She's Got Me Beat

As a mother I know it is good to talk to your newborn so they learn their native tongue.  I am not a "talker" even thought I know it is beneficial.  I usually just repeat, "I love you so much," all day to my kids and kiss them.  So that adds up to a lot of kisses and not much lingual instruction.  I thought I kiss them more than average until I saw Eva.  Her kissing ratio is way above mine.  Hudson is a very loved brother. 

Easy to Love

Hudson has been so easy to love.  He is smiling more and more and loves to interact.  He is sleeping well at night.  He enjoys (tolerates) all the extra hugs, kisses, paper airplane demonstrations, nerf bow and arrow hits, squeals, songs, pats, and rubs from his siblings.  He has even been taught martial arts from kick - kick -punch and beyond.  He has been doing great keeping up with the big kids taking them to and from school, going to Eva's dance class, going to an Admirals game, and going downhill skiing.

 

Hudson at four weeks.  Notice the shirt from Tricia, "On Auntie's Nice List."

 Hudson at 5 weeks.  This outfit is borrowed from a friend whose father is an orthopedic surgeon... so that is a really smart dad.  Hudson also has his own "super smart" dad.

 

Hudson at 6 weeks fresh after bath.

 Hudson at 7 weeks.

 Hudson at 7.5 weeks.

 

 Hudson at 8 weeks.

Christmas Day

Christmas Day we went to have dinner with Dave's family.  It was so nice to see everyone.  This was the last Christmas without any cousins on this side.  Next year will be even more eventful with baby Johnson.

 Jackie and Riley really excited about crib sheets.

Christmas Eve

The baby whisperer

 Ethan working on the game "Suspend."

 Computer games

Christmas Sledding

Luke always says his favorite season is winter.  We went to Madison to start the Christmas celebration and enjoyed their 20 inches of snow.  Luke and the family went sledding for over three hours. 

 Eva went over a large bump and got ejected from the sled into a triple roll and this is how she looked after.  What a tough girl!

Christmas Card 2012

We are so happy to have three children to take pictures of this year for Christmas.  It is fun to celebrate at this special time of year.