2 Months

I love this stage that Hudson has entered. He is much more interactive, and he starts most days cooing and smiling at whoever is around. Also, he's pulling out of needing to be held every second, so I am free to leave him on the floor as long as I keep Max from tackling him -- a real threat, as Max weighs over 30 lbs now (not sure exactly, but he was 29 1/2 three months ago).

If you get past the background dialogue, you can hear Hudson 'telling stories' about who knows what.

Boys vs. Girls

It's been interesting raising both a girl and a boy. Watching Max going through the development that Addie did, and seeing how differently he does things is very eye opening. It makes me feel like a first time mom all over again. Here are a couple clips to see just how different and gender specific the kids are doing the same activity.

Max loves mud. He loves to stomp in it, throw it, and especially eat it. I think it could be a medical condition, but I'm not too worried.

Here's Addie getting dirty, her way.

Blessing Smiles

This past Sunday was Hudson's blessing day, and what a day it was. The weather was great, the kids cooperated, and we arrived at church just as it was starting... which is a real task for us. With the ward splitting, we were bumped into the 11:00 schedule, but I still have to be showered by 7:30 to get there on time. Since Corey was called as bishop, I still don't have any help in the morning to get out of the house. This is 5 years of going to church by myself, but only 1 year of sitting by myself during sacrament meeting, and 7 long weeks of wrestling 3 kids by myself while trying to keep them from driving away the spirit for the rest of the ward.

But I digress...

Corey was a little nervous about blessing Hudson, since he's so high maintenance, but Hudson was wonderful! Unfortunately, Max was a bit of a handful so I wasn't able to hear everything. What I did hear was great, because a lot of it had to do with Hudson being good to me, his mother. Gotta love it!

Later, Corey and I were taking his blessing pictures, and he was SO smiley!!! Our camera died twice during the photo shoot, so we had to recharge the battery for a couple minutes, and he continued with the smiling. This is amazing, because he usually only smiles when he's lying on the hammock outside with Dad.

6 Weeks

Our sweet little boy is six weeks old!

And I've survived! Barely, because three kids are HARD!!! I owe the first two weeks to Corey's mom, then another week to my mom's help. And thank goodness for Corey!! He takes care of Addie and Max when I just can't handle it.

This is the boy I love to see....

Unfortunately, this is the boy we usually have. Oh, well. We love him just the same.