Smiley Face

But I shouldn't neglect to update this blog. Hudson is growing so fast and so far I haven't written much about him.

All in all, he's been a pretty good baby. He gets colicky in the evenings, but tummy time seems to help with that. He seems to choke and spit up a lot. I'll have to ask the doctor about that at his next appointment. But the most special thing about him is that he smiles a lot.

It's so easy to make him smile. I just love that about him. You have to catch him though after a nap and a full tummy - then you don't have to do much, just look at him, and he gives the biggest grins. His smiles are infectious. His eyes squint and his smile goes off to one side, kinda like he knows something you don't. Or that you just told him the most hilarious joke. I've never known a baby to smile so much and so easily as Hudson.

A Few Days in the Life

I got inspired to have some more arts and crafts time with Kaylee. So here we are on a gorgeous afternoon, on the back deck. You can see below the fine HOMEMADE fingerpaints I made while Kaylee napped:
But I soon learned that Kaylee doesn't like to get her hands dirty. She'd put one finger in, then wipe the tiny bit of paint off on the paper, then wipe her hand clean on the towel. Repeat. Repeat... done. Wow, art time was sure fun!

I don't think it comes across in this photo, but Hudson has some very deep blue eyes. I can't get enough of them!
I found this shirt at a garage sale. Isn't it great?

Wow - look at that hair all backlit by the sun! Uff da! Doesn't your mom ever brush your hair??!

This must've been Saturday night. Look at that gorgeous moon. I was fortunate on Sunday to be out walking when the full moon peeked up over the mountains. I couldn't believe how fast it rose and how big it was!
On Sunday we went down to the water. I never knew we had a "beach" in Bellingham!

I just thought this was so cute...
Look at that - the world is tilted!

So these are the last of my pictures. While I was sitting at this beach, holding Hudson in the carrier, he suddenly jumped and the camera fell out of my hand. Sand got into the door that opens the shutter and now we can't get it to open. SO... no more pictures for a while! Oh that makes me so sad!!

I just have to add that Kaylee has a new phrase which is so cute... "Oh nice!" except she draws out the "nice" - kinda like "noice". It's so funny to me.

Art Class

A friend of mine has decided to host a preschool art class every Wednesday morning. This past Wednesday was our first class and Kaylee had a great time! The theme was "bubbles". First they painted bubble wrap and then stamped paper onto it. Kaylee made one in particular that is her absolute favorite. She carries it around with her. She even slept with it last night. This morning she had it with her when she got out of bed. I'll take a picture of it and put it at the head of this blog.

The other project was to put food coloring into clear soap and then blow a bunch of bubbles. When you "stamp" the paper down onto the bubbles, it makes a really cool print.

I can't even tell you how much Kaylee loves bubbles. She loved this one most of all, I think.

Just look at that smile!!

Of course Kaylee had to taste it. YUM...bubbles!

Hudson was just hanging out enjoying the nice weather.

Here's Ailin. She loves Kaylee! Lately she's been referring to her as "my Kaylee". Kaylee doesn't seem too sure about that. :)

Ailin's mom keeps a blog and has more pictures on her site: http://allthywonders.blogspot.com

Four Weeks Old

Hudson got his first chiropractor adjustment today. He seemed to really love it:
My friend Jen happened to be there and reminded me that this would be a good photo op. Luckily I had my camera in my purse! Thanks Jen!!

Labor Day

For a relatively labor free Labor Day, I took the kids to Birch Bay for one of Kaylee's all time favorite (and free!) activities: throwing rocks into water.
This is all you need:
You have no idea how difficult this picture was for me to take. I had to press the camera trigger and then make a sudden gasping noise at the precise moment in order to get her looking at me. It was the briefest of glances. She gets tired really quick of me taking her picture!

There's a crab hidden in this picture. Can you find it??
There's probrably a hundred or so crabs in this one. Glad I can't see them!

Our Cuties

Look at this happy guy. I must really crack him up!
Look at this cool chic, in her new sunglasses:
Which way looks better? This way?


Or this way??