happy halloween

 Dear Hudson,
We had lots of fun celebrating Halloween this year.  We went to the pumpkin patch on a very windy day.  You were determined to get a little pumpkin, which was hard to do.  You and Daddy did several Halloween things while Mommy was at work.  You made pumpkin cookies and carved and painted pumpkins.  For Halloween, you were a skeleton.  We went to Alice's house for dinner and then did trick or treating around her neighborhood.  You were quite the fan of getting candy.
Love,
Mommy

Aunt Patti's Wedding

Dear Hudson,

In October, we went back to Wisconsin for Aunt Patti and Uncle Ron's Wedding.  We had such a fun week.  You were a great helper, helping Oma and Patti get things ready for the wedding.  You did such a great job as the ring bearer.  We practiced a few times before the ceremony and you took your job very seriously.  Even when Lila, the flower girl, didn't walk down right away,  you carried the pillow right to Daddy.  We had lots of fun dancing with you at the reception.  You had a fever and weren't feeling the best, but took a little nap in Mommy's arms and then wanted to keep dancing.  Grandma Vicki came down for a quick visit, and you enjoyed playing in the leaves.  We went on a brewery tour with Oma and Opa.  You're quite the fan of rootbeer.  Mommy and Daddy snuck away for an evening while you stayed with Oma and Opa.  We went back to Whitewater so Daddy could speak at Crusade.  Such a fun week celebrating!

Love,

Mommy

love you

Dear Hudson,
I'm sitting here watching your peanut butter smeared face eating grape after grape and I can't help but think that I'm the luckiest mama in the whole world.
Love,
Mommy

what you've been up to

Dear Hudson,

I haven't been very good at taking pictures this summer.  Here's just a little bit of what we've been up to this last month or so.

visiting the new giraffe at the zoo

first time riding the cho-cho at the zoo

playing with corbin

helping mommy try on maternity clothes

first taste of chocolate milk

helping put towels away

feeding puppy

cooking for mommy and daddy

snuggles

yucky stomach bug

playing cars with brother

bath time

sleeping in a big boy bed

rain rain go away

Dear Hudson,
You've been asking to go to the zoo for a few weeks now and today was the day.  Until we woke up to rain.  So we learned the word disappointed and then we made other plans.  We went up to the Focus on the Family play area for the first time.  You had lots of fun climbing around.  Then we ran a few quick errands to mommy stores, which included a brief dance party in one store.  And then we got to have a special lunch date with Mommy for being such a trooper.  I guess you had a good morning since you fell asleep on the way home.  Hopefully we'll make it to the zoo next week.
Love,
Mommy

oh no, rain

smile

dance party

lunch date with mommy

fun morning

Grandpa & Grammy come to visit

Dear Hudson,
Over labor day weekend, Grandpa and Grammy came to visit us.  We went up to Breckenridge to have some fun.  There was a rubber ducky race, that was fun to watch.  We went out to dinner and found some fun parks to play at.  You read lots of books with Grandpa and also got to watch Toy Story with him.  One not so good thing is that you learned how to climb out of the pack n play.  Guess it's time for a big boy bed.
Love,
Mommy