Hudson Turns 3!

Hard to believe that my baby girl is THREE! She certainly made the most of it.  She celebrated all week long.

To start the week she took cupcakes to Mother's Day Out.  The next day (on her actual birthday), she took cookies to school at the Academy.  We celebrated as a family that night.

Birthday Morning!  Tinkerbell brought a balloon to start the day!

After school we took her to Toys R' Us.  Since she is part of Geoffrey's Birthday Club, she got to go and use her birthday coupon to pick out one present.  They gave her a balloon and crown and announced her name over the loud speaker.  After about an hour of "shopping" she decided on the stuffed princess doll and a Doc McStuffins Coloring/Stick book.

Annual Geoffrey's Birthday Club Trip...Princess Doll and a Doc McStuffins coloring/Sticker book!

After shopping, Hudson got to choose where we ate dinner.  Her choice: Waffle House.  So off we went.  She feasted on some chocolate milk and a chocolate chip waffle!  Sullivan of course had 1/2 a waffle, cheese eggs, sausage and milk.

Birthday Dinner at Waffle House....

When we got home, the girls had to have a little treat to finish the night.  Sugar overload for sure but you only turn 3 once right?

Birthday Cupcake with Little Sis!

While we were gone, Tinkerbell delivered Hudson's present.  She got a BIG GIRL BIKE...princess themed of course.

Birthday Bike!

Look how tall she is!  She went today for her 3 year check-up and she is now 35 lbs (90%) and 39.75 in tall (97%).  Needless to say she is one long and lean little lady!

So TALL!

Saturday, October, 26, we had Hudson's big party.  We went to Pump It Up and had a blast!

Homemade Double Doozie Cookie Cake...with sprinkles of course

The giant slide was a crowd favorite of course.

Pump It Up Fun

After 90 minutes of jumping, this was the best we could do!  Haha...they look exhausted!

The crew...after 90 minutes of nonstop jumping!

My sweet family!  Hudson wouldn't sit in the party chair by herself!

The Family!

After the party, Hudson was too hyped up to nap so SueSue and I took Hudson and Charlie to the zoo.  They had a blast and we even snuck in a visit with the kangaroos.

 

We had a big BBQ dinner out and then Hudson got to open all her gifts.  She got so many wonderful things...we are so blessed!

Opening Presents with a little help from Charlie

Overall, I would say she had a great birthday week!  Just so you can know a little more about 3 year old Hudson, here are her birthday 20 Questions:

 

1.  What is your Favorite color..................................................blue
2.  What is your favorite toy......................................................duck
3.  What is your favorite fruit....................................................apples

4.  What is your favorite TV show..............................................mickey mouse
5.  What do you like to eat for lunch.........................................chicken nuggets
6.  What is your favorite outfit..................................................yellow dress
7.  What is your favorite game..................................................soccer
8.  What is your favorite snack..................................................applesauce
9.  What is your favorite animal.................................................giraffe
10.  What is your favorite song...................................................If You Want Some (Iffy's Song) - By Joel Crouse
11.  What is your favorite book.....................................................Puppy Love
12.  Who is your best friend........................................................Charlie
13.  What is your favorite cereal.................................................Quaker Oatmeal Squares
14.  What is your favorite thing to do outside.............................play
15.  What is your favorite drink..................................................milk
16.  What is your favorite holiday..............................................Halloween
17.  What do you take to bed with you are night........................lovey
18.  What is your favorite breakfast...........................................muffins
19.  What do you want for dinner on your birthday...................cupcakes
20.  What do you want to be when you grow up........................BIG

 



Where did my BABY girl go??

Here are the pics of all the birthday fun:

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Fall Fun

 So it has been a while since I updated this...sorry about that!  We have been on the go non-stop for the past 2 months!

Hudson started Soccer for the first time!  She was on the Gold Team at First Presbyterian church.  I would say her first season was a success.  She never cried, always wanted to go and stayed on the field when it was her turn.  I'm not saying she ever actually touched the ball...but she was out there chasing the pack!  I think she was just in it for the team cheer and the trophy...Go Gold!

Following Mommy's Footsteps!

 Nashville in the Fall is so much fun.  Every weekend there is some sort of festival or event going on!  We hit up Fall in the Hall, which is a neighborhood FREE festival.  They had all sorts of activities - balloon men, bounce houses, police horses, music classes and fire trucks!

Fall in the Hall Balloon Sword

Another weekend we went to check out the TACA fair at Centennial park. It is the Arts and Crafts fair.  Sobes channeled her inner Bonaroo and blew some bubbles! 

This could be at Bonaroo...but it's just Centennial

 We also surprised Hudson with an early Birthday present and took her to Disney Princesses on Ice.  She was so excited and totally in Awe.  I am not sure she closed her mouth the whole time!

Princesses on Ice

 Like I said...she was just in it for the trophy!!

Big Girl got her Trophy

We went to check out a new pumpkin patch this year called Huckleberry Hill Farm.  Hudson went nuts for this huge blob!  We also rode the pumpkin train, did the corn maze and took a hayride to the pumpkin patch to pick our own pumpkins!

Loving the Blob

I really wanted a green one so Hudson found me this cute one.  Sullivan LOVED her pumpkin.  She wouldn't put it down the rest of the night!

Sobes would not let go of her pumpkin

 This weekend I took the girls to the Music and Molasses Festival which was super fun.  Tom was at the Notre Dame game so I had to keep the girls busy and wear them out!!!  We got to pet all the animals, play in corn box, bob for apples in the air, take a mule wagon ride and listen to some bluegrass.  It was a lot of fun!

My little country girls!

Other than our activities, the girls are doing great.  They are still loving school and Mother's Day Out.  

Here are a few highlights:

Hudson:

She Finished soccer and is about to start her next activity - DANCE (I know, I can't believe it either).

She is still crazy energetic - just check out this video as proof...yes that is her, with no shirt on, at 10:00pm running laps in the driveway

She learned to spell her name out loud.  We are still working on writing it!

She is so so sweet and takes a lot of abuse from Sobes!

Sullivan:

She is a mess...but a cute mess.

She still eats like a horse (she ate roasted brussel sprouts the other night).

She is talking a lot more now, some of her new words are kitty cat, puppy, bye-bye, up and Boo-boo.

That is about all for now.  Hudson turns THREE next week and we have Halloween the week after that so I will have some more posts soon!!!

Here are the rest of the pictures from our adventures:

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