute.

 

 

Josh's 30th Birthday!

Here are a few pics from Josh's birthday celebrations. We had a lot of fun celebrating with our church friends and our teammates. Unfortunately Hudson was asleep during both parties, so he isn't in any pictures. :(

 

 

 

 

Chillin' with Dad

 

Butterfly Kisses

I just put Isaac to bed, so this is fresh in my mind. He is so funny when I put him to bed, he likes to give me a kiss through each rung in his crib. Then he lays down and says, "bye mommy'. Tonight I stood at the door and did the sign for "I love you" to him, he signed me back. One would never know that his sign means "I love you" because it looks a little bit more like something that Spock would do. Anyway, at least I know what it means. I also taught him how to do kiss, eskimo kiss, and then a butterfly kiss. I am sure every parent does these things, but man, it is so special when your child does them with you. These are the moments and memories to hold on to.

Wellington Zoo

 

 

 

 

Yeah! we finally got to visit the Wellington Zoo. One day of sunshine in the midst of a rainy/yucky week. Thank you Jesus!

Photo Shoot

 

It rained a lot a week ago and I was running out of fun things to do indoors with Isaac, so we had our own photo shoot. :) Yeah, I know, I look like poop in these photos...didn't do much to myself that day, but hey, who knew we were going to do a photo shoot. :) As you can tell, it took me a few takes to figure out how to get Isaac's head in the shot while he was on my shoulders. We had so much fun! He was beaming with delight.

Isaac Running

 

It took a few days for Isaac to figure out how to walk with his new red cast, but it wasn't long before he was up and running again. You can't keep a good toddler down I guess. Here are a few shots of Isaac running on the deck right before he got his cast taken off.

Hudson is 3 months old!

 

Sweet Hudson. I can hardly believe that he is 3 months old! Man, where does the time go? I have really enjoyed getting to know Hudson better. He is such a sweet little baby. He is so patient in many ways. I can tell that he is because sometimes Hudson has to wait to be fed because I am putting Isaac down for his nap, or helping him eat his lunch, etc. Hudson just sits patiently in his little chair...waiting, watching every move that I make, knowing that I will eventually tend to his needs. And when I do he beams with delight! He also reminds me of a Golden Retriever because he loves attention. Hudson will sit with us at the dinner table and watch us eat. He waits patiently and wonders if anyone will talk to him..."are they too busy eating to notice me?" Well, when one of us leans down and says, "Hi Hudson" the hugest smile ever appears on his face. He LOVES it when we talk to him. In the same way, he smiles the biggest right after a feed, and any time I walk into his room. I love it. He makes me feel really special.

Isaac's Train Set

 

 

 

 

Here is a picture of the train set that Annette let us borrow. Isn't it cool? We put the train set together the second day after Isaac had his cast put on and it got him standing up. The next day he sarted walking and soon after he was running!

Explosion Of Words

 

I remember right around 20 months Isaac was only speaking about 7 words...mommy, daddy, juice, milk, more, doggy, cat. I think that was about it. I knew that he would start talking at some point, but you have those moments where you wonder. You could tell that he knew exactly what we were saying, but he would not say anything...kind of drove me bonkers. Just like when I spent 6 months of his first year teaching him sign language and the ONLY word he ever signed was "I love you". Well, at least that made me feel loved. :)

About two weeks before Hudson was born Josh and I decided to "crack down" on Isaac's whinning at the dinner table. One night we refused to give him milk unless he asked for it. I must say, I felt like the meanest mom in the world, but it worked! The next night Isaac repeated over and over again, "milk, milk, milk". Ahhhh, the freedom from whinning to get what you want. I was in heaven. I believe the "explosion of words" occurred right when Nana and Bapa came to visit in February. I think he picked up a few new words every day and he has been cruisin' ever since. I am sure that the next thing I am going to do will not be exciting to most people, but to the grandparents and family members, I am sure that you guys will eat it up. Ok, so these are some of the things that Isaac has been saying:

Jesus
More juice, Mommy's juice, Isaac's juice
Milk, chicken, banana, apples, grapes, snack
Mommy go, daddy go, baby Hudson "Udson"
Isaac's chair, phone, table, pen, book
"Bickey" is what he calls his blanket
"Coo Coo" is what he calls a cookie
Doggy, cat, duck, fish, turtle, froggy, bird, sheep, bah bah, cackadoodledoo
Tigger and Pooh, poo poo
Flower, bee, star, moon, water, light
Train, Thomas, choo choo, Beep Beep, clock, tic-toc
Car, van, truck, big truck, boat, plane, tractor, digger
Ball, sock, shoe, daddy's bike
Teeth, nose, hair, eyes, ears, foot, hand
"I'm no baby"
"Yucky, stinky, poo poo"
Oh, and how could we forget....No