Winter Updates

I need to be better about updating this! Now that I'm not doing monthly updates I don't remember as well to post all of Hudson's new developments! He is saying "Truck" now and "Uh Oh!" which is soooooooo cute! They are his first words that he is using correctly and on his own. So I think we will say that "Truck" is his real first word. I'm glad he's finally saying something...I was beginning to worry a little. He LOVES the animals more than ever, and chases them around and lays his head on them. Like this:
 
That's my son! If I'm not paying attention to him and he wants to play he pulls all his toys over to me and throws them at me. He runs around ALL the time and has a crazy amount of energy. Luckily he's still a good sleeper (for the most part...he woke up from 12-2 last night). But that was a fluke...let's hope. He usually sleeps 7-7:30 and naps from around 12-2:30 or so. Some days more, some days less. But I'm finding from talking to other friends that I'm lucky he sleeps that long! He really loves being around other kids and laughs and follows them around when he sees them. He is a friendly little guy, especially for being home with me all day and not always out and around other people! We had a fun Valentine's Day this year at the zoo. It was pretty warm weather for this time of year (in the 50s), so we took Hudson to the zoo in the morning and then after his nap he went to Mom and Dean's and we went to Ruth's Chris! Yum. Great dinner! Here's his Valentine's Day card this year:

 We had a fun photoshoot with some of our friend's! Here's a few more of my favorites:

Adorable! Here's the rest of his monthly photos so far:

 

 I can't believe he's almost 18 months. He has really grown up in the last few weeks. He looks so much bigger and is saying more things and understanding more and more every day. It's fun but so sad at the same time. And I can't imagine having another one right now even though I had hoped on being pregnant by now when I first had him. I just feel like he needs me so much still and I would be taking away so much attention from him...hoping I change my mind soon so I can give him a brother or sister that's not too far apart in age of him! Katie had her baby a few weeks ago and she is SO beautiful and perfect!! I love her so much. I can't wait until Katie is ready for visitors and we can go play with her. I took some pictures of my beautiful niece Harper Mae last week. Here are a few:
Love her! And so excited for our future of Disney Princess Parties. I'm sure there are a million other things that I'm forgetting, but Hudson is about up from his nap and I need to sweep before he's up! I'll leave you with a few of my favorite photos of him from the last month or so:


And a few from our snow days!
 
We are ready for vacation and warm weather!!