Vic's Bundle of Joy

Here are a few of the photos I took of JR (John Robert) while I was in Philly. I have a TON more to add at a later date!!

South Philly- What the heck?

I finally made it to Philly to see Vic's new digs and baby boy. Although I grew up in PA I never made it as far east as Philly. Amazing how a city in my home state could feel so foreign. Vic lives in South Philly which is really close to center city (downtown) and most of the major attractions in the city.

South Philly has its' own rules for driving. Double parking is permissible with some rules. You never block in someone you don't know but you can block in someone at the end of the road. If you don't want to be blocked in, you park about 2-3 feet away from the curb. This makes for some very interesting side roads. Also unique to south Philly is that people PARK in the turning lanes and restricted areas. It is CRAZY!!!!

Hudson on the move

Hudson has not yet taken any steps but that doesn't stop him!! These are some great photos of our little man during his last visit to Grampa and Grandma P's. Doesn't he look cute?

Holla if you like bananas

Hudson has been practicing feeding himself. His aim is generally
good but like most other kids his age he wears more than he eats. This is especially true to ooey gooey foods like ripe bananas. Even Hudson gets to the point where he doesn't want to pick up any more pieces and he waits for me to feed him. It is also funny to watch him try to eat mashed sweet potato. Too cute.




Next Sunday we celebrate his birthday and I am extremely excited to see what happens to the frosted piece of cake we give him. If he is anything like his Aunt Becca he will devour it. I will be sure to include the pictures when it happens.

Life at home with him has been great. We are starting to get into a routine and there is more order in my life. I hope to find a play group for him and me within the next few weeks and make some friends that are also domestic engineers. I still struggle day to day with the loss of my sister but that too will get better. Keep an eye on the blog to see all that the Hudster is up to. We love you all!!

A new look for the storage room

Hudson Helps mommy do the laundry

Hudson loves to push things around on the floor to help him crawl/walk. Here he has adopted my laundry basket. He also left me little gifts of his own toys. If he is really spunky he might start to pull out the clothes but on most days he is only interested in pushing it around or eating the socks in the basket. On this particular day s stray hanger caught his attention an he bagan to push it around on the floor.

He turns one in just over two weeks. I can't believe a whole year has gone by since he joined our lives. I can't imagine my life without him. He brings us new joy every moment of every day.

First trip to the museum

These are some of our snapshots for our trip to the Durham County Museum of Life and Science. As you can tell from the photos we had a lot of fun. Our friends, Ryan Gen and Jonathan were visitng from New Bern.