DadDad sent me these and I have to share them...
Hudson wasn't sure about all the bouncing, but he definitely didn't want to be left out...
Reed has already asked about getting on it again this morning... :)
The next day we went to Graham to see Mike's family. I took this precious picture of Reed with Papa (Brian's granpa). They sat at the table for the longest talking about Bakugans and Lego mini figures. It was a very sweet sight to see.
Hudson is a child after my own heart. Hanging out on the countertop doin' a little snackin'...
We had Monday and Tuesday "off" - I spent those days doing cooking for the next few get togethers and catching up on the housework. On the 23rd, we headed to Mimi and Pepaws house. Mimi had some Santa hats hanging around which ended up making the cutest picture...
I'm pretty sure they hadn't had lunch yet, but hey, everybody needs an ice cream sandwich on Christmas , right? My mantra for the day was "It's Christmas at Mimi's house, it's Christmas at Mimi's house..." :)
I previously posted about our Christmas Eve -which by far has been my favorite one yet. (All of our family pictures are on my other camera and I can't get those to upload - I'll work on that later!) After we went to bed, Santa came! We got up the next morning and he had left fun things in our stockings and Reed had a note in his. As it turns out, he brought he boys a trampoline and had planned on putting it together when he got to our house. Shockingly enough, it was snowing when he got here and he hadn't planned on it snowing in Texas! He didn't have enough time to put it together, but didn't think that Brian would mind doing it for him. :) He also brought these cute diggers for the boys...
After opening gifts, we headed to Brian's aunt and uncles for a get together. I woke up on Christmas morning feeling AWFUL, so I thought I was going to have to stay home. I was so naseaus and just sat in the bathroom wishing I could throw up so maybe I could feel better. I ate a piece of bread and chewed a couple of Pepto Bismol and got to feeling good enough to go (I DID NOT want to miss Christmas Day with my boys). I felt much better as the day went on, and we had a great day. 
I was really bundled up - it was 33 degrees and I don't like being cold!! I had on a hat, a hooded sweatshirt and my Columbia jacket on over that! WHat can I say... I'm a Texas girl!
Today has been such a wonderful day! We got to sleep late this morning and before I had finished my coffee with coconut creamer, it had started snowing! When I looked out my windows, this was the scene...
I can't believe that Christmas is less than a week away! This month has FLOWN by, but I have never been so busy in my life. Since the beginning of the month, there has been parties to plan for, food to make, gifts to buy... I'm tired! At this point I'm down to just food to make for the next few Christmas get-togethers and boy, do we have the Christmas get-togethers! In the next week, we have 6! It's busy, but it's great. We are so blessed to be surrounded by family and loved ones. This is my favorite time of the season because ALL the preparation comes down to this - the fun of getting together in each others' homes, eating yummy food, listening to Christmas music, visiting and catching up, seeing the joy on the kids faces as they open gifts... I love it all so much. I've had a rough time enjoying things this year because of how busy we have been, but I will truly enjoy the next week. So, some updates on the boys...
Well, I've been told by a couple of people that I'm not posting enough lately, so here's what's been happening with us. :) On Saturday Reed went to the birthday party of a friend of his from school. Since I was trying to get ready for my nephew-to-be's party we were having at our house on Sunday, Brian took him and Hudson stayed home with me. The party that Reed was invited to was at Build A Bear. I've never been there before, so I was excited to see what he came home with and my goodness, it was so cute!
Reed and I just finished a Christmas puzzle and now all three boys are piled in our bed watching a Christmas edition of the Imagination Movers.
Today I am thankful for-
Every day when I go to pick up Reed from school, Hudson sits in the back and watches a movie. He is usually rested from his nap with a snack and a drink so he's happy as a clam. Today I forgot the drink and snack and the movie just wasn't cutting it (could it be that the same movie has been running over and over for a few weeks now?) I decided to let him out of his car seat so he could "run" around in the car. I rolled the windows down and he was having a blast going from window to window in the back seat while I went through the mail. A few minutes before school let out, I buckled him back in his seat, but his shoes were no where to be found. I searched the car - front, middle, back and far back... Seriously, where could they be? Then it occured to me. The open windows... Great!! I checked around the car, under the car and even on the sidewalk. (Imagine with me if you will - here I am rushing to find two 5 inch long khaki colored Crocs in a giant pile of leaves next to the curb. They might as well be camoflauge!! Kids are starting to file out and cars are starting to move...Ugh.) I only have two pairs of shoes for this fat footed little monkey, so I was going to find those suckers. As I'm scanning the ground finding nothing, I vaguely remembered that as Hudson and I sat waiting for school to be out, I saw a woman walk by our car and in my side mirror I noticed that she stopped and bent down. Maybe she found them and she took them to the office!! So I pull over out of "traffic", unbuckled Hudson and start to the office, grabbing Reed on the way. I'm up there every week to help, so the ladies know me and when I ask if they had a pair of Crocs turned in, they look very puzzled. I go on to tell them that I'm pretty sure my 21 month old pitched them out the window and they both got a little giggle out of it. Nothing had been turned in but they say they'll keep and eye out for them. I left the office and tried to figure out anywhere else they could have been "turned in" and head down to the custodian's office who also gets quite the little giggle out of it. (If they think this is amusing, they should spend a day with me.) After no luck with the custodian, I decide to just head to the car and hope they turn up. I decided to take one more glance and there on the sidewalk, about a car length from where our car was sitting in the pick up line, are two khaki colored little Crocs. I guess the kid has quite the arm - maybe he'll be in the big leagues. :) Just another day in the pick up line!
In the last couple of weeks, Hudson has been saying a popular word among toddlers. He wraps his arms around whatever thing it is that he's claiming - coloring books, toys, whatever - and exclaims "Mine!" It's not super often, but he has been saying it here and there.
Just now, I was checking my e-mail and he came up beside me, laid his head on me, threw his little chubby arms around my waist and said "Mine!"
How sweet is that? That little monkey sure can get his momma's heart!
