Sunday, December 30, 2012

21 Months and Thanksgiving 2012

This week before the new year begins, I am catching up on events that have happened this year. November was such a fun month! The weather was just beautiful, so thankfully we still got to spend a lot of time outside, which is Hutson's favorite.

A day at the Botanical Gardens in Birmingham with Garrett and Alicia.



He looks up to his big buddy so much!


They had a blast playing chase.


He was so happy, but giving me a funny smile. 

Then we went to a car show. 


Hutson got to "drive" the cars. He thought that was really cool.


"Cheese"

Thanksgiving

Since Phillip was on call in November, we decided to tackle Thanksgiving ourselves. My parents came in town too, and we had a great time cooking Thanksgiving dinner. (It's really not so hard, especially when your mom's there.)


Phillip is a natural carver.


They had to make sure it it tasted okay.



Bumpa and Hutson


Grammie and Hutson


This is how beautiful Thanksgiving day was.



On Friday we took Grammie and Bumpa to the park. I showed them my many skills.




I love this one of my two loves.

November was another big speaking month for Hutson.

By Nov. 6th, 2012 Hutson new these words/phrases:

Dada
Mama
Nana
Gaga
Papa
Bumpa
Turn on
Turn light on
Kitty
Come on
boo-boo
Meme
Ne (Ned)
Toes
Hi
Night night
See ya
T
Elmo
Dada (which is hot dog)
Mo-moon
Kin- Pumpkin
Pillar- Catapillar
Nana- banana
Fishy
bye- bye
meow
shhhh ( with his finger up to his lips)
Sss- Sound of a snake
oo-ooo- Monkey noise
ba ba- for a lamb
Cece- Elise
Gege- Garrett
Gauri
Birdi
Car
TV
Teeth
Pee pee
tee tee
potty
clock
wee (sound when sliding down a slide or on a swing)

By 11/18 he added these words/sounds:

On
T
G
O
R
Y
Cross
c_ick- stick
bump

November is truly one of my favorite months A time for family and wonderful fall weather. We had a blast!

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Flashback to Halloween- Hutson 20 months

Hey Friends! The end of the year has caught be by surprise, and I realized I have slacked on my Hutson posts. So, before the new year ends, I'm going to catch you up on our lives these past months!

At 20 months Hutson has started talking and saying so many more words! He loves Elmo, and he also really started enjoying playing with trains. Sometime we will often go to Toys-R-Us just to play with their train sets. Here are some pictures of life in October!

Taking a walk at Aldridge Gardens. He just wanted to hold my hand and walk the whole time. I loved it!


Pointing to the "Geese"


And this is where is obsession with camera's begins. He kept going "Cheese" 


Such a cutie pie!

Carving Pumpkins! I could hardly believe how much he was focused and actually got into it. He sat on the floor for over an hour helping Phillip and I. However, he did not want to touch the gooey pumpkin guts. (I don't blame him.)





Halloween


For Halloween Hutson was Tickle me Elmo. He had a voice box on one side that said, "Hahaha that tickles," when you press it. He loved that!



Trick-or-treating at the library. Best idea!



Hutson and Hansel the Hot dog!


Our neighbors who's son is 5 month's older than Hutson and was also Elmo. He loved Trick-or-Treating. He  really understood the concept as he loved ringing the doorbell, signing please, and picking out a candy and putting it in his Elmo basket. 

Probably my favorite fall activity we did was go to Baker's Farm. We went on a Hayride and picked our own pumpkins off the vine. That was awesome!





The chosen ones


Hutson wouldn't touch the ground, or even let his shoes touch the ground. As I said, he doesn't like to get dirty.


Our pumpkins!


This was our ride on our covered wagon pulled by Mules. Hutson loved it!


But, his favorite was the hay maze,


 riding John Deer,


and chasing Mommy through the corn maze. After running around for 30 minutes, we weren't coming close to the end of the maze, so we went out the entrance. 

Pointing to the pumpkin and saying "pumkee".

It was a great Halloween!