1st Day of Kindergarten & 2nd Grade

Karys started Kindergarten and Garrett started 2nd Grade this morning!!! We have a brand new school to attend this year - Patsy Sommers Elementary. For the most part, it went smoothly. None of us cried and the kids went happily to their classes. Our teachers & staff are fantastic so I know they will both have a great day.

Karys's 5th Birthday Party

We had Karys's 5th B/day party at Pump It Up last week (though her actual b/day isn't till 8/27). The kids spent an hour or so jumping and sliding. She had a great time with her friends.

Hudson is 11 months old!!

Hudson hit the 11 month mark this weekend! He still can't crawl, but scoots a little on his butt. He LOVES to stand and play. We are thinking he might skip crawling and got straight to walking (though I know it will be many months down the road.) I went to the bathroom the other day and left him playing by the coffee table. When I walked back in the room a few minutes later, he was standing up & leaning on the coffee table. Totally shocked me.

Hudson can now wave 'Hi' and 'Bye' and saying something that resembles the words. If you ask him what a lion says, he growls. He can also make a good monkey sound.

Here are a couple recent photos of the little dude.

Garrett & Robo Monkey

Jon took Garrett to see Star Wars: The Clone War this past weekend. Ever since he got home from the movie, he has been combining his robot world with Star Wars. Here is a picture of The Incredible Garrett & his favorite monkey - aka Robo Monkey. Gotta love his imagination.

Galveston 2008

We took a little vacation to Galveston at the end of July. We spent 3 days there with my sorority sister and very good friend, Missy. She has 2 daughters - Mia is the same age as Karys and Payton is the same age as Hudson. We had a great time visiting and watching our kids play together.

Here is a picture of Karys, Hudson, Garrett & Mia in the beach house.

Hudson is 10 months old!

Wow - I can't believe that our baby boy is 10 months old today!! Time flies. As of today, he can't crawl, but he moves like an inchworm with his head and feet. He is very loud (he likes to yell a lot), and eat people food. If I'm eating something, he must have it - no sensory issues with this kid - the chunkier the food the better. He has 6 teeth, 4 on top (which came in all in 2 days) and 2 on the bottom. He still LOVES Garrett & Karys. He goes crazy for any attention they will give him. Here are pics from his 9 mos. photo shoot (taken just last week.)

Florida Beach Time

As promised, I'm finally putting up some of our pictues from our vacation to Florida. Hudson was 8 1/2 months old during that trip. Karys 4 3/4 and Garrett 7 1/2.