A new generation of Rosdil

Saturday, October 12, 2013

October days

Yes i'm a bit late, but we have flown three times in the last six week so i'm still catching up! :) here are stella's eight month official pics (if you can call them official). She's getting so big!!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

Being three, and all it's greatness

My three year old is so smart. Yes, i can hear my dad telling me that every mother thinks that of their child. But right now i want to say that i think my son is different. And yes, i hear him again (in my head, or out loud when he reads this) saying that every mother would say their child is different, better than the rest. And yet, i continue.

Hudson turned three, two months ago. He knows all his colors, counts to 20, knows his alphabet, days of the week, and is learning months of the year this week. He's started to spell, and can identify pretty much every letter in the alphabet. He's also been learning some german, has a wonderful vocabulary, and suprises me almost daily with the innovative thoughts and ideas he comes up with.

Tonight, a few minutes before going to bed, Hudson wrote an H in the carpet. He then pointed it out to me and said, look at my H. 'H' is for Hudson.

Sure, much of this is "common" for his age group. But to me, my Hudson is amazing. Though there are moments I watch him throw a fit for no real reason and wonder what happened to my sweet little boy. Absolutely I ask myself every day when he'll stop crying when he gets dropped off a daycare. But at the end of the day, my little guy is one of the greatest things my life will know, and I feel lucky, thankful, blessed and excited to live life wtih him.

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

8 months

My sweet little Stella Bean. Still not crawling, but taking in everything happening around her without missing a beat. She is absolutely an introvert, though her smile shines no matter if she's with a group of people or just with me. She is mastering picking up her puffs with her adorable little fingers, and has been enjoying some new foods! Fruit is a favorite, but she chewed on a piece of sour dough bread for about 20 minutes the other day and seemed to love it. She still has a bit of a sensitive stomach, so new foods may take a little longer to introduce so she doesn't have to deal with the tummy/diaper rash issues. But she is very interested in food, and i'm sure we'll be feeding her just about everything in no time! Not sure when she'll take an interest in getting around herself, this kid will need to spend more time on her tummy if she's going to crawl any time soon! For now she prefers to be carried around, and can lay on her stomach and roll around with you as long as you're willing to hang. Nowadays she gets very excited when i get to daycare to pick them up - flapping her arms and legs around while making an excited noise. There is nothing better than having her and Hudson greet me with big smiles and hugs after a full day at daycare!

Celebrating Abbie

This weekend we had a fun party to celebrate Abbie's engagement! Stella and I traveled for the first time by ourselves, and she did great on the airplane! It's funny how nice people are when there's a woman traveling alone with a child~! But Stella is a great traveler so she made it easy. It was nice to be with the girls (and the grandpas and uncles) for a few days though.

Stella LOVED Bru - just like her big brother - and Bru didn't seem to mind too much, thankfully!

Great grandpa time!!

It was great to have some time with my sister this weekend. I love you so much Ab, and i'm so thankful to have you as my sister. You are definitely more than just a sis, your my friend. :) I'm glad we can hang, laugh and talk together!

cell phone photos from September/early October

The last couple months have been filled with much fun, travel and family time! we had our first garage sale as a family of four in early September, and it was a great success! We desperately needed to go through things and start to organize the boxes that seem to have settled in the basement, so this was the perfect motivation! Even better, we earned enough to pay for a night away from the kids in Chicago when we went a few weeks later for Stella's baptism!

These little feet - at 8 months old stella is somewhere between a size 2 and 3 shoe. She is still wearing 6 month clothes, but fits ok in 9 month too for the most part.

She's not crawling yet, but she needs to spend a little more time on her belly to figure that out!!

These two are totally in best pals - they love to be together, and LAUGH together so much - at least for now!

Chicago...

Hudson and Stella had their first field trip with school - to the Butterfly Pavillion. Stella enjoyed as much as an 8 month old would enjoy something like that :)

Hudson and London

In October we had a get together with all of Hudson's daycare friends (minus a few who have left the last couple months). It was fun to be with the families, but more fun to watch Hudson in his element. He is SO social, and loves being with his friends - particularly his friends Luke and London!

Little Stella has a bit of a sensitive stomach, so she's easing into her solids...strawberries are a bit of a question mark still, must have been a little sour!