Recessive Genes At Work

I was just downloading some pictures from my camera and came across one that I took of Abigail the day before yesterday. I never would have thought 2 out of our 3 children would have blue eyes...of course, Abigail's eye color could still change to green. Hudson's great grandfather had blue eyes, as well as his Uncle. My grandfather, aunt and her four children all have blue eyes. Don't get me wrong, I don't sit around and ponder these kind of things all day. I always assumed that at least one kiddo would have Hudson's brown eyes..but he does have 2 sweet nieces and a nephew that have some gorgeous brown eyes. :)

Some recent pictures...

We've been busy the last couple of weeks with lots of activity. The kids have been excited to spend time with their grandparents. My mom has been able to come up to see us fairly often and Hudson's parents came this past weekend. We're looking forward to seeing everyone even more during the holidays.

Abigail giving Ganmamma her pirate smile.

4 months old!

As of this week, Abigail is four months old. It was exactly one year ago that we found out we were expecting a little miracle. Our sweet baby has been nothing but a blessing to us, we've enjoyed her so much. It's been a lot less stressful this time around, I think part of that is due to having "been there and done that" and also the fact that it was such an effort to get to this point. The struggles of a miscarriage and infertility help to keep things in perspective and not sweat the small stuff. My family of five is happy and healthy and we're blessed to have each other!

Abigail had her four month check up yesterday and some nasty shots. She did fairly well with the shots and seemed relieved when they were over and mommy could pick her up. She weighed in at 14lbs even (45th percentile) and is 24 inches long (35th). She's doing great all around, she loves her naps and is gracious enough to sleep through the night, poor baby has to be woken up to take her big sister and brother to school. Below is a picture of Abigail and her daddy right after he got home from work, I was able to snap a picture without him knowing. But what I really need to do is get some video, it's amazing what kind of noises he'll make to get her to smile and "talk" to him!

Trunk or Treat

On Friday we headed to church for Trunk or Treat, it was a lot of fun. Our Sunday School class did a Willy Wonka theme and it was really cute. We had dinner at church and the kids enjoyed the rock wall and inflatables and of course collected plenty of candy....which mommy's been enjoying :)

Superman shooting some hoops.


"Dr Pope" giving the rock wall a try.




Our little butterfly...can't imagine why she wouldn't smile for me..heehee.



Abigail was worn out from all of the excitement, she was even so sleepy she took a passy!

Pumpkin Time

Every year, Hudson and the kids carve a jack o lantern. This year was no exception, Olivia and Maxwell picked out a stencil and then got busy. Daddy did the dirty work of getting all of the goo out of the pumpkin and the kids were happy to assist when needed.






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