Hudson's latest accomplishments....

In the past couple of weeks Hudson has started doing several new things as he approached age 15 months! It all began with saying "uh-oh" and "oh no" and has grown into "ca" for car, "mo" for more (with signing), "no, no, no" for no, "mi" for mine (why did he have to learn that??), and he makes a cute little noise whenever he sees a train in books, tv, or on the tracks :)

Next big development that I was not particularly looking forward to or ready for was the "I want it so I am going to throw a big huge tantrum over it stage!" Hudson has become that child that screams through Target when he can't have a treat or toy that he sees, he is pointing to food that he sees and saying "mo, mo, mo" and when you don't give in he cries and throws himself on the floor. Um, I would like to state for the record that I thought that this happened during the "terrible twos" not the "I just turned one and can walk, look out world here I come stage." Everyone failed to mention that this all starts so young!

Last but not least in his miraculous development is his love of dipping things. On our vacation he learned to dip french fries in Ketchup. He watched Lee do it and immediately reached to his plate grabbed a fry and went to town! As I write this I am wondering if he will eat vegetables if he can dip them in ketchup first?? Worth a try? I think so!

Summer Vacation 2010

Last week we went on our first family vacation to Twin Lakes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. We flew there with our good friends Jimmy, Hilary, and Ashton and spent the entire week at their family cabin on the lake. We had so much fun swimming, laying on the beach, kayaking, going on boat rides, hiking, geocaching, and of course eating Jolly Cone!

We went on a couple of adventures outside of the fascinating town of Bridgeport including a trip to the town of Bodie which was an old gold mining town that turned ghost town. We also made the trek to Yosemite! It was worth the 3 hour drive to get there!! It was the most breath taking beautiful place I think I have ever seen, I can't wait to go back. Hudson was a real trooper for our entire vacation and I am so thankful that he is such an easygoing, flexible baby to fly, drive, and roll with the punches for that long!

I can hardly wait for our next vacation. I had forgotten how nice it is to just get away and relax!

Fun at the fountain

Hudson had a great time playing at the Wilsonville fountains today! He loves running in and out of the water and trying to climb the waterfall stairs. I should also mention that he is quite fond of picking up other children's toys to play with! Why can't everyone come and just play in the water, why do they all have to bring toys. All my kid wants to do is take their toys and throw a tantrum when I tell him we have to put them back.