Happy Birthday to my baby!

My sweet baby boy is 4 years old today. It seems like yesterday that I held that chunky little 9 lb., 2 oz. baby in my arms. Time has flown by and Hudson has been a wonderful addition to our family.

Hudson, I love you so much and I am so glad that God gave you to me. Happy Birthday sweet boy!

What's happening?

Well, I evidently needed a break after my daily December posts. :) Now that I'm back, I can fill you in on what's been happening lately. Mostly day to day stuff... school, work, etc. The newest things that people may actually care about-

• Brian has had a career change. He closed the shop down at the end of last year. He loved having the experience of rebuilding cars, but it was beginning to take it's toll on him for lots of reasons. He decided that he needed to make a change, so he has decided to start building houses. He has built two so far and really enjoys doing it. I'll try to add some pictures in the next couple of days.
• Brian tuned 35 on January 21st. It's weird to think I have a 35 year old husband. Especially since I still feel like I'm 25. :)
• Hudson is turning four on Sunday. I can't believe my baby will be four. I thought time flew by with the first kid, but it has gone even faster with the second. He wants to have a swimming party, so we are going to celebrate with a big party on his half birthday in August.
• The boys have had strep 3 times this year. If anyone remembers our cycle from last year (between the two of them, they had it 7 times between January and April). Their pediatrician was convinced they were giving it to each other by something they were sharing. So I washed, bleached or threw away ANYTHING that they both had come in contact with. Hopefully we have put a stop to it...
• We had a tremendous rain last week. We got a little over 5 inches in about 36 hours. It was obvious that Brian had dug trenches were they need to be, because our tank filled up! Here's is the view from my kitchen window.

It was pretty awesome to see it full. It was quite foggy this morning when I got up, so I went out with my camera after I got back from taking Reed to school. The tank was so pretty - calm and a completely still surface. Just a few of the pictures I took.

I love living here. It's so peaceful and nice. I can't wait to get a bench by the water so I can go sit and enjoy it!