Summer Fun #2

We had our small group friends over for some fun for the Fourth (actually, it was the 5th). It was a blast! The Coffmans brought their humongo water slide over for everyone to enjoy. We will be getting one of those when I am not pregnant and the boys are a little older! The "kids"had a great time! I say "kids" because I was referring to the little ones as well as the big ones :) Hudson was so brave - he just LOVED the slide and kept saying "more" "more"! It wasn't warm, either - Hudson's little shoulders were blue but he pitched a fit when he had to get out!
I really wanted to participate, but after watching how little control everyone had going down that slide, I was afraid baby Clanton might not appreciate getting rolled on and smashed! Boo. I hope our children realize the sacrifices we make for them.

Summer Fun!

Last year, there was a time when I was concerned that Hudson wasn't going to enjoy swimming or the water. He would pull his legs up when we would put him in the pool and start crying. By the end of the year, he was warming up to the idea.
This year, he is ALL about the water. He has absolutely no fear of the water! We bought Hudson a little pool to play in - he loves it! He could absolutely spend all afternoon outside in the water and in the backyard playing! Another idea that I got from my friend was to fill up a bucket with water and let him play with his water toys in the bucket. It's easy when you don't want to get the pool out and he loves just pouring water all over himself and having a good time!

They grow up so fast..

I have some exciting news!  Hudson is sleeping in a big boy bed!  YEA!!  I was so concerned about how he would handle this.  His first official night in his new bed, it took about 1 1/2 hrs. to get him tired enough and feel safe enough to fall asleep. But, he slept all night long! I wish I could say the same for me. I didn't get much sleep at all.  I kept waiting for the "boom" as he hit the floor or the cries out in terror as he woke up not knowing where he was.  

To my surprise, he has adjusted SO well!  We are only on day three, but so far, nap times and night times have been successful.  Praise the Lord!  We DO have a little one who loves his sleep, so I am sure that contributes to his success.  But, more importantly, the Lord answers prayers - even ones about big boy beds!

He seems to be a little bit more clingy to his "pa-ee's" now, though. We keep them in his bed and he has a lot more access to them!  Well, one step at a time, right?  I am just thrilled that we are getting through one of the million transitions  he will have growing up!  

The morning after his first night in the big bed


Night 2

Confession Time

Ok, I have a confession to make.  I am a stacker and a hider.  I like to have a clean house.  So, in order to have a clean house, sometimes I will stack papers and other items and put them(hide them) places.  If they don't have a place, I will quickly make one.  The consequence to this bad habit is that I don't always remember where the new places are, which, you can ask my family or friends even dating back to high school, is not uncommon... my memory is not very good. It's even worse when I am pregnant, because I think the baby gets the rest of the memory I have.  

*I am sure Colin would love to talk more with you about my problem if you are interested- he can't stand the fact that he has to look through drawers and baskets quite regularly for "hiding" items - but on a positive note, he rarely keeps important things laying out anymore!*

The reason I am telling you this is because I have SO many wonderful pictures to post.  I have been motivated to blog and start keeping up with it more for quite some time.  But, it's kind of hard to post pictures when you can't find your cord to hook the camera up to the computer!  

Thankfully, I found the cord today!!  So, I have new pictures and memories to share with you.  They will not be in chronological order, which usually drives me crazy, because I have some exciting news to share with you that just happened....  So keep checking my blog, I hope to have lots of new updates!!

If you are in confession mode, I would love to hear from you  - do any of you have organizational problems as well?