Potty time

Wahoo! We did it well Hudson did he is potty trained! I am down to only buying 1 set of diapers a month now. We tried the first time when i was 6 months preggers and he was just not havin it. I was timer trained and Hudson was hating it. So this time around im not sure what clicked but over christmas break when the kids were home i told them to take him potty every time the timer beaped well it worked and it only took two days of timer setting. He is a fabulous pooper on the toilet, now we just need to teach him to aim when he tries standing "like Payton" is what he says. Wahoo! so here is a picture i caught of him after going potty he put the lid down and sat on top of the toilet reading a magazine, he loves the toilet so much i guess!

silly child of mine

I had to put this one on the record. I took the kids to the fun park today to burn off some energy. We were out in the soft play area kinda like a giant mcdonalds play place. Mr. Hudson wandered out of the area and returned a few minutes later with a drink in his hand. I about died i asked him where he got it and told him to take it back. he just keep saying "i can't, i can't". I was totally embarrassed i grabbed his hand and told him to show me where he got it from so im following him through the arcade and over to the snack counter. He held his drink up to the lady at the snack counter and with the sadest eyes ever and said "here you go". I asked the lady if he got it here she said yes he came up to the counter and said he was thirsty and needed a drink, so she gave him a cup of ice water. So funny- i thought he got it off someones table. Well Hudson was really happy he got to keep the drink. That boy has no fear!!!

Christmas

Merry Christmas to all! We had a wonderful Christmas this year we did our usual of driving to grandpa and grandma Willden and did the party day on Christmas eve. This year we saw the chipmunks -pretty cute- and had olive garden make the lasangna and bread sticks this year. Way to go dad much easier clean up, when grandpa paul cooks i swear he uses every possible thing in the kitchen and leaves it for the clean up duty! Then we did our annual fishing pond the kids seem to love it every year! We opened the p.j.s and took tonz of pictures said our good byes and hit the rode home so santa could make it to our house. This year the kids woke up at 4:45 and waited until 5:45 to wake us up we said no way, Eric got them some cereal and sent them back to bed until 7:00 i think it was torture for them! but we had a slow morning of opening presents and playing with the new toys, Eric made fresh blueberrie pancakes, bacon, and hashbrowns yummy yummy!!! later that day we went up to the Winns and hung out and did our annual snow sledding it was a blast but way to cold. You can even see our breath in the pictures- crazy people! And now it is over, it goes by way to fast.

Updates!!!

So it has been way to long since i have journaled anything life seriously is so crazy. i just want to slow time down somehow and really take in the moments. Me and Eric are trying to find a way to simplify life but we are not being successful. Where to begin??
Fall has hit which is both good and bad. The bad- i didn't feel like we had enough of those barefoot summer days the good- it means somewhat of a schedule. We have been up to all sorts of stuff latley. To start Payton is in flag football again this year. Which i am just fine with, tackle football is so time consuming and i need one more year to prepare myself watching my child take someone down and being taken down himself. He started piano again and really i dont get where he got his talent from both mine and Erics piano teachers advised us to quite. I really hope to see him continue for a long time. I went the other night with some girls friends to a John Smidtch concert wow i would love for Payton to play like him someday! Anyway on to the next so Elli is back at tuellers school at dance and she is really coming out of her shell this year she has always loved to dance but so far this year she can really shake it! She is also doing Tavaci again which is singing and she is hoping to get a solo part this year for the christmas recital! Go Elli! Her and i just went to a Miley Cyrus concert she seriously loved it! Hudson, dear sweet Hudson, NOT! he has been replaced with a monster from the day he turned 3 he decided to take a vacation from his family and gave us a not so fun exchange. I remember this age with Payton it came back all to quick! We still love him we just have to remind him to find the Hudson we know. When he cries or wines we say are you hurt? are you bleeding? did the fat lady sit on you? He always responds no (unless he is bleeding or hurt) and then he stops criing its kinda funny! Nakisha tought us that to use for him- thanks kisha! Who ever said terrible 2's they were so wrong its terrible 3's. Hudson is very into playing with his friends. Just the other week i was on the phone i heard the horn of the car and i often hear that he gets in to get gum and opens the garage door. So i go check to make sure all is well, so he had is little girl friend Millie buckeled in his car seat Hudson is in the drivers seat with the car on yes he turned it on!! lets just say now Hudson tells people he cant drive the car! We had a great talk!
And on to Ralei what a sweet heart! She is at a fun age she smiles all the time and is loving to hear her voice she is really going to be a screamer! My brothers would say its payback! We just can't get her to eat baby cereal we have mixed it all different ways and she just doesnt like it! o- what to do? She is rolling all over the place it seems early to me to have her see something on the floor and roll to get it. Very determined little girl! As for me and Eric we are still plugging along with our church callings. For Eric's birthday i gave him Dodgers tickets for a game in september and told him we were going to make a weekend out of it. So the time finally came we flew to LA and hung out for two days saw his beloved Dodgers and hit the beach then flew down to San Franciso to meet up with some friends and headed to a 49ers game we stayed there for three days and saw the city wow that place is cool! Yes i endured a long weekend of sports! Really it was a blast though! The hours of shopping im sure surpassed the hours of sports! We took Ralei with us she saw her first major leage baseball game, professional football game, the beaches of southern cali and the bridges in san fran at the age of 4 1/2 months who can say that! All in all we have been busy the day i don't say that will be a good day!