Weight family: March 2009

Hudson update (February)

Eleven months old!!

Hudson' s first official buzz haircut (he did get a trim above the ears a couple of months ago). He was okay at first, as long as he was holding some crackers, but after a few minutes, he was tired of it!! My poor boys - all they get are buzz cuts. That's all I know how to do!

Argh, matey! Noah got this from a birthday party, and he managed to get it onto Hudson. . .

. . . and Hudson eventually managed to get it off.

This is the best picture we have of the funny scowl that Hudson has been making all this month (all the others were in the group that got deleted). This doesn't even do it justice, but at least we'll have a slightly weak example of it.

Hudson has also been nodding a lot this month, which just makes me giggle. I was so excited to get this picture of him mid-nod.

Hudson's giving great kisses lately!!

Other February goings-on

On President's Day we went to Pump it Up, where they had a room filled with an inflatable playground. The kids had a blast. . . and I love these action shots.

This month Brig and Noah played "Steamboats" quite a bit, which is some game they made up. From my perspective, it consists of emptying every basket and box in the house, then filling them up with other things from around the house, so they can go on a journey.

They had been begging to sleep in their steamboats for days, so we finally let them.

I thought for sure they would eventually get tired of trying to sleep while their knees were mushed up to their faces, but they actually fell asleep that way!!

After taking these pictures we got them back into their beds so they wouldn't wake up tomorrow with knots all over their necks and backs.

Happy Birthday Noah!

Noah had a family party this year (we alternate every year with family and friend parties). There happened to be a Cleveland Clinic Spouse Association activity the weekend before Noah's birthday, and Noah decided that's what he wanted to do for the family party. It was at the Solon Community Center, where they had pizza for lunch, and then we spent hours at the pool. A friend took this picture of us at the pool, but the lens was foggy when he took it. Can you tell how much fun we're having?? :)

On our way home we stopped at the gas station. Our van was sooo dirty from all the salt on the roads, so Chris bought a car wash. This was the first time our kids had been through a drive-through car wash. It was one the more exciting events of the day!

Noah wanted to eat at an italian restaurant for his birthday dinner, but we couldn't find one anywhere between the community center and our house, so Noah settled on Chinese. He even tried out some chinese words with the waiter (the kids have Chinese class at school).

This is how Brig used his chopsticks.

On Noah's actual birthday (Feb. 4th), we had cake and ice cream and he opened his presents. Noah is obsessed with coins, so that's what he got for his cake.