2 years old!

A month late on this, but our big boy is 2 years old!  He is so much fun these days and keeps us so busy. We are amazed every single day at how much he is learning and doing.  It is something new every day and he is always making us laugh.  

He is acing his colors, shapes and counting these days and getting better and better at identifying letters and numbers.  His current favorite color is yellow.  He absolutely loves pointing out all of the colorful things he sees on his way to and from school every day. Yellow school buses are all the rage :)

Jack is saying more and more sentences and truly is a parrot.  His first real sentence was "Where car at mama?" when we came out of school one evening.  He bit my toe when i wasn't paying attention the other day and yelled "nummy!!!" and started hysterically laughing.  Every night before bed he does a roll call and has to kiss everyone (including Hudson and the dogs) goodnight.  He will spontaneously yell "Running!!!" and take off as fast as he can and continuously anounce that he is running.  

The other day we had Jack and Hudson in matching shirts and he had the best reaction when he realized it. He just was smiling so big and looking at his shirt and the baby's over and over saying "wow!".  He is getting very good at hiding and loves to jump out and try and scare people when they are least expecting it. I think we have a little prankster on our hands. 

We took Jack to Busch Gardens after Thanksgiving and he rode his first rides and absolutely loved it. I was worried he might get scared riding alone but he was such a big boy and just smiled and waved at us the whole time.  

For his 2nd birthday, we took him to see Disney Jr. Live and he loved seeing Jake and the neverland pirates in person. We cannot wait to take him to Disney (hopefully this year).  

He loves playing outside, building blocks, racing cars, reading, hiding in his teepee and is such an awesome sleeper.  He is starting to show an interest in potty training so we are just taking it slow and at his pace right now.  

Jack is so sweet with his little brother and loves to talk to him and show him toys. They are going to be best friends.  

This year sure did fly by and we love our big boy so much!  

 Christmas was so much fun this year! He didn't really care too much about opening presents but I am sure that will be different next year. He just wanted to play with the first thing he opened.  He loved all of the Christmas decorations and would say "Santa" and "hohoho" whenever he would see Christmas decorations.

2 Months Old!

I am pretty late with this post, the past two months have flown by! Hudson is now almost 11 weeks old.  He is such a happy baby! We are so thankful for him. 

      

     Weight: His appointment is this week, but we are guessing he is over 14 lbs now!

Clothes: 3 month clothes and will soon be moving into 6 month. It is so bittersweet having to put away so many things as he outgrows them!

 

 At 10.5 weeks...

 

• Hudson is sleeping great at night!  He usually goes to sleep between 8 and 9 PM and sleeps for at least 6-8 hours.  He then wakes up to eat and goes back to sleep for another 3-4.  He seems to love sleep like his big brother and we are thankful for that :)
• He is smiling constantly!! People are always very surprised to find out his age because he is so alert and smiley all of the time.  If he is awake, he is pretty much always smiling. He has such a sweet personality.
• He is giggling more and more and still laughs in his sleep all of the time. 
• Loves tummy time and is so strong!  He is able to push himself completely so that his head, neck and shoulders are all off of the ground and he is even rolling from stomach to back.
• Hudson likes to be cuddled and held.. mama seems to have spoiled him a bit because he only really wants to nap in someone's arms.
• Being outside is one of his favorite things. He really loved to be in the carrier, out and about.  I have realized I can run just about any errand with him in the carrier because he just wants to be held close. 
• Still eating every 2-3 hours during the day but he can go longer if we are out and keeping busy. 
• Hudson loves watching his brother play and smiles at him when he gets close.  He also loves lights and colorful toys.
• Napping in the crib is still a work in progress.
• He doesn't really like the pacifier.  I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it stays that way since big brother is going to be getting rid of his soon and that is going to be a challenge if Hudson has pacifiers lying around.

 

Baby toes!

 

 

 One Month Old

6 Weeks Old

 

2 Months Old!



Getting so chunky!

First Thanksgiving

 

Family of Four!

It has been way too long since I updated on here, the past couple months have been pretty busy around here. We are now a family of 4!  Baby Hudson Stuart was born on Thursday, September 18 at 7:44 AM.  Big brother Jack has been so great through the transition and loves his baby brother so much.  We are so excited to watch their relationship grow as they get older.

 

 Big Brother getting some energy out on the soccer field!

 

 

Meeting Baby Brother 

First Day at home

Maternity Photos

About a month ago we had maternity photos done as a family.  It was so much fun spending the evening at the park with my boys.  Jack Jack wasn't too thrilled about posing but we managed to get some great shots of him and of us as a family.  We are counting down the days until Baby H arrives but also savoring every second with Jack as our only child. Enjoy the photos :)