The rest of the summer was a lot of fun and flew by!  We spent a week in San Antonio with my mom and got to go to the new JW Marriot resort.  It was a great mini-vacation, only 5 minutes from her house!  We also went to Houston for another best friend's daughter's first birthday party.  Then only one week later we went to Austin for Labor Day Weekend.  Hudson got to meet his great-grandparents on that side of the family and Camden got a lot of playtime with Pops and Grammy.  It was great family time.  We went back to Austin 3 weeks later so Mike and I could go to the Black Crowes final tour (Mike's favorite band for those of you who don't know about his obsession).  Now we are back home for a while - hopefully until Thanksgiving.  It is really nice to travel and see family and friends but it is very exhausting with two children.

We also took the summer to learn about Hudson and his personality.  He's very different than Camden was as a baby so we've had to learn everything all over again.  It's funny how much you forget in just two years!  It's been fun bonding with him now that he is interacting all the time.  He's more predictable now that he was even just a month ago so that is nice.  The poor kid has had to get used to chaos and craziness from the start!  Sometimes when he was very young he'd get a look on his face and we'd think he was thinking, "This is the family I got stuck with?"  Lol.  Now though he loves watching everything that is going on and love looking at his brother.  He smiles really big whenever he sees Camden and Daddy.  He thinks Daddy is the funniest person ever.  It's been fun for Mike to be here for the day to day stuff because he missed a lot of that when Camden was this age.  Mike was in Virginia from the time Camden was 3 1/2-8 1/2 months old, only seeing him once a month.  It's great to see him bond with Hudson at an early age.  Hudson is now 4 1/2 months old.  At his 4 month checkup he was 24 inches long and weighed 16 lbs 3.5 oz.  What a chunk!  He now starting to wear some 9 month clothes. 

Camden has also changed a lot.  From the time he turned two until now has been some big changes.  His language skills have matured so much.  His new thing is asking questions.  Everything is "Can I (fill in the blank)?"  He is generalizing concepts and making connections between things.  He still loves being goofy and getting a laugh out of us.  He has also started potty training.  We did a 3-day boot camp that sort of worked.  He is still learning though.  He's in big boy underwear all the time except for napping and nighttime.  He of course still has accidents but most of the time will tell us when he has to go or will go with a reminder from us.  It will still be a long road to full potty training but he's doing a pretty good job.  Camden is still going to school two times a week.  He moved up a class recently to a 2 1/2-3 1/2 class.  He's not quite 2 1/2 but he does really well with older kids.  When I ask him what he did in school on any given day he'll tell me he played.  But then we'll talk about something a week later and he'll give me all kinds of details about what they did.  He does really well with Hudson.  He'll give him kisses and ask to hold him.  He is my little helper around the house. 

Here are some random pictures from the summer and early October.

2 months old

3 months old

Hudson loves being wrapped in his towel after his bath.

We got to go swimming some this summer when we visited our parents and at the hotel in Houston (that's where this is).

First time eating rice cereal!  9/14/10



First time playing in the jumper - he loves it!

This is how he's happiest - being held and playing with a toy or watching everyone else play.