Easter 2010

I totally forgot I downloaded these to the blog, but never posted them!  Here are some pictures of Hudson and our Easter festivities of dying eggs, and looking for his Easter basket. 

 He would dye the eggs then he would try to eat them.  What can I say the boy loves eggs!

I would put the eggs in the middle of this whisk that way he was not trying to fish them out with a spoon, he could just dip the whisk in the dye.  

    Once we were done dying Easter eggs, and we had to clean up you can see he was not very happy.  He   was upset because we had cousins over dying eggs with us and it was now 8 pm, way past his 7  pm 
bedtime, and it was time to go to bed.                            

 I don't know if others have this tradition or not, but in my family our Easter baskets were always hidden by the Easter Bunny.  We had to wake up Sunday morning, and find our baskets.  I remember as we got older my parents tried to find harder places to hide them.  Sometimes they were outside, or in strange cupboards.  We didn't hide Hudson's too hard, he found it within a few minutes.  

 Lovely mess with Easter grass.  I despise that stuff, but it's part of Easter right?

 We were pretty stingy with the Easter candy, so I think he thought while he saw it he better eat it!

Um...Hudson slow down, I promise I won't take it away, and that's pretty gross! 

Checking out the loot.  He received a tricycle, a few movies, cars, candy, and a handsome Easter outfit that I neglected to get pictures of!  I am going to put them in their outfits again and take some pictures to post. 

 Checking out his new movies from Grandma Foxworthy (Clifford, and The Cat in the Hat)

 Another tradition in my family is money eggs.  Every year when we would do our Easter egg hunts, a few plastic eggs would be filled with pennies, quarters, or if you were lucky a few dollars.  We have carried on that tradition so Hudson got a few eggs with money, or "Coins" as he calls them to put in his piggy bank.

 I would like to add that during these festivities Ryker was sound asleep.  I promise we did not neglect to get him an Easter basket.  He enjoyed a few toys, some milk, and a can of oatmeal cereal for when he's ready.  

Thanksgiving Point Easter Egg Hunt

Easter weekend we took Hudson to Thanksgiving Point for his first real Easter egg hunt!  We met up with a few friends and their kids, but left Ryker at home with Grandma because it was freezing!  Thanksgiving Point is a really neat place here in Utah.  They have a movie theater, dinosaur museum, golf course, beautiful gardens which are great places for weddings, I actually had my bridal pictures taken there in the gardens.  They always have something fun going on for the kids, and every holiday they seem to have an activity, this did not disappoint.  In addition to the egg hunt, they had an animal farm, bouncy house, the Easter bunny, train rides, and many other activities.  It was a good day, and I think Hudson had a blast, even though is little fingers were almost frostbit, I am such a terrible mother, I forgot his gloves!                          

Here is Andy explainig to Hudson how to find the eggs before the hunt!

 

                                    Being a goofball                                          

               And we're off to the races!                          

                                                 Checking out the loot

  

Mia, Hudson, and Darci

 

 

Pony rides, Ayla, and Kat

 

Look mom, all by myself!

 

This was the funniest thing!  This cow must have been used to being fed by the visitors, because as we walked by she stuck her head out of the fencing and started sniffing and licking everything!  Hudson thought this was hilarious, and was laughing uncontrollably.  The cow even licked his shoe!  

The best part is a few days later we were driving in the car, and Hudson kept saying "Dad, dad, dad, dad," fifty times over, and we mostly ignore this because he does it all of the time, and never wants anything, but to annoy us.  So Andy, finally says, "What Hudson", and he get's this big grin on his face and says "Remember the cow, licked my shoe!"  We were dying...first because Hudson was laughing, so we were all laughing in the car, and second we found it so funny that was a memory he had and he thought it was funny.  It made me happy that we take him places to do things, because sometimes you wonder if he even would care.  But to know he remembers them, and enjoys them was wonderful!

Christmas 2009

So what if this is being posted 4 months after Christmas....at least I did it!  This has been a crazy ride the past few months, and life is FINALLY starting to feel normal again, so I figured it was time to put these pictures up and get current! 

Here we are reading "The Polar Express" on Christmas Eve night (We had just come home from the hospital only hours before)

Cutie boy in his Christmas pajamas

Trying to tell him about Santa and how he should be so excited for tomorrow morning

Andy's parents Christmas tree

Hudson found his wagon full of presents, and started to push it from the tree into the living room

Opening a gift from Grandma and Grandpa Foxworthy...a dual DVD player for the car (Really this was a present for us!)

Now opening every ones gifts, but his own

Ryker, only 2 days old just slept through the whole thing

Opening some cars from Grandma and Grandpa Shuldberg

Having some fun in his new wagon

Our Christmas season was a little crazy and sleepy this year, but Hudson turned two, and we got a cute new little guy to join our family, so all in all we felt blessed, and very grateful for all that we have.