Baby Two

There isn't much in life Paxton loves more than his baby. He's been carrying around "Baby Owen" for awhile now, but it was Hudson's, so we got him his very own baby for his birthday. Jamie wasn't thriled with the idea but Pax LOVES his baby! And she goes everywhere with us! He named her "Two" and he takes very good care of her; giving her her pacifier and holding her close when she cries, and making sure she's always snuggled in tight to him.

In the basement.....

We did some work in the basement, redoing the spare bedroom, so the boys and I spent the afternoon down there, playing games and getting into things they hadn't seen in awhile.

First up, the animal match game. Hudson and I tied every time!

Then the Cookie Game. Mommy won and surprisingly, Hudson handled it well.
They found their old Halloween costumes and had fun dressing up.

Still the cutest spider!

Movie Night

We had a movie night in the living room this weekend. The boys laid on their new sleeping bags and Mommy and Daddy on either side. We watched Shrek- The Final Chapter and enjoyed a snack. Paxton made it until 10:00 and then asked, no, begged, to go to bed. I even told him he could sleep by me in the living room, but he still chose his own, comfy crib.

Baby love...

The Nordby's came over for a few hours this morning, and the boys were entranced with little Bayler. A little too much for Bayler's liking I think. They both wanted to hold him, with no help from Mom, and Paxton knew to squeeze EXTRA tight when baby started to cry, to console him of course :)

New Years Eve

Mommy went shopping for baby #3 during the day, and when the weather got bad, got stranded a little later than expected. Daddy was home with the boys, and when I walked through the door at 10:30pm....this little guy was still awake, waiting for the ball to drop. Too bad him and Daddy conked out at about 11:50pm, worn out from all the anticipation.

20 weeks

Baby and I were 20 weeks....HALFWAY.....on December 27th!!

Paxton's B-day video

Paxton was adorably funny when we sang Happy Birthday to him......click the link to watch.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wD-NiYuInFY&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

More pictures from his birthday below.

Happy 2nd Birthday Paxton!

We celebrated our baby boy's 2nd birthday today. He woke up to a living room filled with balloons and loved it!

His new car was a hit! But if you ask Hudson, its a sled.
He was a very happy birthday boy this morning!

Opening his favorite present....a new baby! He loves his baby and takes such good care of it.

Giving Grandma some love.Such an adorable boy in the sombrero, loving the attention!

Teeter-totter.

Warming up with Maddi by the fire.

Love from his Godmother.

Watching the train he got from his godfather Dwight.

He loved getting sung to! Smiled and giggled the whole time!

Showing us his "2" fingers.

Happy Birthday my baby boy!

Almost 2.....

This little guy went to bed a 1 year old for the last time tonight. My baby. Tomorrow morning he will wake up 2 years old (actually at 8:01am). But according to him, he's been 2 for about a month now. Tomorrow he'll wake up to balloons galore, presents, cupcakes and balloons for daycare, and a little party with family later on (big one to come in January). And to a Mommy and Daddy that love him with all their hearts, and a big brother who loves him most of the time.

Christmas Day

We spent Christmas Day with all of our families and couldn't be more thankful.

Our attempt at getting the boys' picture together. I thought telling them they could stand on the fireplace would get them excited for a picture, and it did, but they could use a lesson in posing.....

Lovin' up the puppy from Logie.

Digging into his "bag-o-splat balls" from Maddi.

Mommy and Pax- the only one willing to take a picture with me.

Hudson and Sidney were inseparable all night long. Running around, playing with splat balls, locking themselves in rooms, and sneaking treats and eating them in the bathroom of all places!

Paxton showing Logie how cute she'll look in the hat he bought her.

Christmas Eve 2011

Santa's visit was approved by these two boys! Although, I think he brought way too much! They would've been just as happy opening one or two gifts and playing the rest of the day. Hudson was fun to watch, saying the funniest and sweetest things. Santa even remembered Baby Girl Johnson, and when Hudson opened those gifts he said, "Its for my baby sister! Santa knows everything! Mom, I bet he seen your big tummy when we went to see him!".

Santa remembered Pop the Pig game!

Paxton snuggled with his sleeping bag.
When Hudson couldn't win a candy with the Claw game, he just used his hand instead.

Paxton loves his new trampoline, his favorite gift by far! Hudson says his favorite is the indoor swing.

Reading a Christmas sotry.

Christmas Eve night, we went to church and then back home for more present opening with Grandma and Grandpa (and Sheri, Arnie, and Shane).

It literally took them FOREVER to get through all their presents, between playing and just being too busy socializing to even care.

The whole clan.

Preparing for Santa....

Sanat is expected to visit tonight and the boys made absolutely sure that he knew where they lived, and that they were on the "nice list" (even though I think their names may have grazed the naughty list from time to time!). First, they sprinkled the reindeer food and sparkles on the front porch. The sparkles didn't have quite the same effect without the white snow, so Hudson suggested we keep the lights on so the reindeer can still find them.

Paxton gave the reindeer a quick smooch.
Then inside to tend to Santa. Hudson carefully picked out which treats to leave him. Thankfully they made so many at daycare all week!

Especially because all this little boy did was eat them! I caught him grab one and asked what he did, and he was quick to show me what remained inside his mouth!

Hudson usually gets mad at his little brother's antics, but tonight, he thought Paxton was hilarious!

Hudson assumed Santa likes chocolate milk better than white since he and his brother prefer it.

I sure hope Santa enjoys his goodies!! They were made with love (filled with the hope of getting good presents!).

Daycare Xmas Party

Hudson and Paxton had their Christmas party at daycare today, and they had a really fun itinerary! All week they've been doing Christmas-y things; baking treats, watching Christmas movies, writing letters to Santa, and making Christmas crafts. Yesterday they baked the gingerbread wall pieces to build and decorate their houses today. Tiffanysaid both boys loved it, and she sent me pictures to prove it! Paxton loved eating the candy the most! Here's their creation. They each made one, but we had a fatality on the way home and only one house survived. They also made their holiday trains and binoculars to watch for Santa.

Thank you Tiffany and Noah, for the wonderful, fun party and the great gifts! We appreciate you!

The last Ahlness girl....

Finally, all the Ahlness girls under one roof.....Maddi came home tonight! Paxton snuggled right in to her and Nala. This puppy isn't quite as quick to run away from Paxton's tight squeezes as our Bella is.

Hudsy and his Godmother.

Letter to Santa

The boys wrote letters to Santa at daycare and they brought tears to my eyes.....from laughing so hard! Both letters show each boys' personality perfectly! Hudson, the detailed story teller (his was 2 pages!), and Paxton with his famous answer to everything!

Hudson's letter reads- Dear Santa, I want a pop the pig (game) and you can put food in his mouth and like his tummy gets bigger. My dad says I should have that gun that shoots darts. I'll take a shirt. I want jammies. I want jammies that has a dump truck on it. I'll just take a plate. Yeah. I want a plate. I want a real tree and like 5 ornaments for my tree and like 3 presents to put under my real tree."

Paxton's letter reads- Dear Santa, Huh? What?? Noooo. A present."

I'm sure Tiffany asked Paxton what he wanted to write to Santa, and like always he gave her his "Huh?".