Hudson's first sleepover buddy

Hudson loves Nana's dog Sparky and now asks Nana if he can "borrow" him so here we are with his new BFF spending the night. When Nana showed up with Sparky the other day, Hudson ran over and said "hold on I gotta see him!" and greeted him a big hug. Later I even heard him say he loved him. Maybe he loves him so much because his fur resembles Woody's vest? Despite Sparky being drug around the house, pulled by a leash with a running toddler on the other end, or chased around with a flying Buzz Lightyear toy, I think Sparky has taken a liking to Hudson too. Hudson has introduced him to all of the new and old characters in the Toy Story movies and here he is reading a book to him. I asked him to come upstairs this afternoon and he told me he was busy because Sparky was sleeping and he couldn't wake him up. They are both pretty sweet buds.

Jack's new tricks

Don't let this picture fool you. Although Jack is sitting in a high chair with a bib on, he still prefers sucking on a wet washcloth or chewing on Hudson's shoes and dog bones but we still keep attempting! His record so far is about an ounce of carrots which seem to be his favorite food. He did eat part of a Mum-Mum (rice cracker for babies) with only gagging two times so we are heading the right direction. We are happy his clothes are staying fairly clean though!

We attempted to give him his first dose of Tylenol the other night for his upper teeth coming in and you would have thought we were giving him lemon juice. This is a little different from his brother who would get so excited to see anything come near his mouth and I think was eating Chipotle at his age!

Despite the lack of interest in food, we are pretty sure he is still doing just fine on the growth chart.

He has started creeping which looks more like him attempting to do the worm followed by a huge lunge, or face plant into the ground to get a toy. He does it in faster motion if one of Hudson's toys are nearby. He can get his whole body up off the ground for a few seconds but not very long.

He has also started giving kisses which is super cute. You say "awwww" and he opens his mouth to plant a big slobbery kiss. So sweet.

His other new trick is starting to pull up. We had to drop his crib the other day. When we lay him in his crib to sleep he loves to climb over to the rail to peek over the bumper. He thinks it is hilarious when he sees you on the other side.

He is getting tons of new hair! It seems a bit wavy so we are wondering if he will have curls like Hudson did. He may not be as good of an eater than his big brother, but this kid sure loves his sleep more than Hudson did. The other day he fell asleep in the car, stayed asleep when I moved him from car seat to crib. After an hour, he stayed asleep when I moved him back into the car to get Hudson from school, and slept until Hudson got in the car!

One fish, Two fish....

It has been a hot week here but we are happy the rain is gone! We have been enjoying the neighborhood pool. Jack has been loving Hudson's crab floater.

Jack was more interested in sucking on the crab and would get so mad when we would lift him up!

A post for Daddy....

I tried to get a picture for Daddy in the boys' new Yankees shirts but in all of the attempted shots you can't even see the emblem! Nonetheless here are some cute faces....

Woody is back!

Hudson discovered his Woody Halloween costume from last year and has been sporting it all week long. These pictures were not taken just one day but over several. Despite the HOT weather this week and the outfit about 2 sizes too small, he has been wearing it at least once a day. In fact, he even fell asleep in it the other night. He already has been talking about asking Nana to make Buzz.

Peak at Jack's 6 month photo shoot

eating flowers.....

So I decided to snap a few shots of the boys.... This was taken right before Hudson hugged Jack so hard that his lunch came up.

Then Hudson picks a flower for Jack and of course Jack eats it.

I pull one petal out of his mouth. The next one came up a few hours later after a few more spitting up sessions. Jack doesn't spit up often, so next thing I know we are googling to find out if it is poisonous. Thank goodness Nana is at our house cause I of course don't even know the name of the flower. It isn't on the list, so it was all good.

Father's Day weekend

We were so happy to celebrate Father's Day weekend with Uncle Evan, Aunt Lyndi and Aunt Samantha in town! We shared many meals together, saw the new Toy Story movie and the boys got spoiled again! Jack is looking for some more ice that Nana was feeding him. If only he liked food as much as he likes ice.....

Jack getting a bath at Nana's house

Hudson watching "Up" with Lyndi

And more cupcakes!

Hudson found a new buddy. He loved watching and repeating everything Evan would do which even included eating pickles!

Thanks for coming out to see us. We had a great time and can't wait to see you all again!

Toy Story "FREEEEE"

And it was time at last for the movie one little "free" year old has been waiting for. After buying a new set of figures and memorizing the new character's names off the website, we made it to the movie. Hudson sat on Aunt Sam and Nana's lap for most of it and was pretty quiet so that was a good sign. When it was over, we asked him how the movie was and he replied it was "maybe a wittle bit scary" but all in all I think he was a fan!

We braved taking Jack in thinking we would just walk around the theater if he wouldn't sit. He sat on my lap and played the first half, then fell asleep the second half! Instead of the normal one year old toys I think he may be bypassing "elmo" and going straight to Buzz!

bedtime buddies

Here they are after baths tonight sporting some matching pj's. Hudson loves when he matches baby Jack. I do wonder how much longer before the wear the same size????