Happy Thanksgiving!!

So much has been done in the past week! On Thursday, we celebrated Thanksgiving at Granddad & Mimi's house. It was fun. You can read commentary on the slideshow below...




Then on Friday, I went to work and Hannah stayed home with the kids. They went to the playground and I think this was the first time Raegan & Hudson rode in the wagon together. You'll see a picture in the slideshow below.

Also on Friday, I got to catch the last part of the Auburn/Alabama game when I got home. I thought we would have been destroyed. So at least I expected to lose. I thought it was odd, when I got home, how calm Raegan was. It turned out she had a fever of 102. She never just lays on the couch but that's what she wanted to do. After some medicine, she was back to herself and the next day was a little better and then today she seemed good.

On Saturday, I took Hudson with me to a mattress store and bought Raegan a full sized mattress. While I did that Hannah took Raegan to do other shopping. Both kids seemed to enjoy their outings apart.

We bought the mattress for Raegan because she was outgrowing her toddler bed. By Saturday night we had her toddler bed converted into a full sized bed. She liked it but she did wake-up a little upset around 5am. But I think she'll be OK tonight.

The rest of the weekend, we worked on Christmas decorations, playing & organzing. See the slideshow below for some pictures & captions...

Hudson 8 months, Raegan with Madison & a trip to the Lake...

This week Hudson turned 8 months old! I didn't get the best shots but here they are.



Hudson is doing great. He is crawling more. He is pulling himself up on things. Mostly to his knees... but occasionaly he pulls himself up to his feet. He still has no teeth but maybe soon. He is almost always happy. He eats really well and really loves his sister Raegan.

This past week we did some of our usual things - work, small group, tennis practice, walking, TV. On Friday, Hannah's sister brough Madison over (who she nannies) and Raegan & Madison got to play together. You can see some pictures in the slideshow below.

Also, this weekend we went to the Lake and saw Nana & Papa. We had a fun relaxing time. The slideshow has some pictures from both my camera as well as Nana's camera. The better shots are Nana's camera.

AU vs UGA & a B'day party

I'm a little late with this update. I don't even have a slideshow!

Hudson is really doing a lot more crawling. He goes back and forth between army crawling and classic crawling. On Monday we took him to the doctor because he had some rashes on his face and legs. The pediatrician said it looks like he may have had a mild ear infection a few days earlier and that the rash comes sometimes a little after being sick. That explains why he was a little fussy last Saturday. But he is good now! He still has no teeth, but it really seems like he is close to getting some.

Here are a couple shots of Hudson being cute...



Look out ladies...


Also... Hudson has started doing the P90X workout program. Here he is doing some push-ups.

...and here he is doing the Yoga part of the workout. This is called "Downward Dog".

...and this is a stretch that is part of the yogo sequence. I don't remember the name... but if you have ever done yoga, you'll recognize this position...

...of course he is not really doing P90X. But there is a striking similarity from what he naturally does and the P90X program!

We got back the kid's school pictures. The shot of Raegan & Hudson together turned out good. It seems that it is illegal for me to scan the picture and post it so I won't do that. Both kid's individual shots didn't turn-out. About half the kids at school had this happen. They gave us some gift cards for free service for the goof-up... but we hate that we didn't get to see those pictures!

On Saturday morning, we went to a 4yr B'day party for Zack Martin. At this party, Raegan finally overcame her fear of moon-walks or jumpy houses... or whatever you call them. Anyway, she has always been scared of them but once she was able to get in without other kids around, she loved it. Even once other kids got in. Below are a couple shots...

Below is a picture of some of the kids at the party before the cake... Zack is the one in the blue shirt directly behind Raegan.

After the party, Granddad & Mimi came over and spent time with the kids while we went with Carrie & Chad to the UGA/AU game. It was fun... and was an exciting game... until Auburn lost. Neither team looked all that great... but it was fun to get to go! We tailgated a little before hand and then enjoyed the game. Thanks to Carrie & Chad for letting us use the extra tickets! And thanks to Granddad & Mimi for taking care of the kids!

That's it for last week!

Hudson took first real crawling moves...

It's been a good week. Today we witnessed Hudson do his first crawling with his knees. He has been crawling by using his arms (to drag his legs basically)... but today he did a few moves of classic crawling. I got a video with my Blackberry but I still need to convert it to something I can post.

On Monday I started back tennis lessons. There are 6 of us doing lessons with the same guy Hannah was taking lessons with. He is really good... but I'm really rusty! Also swim training has started back with CFA. So I did that on Friday and it was really good. I plan to do at least one triathlon next year.

On Thursday, Hannah went to a Mom's club meeting in our area. They discussed school options... but we still don't know what we'll do... luckily, our kids are both a little ways off from that!

On Saturday, we went to a dog park with the Cohens. The dogs had fun and so did the rest of us. Hudson seemed kind of sick all weekend but I think he's OK. He is transitioning to a new room at church... since he is mobile now.

Raegan is noticing letters everywhere. I think she can recognize most of the alphabet now and points the letters out everwhere she sees them. And she usually says what else starts with that letter... like "A" for apple! She is also starting to be able to sound out a word and determine the letter it must start with.

OK... enough of my babble... below is our slideshow with captions. Enjoy!

Halloween Activities...

We had another exciting week! This week of course was filled with a lot of Halloween activities. Before I get into that, I have to share that Raegan was "Artist of the Week" at school! See below...



Also this week, both kids got their H1N1 vaccination. So far... no side-effects!

On Friday, we had a children's costume parade at my work. Hannah didn't get to go because she pulled an all nighter with work and was still working in the morning. She is a hard worker and I hate it made her miss out on the costume parade. She was also planning to take them to the Aquarium but that didn't workout either. Luckily, there were plenty of other festivities for her to take part in.

At the costume parade at my work, I didn't think about a stroller or baby biorne. So I carried Hudson the whole time and tried to keep Raegan straight and her costume in tact. It wa exhausting but the only thing I lost was Raegan's wand. I'm not sure what happened to it. Anyway, both kids liked walking around my office and seeing all my co-workers giving them candy.

On Saturday we spent the first part of the day around the house. You can see in the slideshow that Hannah started us off with a festive breakfast. We carved a pumpkin. Watched football. Went to the neighborhood Halloween party. And of course Trick-or-Treated. It was a full day. See the slideshow...



Then on Sunday, after church we went down to Hannah's parent's house. Raegan & Hudson both enjoyed seeing Mimi & Granddad, Uncle Jacob, Uncle Aaron, Aunt Jennifer & Great Granddad! See slideshow...