one too many?

Ever wish you could freeze a moment in time? Right now my boys and my husband are my absolute life and there are moments throughout the day that Hudson will say something absolutely hilarious and grown up or where Brody will smile that new two front teeth grin with the big gap in between and I just wish I could freeze that moment and take it all in and never forget it. Brody is standing by himself all the time now and I am just waiting for him to realize that he can actually take steps from that position. He is going to have his first birthday a month from tuesday! Hudson is going to be going to preschool in seven months and that is unbelievable to me. He is so excited when he can spend the night at dama and papa's and he can articulate every single thought that he has. He is getting into watching movies together and I just knew this time would come but I never realized how fast. I feel like going from one child to two was the hardest thing i have ever done in my life but I also feel most victorious in it. Right now I am waivering back and forth on whether or not we want to have another child. I am by no means considering pregnancy at this time but I am the type of person who must plan ahead. Three? The thought of having three is overwhelming to me. I have this fear that if i have three children to get bundled up in these cold winters in NY that I will be a prisoner to my own home and never go anywhere because it would be that much harder. I would want to wait till Brody is more independent but not too long so that I completely have to start over with everything (now isnt that contradictory?) thats my struggle! I also want to work more eventually and when my children are in school, I will be able to do that. One more child will delay that but at the same time I just cant put that period at the end of our family. Andy, Tristyn, Hudson, Brody and...sounds so much better. I guess I will just have to get on my knees about that one :0) and soon! any opinions? I would love to hear!

Brand New Day

Do you ever feel like life just flies by and you dont know where the time went? 2010 has been reminding me daily to enjoy each day to its fullest and to really take in the time that I have with my family because life is passing us by so quickly. Next month Brody will be 1 year old and I really dont know how that happened so fast. His personality is polar opposite of Hudson. I thought Hudson was a strong willed child...little did I know, the Lord was just preparing me for Brody :0) I dont take it at all in a bad way, in fact, I think its wonderful that they are so different in personality. Brody picks up any object he can find and puts it up to his ear to say
"hellooo" (which really sounds like "ahhhh") the other day it was his jelly sandwich...eww. But Hudson really got a kick out of it. Hudson is a wonderful big brother, setting aside the few times he has tried to tackle him thinking that he is big enough to defend himself. I love having boys...they love their mommies soo much and I really will miss these days.

I usually dont make new years resolutions because I am not good at sticking with it! This year I am just making it a goal for me to cook at home more often. Now that we have completed our kitchen, I actually enjoy being in my kitchen!

My dad has also opened a new restaurant which has kept our family very busy but there is nothing better than seeing my fathers dreams become reality. He is an amazing chef and I could not be prouder. I need to post more often too...I know :) Bye for now...

So so big!!

I havent posted in a while because we have been feverishly working on our kitchen. We are doing all new appliances, adding a penninsula with barstools, marble tiling the countertop, new sink & faucet, paint on the walls and everything!!! and...we are doing it all ourselves to save money. Cheerleading has started and its taking up a lot of my time but we are determined to keep plugging away. The best thing about it....i will finally have a dishwasher! I have been waiting for what feels like forever. Doing dishes is the thing i hate the most out of house work and im hoping it makes it easier.

Now...Brody has shocked me lately in how fast he is growing and doing things. He crawls all over and pulls himself up to everything! Just about a week ago he began to let go and stand there for a few seconds. Since he was about 6 mos old he has been clapping his hands and he has since learned to "praise Jesus!" (what most people would call "sooooo big") :0) He can say ball(bah) and bye bye(bah bah) and dada and uh oh(uhhhhhhh)! He still only has two teeth on the bottom which is way behind Hudson. Once Hudson got his first they just kept coming. Brody has found the stairs now too but he still cant quite crawl up them which is wonderful! (and literally just as i typed that hudson says "mommy brody is crawling up the stairs!!!" and Yes...my baby was up the first step ready to go up another! ahhhhhh!) So anyways Brody is getting bigger and I really love it :0)

Hudson is growing more imaginative everyday and has been working on writing his name for a while. He can write every letter now, I just have to remind him of the order. He is a boy that is soooooooo into sports--any kind of sport. Right now he is running around in his sponge bob pjs with his jordan sneakers on, a hawaiian bucket hat, baseball glove and batting gloves. lol You get the picture...its super cute. He constantly says he wants to be on tv and of course at this age you cant tell but its a great dream :0)

We are taking Hudson to the toby mac concert at the hammerstein ballroom in NYC a week from tomorrow and I am soooo excited. It will be nice to walk around the city for the day and to watch hudsons reaction as he sees the concert in person (he constantly watches the concert dvd, sings the songs in his microphone, puts on a toby mac hat and dances) Im sooo excited!!!! Brody will be staying the night with my mom which will be a first and I really pray that it goes well. He is not the best sleeper in the night, especially if the breast is not there. lol. And...not to mention the pumping issue!!! How does one pump in the middle of times square??? lol. I guess I will figure it out!

Well I have to go paint a cabinet...cant sit for too long :0)