Then HE was 4!

My baby is growing up!  Sniff Sniff

Today, Hudson had his 4 year check up.  He is a beast of a child (and I mean that in the best most loving way possible).  The kid is 41 lbs 4 oz and is 42 inches tall!  That puts him in the 85th %ile for both height and weight!  See, told ya!  He's a beast!  :)

As expected Hudson checked out completely healthy and is a "normal, growing, healthy little boy".  :)  Obviously this news makes me very happy!

Hudson is such a sweet sensitive and funny child!  No one else on earth can laugh, have a melt down, say something so witty and historical, laugh again, then get serious and state some worldly truth all in a matter of seconds!  Oh the life of a preschooler!  haha  It's a roller coaster ride people!  All joking aside though, Hudson is the best little boy a mother could ask for.  He is kid and so considerate.  He is very aware of other peoples feelings.  He is extremely smart and intuitive.  You can see the gears turning in that head of his and see his thought processes.  It is amazing to witness how he is growing and developing both mentally and physically!  He has so much coordination now!  Hud is playing soccer this year at preschool and he is really very good if I do say so myself.

Hudson loves preschool and his teacher Mrs. Jackson.  In fact, when Hud misbehaves at home sometimes I tell him that I will tell Mrs. Jackson what he said/did, because he does a complete 180.  He loves his teacher so much he doesn't want her to know if he does something less than kind.  So, it doesn't surprise me at all that Hudson gets good reports EVERY SINGLE DAY at school!

Hudson loves to sing along to music.  His current Favorite is the song Loving You Easy by the Zac Brown Band.  It's really cute, you should hear it some time!

Anyway, I love Hudson so very much.  I don't think I could ever love another boy as much as him.  He makes me laugh on a daily basis and always brings a smile to my face.  I have loved watching him grow and turn into the sweet boy he is today.  I can't wait to see what the future holds for this bright child!

Here we are in FALL!

Once again I am failing in the blogging department…..  Seriously, it's really hard to keep up with when you have two kiddos, a dog, cat, house, and a husband to keep up with.  :)

Anyway, we got back from vacation a little over a week ago!  It was CRAZY but Oh so much fun!

We go to Ocean Isle Beach every year around the same time with Steve's family.  This year, because we haven't ever really had a family vacation just the four of us, we decided to leave for vacation a few days early to get some "just us" days before the whole crew came down.  Well, on our way to the beach we learned about a hurricane that would "possibly" cause us some problems.  We decided to soldier on and drove six hours Wednesday night.

Wednesday night, the forecast was not looking good for our North Carolina vacation.  We decided to backtrack about an hour to Asheville, NC to go visit the Biltmore in order to wait and see what the storm was going to do.  The Biltmore was lots of fun…for us adults anyway.  The kids were not nearly as impressed as we were.  At one point while running (seriously running) through the house, Hudson was sharing how disappointed he was that "A House That Big Didn't Even Have Any Toys!!!!".  We died laughing.  I hope one day Steve and I can go back just the two of us and take a more leisurely tour through the beautiful castle.  We really enjoyed walking the gardens.  At one point Hudson dropped his pants and started peeing on the roses…. it was amazing.  I was mortified as complete strangers started starring at our half naked child then at us, the irresponsible parents.  Steve on the other hand looked then right in the eye and said "eh, what are you going to do when nature calls?!" and shrugged and just simply walked away.  I died.

Anyway, that night after keeping a close watch on the weather reports, Steve and I decided that we just couldn't go to Ocean Isle Beach.  Even if the hurricane didn't make landfall, there would still be a tremendous amount of rain and flooding.  That's not how we wanted to spend our vacation.  That night I was up frantically searching for another option.  Amazingly, I found a wonderful condo in Gulf Shores (supposed to have perfect weather all week) that was perfect for us.  We talked to the rest of the family and they were all on board.  The next day we made the 8 1/2 hour drive in a different direction to Gulf Shores Alabama.

We had a great week visiting and celebrating Hudson's 4th Birthday!!!!!!  Hud has been into legos for a little while now, so that was a majority of his gifts as well as the theme of his little family birthday party.  We stayed up late the night before blowing up balloons and decorating so that when Hud woke up the next day he would be completely surprised!  The kid has it so good!  My birthday is coming up in a few weeks and I wish I could spend it on a warm sunny beach…..

It was truly a perfect family vacation.  I'm still in denial that it's over and we have been back home for almost a whole week.  Boooo