A day out with Thomas

This weekend we got to spend the morning at the Colorado Railroad Museum, with Thomas the train! We went for a 30 minute ride on Thomas (well, he led the train), then saw all the other trains and displays the outdoor museum had to offer. Hudson and Quentin had a great time on the train, and though some of the displays were still a little to much for our two year old, he still enjoyed the miniature train set they had, and feeding the goats and ducks at the petting zoo!

It was a perfect birthday present from the Jones' family, and they were great company to have there as well! After a weekend of packing and showing our house to possible renters (which we did confirm a renter), we were glad for the break and time for fun!

 Pals for life, Hudson and Quentin were twins for the day!

 You can see the blue train leading the pack - Thomas! And Hudson stopped in his tracks when he saw Thomas for the first time (He's in the black hoodie).

We are planning to move to our new house (rental also) this Friday, and are still amazed at how much stuff we have managed to put in our little townhouse! But i'll get some pictures up once we get the keys and can start moving things in.

 

We're having a....

GIRL! We found out last Friday that we are expecting our first little girl this January! I had a feeling it was a girl, but was still pretty surprised when she told us! I know Andy is already looking forward to his daddy/daughter bonding time!

We also made a big decision last week about our house. We found a place on the other side of our park that was much larger than our house, and was for rent - so we are moving in starting this weekend! It's twice the size of our current place, and there's a room for Hudson, baby, us AND a guest! Of course cost was a big discussion in making this decision, but it's truly a renters market, so we're hoping we can get a good price for our place (which we will rent ASAP) to help offset the cost at least a little bit!

So we are very happy to have received this exciting news, and look forward to having more SPACE for our growing family!!

In other news, a few things we're hearing around the house these days from our little prince (he's basically a human echo, but there are a few that he uses on his own pretty regularly):

"Through the tunnel!" (as he plays with his Thomas the train characters)
"I hold it!" (for every piece of food or drink that goes into his mouth)
"I love you!" (FINALLY)
"Mine"

Labor Day weekend

This weekend we enjoyed a nice long, warm weekend together, doing a couple things we don't normally do. Saturday we went to a place called Berry Patch Farms, where you can pick your own berries and peaches. Hudson enjoyed picking strawberries and eating them, of course. Otherwise he loved the animals roaming around - there was a pig, some chickens, cats and dogs. We also went to the Chatfield Reservoir, to do some swimming - even though it ended up raining most of the time, we still had a blast in the sand and water. 

 Hudson almost blends in with the tire on that tractor, but he was loving it!

We also did some painting, and topped off the weekend with a little whip cream! Hudson also decided to treat us to a LONG night of getting out of his crib. He was in our room at 12:30, and not back to sleep until about 2:30 (after i layed down in his room so he would stop climbing out of the crib), then was up again at 4:40am and 6am! Needless to say, today was more of a low key day for this pregnant lady! Hopefully we tired Hudson out enough to sleep through the night tonight! This kid has the energy of three grown athletes, i swear it.