You ask me what I like about Texas...

We left the ranch and headed North to Dallas to visit Great Grandma! We got to the Galleria just in time for the kids to go down for a nap and for me to hit the mall! I did a little shopping and then we met my Aunt Harriet, Uncle Barry, Grandma, and my Dad at Grand Lux. We had a great dinner and enjoyed our quick visit with them. The kids did not sleep in Friday so we got up and got going. I took Hannah with me to return a shirt while Daddy and Hudson loaded the car and she talked me into buying several other things for her including shoes and sunglasses for both her and Hudson. This girl is going to be trouble! We got on the road and passed many beautiful fields of blue bonnets before we finally found a safe place to exit. Beautiful children in a field of blue bonnets...

A short trip to the ranch...

We took a little tour of Texas this week. We took off after school on Tuesday and met Mimi and Pops out at the ranch. We had a wonderful steak dinner at Navajo Grill and the kids were very well behaved especially after being in the car for 3 1/2 hours without a nap! They were thrilled to see Mimi and Pops and get out to the ranch. We were so impressed with all the improvements Pop's has made since we were there last and loved getting to see the new barns. Pops fixed a big ranch breakfast and Mimi and I enjoyed a beautiful walk through the ranch. I could do that every single day, its just so breathtakingly beautiful and peaceful out there. We headed into town and ate lunch and then visited the Pacific War Museum. This is a fantastic museum and we all enjoyed it. We had dinner in town again but this time sat outside, enjoyed live music, and a glass of wine. The kids loved the music and we had such a wonderful evening. It just doesn't get better than that! It was a beautiful night! We can't wait until we can go back for longer!

Spring is here! So, lets bust out our summer clothes!

With 90 degree temperatures I decided to go through the kids closets and put out all of their summer clothes. I put up all winter clothes and made room for swimsuits, shorts, and flip flops! I have may acted too soon because we barely hit 50 degrees on Tuesday and this "Mommy of the Year" sent her kids to school in shorts and short sleeved shirts.

Huddy's 18 month well check

Hudson had his 18 month well check a couple of weeks ago. He will be 20 months old on Friday! I can't believe it! He is starting to look (and act) like such a little boy! Our appointment went really well! Hudson has had a huge growth spurt! He weighs 30lbs and is 33 inches tall (I think). He is 2 lbs lighter than his sister! He is thick and solid! It has been noticeable to me but I really got to see it on his growth chart. He is now in the 90th percentiles. We have gone from the 25th to 90th! We stopped nursing when he turned 18 months and he has just continued to grow, grow, grow! He is wearing anywhere from 18month to 2T clothes and looks so handsome in his summer shorts and polos. He language skills and vocabulary continues to grow. His new word this weekend was "Pops". He LOVES to be outside! He eats anything and everything, is extremely well behaved. Loves his sister. Loves his Mommy and Daddy, Granddad and Mimi and Pops and loves his teachers and nursery ladies. He is so laid back, sleeps 14 to 15 hours a night and loves his dogs. We are on the downhill slope until our little Huddy is 2 years old!

We got a great report on Hudson! Dr. N was really pleased with his growth spurt and language progression. If you remember from birth, he had a slow heart rate, a prolonged QT wave, some low muscle tone and then this asthma like stuff lately, Dr. N believes that Hud has transient hypotonia of the newborn that his is growing out of and will be grown out of by about age three. He did say that this may make potty training a bit more difficult, ugghhhh!!!! Anyways, this was good to find out as we have done lots of test over the last 18 months and all have come back negative. Dr. N believes that the hypotonia (low muscle tone) is what caused his heart to show the slow heart rates, his lungs to be more immature causing him to desaturate after birth and need to be on oxygen and then his frequent episodes of pneumonia and wheezing this season. We are thankful and beyond blessed to have a healthy boy and very pleased to see the progress he has made.

What Mother, especially one who works in the office, would let her child lay on the floor of the pediatricians office???? Gross!!!

Phone dump!

I haven't had a lot to blog about lately. Maybe I have, but I have been either too busy or not taken any pictures and who likes blog posts without pictures???

What have we been doing? Birthday parties, work, meetings... you know, the usual.

The kids have been doing great. Hudson is really starting to say some words. He says "uh oh, night night, bye bye, dog, Phoebe, Daisy, Hannah, Momma, Da Da, car, backpack, Mickey, apple, cheese, outside" and I am sure there are others but I can't think of them right now. He follows commands well and is really laid back and content. He is really growing! He weighs 30 pounds and Hannah weighs 33 lbs. He loves, LOVES, loves to be outside. He flies out the doggy door every time he gets the chance. He is still a super sleeper, loves school, and loves milk. His favorite foods are brownie bites, apple strudels, and yogurt. He gives the best kisses and loves everyone. He even has a girlfriend! This little girl in his class loves him! I put him down and she runs straight to him and hugs and kisses him. He is the ladies man! His eyes are very hazel and his hair a light brown. We love our little 19 month old and cannot believe we are now on the far side of 1 year! The Just Between Friends Sale was last week and we got rid of everything! We sold all of our baby stuff! It is exciting to make money and clean out our house but sad at the same time knowing that I don't have babies anymore. I have two toddlers! But, two toddlers who play together and are growing up each day are lots of fun.

My little monkeys watching Mickey Mouse together. Hannah has on a band-aid because when she sucks her thumb in her sleep she scratches her nose or cheek with her finger. She sleeps with band aid to keep that area from scarring.

Silly girl, loves to dress up and often comes out of her room when she is supposed to be napping in something unique!

Huddy really likes to look at books! We read books to Hannah every night. Amelia Bedelia is one of her favorites and one of mine from childhood too.

Isn't this sweet! Hannah and Hudson really do love each other. Hannah is a great (and bossy) big sister.

We are finally into "face painting" and have to have it done at parties. Greenie the Clown is an artist and goes all out on the kids. While at a recent birthday party Hannah had been in line for while and was still a ways back until all of sudden I turned around and she had cut in front of several kids and was sitting in the chair having a "pink kitty" painted on her face. The sad part, we had to go home because it was getting late and she went straight to the bathtub and had to wash the kitty away.

All this wind and playing outside is making Huddy wheeze. We do breathing treatments 2-4 times a day.

Look at my chunky monkey!

I took the kids to 7:30am walk in clinic on Thursday because Hudson and since we had some time before school we stopped by the donut store. Both kids picked out cake donuts and had a total of 6 donut holes.

After leaving the donut store we went to see Grandad at his office and he gave the kids "eggs". These are chocolate eggs with coconut filling that my mom used to love and would stock up on this time of year. My dad gave the kids both a little piece of one and Hudson reached up, grabbed the rest of it and stuffed the whole thing in his mouth.

He said "Cheese"

He loves to be outside

Daddy took Hannah out to lunch yesterday with friends "Big Lee and Little Lee", then they went shopping where Hannah picked out these new purple play clothes - which are a size 6x! And then went to the park! She loves her new clothes and they look great with her pink Ugg boots!