Apparently my singing is a joke

Baby Hudson

My sister-in-law Megan and brother Steve welcomed their first baby boy on January 1, 2012!! I can't wait to meet the little mister at the end of the month. Welcome to the family Hudson :)
Photo courtesy of: Leah

Rhode Island Surfing

This is Nick surfing here in Rhode Island. It was taken last week...in 30 degree weather! Notice his hooded wetsuit, surf gloves, and surf boots. That is how much he loves surfing. But I am not complaining- SO happy he is surfing over skateboarding. Less likely to break a bone! Since he has been on his school vacation he has gone numerous times and just loves it.

Christmas 2011

For Christmas this year we celebrated it with our own little family. I was excited to be the 'mom' in regards to planning and preparing. Little did I know that it is A LOT of work, even with a family of three! But here is our Christmas Eve spread of our favourite appetizers and drinks.

Here we are in front of our little tree on Christmas Eve. I planned a little program and it was such a special time to spend together with the three of us. Colette loved the packages and this was one of the ones she wouldn't leave alone.

Our stockings on Christmas morning!!

Here is our 8 month old little lady all ready for church.

And here she is showing off her Christmas jammies and slippers from Great-grandma Lola. I just can't get enough of how cute those little slippers are! Sorry for her too much egg nog look...

(Time to cut my nappy hair..new year, new do)

Colette with all her stash. She just loved all her little toys!!

So there you have it. Our perfect little first Christmas! Christmas night we went over to some friends house and played games and ate WAY too many treats, but hey, it's Christmas :) But now we are ready for our next holiday with Christmas packed up so we welcome the New Year, which will be spent with me working and Colette sleeping. But 2012 will also bring lots of fun new memories!

8 Months Old

Yesterday Colette officially turned 8 months old!! I can't believe it--no, really, I can't. But she has grown so much and here are some things she loves.

-Solid foods...will try anything we give her. Loves it all! Especially lemons
-Crawls on all four limbs and is getting pretty fast. I have to keep a good eye on her because she can get into anything very fast.
-Pulls herself up on anything she can get her hands on. Couch, ottoman, shelves, bed, safety gate, chairs, me, Nick, toilet...she just LOVES standing.
-CAN OFFICALLY SIT NOW! We were worried for awhile, but on December 24 she just took to sitting like it's no big deal, and now she just sits there like she's been doing it forever.
-Loves her new walker. Doesn't actually walk with it yet, but stands there ready to walk.
-Loves being tossed in the air, playing peek-a-boo, tickled, walking around the house with mom, and when dad comes home.
-Smacks her lips
-Gives open mouth kisses (occasionally)
-Working on waving hi and bye
-Not weary of strangers yet, but I think it will come soon. (Tonight we had the missionaries over and she wouldn't leave one of the elders alone. She just loved him!)
-Sleeps from 7:30pm-7:00am with one 10:30pm feeding...pretty good for me! But she has always been a great sleeper (from what I hear)

So overall she is just great! I love her more and more each day, and the best part of my day is waking up and walking into her room to see her standing there in her crib smiling!

Ward Christmas Party

Here we are at the Ward Christmas party. (above is my friend Cassie. Colette just loves her!!) The picture below is the one that made me decide to dye my hair. So I did. Dark brunette. I have no regrets (as of yet). But the Christmas party was nice. We met new people in the ward, ate tasty food, and just absorbed the Christmas Spirit. It was nice of Nick to share his special day with the rest of us :) I was SO SO tempted to grab the microphone and start the whole ward in a carol of Happy Birthday to Nick, but I didn't to spare him the embarrassment.

December 17th

Nick's 29th birthday started off with him sleeping in a little while Colette and I got his favourite breakfast ready- Waffles! Cole and I set up balloons and Nick's birthday banner, which Colette just loved to play with. Then he opened his presents and, surprise, his friends came an hour early for their fun day activity! Yeah, they were that excited :)

Ned, Nick, and Mike (RI friends who aren't actually from RI)
They all went to the shooting range for the morning and then they treated Nick to 'Hot Weiners' for lunch. (Which are really hot dogs, but that is what they call them in Rhode Island. don't know why.) After that Nick was tired so he took a nap before we headed to the Ward Christmas party!

After that we all came home and he read Colette her bedtime story, which she loves! The next day was Sunday, so I made him his birthday dinner of steak and potatoes, and we had his birthday cake with our friends the Resch family. As you can see in the picture, Colette thought the candles on the cake were pretty much the highlight of her life!

So there you have it. Nick had a pretty great birthday and he has gracefully entered the last year of his 20's. He better make it a good one :)

Merry Christmas

Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas! This morning we have been getting ready for tonight and Colette just can't leave the presents alone...I bet she is excited :) Oh, and Netflix has a Fireplace show that just shows a burning fireplace for an hour. That has been playing and she loves it. Hope you all have a great Christmas as well.

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She is just the cutest thing ever! And she is feeling awesome now that she is on antibiotics. Makes me so happy to have her healthy again.

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to my wonderful husband, friend, and father! I am so lucky to have found you and Colette is so lucky to have you as her dad!! We love you-