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Family Photos - December 2009

A couple weeks ago, we went down to San Juan Capistrano to take some new family photos. There is a cute little train station down there, as well as a lot of cool, old buildings. We had a lot of fun looking around and shooting in different spots. Hudson was a good sport about the whole thing... he just got scared whenever the train went by, because it was really loud! I think he likes trains better when they fit in his hand. :) Anyway, here is the first picture from out awesome photographer Matt Luecht @ anewhalloo.com. We can't wait to see the rest!

Happy Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at Uncle Phil & Aunt Laura's this year. The food was amazing (would you expect any differently?) and I tested out a new recipe: butternut squash lasagna. It's definitely a keeper... thanks Giada! Aunt Laura brined her turkey, and it was awesome. The weather was a bit warm for November, especially by our house, but it was about 10 degrees cooler with a nice breeze in Long Beach. Hudson had a great time running around outside- until he ran right into the rosebush. Ouch. But once we pulled the thorns out of his little face and Uncle Duane distracted him with the soccer ball, everything was fine. And amazingly, his face healed up within a few days. We went for a Duffy boat ride in the bay and checked out some of the early Christmas lights. It was a great day!

Happy Halloween!

This year Hudson was a 3-eyed monster! ...Or a 5-eyed, if you count his real eyeballs. Surprisingly, he liked his costume and didn't mind wearing the headpiece, which I was worried about. He wore his costume to the costume party at Kiddie Gym and for a few minutes on Halloween (we didn't want to torture the kid, it was about 80 degrees!) Since he is still a little young for the sugar-overload of trick-or-treating, we will save that for next year.

Pumpkin Patch

Pumpkin Patch

On Friday we took Hudson to the Pumpkin Patch for the first time. There was hardly anyone there, so Hudson pretty much got free reign of the place. He's still too little for most of the rides, but he had a good time checking out the turkeys, goats and all the pumpkins!

Sorting Shapes

Yesterday I gave Hudson one of his gifts from his birthday (we gave him a couple at a time so he wasn't bombarded with new stuff!) - a Stack & Sort Board. It has pegs that you put shapes onto. I wasn't sure if he'd be able to get the shapes on the pegs just yet, but within a few minutes, he was a pro! He's so smart! :)

Cheese!

Hudson's cheesy smile

Family photo

Hudson & Mommy

Hudson now understands that you are supposed to smile for the camera! Before it was always so hard to catch him smiling, because as soon as he'd see the camera, he'd get serious on me. But now, I can grab the camera, tell him to "say cheese" and he smiles! It's so cute.

On a side note, you will notice Hudson's new buzz cut. I took him for a haircut yesterday, and I swear this kid has super-human strength!! Getting him to sit still for a haircut is just impossible, and trying to hold him still myself is almost impossible. I told the hair stylist it works best to use the buzzers/clippers rather than scissors, and I guess she assumed we wanted a buzz cut! Oh well, his hair grows fast, and maybe this way we can postpone the next traumatic haircut a little longer.

Smiles for Mommy

Lakers' #1 Draft Pick 2030

Today we went to Saddleback Church's new building, The Refinery. It's a really cool building with 2 indoor basketball courts. Brandon and Hudson have gone a few times, but today all 3 of us went and shot some hoops. Hudson seems to be getting the hang of it... I think soon he'll be able to dunk!