Monday, January 24, 2011

What have we been up to...

We have been soo super busy here in the Albano household. Hudson keeps us super busy! He is such a doll and so happy and sweet. We are so lucky. We have been busy trying to clear out our basement so that we can get started on finishing it! Brandon and I are so excited about this! We plan on having a playroom for Baby Hudson, TV room with big comfy couch, little kitchen area, etc. We can't wait for it to be done. In the meantime, we have been trying to get rid of the 17 tons of junk we have acquired over the years. Crazy how much stuff you have and don't even realize it. Brandon and I had our 10 year anniversary together and we are doing great. He made it so special! So sweet. Grandma and Grandpa were also so kind as to babysit so that we could have a night out. So Wonderful.

Work has kept me quite busy, trial after trial. I try my best to keep home and work life separate.....and to value my time with Mr. H and Mr. B. It isn't hard when they are both just so darn cute.

Hope everyone is well!

Sunday, January 9, 2011

Christmas Trip to TX 2010.














We celebrated at home a week before Christmas and then went to Texas :) We had a great time! Some highlights include Hudson seeing Santa, our trip to a wonderful resort in Austin-beautiful (including meeting up with my wonderful friend Sly and eating at Hula Hut-- both long overdue), Christmas Eve and morning with my wonderful family and adorable nieces, Christmas day with Brandon's family--we had so much fun, Hudson playing on his cousins' new swing set (kind of), Hudson's new sled (which actually has his name on it), and many many many more fun times. Christmas can't come again soon enough! Now we are looking forward to Spring (SOON I HOPE), and Hudson's first birthday in a few short months!

8 months!



I can't believe that Baby Hudson is 8 months old! (or rather was 8 months old yesterday). He is becoming such a big boy! Hudson is eating three meals of solids a day, and drinking about 7-8, 4 ounce bottles per day. Recent foods that he loves include sweet potato apple yogurt, green bean pear yogurt--sounds weird but actually tastes pretty good (Stonyfield veggie/fruit yogurt combos), acini di pepe (teeny tiny pasta--he thought this was so fun to eat--following his Italian heritage LOL). To date he has eaten: apricots, green beans, peas, peaches, oatmeal, carrots, sweet potatoes, squash (butternut and winter), yogurt, prunes (whenever necessary lol), plums, apples, pears, and baby mum mum rice rusks. He loves sitting in his big boy high chair. He can sit up quite well for long periods of time and loves to play and entertain himself. He is sleeping great in his crib (now that we are back home from our trip) and sleeping about 9-10 hours per night with very few wake ups. He has also been doing well napping in his crib during the day, and on the weekends we get at least one good long nap (which is not characteristic for this boy who never liked to nap). Hudson had a fantastic first Christmas and was super spoiled! Pictures will follow. He did fantastic on both flights to TX and still hasn't melted down on a flight yet. Hudson has been to New York, Philadelphia, and Texas two times. He is a flying expert :). He will move into his big boy car seat this week and we also bought our first baby gate (I found a somewhat attractive one thank goodness). Hudson's new car seat is the Britax Boulevard in the Cowmooflauge print. We hope he likes it. He is also taking baths in the big boy bath tub and his tub seat will also come this week which will mean mommy doesn't have to bend over and hold him up :). Hudson refuses to lay down in his baby tub anymore-he is just too big for that! He also has quite the sense of humor and pretty much thinks everything is hilarious! Here are some pics from today.

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Family Photos!!









A wonderful friend-Natalie, owner of ShelbyJune Photography took photos of our family while we were in TX. Take a look at just a few of the many! We love them! She is soo talented!