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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Happy Mother's Day!

There are these boys that kind of stole my heart. 
They call me mommy!
Happy Mother's Day to all the wonderful mommies in my life.
I am very lucky to be surrounded by so many inspiring women.
Jason surprised GM and I with a family brunch at Hartefeld Country Club. 
It was absolutely delicious and we had lots to celebrate.
 We are truly blessed to have GM be such a huge part of our lives.
Words can't express how much I love, respect, and look up to my mom.
She has inspired me to be a great mom and the boys are completely obsessed with her!
Here are some other fun things we did this month.
Q only recently started drinking cold milk out of a cup.
He is still only a milk and water drinker.
Dancing around practicing his "moves" in the driveway.
I asked Q what new toys he would like for his birthday. 
His response was,"Actually, I would just want some new flip flops please."
He is hysterical and totally my child:)
One of my favorite words he is into right now is "otherwise." He likes to explain things and give you the reasoning. So he has lots of opportunities to use this word.
 How can you not LOVE this face!
 We kicked off another beach season with a few weekends at the beach house.
The boys absolutely LOVE the sand.
Most days we are out by 11 and don't get off the beach until near 4!
 The boys have been taking great naps mid day.
It has been extremely relaxing for all of us and makes us really look forward to the summer!
 Building sandcastles
 We managed to get to the Greek Festival and were very proud of Quinn for going in the bouncy house for the first time. Although he is extremely silly and could be loud in familiar settings. He tends to be timid in new situations. After watching the kids bounce for a few minutes. He realized they weren't all going to get out so he could bounce by himself. We told him he could come right over to the net where we were standing. Although he mostly stayed right where we were he seemed to have had a blast.
Hudson on the other hand continues to be a complete ham!
It is funny to see the differences in their little personalities already.
Hudson is much more of a doer. He gets a sly look about him and charge!
 Notice his little farmer's tan!
Although the boys have very fair skin and I load them head to toe with spf 50 every 2 hours religiously, they have managed to get good little tans already:)

At 11 Months you…
-wear size 5 diapers (same as big brother)
-love to walk with walker or anything with wheels (highchair, scooter)
-enjoy playing in the sandbox
-love to play peek a boo
-wave hiya and bye bye
-have 6 teeth
-most anything we put in front of you to eat, gets devoured!
-enjoy feeding yourself pouch food
-started drinking whole milk
-started sleeping through the night…FINALLY!!!
-are a complete ham! You are always laughing and smiling!

Sunday, April 20, 2014

Hoppy Easter!

Spring Break was awesome! We enjoyed lots of family time, got lots done around the house and had a few fun outings.
Unfortunately Hudson ran a fever for four days. It started Monday evening and by Friday morning was still going strong (100-102). Apparently he had the start of a double ear infection and a red throat (possible strep). He started antibiotics. Saturday woke up with a rash, poor baby is sleepy and wants to be held, hasn't been eating to much but still his happy little self.

We decided to take the kids to the aquarium to find Nemo!
Hudson went bonkers!
He loved petting the stingray and kept trying to grab their tails.
The little boy next to us is trying to show Hudson to only pet with two fingers.
Hud's response, "Haha, yeah right kid, I'm jumping in!"

Q's favorite part was walking through the water tunnel.
It was Daddy's favorite part too;)
Our little fishy!
 Jelly fish!
When we got home the boys were surprised with an Easter box from Gramps!
Thanks Gramps!!!


The next day GM & GP came to visit and we prepared for our Easter brunch.
Quinten and Grandpa colored the most beautiful eggs.
Notice the matching navy, fish shirts. When Q saw what GP was wearing he asked to put his fish shirt on so they can match. Too cute!

We wrapped our "carrot" silverware,
 and set up our drink station
 We told Q he had to take a picture before he opened his basket.
Bribery seems to be the only way to get him to pose lately:(
 We invited a few neighbors over for an egg hunt.
Color coding the eggs was definitely a smart idea. The boys had so much fun finding their eggs and helping each other with their colors!
 Best buds playing Don't Break the Ice or as we call it "Don't let Grandpa fall!"
 Silly Baby!
 A HUGE thank you to GM for putting together a delicious spread for all of us to enjoy!
Happy Easter to every bunny!

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

10 months & a weekend get away!

After many, many cold months we decided to surprise GM and GP by taking a family trip to Naples, Florida. We can't thank Aunt Laura and Uncle Randy enough for letting us stay at their house and enjoy their amazing back yard. We were even lucky enough to get a visit in with the Neebs:)
 Best Buds!
 Daddy and Q
 Hudson's first plane experience wasn't the best. We had a delay out of Philly which messed up the plan with bottle. He didn't do terrible but was much happier in the airport.
 And fell asleep as soon as we landed.
 Quinten on the other hand did an amazing job. Him, GM and GP stayed another few days and enjoyed some of Naples sites, like the awesome zoo, before they came home.

We also found a zoo only 20 minutes from our house that we checked out this month.
We went to Liorah's birthday party at the DE children's museum which was lots of fun for everyone!
 Q has become obsessed with Willy Wonka lately. Jason couldn't be happier. He uses his Dr. Seuss hat as part of the WIlly Wonka costume. He watches the movie and tries to copy the singing and dance moves. His favorite character is Veruca Salt, which has been a bad influence on him lately. She has taught him to say "I want it now!"
More pictures from this month...
Not sure who likes Callie's new bed the most?!?
Hudson eats almost anything, LOVES feeding himself!
 Making sure he gets all his new teeth clean!
 
Loves talking and crawling all over Big Bear!

At 10 Months you...
~ crawl on all fours
~ stands independentlyfor a few seconds
~ loves macaroni
~ went on a plane
~ top 2 teeth beginning to come in
~ sleeps for a 9 hour stretch and then wake up for 10 min and go back for another 3 hrs.
~ loves his animal book
~wants whatever toy Q has