Growing up

I decided to try and take some pictures of the boys and play around with the color of the photos.  I am getting very antsy to get my new camera and order photoshop so I can start taking some really neat looking photos.  Here are some I got the other day of my sweet boys...

These are some of my favorite pictures I have taken of my boys.  I can only imagine the photos I can get once I get my new camera!  I have such cute little models :)                                                                                 

Updates on the boys

I thought I would write a little about what the boys have been up to and some of the milestones they are reaching.  Mason just turned 2 on the 13th of January and Hudson just turned 7 months on the 22nd of Januray.  Both boys are doing really great and have a clean bill of health, which we are so very thankful for!  We continue to pray for their health everyday, it is such a blessing to have healthy and happy children. 

Mason: 

Other than just turning 2, he has reached many milestones.  He talks SO well!  Anyone who spends any amount of time with him at all says the same thing.  Some of his favorite things to talk about our his family.  He is starting to go from being a complete "Mommy's Boy" to more of a Daddy's Boy lately.  He is always very interested in everything Luke is doing.  When he wakes up in the morning he always asks if Daddy is at work and then he tells me he wants to go to work with Daddy to help support our family!  It is so cute.  I always tell him Daddy has to go to work because he is supporting our family and tell him what a nice Daddy he has, who loves his family very much. 

He is very into Thomas the train right now and loves to play with all of his trains he got for Christmas.  He also loves reading books, he brings me about 10 books a day and we sit down and read them together.  He recognizes everything in the books.  His vocabulary is so large I  think it may take me all day to sit here and type out everything he says now.  And we all know a Mom of 2 doesn't have time for that :) 

He is doing great with Potty training.  We bought him some "big boy" underwear and been working on not having any accidents throughout the day.  We still keep a diaper on him at night, we don't think he is quite ready for going overnight with no accidents yet.  We also put a diaper on him whenever we are away from home so he won't have any accidents in the car or in public.  We just want him to get used to potty training at home and we are letting him really go at his own pace and he is doing so good.  We are very proud of him, he will ask to go use the potty and then we do a very silly looking "potty dance" after he goes :)  Anyone who knows Mason well, knows the boy has moves!!! Then we usually go get a tiny M&M for after he goes.  At first he was getting suckers, but he can't have that many suckers in one day, so we save the suckers for when he goes #2. 

He is a wonderful big brother!  He is usually very gentle with Hudson, but occasionally he trys to smash him...not unusual for a 2 year old though.  He just has to get used to being very gentle with Hudson at all times.  I do not think it is going to take long for Hudson to catch up to Mason's size.  Mason just now hit the 23 lb. mark and Hudson is already 17.6 lbs.!  In no time, Hudson will be ready to defend Mason's smothering :)  Luke always says that Mason will be our engineer and Hudson will be our athlete, we will see if his predictions are correct :)  Mason and Hudson are already best buddies.  Mason asks where Hudson is every morning while I am changing him out of his pajamas and brushing his teeth.  When they see each other first thing in the morning, they both have a huge smile on their face.  All Mason has to do is go to Hudson and act like he is going to tickle him and Hudson just lets out the cutest belly laugh! 

Hudson:

 Well as I said earlier, Hudson is doing great and growing very well!  He is 17.6 lbs and he is tall!  He is in the 90% percentile for his height!  Mason has been consistently in the 50% percentile for height.  Hudson is such a happy baby.  Hudson started sleeping through the night at 2 months old and has been consistently doing so since then.  He has had a couple nights lately (because he has been sick, where he wakes up at 3am for a bottle and diaper change but then he goes right back to sleep.)  It makes such a difference when Mommy and Daddy get their sleep! :)  He sleeps anywhere from 8-10 hours at night, it is so great! 

Hudson is not a fan of solid foods yet!  He refuses to eat anything that we try and give him.  I am not going to push it though, just keep offering it daily and if he doesn't eat it, I will try again the next day.  I was really concerned at first but I asked his doctor about it and did some research and found it is not uncommon for kids to not want solid foods until they are anywhere from 9 months-1 year old.  It was surprising to me though because Mason always ate anything we gave him, he still isn't very picky.  He likes everything.  Hopefully Hudson will discover he likes solid food soon.  Luke did give him a little frosting from his birthday cake this year and of course Hudson loved it!  I wasn't too thriled about that but Luke assured me the tiny bit he gave him wouldn't hurt anything.  Go figure the one solid food he likes is sugar! :) 

Hudson is very close to crawling, he is doing the army crawl only he goes backwards :)  Mason did the same thing at his age, crawling forward will come soon!
I will update more later on but the boys are up from their naps and Mommy duty calls!  :)

                                                          Hudson Cole Scott @ 7 months

                                                         Mason Wayne Scott @ 2 years

                                                                                  

Thomas the Train Birthday Party- Mason is 2!!!

We celebrated Mason's 2nd birthday this year on Saturday January 15th.  We rented out a golf course clubhouse and invited many friends and family members.  Mason had a wonderful birthday party, he had so much fun with all his cousins and friends that he feel asleep as soon as we put him in the car to head home.  A big thank you to all of our friends and family that made it to his party.  We love you all very much and appreciate you sharing Mason's special day with us!  Here are some pictures from the big day...

These are the party favors I made for his party.  They were a cowboy cookie mix and boy are they yummy!!!

                                                                  Our family of 4

Daddy with the birthday boy!

 
                                          The Awesome Thomas Cake!  Thank you Aunt Les!

Cutting the cake

Aunt Leslie and Mason

Aunt Leslie, Mason and Sydney

Daddy and Mason

Pappy Scott and Mason

GG and baby Hudson

GG with Hudson and Jason with their new

baby, Asher!  So good to see them!

Our wonderful friends, Ryan & Kellie

Kellie rocking the punch bowl!  Love her!

The messy face of our birthday boy!

My friend Tara and her family, also Aunt Amy with

baby Hudson and my Momma!

The Neuenschwanders were there!  Also, Aunt Leslie

 and Amy and the kids of course!

More of our lovely guests

My brother Joey and my soon to be sister, Amanda!

Also, My wonderful Dad and Mom!

Our Friends, Mike and Sally Bowden with

their daughter, Lorelei and son Trey!

It was so wonderful to see them.  Luke has known

 Mike for years, they were in the Air Force together.

Sally and Lorelei

More of our wonderful guests

Here's lookin' at you babe! :)  Happy Birthday

 my sweet baby boy!  We love you more than my

words could ever possibly explain! Love, Mom and Dad

The Newton Family

I just wanted to take some time to dedicate a post to The Newton Family.  You are all always in our thoughts and we will be praying for you, always. 

Luke's 29th Birthday

Happy Birthday to my Amazing Husband!!!  Luke turned 29 yesterday and we had a great time celebrating it with him.  Mason & Hudson and I cooked him lunch and took it into his work.  Then we went and picked up his cake from the Yellow Bowl Bakery and went and got candles for it.  The cake was so yummy and the best part was that Luke loved it!  We spent the evening as a family and had a steak dinner.  It was a wonderful night!  Here are some pictures from his little birthday party put on by me and the boys :)

Mason & Hudson loved singing Happy Birthday to their Daddy!!!  :) 

Letter to my Son

Dear Mason,

You are turning 2 tomorrow.  That does not seem possible, as it went by way too fast! You are such a busy little man, always so curious and excited to learn new things.  You begin everyday with the most beautiful smile and you greet me with a, "Hi, Mommy!"  It really makes my day.  You show me everyday how much you love me, your Daddy and your baby brother.  You are such a wonderful big brother, you are as kind as a 2 year old could ever be.  You are always happy and outgoing.  Everyone who meets you and knows you always says, "what a happy little boy you have, you are so blessed!"  And your Daddy and I know it.  I will never forget the day you were born as it was one of the happiest of my entire life.  The second the handed you to me, you stopped crying, you looked at me and studied my face with such content.  We just clicked, I think you knew instantly who I was :)  You are a very smart little boy, ask anyone who knows you :)  The day you were born my life changed for the better.  Everyday since then, you have taught me love, you have taught me patience, you have taught me to be a Mother.  Everyday you bring Joy to not only me but everyone you are around.  Everyday you remind me of how blessed we are.  Your Daddy and I love you and your little brother more than my words could ever describe, Happy 2nd Birthday, to my sweet baby boy!
Love, Mommy

Vacation Week

This has been a great week!  Luke has been on vacation from work since last Thursday and he doesn't have to go back until next Tuesday!!!  He got 11 whole days off of work, yay for him! :)  We have been working on projects we both have to do and just spending time with our boys.  Here are some pictures from our fun week... :)  Also, our dear friends Ryan & Kellie Linzner came over for dinner last night and they came bearing gifts!!!  Mason thought Santa decided to visit again :)  Thanks guys, you two are the best!

This is Mason's new toy from Ryan & Kellie, he LOVES it!:

I am so not ready for this week to be over, it has been sooooooo nice having Luke home! :)