Hudson update (January)

I hope you can appreciate this look of joy on Hudson's face. The dishwasher is his new best friend.

He is also loving the piano. If he is ever mad, he'll usually calm down if we sit him at the piano.

He learned to clap this month!

So, this is one of the rare times that Hudson is not crying and throwing himself around when I bundle him up every morning to take Annie and Noah to school (and every afternoon when we pick them up). This shot reminded me of Randy in "A Christmas Story" . . ."I can't put my arms down!"

"I can't get up!"

Hudson is starting to show a sense of humor. He noticed that he got us laughing when he babbled with a spoon in his mouth, so he kept doing it over and over.

Hudson loves balls! His face lights up like this every time he sees one.


Maybe you've noticed that there is no 10 month picture of Hudson by the big bear. That is because I somehow deleted a bunch of pictures as I was downloading them onto the computer. I'm trying really hard not be sad about it. Try to imagine on your own:

-Hudson delighting in making huge splashes in the tub
-Hudson scowling as he is trying to crawl to and grab the camera

Also . . .

Brigham doing some sweet poses with his light saber. Seriously, they were awesome - even more so because it's not very often these days that I can get him to even look at the camera. I asked him today if he would let me take more pictures of him with his light saber, and he said "NO." *Sigh* I'll keep trying.

Catching up (January)

Once again, Chris has saved the day: he fixed whatever the problem was, so now I can download pictures! Since I started the blog, I decided to do this instead of typing up the monthly family history I usually do. So, I'm just going to do a quick overview of January. Here's what we've been up to:

Noah lost a tooth! This is the third one he's lost, and he was so nice to give this one to Hudson (who got his first tooth this month!)

The day Noah lost his tooth, they also celebrated Chinese New Year at school; that's what this crown is for. Brigham, of course, wanted to wear it all the time, so they fought all night about it.

One Saturday afternoon as Annie and I were getting our hair cut, Chris took the boys sledding down Thornton hill. The snow was pretty packed down, and it was COLD, so it was more icy than snowy. But according to the boys, it was AWESOME! The sled in the picture ended up breaking because the ground was too hard.

We went down to Columbus to the temple on the 17th. On our way home Hudson was getting hungry and tired of sitting in his car seat, so I fed him chocolate animal crackers to keep him happy. This is what he looked like by the time we got home.

A few months ago, Chris and I started doing Special Days with the kids. Once a month we pick a Saturday that works, and then either Chris or I take one of the kids out to do whatever they choose for a few hours (price limit is $10). We've done things like the Science museum, dollar theater, and rock wall at Dicks. This month it was my turn to take out Annie, and she chose to go sledding, then get doughnuts at Amy Joy.

It was the perfect day to go sledding - it was snowing like crazy, but it wasn't very cold. It was so fun to just focus on Annie, and to actually go sledding myself. Good idea, Annie! We had a great time!!

Rochester, here we come!!

I mentioned before that our computer has been been trouble for us for quite awhile. Chris finally figured it out the problem, erased the whole thing, and now he has been reinstalling everything. What a smartypants I have for a husband. I was ready to throw the computer out and use some tax return money for a new one. Anyway, for that reason, I am way behind on the blog. I came down today to start catching up, but I can't figure out how to download the pictures on our born-again computer. I'm not much of a troubleshooter when it comes to computers (actually, when it comes to most things); I'll have to wait for Chris to come home. So, I'll just do this one without the pictures:

Last month we found out that we were accepted into the Urology/Oncology fellowship at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN - we are sooo excited!!!! Yes, we realize it's cold (that's what everyone says when they hear we are going there), and we are okay with that. I can take cold, as long as I can see the sun sometimes.
This whole experience has been so interesting. Chris was also offered a position at NIH in Bethesda, MD. Logically, it would make sense to go there - we'd make WAY more money and Chris would be home a lot more. Who wouldn't want that?? We went back and forth so many times, and it kept coming back to the fact that we just felt better about Mayo. For whatever reason we are meant to go there.