Being Thankful for My Growing Babies

My babies are growing up way too fast! Hadley will be 1 in just a few weeks and Hudson will be 2 in January. I am so happy for them and sad for me. My little cuddle bugs are becoming so independent... I wish that they would need me forever.

Little Miss Hadley is walking... well pretty much running now. She started walking at 10 months 1 week. She still loves being with mom, but is warming up to everyone else... finally. She is very strong willed and her sassy personality comes out often. She can make the sounds for a dog, pig and turkey. She waves and blows kisses. She is singing (her own tunes), jibber jabbering, saying daddy, momma, baba, cracker, cookie, hot, dog, bye and I swear she said razorback the other day.

Hudson's favorite thing to do (besides playing ball) is calling the Hogs. It is the funniest thing! He does the whole thing and even gets Hadley to raise her arms. In fact, Hadley went on an eating strike a few weeks ago and the only way we could feed her was by Hudson leading everyone in calling the Hogs. When he does that she eats like a champ. Don't come at dinner or you'll think we're nuts... calling the Hogs between every bite. :)

Hudson is our wild man. He loves getting into everything, repeating everything we say, singing Twinkle Twinkle, Row Row Your Boat, ABC's, Happy Birthday, the Mickey Mouse Hot Dog song and counting to 10. Hadley likes to follow him around and copy his tunes he is singing. He doesn't always like her tagging along so we have had our first couple of brother/sister arguments, but Had always sticks out her bottom lip and Hud says, "Sorry, sorry Had" and gives her a hug. It's precious! Hudson's newest thing is calling Hunter and me by our names. It's really funny, but the two of us would much rather be called by mom and dad (not Hut-ner and Kay-wee).

I love my sweet little babies more than anything. I may be sad that they are growing up, but I am so proud of the amazing little people they are becoming. I don't know what I ever did to deserve such wonderful blessings from God. I am so thankful for every minute that I get to spend with my little ones. KS

3rd Day of School

I was a little too emotional to take a first or even a second day picture of us going to school, but by day 3 I was a little better. Here are my munchkins on their 3rd day headed to school.

Hudson's side of the car...

Hadley's side of the car. :)

P.S. I'm going to start playing the lottery in hopes that I'll win lots of money and be able to stay home with my babies and not have to drive them to daycare. :)

Pumpkin Patch 2010

Okay... so I know I say it every time I blog, but life is crazy! We have been all over the place, chasing our growing babies, working our tails off, trying to keep up with our house work, the kids have started daycare (boo hoo!), we just got a new car yesterday, Hunter's trying to get a second job on his off days, my family has been here to visit, mom and dad came and helped clean the garage (yuck), the craziness of elementary school and Halloween has come and gone and in the midst of all of this craziness Hudson decided to start growing a full head of hair that needs "real" haircuts and Hadley has decided to walk at just 10 months. Life is great! Here are just a few pictures from our pumpkin patch of adventure.

Hudson and Grandma Kathy picking out "bebe" pumpkins.

Hudson a.k.a Muscle Man

Hadley when she was just starting to stand. Little did we know... she would start walking within the next 2 weeks.

Hadley and mommy checking out the pumpkins.

So this is what most pictures of Hadley and Hudson look like. It was too funny not to share our many attempts at a cute pumpkin patch picture. These are all so cute, but maybe next year we'll get at least one with both kids looking at the camera. :)

"Addy what's that?"

"I don't know, but I think I'll thump you in the head Hud."

"Stop Haddy!"

"Ha ha! I may be little, but I just won that battle."

"Sibling abuse! Did you get that on camera, mom?"

"Hey! Where's Addy?"

Here was the one cute picture of the kids somewhat looking at the camera. I'm working on photo shopping our heads over the aunts so it will look like a family picture with mommy and daddy. :)

Hadley and Aunt Kapra (or Tap as Hudson calls her) :)

Kapra bought the kids these cute Mr. Potato Head pieces that you put into the pumpkin so you don't have to carve it. Love it! It was perfect for the kids.

Hudson with his pirate pumpkin and Hadley's princess pumpkin.

The best part of the day was this picture of Hunter. I made him try on my first tutu I made for Hadley to see what it looked like. Thanks babe! You look gorgeous!

Happy Belated Halloween! KS

HELP!

So once again our childcare has fallen through. :(

I swear, every semester that I have gone back to school since having the kids something has happened and our sitters have backed out. Our family and close friends know how hard it has been for us to find good, dependable childcare. We have had lots of family and some really great friends jump in to help us out. Thank you to all of you that have helped us it the past we REALLY appreciate you.

We're searching again for someone who is great with kids, extremely dependable and reliable, is willing to watch our kids at our house or theirs, would be interested in watching the kids about 2 days a week and who lives in our area.

We would switch to daycare or in-home care in a heartbeat because it is so dependable, but at this point in the school year it is so hard to find 2 spots at one place. Plus our school district decided to switch our starting time this year to 7:00 am. Bad news for anyone who has little ones because most daycares don't open until 7:00. On top of all of that, has anyone checked out the daycare prices? For 2 little ones it's over $300 a week.

$300 a week would have been no problem. Hunter was offered a second job this summer which would have been a great boost to our income, but I told him "No, we've already made a commitment to our sitter. We need to honor our commitment." Silly me! I'm eating my words now.

So we're looking for a babysitter or a great daycare (and a second job for Hunter). :) Let me know if any of you know anyone that might be interested or if you have any great references. Thanks! K

Our First Family Picnic

I'm not the most spontaneous person, but on Labor Day I felt like going on a picnic. We loaded the kids up and headed to the park. After a brief meltdown (by Hudson that ended up putting Hadley to sleep) we had a great lunch and lots of fun. It was a windy day so keeping the lunch on our picnic table was a challenge in itself. Hudson has to bring his bat, ball, and tee every where we go. So he and daddy played a little ball, we had lots of fun on the slide and swings and then we called it a day.

I love this picture!

Hadley was relaxing... I'm so jealous.

Hudson's face says it all. :)

That was Hunter's look after Hud hit the ball. That's his look of... "Did you see where he hit that ball? This kid is going to be a pro." He gives me that look quite often. Hudson loves baseball and we can barely get him to do anything else.

Hud on the slide.

The boys were playing so Had and I had to take our own picture.

"Wheeee!"

Just hanging out. I need a couple swings in our house. Maybe I could get some stuff done - they would be having fun and unable to get into everything. :)

What a good big brother!

We do everything together. :)

Haddy loved the swings!

First Razorback Tailgate

My grandparents were visiting my mom and dad last weekend. They decided to load up and come see my sisters, me and of course the babies. Hunter was on duty so I loaded the kids up and met up with my family to tailgate. Uncle Scott and Aunt Carol have a great tailgating spot. We love to meet up with them any chance we get. I didn't dare take the kids to the game... not yet, but we dressed up to cheer on those HOGS.

Hudson throwing leaves at Aunt Kody.

Hadley and 2 of her Aunties

Dad, Kord and Hudson playing ball. Imagine that. :)

The Girls

Hadley and Great Grandma Lou

Hadley and Great Grandpa Stuff

Just chillin. Waiting for his next ball game.

Hadley with Uncle Kord, Cousin Joe and Joe's girlfriend Morgan.

Naturals Game

We went to our last Naturals game of the season last week. Lots of family fun!

Hadley was posing for the camera all night so we kept taking pictures of her pretty smile. We have about 20 pictures. :)

Grandma Kathy and Hudson watching the game. Hudson gets so into games. He loves to clap and cheer... especially when he hears daddy doing it.

Mommy and Hadley

Smile Haddy!

Go Naturals! We very seldom all cheer for the same team, but we were all cheering for the Naturals so it was a good night. :)

Aunt Morgan's Birthday Dinner

We went out to eat for Morgan's birthday a few weeks ago. Here are a couple pictures.

Hudson decided he would drive Grandma Kathy home.

He was singing Happy Birthday to Morgie. :)

The birthday girl.

Hadley and Uncle D

Hadley and Aunt Morgan

Surprise Visit

We were having a silly morning when we got a surprise visit from Pops, Uncle Kord, Aunt Kody and Aunt Kapra. Hudson and Hadley were so excited!

Hudson put his hat on Had and then made her take him for a spin on the walker.

She loves it!

Hudson showing off his t-ball skill to his fans.

Here is a picture of our surprise visitors.

Hadley and Pops

Hudson is showing them how he plays t-ball. Our little guy is pretty good if I do say so myself. He is a natural just like his dad and Pops and Uncle Kord.

Hadley was showing Aunt Kapra how her new teeth work.