Happy Halloween!

Of course - it was only fitting for us to be the Thomas Family of trains.




We went downtown HB for a slide ride, the petting zoo and some candy. Hudson has literally never had candy and yet knew exactly what it was, all wrapped up in colorful wrapping. Every time someone gave something to him he immediately looked at us and yelled "OPEN PEASE!" with a huge smile (I tried to stay away from the chocolates and tried to stick with licorice type candy. Someone handed out fruit roll ups and I was the mom that was so excited - the other kids probably hated that 'candy').



We also carved some pumpkins the other night. Hudson colored on one. He was pretty interested for about 3 minutes and then we were left to finish our pmpkins on our own.

Thomas Obsession

Hudson's current obsession is trains. 'Choo-Choo' is often the first word we hear when he wakes up. When Hudson and I walk into Target, he starts yelling "Thomas! Where are you?" (more like "Where awe you?"). After spending ridiculous amounts on single trains, I have started buying sets of used trains on ebay. Here are a few photos. I forgot to mention he knows most of their names as well - and some of the names are weird, like 'Stepney' and 'Iron Arry' and 'Mavis.' These photos are not all the trains he has. I am sure I have 10 in my purse, another 5 in my car, a few at my aunt's house, some more at my mom's house, some in the bath (yes, there are water Thomas trains specifically for the bath) and at last a few under the couch and behind the tv. And these are just the 'Thomas' trains - he has other no-namers all around. And yes - he is wearing his Thomas pajamas and sitting on his Thomas blanket in this photo.

Our Crazy Son

Where does Hudson come up with this stuff?

Baby Morrison's OC Shower

We showered the upcoming arrival of Baby Morrison with love and presents this weekend with a brunch at my house. It was so much fun and I cannot wait for his/her arrival in January!



Everyone at the shower got creative and decorated a onesie to give to Baby Morrison. They turned out sooo good!!

Growing Bellies

Catt is 4 months pregnant here, Tracy is 7 months pregnant, and I am 8 and 1/2 months pregnant in this picture. Getting bigger!!

Family of 3

We took some family photos last week. Actually they were maternity/family photos - even though I was hoping for more family and less maternity this time around. Unfortunately, Hudson wanted NOTHING to do with the photos and only wanted to play. So wrangling him in and getting him to look semi-happy about it was nearly impossible. I am actually happy that we got a couple decent photos of all of us together! Next time we take family photos we wont be a family of 3 anymore!















Ok, so I really am completely happy that we got at least a couple family photos - but this is what most of the photos look like:

Pumpkin Patch with Gia

With Gianna and Hudson being so close in age, they have turned into the best of friends. They are obsessed with each other, they have so much fun together and it is sooo cute.
We went to a pumpkin patch and the kids ran around, went on rides and then went and ate their favorite dinner (Japanese -- edamame, tofu, miso soup and rice). They literally run around yelling each others' names the entire time: Hudson yells "Gia" and Gianna yells "Hud-man".
It is so fun to see them play and I cant believe Catt and I will have our second children at exactly the same amount of time apart as Gianna and Hudson. Baby Reynolds #2 is due Nov. 29th (Gianna's 2nd birthday is just a couple days before on Nov. 26th). And Catt is due with Baby #2 on March 30th (Hudson's 2nd birthday is a couple days after on April 3rd). The timing couldnt be more perfect and I am excited they will all be so close! Plus, Tracy and Adam's little one will fit right in the mix (due January 8th)!


The rides - such big kids now!!





Holding hands!!


Eating straight out of the bowl...


They love each other.


Skatin' around.


Relaxing before bedtime.

Halloween is Coming

In preparation for the upcoming holiday, a group of us met at Irvine Ranch's Pumpkin Patch for some fun. I dressed up as Dorothy and Hudson was a Lollipop Kid, both from the Wizard of Oz (JR will be the scarecrow with us on Halloween).


Front row: Geneveve the butterfly, Elle the ladybug, Kaylee as Tinkerbell, Alyssa the Little Mermaid, Jordan the bumblebee, and Charlotte the spider.
Back row: Hudson the Lollipop Kid, Hannah as Cinderella, Isabella the clown with her Grandma Vicky the clown.