Snow Day!! - March 28, 2009

Today we were blessed with about 6" of snow!! Olivia was so excited to see it snow! We finally went out to play in the snow, Olivia and I made a snowman! It was Olivia's first snow man to ever make!

Hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow, and we can get rid of this nasty stuff!

Cute Olivia story!!

On Wednesday nights Olivia goes to church, and totally loves it! Last night we were discussing what she had learned, and here is how our conversation went:

Olivia: "Mama, Pastor Mike (our children's pastor) taught me everything I ever need to know
Me: Wow, what did he teach you?
Olivia: "Salt melts ice"


I just cracked up, just to think if that was all we ever really needed to know! What the topic was though, I have since found out, was that we are to be the salt and the light to the Earth. I just loved my precious 3 (almost 4) year old's take on things.

And, for good measure, I thought I would attach an old pic of Livi. I can't believe how much she has grown!!

Olivia - 3 Months

Olivia - 3yrs. 10months

Poor Baby Hudson!

On Monday, Shawn and I had to take Hudson to an appointment with an Ear, Nose, and Throat doctor. Hudson has had 6 or 7 ear infections in the last 6 months. His pediatrician recommended him for tubes, so we went to the ENT. The audiologist checked his hearing, and he has severe hearing loss. So, next Friday, April 3, Hudson has to get tubes and have his adenoids removed. I know this is a minor thing, but to the mommy involved it feels pretty major!

Since we were talking about ENT, the nose made me think of this pic! He will probably kill me for this one day! ;)

OVERLOAD!!! Pictures to follow:

Shawn, Olivia, Hudson and I went last week and had family pictures made. Shawn had an extended long weekend, so we decided it was time to do this feat again! We love the pictures, and are very pleased by how they turned out!

Enjoy!
FYI: They took 77 Pictures!!

So, the last picture I attached is one of my favorites!! Hudson looks like he is saying "Ding, I am DONE!!!"

Awesome Weekend!!

This weekend my family reunited with our foster brother! (really, just brother) We have not seen Brendan in 20 years. Brendan, Jodi, James, Brennan and Melissa arrived Sunday night, and the fun began! We were able to enjoy many different things, but most of all we enjoyed getting to know Brendan again, and meet Jodi, James, Brennan and Melissa. The kids had an absolute blast, and so did the adults! I am going to attach a few pics of our visit! Olivia absolutely loved having new "tousins"! Enjoy the pictures

The kids at the end of the zoo!!

Brennan, James, Olivia and Melissa

Jodi and the Tulip tree

Melissa, (Yalissa or Just Tousin to Olivia)

Olivia deciding to pose with Aunt Jodi

Our little monkeys

Olivia, Brennan, James and Melissa

We definitely should have included our favorite little Monkey (Hudson)

Olivia and her Papa!!

Crazy Man saying "Heese" (aka cheese)

Tousins

My girl Olivia after making mud pies

Brennan

Beautiful Day!!

Today was a beautiful day! The kids and I went to the park, and had a blast! Here are some pictures!

Bath Time ...

Beautiful day!

Today was beautiful! Olivia and Hudson went to their "Gigi" & "Papas". They had just tilled their garden, so they had a massive dirt area the kids could not wait to get into. While we were all outside watching them, Hudson found Olivia's wagon. He kept climbing into the wagon, so Olivia took off with him. He thought it was hysterical!! She pulled him all over the yard, and occasionally would get worn out and fall down. It was the cutest thing! It made it even cuter to me, because when Ally & I were little she pulled me everywhere in a wagon. We had an awesome day!!

Hudson Walking!

This will be my last post, but I wanted to send a picture of Hudson Walking...sorry it is sideways!

First Haircut!!

We took Hudson for his first haircut today! He did a great job participating! I will post a few pictures! We took both kids for ice cream after their haircuts, so I will include those as well!

First Boo Boo!!

So, Hudson is starting to walk, and last night he got his first bruise!! He hit his head on his dresser drawer!! He was laughing within minutes, and was playing shortly after! Don't mind the spaghetti-o remnants on his shirt!! ;)

Playing in our "snow" ---

Olivia Sings!!

When Hudson is sad or crying this is what Olivia sings to him!!

We had a great Christmas this year! I will attach a picture of our tree that was only knocked over 3 times!! I will send a couple of the kids as well! The tree was solely decorated by Olivia. I decided that since everything would be removed at some point by the little man of the house, she could decorate!! She had an absolute blast!

Olivia really got the whole Santa thing this year! Since she remembers everything, I realized on Christmas Eve that I had forgotten to get special "Santa" wrapping paper. So, I staged a phone call from Santa to tell him he could borrow some we already had at home. The story worked, so she picked out the paper for him to use. It was cute.

Then Christmas Eve night, I kept trying to get her to go to sleep, but she kept trying to stay awake so she could see him. She stayed up well into the night in order to try to catch a glimpse!! It was a really fun Christmas!!