Time flies

Time flies when you have two toddlers who won't leave you alone! Not that I'm complaining, but it's kept me from blogging a bit, that's for sure! The second I sit down someone wants on my lap. So, I've been making an effort to BE with them instead.

I can't believe the holidays are here and Christmas is just a week and half away! We have so much to do still, but have been preparing as well. Funny how that works. This Christmas we'll be with the more family than we ever have, and we are all excited. Rosdils, Travers, Reeves and Fluckigers will all be together here in So Cal! We'll miss the ones who can't make it, but I know Hudson and Stella will be over the moon with being together.

In the mean time, we've been busy doing other holiday fun things! We were at Aunt Susie and Uncle Rick's for Thanksgiving, and had a great time despite Hudson vomiting and getting the stomach flu at dinner! Stella had been sick and had a bad ear infection that week already, and Hudson had been quiet all day when he suddenly took a turn for the worse. Thankfully it was over in about two days, but then Andy and I both got it. The good thing was we got it over with and now we can just enjoy the rest of the holiday season (knock on wood!).

We've been singing lots of Christmas carols, decorating the house, baking, and Hudson had his first Christmas performance for school last Friday! He did so great, and it was so fun to watch him sing up there with all his little friends. He also got a special visit from Santa's elves who came to pick up his letter from the mail box, and they left behind two little fuzz balls that may have fallen off an elves hat. (wink wink). THEN he also got a phone call from Santa, saying he got his letter! So needless to say he is definitely looking forward to Santa coming to his house this year! It's been fun to do the holidays with both of them, and I'm glad I'm home to have more time to do things I normally wouldn't be able to do. Even though Hudson's Christmas wish list changes with the wind, depending on what toys he sees that day, top of the list is has been things like transformers, dinosaur things, legos, and things that shoot nerf rockets. So funny, he is ALL boy.

Stella is the little copy cat these days, but such a feminine version. She is still as cute as a button, but definitely nearing that number two! She often wakes up once or twice during the night, and has grown to want daddy to come and check on her, which works perfectly for me because I can't fall asleep in the 25 seconds it takes Andy once his head hits the pillow! It's sweet (not always in the middle of the night though) to hear her calling for her daddy. They have a very sweet bond. She is now counting up to 13! and sings her ABC's all the way through (though not enunciated clearly necessarily). She's quite a chatter box around the house, but quiets a lot when others are around. There is a lot of competition between the two kids, but she is still often happy letting brother set the tone or take the lead. It's fun to watch the play together, difficult to manage the competition.