First smiles & first excitements of Christmas 2013

Going by the title you may assume this post will be about Hudson, but it's about Lulu! This will be a Christmas we will all remember because she was so excited about everything this special holiday has to offer. For starters she loved the holiday decor in our home, stores and christmas lights. When she helped decorate my tree and my mom's tree she would gently touch all the ornaments and say- "oooh, how pwetty." Any time she saw a large older man with a white beard she would say...."yook (look) it's HO HO HO." Every year I would drive around the neighborhoods and check out the lit up houses with Hannah. Even though she enjoyed seeing them, she was ready to go home about 20 min into our eveing tradition. Lulu on the other hand couldn't get enough! She had something to say about every house and just enjoyed the late evening drive. She reminded me of how excited I use to get when my dad would take us out almost every night the week before Christmas. Sometimes we would drive blocks away from our house and other times we would drive about 20 miles out for one big house he wanted to show us. I was never ready to come home- I wanted to see it all! Another highlight was that I was able to get a great picture of the three kids with Santa. Hudson was too little to even know what was going on, but I was so relieved that Lulu wasn't scared this year. Last year I didn't even bother to print the pictures I took of Hannah and Lulu because she was so scared of Santa.

Family outing to Buda Lights

Santa came to the Library!  What a surprise for us....

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving sure came late this year! It was very nice to spend the holiday with my sister and her family. Nothing gives me more joy than to see all the kids play and laugh. I have so much to be thankful for and I am so glad that God's blessings don't stop here. I look at Hudson and think how lucky I am to have this chubby, cuddly baby boy! I never thougth in a milllion years I would end up with 3 kids and one being a boy is a bonus =) The last two months have gone by so quick....like in a blink of an eye. Ever since school started my days end quick! It's just non stop from the moment I roll out of bed. Once Hannah is off to school I try to get Lulu out of the house and make a trip to the library. She loves to go play on the computer and sit for storytime. Whenever she sees me get ready after breakfast and start packing Hudsosn's bag she says- Libawee, momma? Well, as always I never stop snapping away so I have lots of picturs to share!

Hannah's first day of school!  She was so excited to start a new year and anxious to find out if she will have any returning students from Kinder.  She met new friends and was super happy to have her good friend from Kinder in her class!

7 years old my big girl turned on October 27.  She had two birthday celebrations.  Both were with family.  My sister drove in to spend the day with her and all the cousins had a blast with the water slide I rented out for the day.

We hit the pumpkin patch twice in October.  When I took the little ones it was full of beautiful pumpkins and fall decor.  When I returned with Hannah a few weeks later there were probably 10 pumpkins left!  But I was able to take a photo of her and Hudson!

Carving pumkins and Hannah did a good job on hers, but I did not take any photos of our finished products.

Halloween night was a blast!  We spent the evening at a friends house and the girls got lots of candy and had lots of fun.  Hannah was a bat witch and Lulu was a bat fairy. 

So of course Hudson is the center of everyone's attention!  This boy is LOVED by all!  The girls just can't get enough and we are just enjoying the chubby cheeks to kiss. 

These are my favorite photos.  Hudson is now 7 months old  =)