Arlo spent some time with us while Claire was working and Aaron was out of town.
As usual, the boys fought over the Flynn the Fire Engine had a blast...
Rockin'!
Hudson Robot!
Tickling Papi!
Fighting over Flynn Reading!
Bathing!
Dinner and a movie!
More reading!
Claire usually comes to stay the night at our house after her night shifts when Aaron is gone, and one Sunday morning we took the boys for a walk after we all got up!
The boys were SO cute: )
Tree house!
Throwing rocks was the best thing EVER!
Bridges!
We could see FIVE frogs from the second one!
"Look! Little guy frog!"
The weekend ended with some kickball! Hudson wore his new tank from his Frauntie Krista, visited the ice cream truck for the first time, and posed for pics with Mama and Daddy!
Just a few weeks before Hudson was born, Claire told me she was pregnant.
When she told me, she showed me this picture...
I thought she was joking because I didn't think there was any way that the "touchdown baby" ultrasound could be real!
Once I wrapped my head around the fact that my baby sister was going to be a mom and that my baby boy would would soon have a cousin, I was SO excited! Having the boys birthdays so close together - not quite five months apart - has been even better than I could have ever imagined!
I will never forget the moment that Claire called to say that she thought her water broke! She still had 3.5 weeks to go - and it was just two days after LIsa's wedding - and it didn't seem like Arlo could really be coming already!
Unfortunately, he had a rough entrance into the world: (
....but he had his sweet / beautiful Mama to take care of him: )
It was over a week before I got to hold him for the first time....
...and before he got to meet Hudson!
These two have been best buddies ever since: )
To say that Hudson loves Arlo is an understatement.
For example, most of our conversations go something like this:
Me: "Hudson, what do you want to do today?
H: "Play with Lolo!"
***
Me: "Do you want to go to the park?"
H: "Lolo come to park, too!?!"
***
Me: "We're going on vacation to see Great-grandmom!"
H: "Lolo coming!?!"
***
Me: "Did you have fun at Marilyn's today?"
H: "Play cars with Lolo!"
***
H: "I grow baby, too."
Me: "What are you going to name your baby?"
H: "Lolo!"
These are a few of my favorite Arlo + Hudson photos from 2014:
....and a video, too:
It is hard to believe that there was time when Arlo wasn't in our lives! I love hearing about all that he is learning and saying, and I love watching him play with Hudson!
Lisa and Dave arrived on Friday evening, so we decided to head to Deanna Rose Farmstead on Saturday for a morning of fun before the week/weekend of moving began!
Hudson and Arlo loved riding the tractors...
...and they loved giving the baby goats their milk and watching them sleep!
More goats!!!
Silly goats!
C + A
C + A + A
Helpful Cookie!
I wish I had taken pictures of everyone
(Mom, Dave, Lisa, Aaron, Claire, Arlo, Nick, Hudson, and I were all there!),
but I guess I was a little bit focused on our cute little babies toddlers: )
