sneak peek of Evan and Lyndi's wedding

We just got back from Evan and Lyndi's beautiful wedding in St Louis. It was perfect - the weather, rehearsal, reception - everything!!! Apparently we were too busy chasing a wild little monkey around because I ended up with only a few pictures of the wedding but more will follow soon!Playing the piano with Aunt Dana





Nana and second cousin Lucy - these two kissed or hugged every time they passed each other in the house....so, sweet
Nana found the very popular cozy coupe car!
watching the Muppet Movie with Great Uncle Clayton and Aunt Joy
giggles with grandpa

bathtime

After all the splashin' in the mud puddles and big bath was needed.....

TS walk and the Circus!

We had a great weekend with Aunt Liz, Uncle Nick and cousins Brandon and Annika in town. Hudson loved having some kids here all weekend to play. On Saturday, we participated in the Walk against Tuberous Sclerosis for our friend Kierstin. Depsite the really rainy weather, the walk was a huge success and raised more than $41,000! Hudson especially enjoyed the good puddles the rain left and even tried to swim a few times in the swimming pools filled with ice and drinks! You can read more about Kierstin here: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/kierstindublinske

Then on Saturday night, we went to the Ringling Brothers Circus. Everyone had a great time. Two of the kids enjoyed watching it and the other one enjoyed running up and down the stairs and enjoyed trying to escape through the crowds giggling all the way as we chased him. He did sit there for about half and hour and loved the lights and fireworks. Each time an "event" stopped he would look up and John and me and sign "more" and "please" until it would start again.

We had a fun time with the cousins and look forward to seeing them in Colorado for Christmas. This week we are here for a few days, then are heading to St Louis for Uncle Evan and Aunt Lyndi's wedding!

Kierstin, Hudson and Annika at the TS walk

Cleaning the bowl of hummus to make sure he didn't miss any

Hudson shared his crackers with his friends so decided to eat the hummus with a few spoons....

Signing "more" at the Circus
Cheering during the Denver Broncos game

Fall is here!

Hudson has become great pals with the dogs....not sure they are always such a fan of him but they are always very gentle. He just cracks himself up playing ball with them.
His new favorite game to play is "see what fits in the air vents".....I am sure whoever cleans these vents next will get all sorts of surprises. He continues to be really active, running from morning till naptime, then again when he wakes up. He is a ball of fun though and keeps us very entertained! He is talking a bit more with his new favorite word now being "acker" for cracker and his favorite sign being "please". It seems to work well cause it is hard to refuse anything he wants when he has those serious, big eyes looking at you, with his head nodding up and down and his hand rubbing his chest for "please".

We have been staying busy this summer. We love to play at Wonderscope. Hudson and Ainsley love to share snacks. They always trade :) We are starting some fun fall activities too. His is going to Mother's Day Out a few times a month and I am not sure who is more excited about that:) We are also doing Kindermusik again and Hudson is going to be a peer model for a playgroup with some 1 year old deaf/hard of hearing children.

He LOVES the swing. He will stay in there for hours if we let him....and sometimes we do:)

New York, New York

I am finally getting around to another post. Time has been flying. Hudson is now 17 months old! He has learned all sorts of new tricks lately, some from his Nana who stayed with him last weekend while John and I spent a weekend alone in New York. I think we all had a great time! Here are some updates on Hudson. He is quite a climber these days. I found him in the kitchen the other day. He found a snack cup, got on the chair and filled his cup with cheese-its....yes, he takes after his father. His is obsessed with shoes (everyone's) and keys. He loves to try to put keys in the door, grab a bag and wave goodbye to us and close himself between the real door and the glass door. Keys are a great toy till they take a swim in the dog bowl or toilet (two other obsessions). Nana taught him to "scare" her by raising his hands above his head and making a loud "roar". He gets a kick out of it. He also loves to chase Tanner with his corn popper and cracks up when she runs away after getting run over....poor thing. He loves to sit on Pilgrim and watch Elmo but Pilgrim has learned to escape quickly.

New York was a blast. We did lots of sightseeing, saw a Broadway show, ate some great food, and made it to Yankee's stadium before it gets torn down this year....we were lucky enough to be at the 13 inning game against the Royals.

Here is an old video of some dancing....sorry it is sideways:)

my first fingerpainting session

Things went pretty well until we were so tempted to taste it....if only fingerpaint was blueberry and strawberry flavored!!!

feeding my friends...

My new favorite spot to read my books
Blowing on Clayton's belly!
I got to spend an afternoon at Nicole's house this week and see Addie and also meet my friend Tessa! Tessa's mom and my mom were roommates in college.
We became the best of friends quickly over a bowl of goldfish.
I gave Clayton a big kiss while he sat in my book basket!