4th of July

My dad wanted us to go for a helicopter ride with him and Sabrina and my mom wanted us to go watch the Acton parade with her. We decided to skip both and just meet up with my family later at my parent's house. Here is a photo my mom took at the parade though. Maybe next year Hudson will be old enough to enjoy the parade. 

We took some photos at the house, then packed up all the delicious desserts I made and headed over to my parent's house. 

We had a delicious BBQ lunch and played in the pool.

That night, I convinced Nic to let Hudson stay up past his bedtime so we could all go watch the fireworks from the mall. While waiting for the firweworks show to start, we watched tons of other far away shows and we watched tons of people do sparklers. Hudson was so excited! The sound of the first few fireworks frightened Hud a little, but despite that, he really loved it! He fell asleep towards the end, but in general he had a great time and I totally think it was worth keeping him up past his bedtime for. Plus it was a night I will never forget. Having Hudson lean on my shoulder while we watched the fireworks together was so special. 

Random Happenings

I know I blog way too many details of my life, but I feel like life is going by so fast and Hudson keeps changing in the blink of an eye. I have this desire to remember as many details as possible (I also have a terrible memory) so I think this is my way of trying to ensure that I don't forget the every day details of Hudson's childhood. 

First things first, I am a hoarder. Not an extreme hoarder, but I do have a problem. I cleaned out my closet a while ago, but instead of actually parting with my old clothes, I just placed them in our spare room. Since Nic's mom, sister and nephew will be staying with us in August, we need to clean out that room, so I am forcing myself to part with my old stuff. I wet through everything and separated the clothes into donate, toss and sell. I ended up with 10 trash bags of clothes to donate and 4 to sell. After I finished the clothes mess, Nic got to work on all the documents. It was a lot of work, but the room is now livable, although we still have to find homes (or get rid of) quite a bit more stuff. Baby steps...

It has been beautiful weather lately so I decided to take Hudson out in the backyard (in his pjs because I was being lazy and they looked so comfy). Hudson was having so much fun exploring. He even ate some dirt! Yuck! All I kept thinking was, "I'm on this crazy diet and this kid eats dirt!" 

Hudson loves Gymboree and even though it is a weekly event, I find myself taking pictures almost every class. This class was just before the 4th of July and Hudson and his friends, Rachel and Tyler were in the cutest outfits that I just had to get a picture!

One night we enjoyed making s'mores using our firepit. I came up with this brilliant idea to use an oreo as my graham crackers since I can't have Hersheys chocolate because of my allergy diet. It was so good. I named my invention a S'moreo and I highly recommend it. (We used 4th of July red, white and blue star marshmallows so that is why the marshmallow looks a little funny).

Fourty Five Weeks

On July 3rd Hudson turned forty five weeks old. He weighs 18 pounds 14 ounces and he is 27 inches long. Hudson's fourth top tooth came through so he now has 6 teeth total. Hudson had rice cereal this week and instead of eating it he mostly played with it. He also had kiwi/banana and pancakes for the first time. The pancakes were a huge hit! He was shoveling it in his mouth! I told Hud no this week and he turned around, violently pointed at me and shouted no back. Nic and I had to do our very best not to laugh. Even though it was funny, I have a feeling this is the beginning of Hudson testing us and we can already tell he is stubborn, strong-willed and wants to be in control so I'm sure it is going to be a challenge for us to show him who is boss. ;)

Beyonce Concert

On July 1st, I went to the Beyonce concert with my mom, Rachelle and Lauren. We went to dinner first and Lauren surprised me by asking me to be one of her bridesmaids. I could't be more honored to be a part of her special day!

On top of that excitement, the concert was amazing! Beyonce is such an incredible performer!

10 Months Old

On June 22nd, Hudson turned 10 months old. Hudson weighs 18 pounds 10 ounces. Hudson still wears mostly 3-6 month clothing and he is still in size 3 diapers. Hudson is starting to repeat what we say so if I say mama he says mama, if I say dada he says dada. If people around him clap, he claps. (He still does his funny palm to back of hand clap). Hudson now has 4 teeth with two more on the way. Hudson's communicating has improved even more and he now can point at things to bring our attention to them. He hands toys to others now instead of always just taking. He makes the funniest faces...one of my favorites is his scrunched nose face. 

Hudson is such a joy to be around as his love of life is infectious. It is wonderful to experience life through his eyes. Everything is new and exciting and the simplest things make Hud happy. 

Gymboree and Backyard Play

On June 26th, Nic and I went to Hudson's Gymboree class. Hudson's little friend Audrina was the only other kid in the class so it was kind of like a date. ;)

On June 29th, we took some photos of Hudson in the backyard.

Holding my little man's hand in our backyard brings me so much joy!

Forty Four Weeks

On June 26th, Hudson turned forty four weeks old. Hudson loves opening and closing things, pulling stuff out of drawers, pockets, etc. He loves playing hide and seek, loves to explore, loves passing things back and forth. Still hates diaper changes, getting dressed and now hates being placed in his carseat. I told him to get the red ball, he crawled to the red ball. I tild him to get the blue ball and he crawled to the blue ball. His third top tooth cut through, its on the top right. He says ba for ball, boo for book and bo for boat. He has eaten zuchinni, banana and amaranth. 

Maui Day 9

On June 25th, we went to Slaughterhouse beach for some boogie boarding. Hudson had so much fun playing in the sand and watching Uncle Jus and dada. 

 That evening we went to Mama's Fish House for dinner, then we took the red eye home.

Maui Day 8

June 24th was one of the most amazing days. A bucket list worthy experience that I will never forget. We went out on the BRB again and because we had Hud with us we decided to go to Honolua Bay. As we were nearing the bay we saw a pod of spinner dolphins. They were putting on quite the show and we were having a blast riding along next to them. They seemed to follow us into the cove so we all threw on our snorkel gear and hopped in the water. At first we swam out as fast as we could and it seemed like we were going to miss the dolphins, but then the entire pod swam back into the cove and we were surrounded by dolphins. It was incredible. One swam right under me then jumped just next to me. Dolphins are my favorite animal and seeing them that close in the wild was exhilarating. We even got Hudson out in the water with them (he was too far away to see them in the water, but he did see them from the boat). 

As if the day hadn't been amazing enough, we came back to the house and enjoyed Mai Tais in pineapples! Then we went to one of my favorite restaurants for dinner, Lahaina Grill. Justin even babysat Hud for us so we could have a relaxing meal. It was delicious just like always and so much fun. 

Maui Day 7

On June 23rd, I made delicious pineapple and chocolate chip pancakes. Both were delicious! 

Rachelle and I spent the day at the house, playing in the pool with Hudson, while my mom, Nic, Brandon, Sabrina, Alana, Tyler and Justin went golfing. They had a great time!

That night we went to Roys for dinner. Yum!