2 month check-up

London had her 2 month check-up today and received her first set of immunizations.  Dr. Hudson came along and brought his doctor kit.  He gave Dr. John a couple of shots and then Dr. John gave him one (a pretend one this time).  London did very well during her check-up.  She just cried for a little bit after her shots.  Other than that, she was all smiles!  I was a little busy keeping up with both Hudson and London to take any pictures so I took the one below when we got home.  The band-aids are where she got her shots. 

She has really started smiling big smiles and cooing lately and I love the sound of her sweet little voice!  She has really gotten settled into her schedule so she is much easier and predictable now.  She really only cries when she is ready to eat and ready to sleep...or if Hudson is driving her crazy!  He loves her so much but he talks non-stop and only has one volume...LOUD!  Adjusting to the noise at daycare should be a breeze for her!  However, she has started looking around for him when she is awake and hears him talking now...so I know she loves him too!

Here are her stats from her check up:
 Length: 22.75 inches (50-75 %)  grown 2.75 inches since birth
 Weight: 10 lbs. 9 oz. (25-50 %)  
 Head Circumfrence: 15 (75 %)

She wears size 0-3 months.  (She has officially outgrown her Newborn size clothes)
She wears size 1 diapers.
 

Grandma & Grandpa Holladay

Jason's parents live in Kansas, OK so they are further north and always get the worst of the winter weather.  We decided we could brave the snow and cold by Saturday and made the journey up to their house!  The roads weren't that bad until about 10-15 miles away from their house.  The closer we got, the more icy it became.  Luckily, we made it safe and sound and enjoyed our visit. 

Jason's Dad had just gotten out of the hospital so Hudson took his new doctor kit to make him feel better.  Grandpa Holladay had his gall bladder removed which contained 5 marble sized stones...OUCH!  He had some complications after his surgery and had to stay in the hospital for about a week.  (We hope you are feeling better now!  We love you!)

London meeting her Grandma:

Even though Grandpa wasn't feeling well he still found a little energy to play Hudson a couple songs on his guitar.

Hudson and Daddy built some domino towers and then knocked them down:

London napping in Grandma's arms:

Grandpa telling Hudson the story of The 3 Little Pigs:

I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas...

We woke up to snow Christmas morning!  Hudson was very excited to go out in the 17 degree weather and play!  We don't really have snow clothes so they had to layer up! 

Hudson & Misti playing in the snow!

Jason & Hudson tried really hard to make a snowman but the snow wouldn't pack very well.  So they had fun running and throwing the snow!

Hudson took a couple face plants in the snow.  Here is a picture of the first time he slipped and fell face first into the cold snow.  He was pretty upset.  It didn't take long to get over it and go run through the snow some more though!

Here is a video of the boys attacking me with snowballs!

Santa came!

Our original plan was to make it to my parents' house Wed. night then get up bright and early Thurs. (Christmas Eve) and drive up to Jason's parents' house.  However, a big snow storm came through and we couldn't travel on Christmas Eve.  We ended up spending Christmas Eve and Christmas with my parents and then we went to Jason's parents house on Saturday. 

Here is Hudson helping Gigi do some baking on Christmas Eve:

London and her Papa catching some ZZZ's!

Hudson is in pretend-mode 24/7! He pretended to put on his Santa suit and become Santa.  Here is Santa below saying, "Ho ho ho! ".

Gigi had to sit on Santa's lap while he checked his naughty list and she told him what she wanted for Christmas!  It was so funny because when he was done pretending to be Santa, he unzipped the pretend zipper on his pretend Santa suit, stepped out, pulled off his pretend coat, then pulled off his pretend beard.  He cracks me up!

Here is Hudson looking outside for Santa on Christmas Eve!  We had a beautiful White Christmas and it just so happened that while we were admiring the snow in the morning we saw 8 deer outside (maybe Santa's "reindeer"???)!!  It was a picture perfect Christmas morning!

Ever since Hudson went to London's 1st Dr.'s appointment with me, he has loved pretending to be a doctor.  Santa must have known about this because he brought Hudson a doctor kit.  Here he is giving Daddy a shot!  The kit contained a pair of play scissors so Dr. Hudson always gives you a haircut with every check-up!

Hudson and London made Papa & Gigi a stepping stone with their handprint/footprint to put in their garden.  Here is Hudson helping Gigi open it!

Hudson got his 1st digital camera!  He has already taken pictures of every single toy in his toy room!

Hudson's description of Santa

Over the river and thru the woods...

...to Papa & Gigi's house we go! Luckily, London decided she was going to be okay with riding in the car just a few days before we left for our trip.  Both Hudson and London did very well on the trip.  Hudson watched his movies and London just looked around or napped.  Tom & Micaela now live in Longview which is exactly half way between our house and my parents house.  We stopped at their place and had a great time visiting!  Hudson had a blast playing with Evan and Chayse.  London & Leighton will be playing together before we know it.  We gave the kids their Christmas presents, visited, and had a yummy dinner.  While we were there a huge rain storm rolled in and the tornado sirens were going off.  We were traveling in our truck and all of our stuff was in the bed of the truck.  It all got drenched.  Luckily, all of the presents were covered in trash bags and didn't get wet but everything else was soaked!!!  I had to start drying all of our clothes as soon as we made it to my parents house so they wouldn't mold and so we would have something to wear the next day!  Hudson was thrilled to be at Papa and Gigi's house (as were we!) and quickly got a second wind when we went inside.  It felt so cozy and Christmas-y to be home and hanging out with my parents!  The trip went by too fast though.

Presents from Evan, Chayse, & Leighton

Spiderman is HEEERRRREEEEEEE!  That's what I here every time the UPS man rings our doorbell to deliver a package now.  Spiderman is now Santa's sidekick according to Hudson...who needs elves when you have Spidey?!?!?  This time, Spidey delivered a package from Evan, Chayse, & Leighton Black.  We opened the box and noticed there was a small hole in paper on Hudson's gift.  He tried to peek but I told him he had to wait until Christmas to open them.  Later, he told me he wanted to put the presents under the little tree upstairs.  I thought this would be a good idea: out of sight, out of mind....but no.  He woke up from his nap and came down the stairs carrying his present and the hole had grown and spawned a new hole.  There was no more guessing what was in the package so I let him go ahead and open it the rest of the way.  We saved London's present for Christmas though!  Thank you Evan, Chayse, & Leighton (and Tom & Micaela!)!!!  Hudson LOVES his awesome dinosaurs!!  I have lost many fingers in their hungry mouths already!

It was hard to keep him still long enough to get a good picture!  (thus the closed eyes)

Wrapping presents

Today was a busy day.  We started off by visting my work so everyone could meet both Hudson and London.  Unfortunately, Hudson woke up with a runny nose and cough so I had given him some medicine and he was not really himself.  He was pouty and quiet.  BUT...this worked to his advantage and I don't think it took him long to realize that!  It was like trick-or-treating for him there!  Every cubicle pod he would visit would find something they could give him.  They even found him a bag to carry all of the loot he was collecting.  He walked away with a NY Yankee's matchbox car, a toy mail truck, a stuffed horse, a toy shark, a glittery rocket that lights up, lots of candy,  and lots of new friends!  I always tell him that work is no fun so he'll go to school instead of ask me if he can go to work with me.  I don't think I'll ever be able to convince him of that now!  The next day we were driving in the car and he told me he loves all of my friends!  After we came home from my work, Hudson crashed and took a long and much needed nap.  He woke up in a much better mood and we wrapped some presents together.  He quickly went into pretend land!  Before I knew it, he was a doctor and the name tags turned into band-aids.  He had a great time using London as his patient and covered her in "band-aids"!  The picture below was just the beginning...eventually, her legs and arms were covered!  She just laid there wiggling away completely oblivious that she was covered in stickers!

Here is Hudson switching gears and pretending he is Santa Claus checking his "Naughty List"!

My pretty girl:

Taking care of business (talking to Gigi) and eating his first candy cane!  A cute Hudson story:  I gave him a box of candy canes to put on the Christmas tree.  He was so excited and put them all on as fast as he could.  He stood back, looked at them, and told me he didn't put them all on the right way.  He went back and fixed them so they were all facing the same direction.  He stood back and looked again and then asked for my help to reach some higher spots so they could be more equally spaced.  He IS his father's son!!

Christmas cookies

Like I mentioned before, I'm still working on being Super Mom.  Hudson and I had fun making dough for our Christmas cookies but I never found the time to actually bake the Christmas cookies.  I kept telling Hudson we need to make our cookies and he kept telling me we already did so I guess it's ok!

London just watched next to us...I think she liked the sound of the mixer.

And of course, you must lick the beaters when you're done!

Santa 2009

London had her first photo shoot this past Wed.  I promised Hudson if he was good we would go see Santa when we were done.  He was extremely good so off to Santa's we went!  We went at a great time because there was no line.  Santa had one little girl on his lap but noticed Hudson right away and waved to him.  Hudson was thrilled by this!  The little girl's parents were a little adamant about getting the perfect picture so they had to re-take her picture several times. Hudson waited pretty patiently and, finally, it was his turn!  He ran to Santa as fast as he could and gave him the hugest hug!  He sat on Santa's lap and told him he wanted BIG presents!  Then we put London in Santa's lap and they took a picture:

What a difference a year can make...remember last year??

An Afternoon At Starbucks

I met Mike, Jill, & Lindsay at Starbucks so they could see London for the first time.  We had a great time visiting and Hudson kept everyone entertained.  AND I got a much needed caffeine fix!  While we were there some more of my friends from Lexicon also popped in to see us...it was a very nice afternoon!  Mike took some really great pictures:

Thank You Grandma!

My Grandma and her sisters sent London these super cute sweater, hat, & bootie sets and blankets!  She sent them when London was about a week old but I just now took pictures and got them uploaded ...still working on the Super-Mom thing!

She is 6 weeks old in these pics and I caught a milestone on camera: she has just started SMILING!!