New Years Day 2009

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We didn't do much at midnight, but then new years day we went to spend some time with my brother, Randee and his family at their cabin in Peshastin. We had a nice time visiting, eating and hangin' out.

Randee, Hudson and Mary

Amelia, Hudson, and Maria

Hudson had just opened his present from them,
some cute frogs for bath time, or any time.

New tile in our entry way

Brian decided to take out the cheap, broken tile
in our entry and replace it with some nice slate.
It looks great and doesn't even have the grout yet.

Playing with new toy

I couldn't resist sharing this one. Hudson has been having a great time with his new toys, watching the snow fall, and having mom at home for a while. (At least I've been enjoying my time off of work to be with him)

Our first Christmas with Hudson!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!
We were slow to decorate our tree, but we made it in time
to have a great Christmas at home with our family.

Christmas Morning
Me (Toddi), Brian, Hudson, Zeke, Dad (John), and Mom (Sheryl)

My Mom and Dad came over
Christmas Eve and stayed until Friday.

Mom helped Hudson open his first present, his first football!

Then Brian helped Hudson open his present, some Carhartt overalls.

Then one more before it was time for a nap.

He woke up in time to enjoy our early dinner with us. Bob and Connie
came over to eat and enjoy Christmas day with us too.

This is Hudson playing with his standing toy
from Great Grandma Jean and Great Grandpa Herb.

Curious George monkey from Jeff, Doreen and Nathan, he loves him!

And finally, a big smile for farm toys from Grandpa Bob and Grandma Connie. There were other toys and great gifts, one that I want to mention is from Grandpa Mike and Grandma Jan. They bought some books for him and then recorded their voices reading the books so that he could know their voices, (since they live up in Alaska). Thank you for making Hudson's first Christmas fun and helping to enhance his play and learning time!