Hudson's Spring School Picture

Hudson's spring pictures came in!  They turned out adorable!  It's so fun to get his school pictures!

Spring Photos Preview

Check out the link in my favorites for the Rachael Lindsy Photography blog for a preview of the boys' session on Sunday!  They turned out so cute!  I can't wait to see them all!

Fun with Fedoras

We had a spring photo shoot at the stockyards on Sunday.  Both boys did fabulous right up until the very end.  Well, the last outfits I had for them were with fedora hats.  I chose these as the last outfits because I didn't want the hats to ruin their hair for the rest of the photo shoot.  I don't think the photographer got very many pics in these outfits since the boys (mostly Luke) weren't cooperating at the end.  Since I had my camera in my car, we decided to stay out there and let the boys play while I took some pics in their fun hats!  They love these hats and have both been wearing them ever since the shoot.  We went furniture shopping on Sunday, and the boys were complimented everywhere we went on their "cool hats".

Gators Pictures

Hudson's soccer pictures came in... His face on the team picture cracks me up!

(the scan didn't copy well on the team one)

Put Me in Coach... I'm Ready to Play!

I have to say that as excited as we were to start soccer last year, we are even more excited to start baseball in a few weeks!  We made a trip to Academy Sports today to get Hudson a new baseball glove, a new tee, a bucket of t-balls, and a brand new bat.  He is super excited about all of his new gear!  He has been playing with and organizing all of it ever since we got home.  Matthew and I are just as excited.  We think baseball is going to be one of our favorite sports for the boys to play (along with golf).  Matthew and I both got new gloves ourselves.  We have lots and lots of catch to look forward to!  In fact, playing catch has been one of Luke's favorite games to play.  And he got himself a brand new glove with the rest of us!  This evening, Matthew and I were playing catch in the house... This would normally be breaking a rule.  But when all of our breakables are packed up to move, we can make an exception!  I didn't remember how much fun playing catch is!  I haven't put a glove on in years, but it brought me back to when I was a little girl and absolutely loved to play catch with my dad all the time!  Our new yard will be perfect to practice baseball... I can't wait!

When Hudson went to bed tonight, he asked for one thing to hold- his new glove and ball!  I just checked on him, and this is exactly what I found.  How cute is this?!

 Of course, Tigger takes precedence, but that new glove is right there with Luke too!

Gator Fun

I first want to note that Hudson is doing much better on the field!  He's improved a ton just over the past couple weeks.  He is engaged more in the game and getting more aggressive (especitally if he makes his "mean face").  We are very proud of him!  I got a lot more video than pictures today, but here's some shots of our fun Gators soccer game this morning.

Hudson's team wore Gator tattoos for some extra team spirit today!

Handshake with the opposite team after the game

 After game team tunnel.  I never get any pictures of this because I like to participate in the tunnel, but I decided to stand at the exit to get pics of Hud running through with excitement after this game.

 All of the team (minus Mya this week) with their Gator tatoos

 Hudson's tattoo

 Our family supporting our rockstar soccer player

 Opa and Memee also came to cheer on their little soccer stud!

Best Friends

These two guys are the very best of friends!  I thought it would be fun to let them sleep together last night.  They chose Hudson's bed, which was perfect because we are switching Luke to his toddler bed when we move.  So this gave him some practice!  These two were absolutely the cutest little things in bed together.  They had their faces almost touching they were so close as they were talking and giggling before going to sleep.  This made for some precious video!  We shot some video through a crack in the door when they didn't know.  They were talking and giggling as two best friends do.  We let them play for about 20 minutes then I went in and told them they needed to settle down to go to sleep.  After giggling a few minutes more, I went back in to warn them that if they didn't go to sleep I'd have to put Luke back in his bed.  Hudson didn't want that at all!  He cuddled up next to Luke and said, "Good Night, Luke".  Luke responded, "Nigh-Night, Hudson".   P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S  We didn't hear another peep out of those two.  I check on them about 15 mintues after that, and they were both fast asleep and stayed that way until after Matthew and I woke up in the morning.  This started a fun new tradition!  Those two will enjoy the "fun nights" when they can sleep together in the future!

Excited to sleep together

 They kept giving each other hugs

 No words to describe

 These two fell asleep faster than I'd expected!

SomeBunny Visited the Arnolds

Hudson was very excited to get to bed on Saturday night so the Easter Bunny could visit.  He instructed Luke to "go to bed quickly so the Easter Bunny can come!"  On Sunday morning, they ran out to see what the bunny filled their baskets with this year!

 Luke loved opening all of the eggs and eating the candy... Especially the jelly beans! 

 Look Mommy!

 Dinosaurs!

 Roar!

Money! 

When Luke was finished looking through his eggs, he decided to help Hudson by shaking and opening up his.

The boys were very excited about all their new surprises, but I have to say that the biggest hit has been the harmonicas. They played with those all day on Sunday (with the exception of when we were at church) and have played with them each day since. A close second were their new dinosaurs.

We then went to church with the boys all dressed up in their Sunday best!  We listened to their new Veggie Tales CDs on the drive.

 Cheese!

 Cheese!

After church, we went over to Matthew's parents' to hunt eggs.  We enjoyed the rest of our Easter at their house.

 Hunting for eggs

 Luke's mouth was full of jelly beans during the whole egg hunt!