Brody's one year appointment

I know this post is long overdue. I am sure someday Brody will look at this blog and wonder why there were significantly fewer posts from his first year. I will have to explain how much LESS time I had during his first year: I was working instead of staying home and I also had a 3.5 year old. Anyway, Brody's one year well check went great. He is 27.5 lbs, 32 inches talk and a 19 inch head circumference. He's a big boy!
Hudson is doing really well and continues to amaze us! He can read pretty much any 3- letter word. He explained to us what an "ellipsoid" is and what an "equilateral triangle" is the other day. He says "coke a killa" instead of coca cola, which is awesome. Brody can say, "mama, dada, bubba, bye bye, ball, book, and meow."

No time!

No time in our schedules, folks!
Sorry it is so crazy!  Boys are both doing awesome!
Darrin is busy with marching band, etc....we are both enjoying our school year so far, but it is super busy.  Hudson has moved up a room at daycare and his teacher has commented daily about how smart he is.....Brody is doing awesome at daycare, too.  I think he's pulling a fast one on us, because apparently, he will lay on the floor and play with toys at daycare. At home, he demands to be held ALL. THE. TIME.  Which is fine.  Putting him down for a nap on weekends and every night at bedtime is like a drug for me.  There is nothing more relaxing than him sleeping on my chest, rocking in the glider for a few (30) minutes to soothe him (me).
Here is a video from this morning!

Family Pictures!

My friend, MaryAnn, took some family pictures for us a couple of weeks ago and they turned out GREAT!  I'm soooo excited to pick them up today and update the frames in my house!

Happy Boy(s)

Brody and Hudson are doing great!  Brody had his 6 month appointment last week and he is in the 92nd percentile for height, 50th percentile for weight and head circumference, so he is getting bigger!  He LOVES his solid foods and is starting to get into more of a routine, which is nice.  

Hudson is an awesome big bro and is starting to get more interested in Brody.  If we're in the car and Brody starts crying, Hudson will make him laugh and before you know it, the entire car is giggling.  

Hudson has a few funny catch phrases now.  He is completely potty trained and when he is on the potty he will say, "I just peeped!"  If I tell him "just a second", he will respond with, "But I CAN'T just a second!" Instead of super heros and cars, Hudson is obsessed with letters and numbers, which I have to admit, I think is pretty awesome.

Vacay

So life has been busy and I'm just now blogging about our vacation.  Every time I sit down, there are a million interruptions!  Beautiful, loud, energetic interruptions in the form of my children, that is.  :)
I will say this:  Our vacation was AWESOME.  We first drove to Salina, KS to visit Darrin's family for a few days and then somehow talked them into keeping Brody while we went to Breckenridge.  I had never been away from Brody for that long and I missed him terribly, but I knew he was in such good hands.  He had an army taking care of him: Darrin's mom, sister, nephew and twin nieces spoiled him rotten...although apparently one of the days Dane (Darrin's nephew) refused to change a poopy diaper and had his sister come home to change it!  (This, I'm sure, will change whenever he has children of his own!)  We were so thankful for the time with just Hudson and I think Hudson was equally grateful to have us all to himself for a few days.  THANK YOU to Nana, Jen, Abby, Tayler and Dane!

Our days spent in Breckenridge were amazing.  We stayed with Darrin's longtime friend, Bryan and his wife, Janna.  It sounds cliche, but it was so nice to breathe the clean mountain air.  People move at a different pace and are simply, in general, healthier.  Both physically and emotionally, I think.  Within 10 minutes of our drive home from Breckenridge, Darrin turned to me and said, "Okay, we have to make a plan to move here."
Would I love to live somewhere like Breckenridge?  Yes.
Would I prefer it to Dallas/Fort Worth?  Yes (except I don't know if I could leave my best buddies!)
Is there a huge demand for talented band directors there? No.
Soooooo....we haven't gotten very far on our plan yet.

We ate a lot of really good food, had some awesome times with friends and Hudson LOVED playing with Collin and Connor.  He didn't want to leave the cabin because of all the new (to him) toys!  When we did convince him to get out, we rode the gondola (which he loved, as did we) and then Darrin and Hudson had a good time in the bounce house, etc at the top of the mountain.  Nothing like having a mountain as your playground....

I LOVE summer.  LOVE.  LOVE. LOVE.

Darrin and I both work so hard during the school year, it is so nice to recharge and spend time with family and friends.  We are so thankful for the connections we've made in our life and are so appreciative of the places they have taken us.

And so....I shall leave you with this:

You're welcome.

Gigglin'

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