Fun at the mall with Hayden!

Just a quick post and a few pictures of our last play date with Joy and Hayden! We met at the Bell Square mall, did a bit of shopping, then let the boys play in the play area and had some lunch at the tables outside the play area.

The boys both loved the play area, Hudson wanted to climb every.single.thing he could, while Hayden wanted to crawl as fast he could to explore every area of the play place. Needless to say, Joy and I weren't able to visit much since we were busy chasing our boys, but we all had a good time and the boys got some of their energy out!

We're looking forward to the weather improving and hopefully getting outside for our next play dates!!

Back to reality (for Andy at least!)...

I can't believe how fast time is going by and how big my baby is getting already! The past couple weeks have flown by as we've stayed pretty busy. The week before this last one was Andy's last week at home. We tried to enjoy it as much as possible but the rainy weather made it hard for us to find much to do for free or cheap other than hang out around the house most of the time. It was a nice relaxing week for us as a family and Andy got some daddy/son time in :)

Monday Andy went back to work and I got my first dose of life as a Stay-at-home-mom. Honestly it was much harder without Andy here than I expected it to be! But, by the end of the week I was pretty used to doing everything on my own and expecting days where there was no time to shower or do much but tend to Hudson until later in the afternoon/evening! We didn't do too much during the week but we did make it up to Bothell for another play date with Joy and Hayden. As usual we had a great time visiting and comparing baby stories and the boys actually stayed awake long enough to play on the activity mat together and look around. It was so cute watching as Hudson would reach over and grab at Hayden and just look at him! I can't wait until they start interacting more..it's going to be so much fun watching them grow up together.

Yesterday was another busy day. Andy had to work so Hudson and I got ready and headed down to my dad's house for Missy's graduation party. All my Aunts, Uncles and cousins made it as well as Danielle and Steve and some of Missy's best friends :) It was great to see everyone again and they were all excited to see Hudson and how much he has grown in the past month and a half since they saw him last. After the BBQ we headed home to re-pack the diaper bag and head over to Keren and Steve's for a tasty BBQ and a fun game night with them and their friends Angela and Chris. We learned a new game and had a lot of good laughs! We're looking forward to some more fun nights with them hopefully in the near future!

Today is Sunday and Andy's only day off again until next Sunday so after the yardwork is done we're going to go for a run (I forgot to mention I registered for my first 5k that takes place on July 4th!) then get out and soak up some more of this sunshine!! (I will post more pictures once I get them uploaded from my camera)

Milestones!!

It's been another busy couple weeks with visitors and daily life with our little one. We are having so much fun as parents and loving watching Hudson grow and learn new things each day. Over the past few weeks he has become so much more alert and is spending more time awake during the day. It's been so much fun watching him recognize our voices and faces, look at toys, lay on his play mat and enjoy tummy time! He still isn't very interested in his swing, he usually only lasts a few minutes before he wants out, but he could lay on the floor forever looking at the toys hanging on his play mat and looking at himself in the little floor mirror we bought for him.

Another milestone he hit around week 5-6 was SMILING! He is now smiling 'socially' when we talk to him or when he's playing with his toys. It is so adorable to see!

One of Hudson's adorable smiles!!

Last Saturday was a busy day, we started off getting up early and heading to Point Defiance to walk in the March of Dimes. We walked with my friend Brie's team and had a great time. The walk wasn't too bad and Hudson slept most of it, which was a relief to me, since I was worried he'd wake up hungry! After the walk we headed home and a couple of Andy's friends/ex-coworkers came over for a lunch BBQ. They had a great time admiring Hudson and catching up with Andy since he hadn't seen them in a while.

Hudson all bundled up for the March of Dimes

Sunday we went down to Olympia and celebrated my Grandpa Lawrence's 79th birthday at the nursing home he's staying at. We enjoyed visiting with everyone and Hudson got to meet th rest of the family he hadn't met including my Uncle Dan and Aunt Gail, their daughters, Rachel and Anna and the McIntyre family! Unfortunately Grandpa isn't doing very well in the nursing home and seems to be declining in health each time we see him. It's very hard for me to see him like this, but I know he really enjoys seeing Hudson. He even commented on 'what a good looking baby he is.' We hope to get down there to visit him as much as we can while Andy and I are both off work since it will be hard once we are both working full time again.

Hayden (6 weeks) and Hudson (7 weeks)

Today we had a lunch playdate with The Smiths and baby Hayden! The boys spent half the time sleeping and eating, but did wake up for a bit to lay on a blanket together and look at eachother a bit! :) We can't wait until they start interacting with eachother and playing! It will be so fun to have them so close in age and watch them as they grow! After our play date we had dinner at my mom and Dean's house where my Great Aunt Jan and Great Uncle Dale were visiting. They were excited to meet Hudson for the first time and it was great to see them again since we don't see them often (they live in California).

Hudson's Great-Great Uncle Dale and Aunt Jan!!

Tummy time with Maverick :)

Another busy week!

The last month has been jam-packed with visiting people since Hudson was born. We have gotten to spend a lot of quality time with friends and family. Last week we had our 2nd "playdate" with the Smith family including baby Hayden who's just 8 days younger than Hudson. Although most of the day was spent with the boys sleeping and eating, we had a blast chatting with Joy and Dan about life with a newborn and posing the boys together for pictures! We can't wait until they're old enough to interact, our playdates will be so much fun then!!

Last weekend we made our first family roadtrip to Spokane to visit Andy's family! I thought we might be crazy for making the trip with a 3 week old and our crazy boxer but the trip went relatively smoothly! The drive there was a little obnoxious thanks to Maverick deciding to pant and whine the entire drive! We think it's because he was in the front seat (so I could sit in the back with Hudson) and he's used to having the whole backseat to himself. Other than that the ride was smooth sailing..Hudson slept the entire 5 hours (except for a quick pit stop in Ellensburg to fuel up and feed both him and us).

The weekend was a lot of fun visiting with Andy's parents, siblings and Aunt and Uncle. Us girls also got some shopping time in! Saturday we went to the mall where I found some awesome deals on a few cute outfits for Hudson. Sunday Katie (Andy's sister) and I went to the JBF Spokane sale where almost everything was 50% off!! I found some awesome deals, including onesies for 50 cents, pajamas for $1-$3 and a WSU tracksuit for $10! Although Hudson probably didn't NEED everything I found, I couldn't pass up the amazing deals on the cute stuff I got :) This sale made me excited to check out the one in Puyallup coming up in a couple weeks.

Overall we had an awesome weekend and feel so blessed to have such a great baby! He's so mellow and relaxed most of the time, especially on car rides!