"I love thee to the depth and breadth and height, my soul can reach, when feeling out of sight, for the ends of being and ideal grace...I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death."
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Monday, March 29, 2010

Botanical Gardens




Hudson and I went to get the car washed and then, since the weather is AWESOME today, I decided to go to the Grapevine Botanical Gardens. It was GREAT! Hudson loved the baby swing...that was the first time I'd ever put him in a swing. He had fun crawling and looking/trying to eat the flowers and the grass!

Monday, March 22, 2010

Prayers for Children


I've been reading to Hudson more and more lately since he's starting to actually pay attention.
One book I've made a regular is the Little Golden Book, "Prayers for Children."
We pray this one every night. I love it and wanted to share it:

God, make my life a little light
Within the world to glow;
A little flame that burneth bright
Wherever I may go.

God, make my life a little flower
That giveth joy to all,
Content to bloom in native bower,
Although the place be small.

God, make my life a little song
That comforteth the sad,
That helpeth others to be strong
And makes the singer glad.

God, make my life a little staff
Whereon the weak may rest,
And so what health and strength I have
May serve my neighbors best.

God, make my life a little hymn
Of tenderness and praise;
Of faith, that never waxeth dim,
In all His wondrous ways.

Thank you, Channa!


We had a package waiting for us when we got home from our trip last night!
A new and improved Keptin!!! Yay!
Hudson was so excited! I think I'll keep the old one in the diaper bag at all times and promote the new one to the crib.

I'll try to post more pics/video of our vacation later!
Busy, busy today!


Friday, March 12, 2010

Happy 10 month birthday, Hudson!

Our little boy is 10 months old today!
And he's getting sooooo big!

Here a some fun tidbits of life with Hudson right now:

*He is crawling REALLY fast, especially when he spots something he wants, like the dishwasher. He loves the dishwasher, and I really hope his fascination with it continues so that he will help me with the dishes someday.

*He also is fascinated by the garage. I have to make sure he is in his highchair if I go into the garage for whatever reason....laundry, trash.....because when I try to come back into the house, he's blocked the door. Yesterday, I had to come back in through our front door because he wouldn't move.

*His obsession with Morgan's food bowl and namely, her water bowl continues. In fact, it's growing stronger because he's learning the word "No" whenever he tries to play in the water. He makes a break for it any chance he gets.

*New obsession: our printer. He LOVES when I have to print or scan anything. LOVES it.
He gets very upset with me when I don't let him "help."

*Our toilets now remain closed at all times and the caps (on the bottom that cover the screws) are all off. I think that situation explains itself.

*He loves the outdoors as long as it's not too windy. LOVES the grass and the leaves but continues to try to eat them.

*No new teeth - the grand total remains 5, although the eye tooth on top has barely cut through and is hardly visible.

*He can pull himself up to his knees but can't quite pull up to standing yet, although the past few days, he's started to put his left foot on the ground, so any day now.

*He can balance standing as long as he's holding on to someone or something.

*He can buzz like he's playing the trumpet and will do this on command if you say, "What does a trumpet do?"

*I'm winning him over on the oboe.....still hates it when I play, but I think it's growing on him as long as I let him touch the keys.

*Says "dada" often....has uttered "mama" once or twice.....hmmmph.

I can't believe we'll only celebrate one more of these "month" birthdays and then he'll be ONE year old! It's gone by sooooo fast. Every day he does something new and I always ask him, "When did you get so big? Where was mommy when you got so big?" He usually laughs at me when I say this....like he knows something I don't.

"Playing" with Morgan



Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Keptin

Many of you know Keptin.
He's Hudson's lovey that he sleeps with and snuggles with.
I bring him with me to Stroller Strides because Hudson just, in general, does better when Keptin is around. However, I don't think he realizes that his loving has taken its toll on Keptin:





Friday, March 5, 2010

Video

I did manage to get a cute video though:

Pics

Sorry I haven't posted many pics lately, but Hudson absolutely hates the flash, so all I get are pics like this:
and this:
and this.



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