Bob Lob Law Blog

the boys

2011-12-16T23:02:00.001-08:00

like all good parents of multiple kids we constantly compare them to each other. here's how eamon and hudson compare by height and weight. their increase in weight is inversely proportional to the health of kelley's back...

eamon is on track to be a solid 19+ pounds at 6 months. imagine how big they'd be if they actually ate food!

december!

2011-12-07T23:04:00.001-08:00

woops. been a while since we blogged.

here's a nice collage to sum up the year

guess who's ready for christmas! hudson had fun helping me chop down the tree.

halloween is old news... but here's the evidence that hudson had a blast. i had to cut him off after a good hour of 40 degree trick-or-treating, he would have walked all night.

eamon is growing fast. here's hudson (at 6 months) and eamon (little over 4 months)

and a recent conversation for the nc state gang:

hudson: what's that? (pointing at my shirt)
brian: my El Rodeo shirt, that's a restaurant by NC State
hudson: i want to go there
brian: it is the greatest restaurant. they have free chips and dip
hudson: and food?
brian: yes!
hudson: i want to go there now!

3 month videos

2011-10-11T20:39:00.001-07:00

more like 2.5 months for this video of Eamon

here's Hudson signing his two favorite U2 songs. Clearly he has the volume part down, some work to go on tone and pitch. He thinks Eamon's toy looks like microphone from U2 video...

3 months (or so)

2011-10-11T20:20:00.000-07:00

Eamon will be 3 months old in a few days, time is flying! We'll see if he's still in top percentiles for height and weight. Our guess is yes based on 9 month clothes he's wearing now. Soon we'll be re-baby proofing the house...

Everyone's doing well. Hudson is getting excited for Halloween. He started preschool a few weeks ago and is loving it. Two days a week for couple hours each day.

Random Hudson story - Kelley was holding him and commented on how his ears were dirty. He replied by singing "not my fault, not my fault" over and over.

slightly older pics...

Hudson indulges Kelley by pretending he needs her help. But really he knows how to build a home depot kit with his eyes shut at this point.

loving his music these days!

summer videos

2011-09-14T21:48:00.000-07:00

hudson did this for about 30 mins one night. run to living room, shake hands wildly (dancing maybe?), run into his room, shut door, dive into bed, repeat. turned out he had a poopy diaper and was just so free and full of energy to have that thing sitting in his pullup.

eamon getting some good play mat time in

hudson grooving to the air show

newer playmat video

summer blog

2011-09-14T20:54:00.000-07:00

this blog will be like one of those movies where they jump around in time a bunch and its confusing. but not because i'm making an artistic statement. because i'm lazy and we're so far behind on blogging i just uploaded a bunch of random pictures

labor day weekend we were getting really tired of being at home so packed in the car and drove the coast. traffic was super backed up to get to cannon beach (closest beach to portland) so we drove further south to oceanside. not a single parking spot to be found so we apologized to hudson and said how about we go to tillamook factory for some ice cream. super long line there so we said how about we go to mcdonald's for some ice cream. as you can see, he was pretty happy to have his first ice cream cone. he's had plenty of ice cream, but this was first time in cone version. lots of driving to go to mcdonalds, but it was a nice scenic drive and eamon slept almost whole time, so worth it.

just had long weekend visit with granddad. went to washing park and had fun on swings and in the giant sand box.

hudson showing granddad how to play tractors in the snow (salt)
we've tried multiple times to get a family pic. this is best so far. happy family for sure, but we now realize getting a baby and 2.5 year old to sit still and halfway smile is hard. guess thats why people pay professional photographers...

hudson loves his little brother. calls him baby "A". eamon is off to good start growing wise, already wearing 6 month clothes (and some of the 3 month clothes still fits). still got some work to do to catch big brother.

went with granddad to the Enchanted Forrest in Salem. fun park for kids, spent a lot of time on this train that was clearly not designed for 6'3" human folks.
already filling out the car seat

hudson got a big rig from uncle ross's old collection. he's all about cars these days, with a dash of helicopters and airplanes. lots of crashes these days too.
enjoying probably our last hot summer day. we got ripped off this year when it comes to warm weather. such is oregon...

hudson showing off his shrinky-dink creations. you color on clear plasticy material, then cook in oven and it shrinks. he's been making lots of fridge magnets with mom.

finally a solution to bath time water in the eyes! can't see it that well here, but he's got snake eyes

brian and hudson went to the hillsboro airshow with nate. lots of cool planes and helicopters you could walk up to. hudson especially enjoyed the start of show when super loud F-18s flew just above the ground near by then went straight up in the air.

nana came out for some much needed help around the house weeks 1 to 4 of eamon world. was super busy and time flew by! glad we have such good nana/gramma/granddad and grandpa to help out. their grandsons really love them!

Video Update

2011-07-19T21:05:00.000-07:00

some videos for your viewing pleasure

Hudson meeting Eamon at the hospital

hudson wearing his work gloves, listening to MP3 player eamon got him

we've been trying to cut the couch in half for a few days now, hudson just can't find the right power tool to get the job done

hudson decided his steering wheel toy was broken the other day and that Handy Manny (kids tv show) was only one that could fix it. So he called Handy Manny and asked him to come fix it. Now he's asking Handy Manny's advice on cutting the couch in half. Still no luck.

Calling his Silly Grandpa (Grandpa Mick aka kelley's dad)for couch cutting advice. Was about to call Grandad (Terry aka brian's dad) too but something outside distracted him. Could be the sun, haven't seen much of it lately...

Hudson is definitely stepping up the cuteness in response to Eamon. Eamon is sleeping a lot and not much else so far. Had his first bath which he wasn't a fan of. He's got quite the power behind his pee. Hit Dad in the shirt first night in the hospital. Got Kelley and the wall next to his changing pad twice at home. Other than that, all's well and we're a happy family!

Hudson, Gramma Buh and Brian went to see Cars 2 in the theater. Hudson's first trip to movies. He did really well, sat for at least a good hour mesmerized, barely blinking. However once he pooped and had to be changed on bathroom floor (he insisted) it kind of went down hill. Made it till about 10 mins left in the movie then gave up. Not a big deal because we'll see the move 100 times over once its out on DVD. Was a lot of fun overall and Hudson was really happy to get to go.

Eamon Arrives!

2011-07-16T14:59:00.001-07:00

Welcome to the blog Eamon Henry Pedersen! Eamon was born Thursday July 14th at 5:53am, 20.5" long and 7lbs 14ounces (10 ounces heavier and 0.25" shorter than Hudson). Due date was July 24th, so probably for the best he came early as big as he already is. We got to come home Friday afternoon.

Kelley and Eamon are doing well, first pediatrician appointment this morning went smoothly. Hudson is very excited to have a little brother. Has done a good job helping around the house, holding Eamon, and giving him some kisses (basically leans in his head and holds it next to Eamon).

First picture with mom

Hudson meeting little brother, he call's him Baby A

Only problem so far is Eamon was born with long finger nails and was scratching up his face, so he gets to wear mittens for a while.

way more pictures to come soon... but its nap time for Brian

Nanna Visit

2011-06-12T21:57:00.000-07:00

Had a fun visit from Nanna... who is better at taking pictures than us so she gets credit for all the Hudson pictures in this blog.

Out for some ice cream with Nanna
Play area in the mall by our house (and by the ice cream place). Hudson knows how to get there and will point the way when on walks.

When Dad grills Hudson is right there next to him.

Soccer class, the actual soccer part in the beginning. Brian pass to Hudson is roughly on par with Xavi to Messi

Another trip to home depot on first Saturday of the month, another planter built.

So helpful. How would Dad ever get anything done without Hudson?

Uncle Ross wins brownie points for finding a few of the hard to find Cars for Hudson.

Brian and Kelley got a night in Seattle to see U2 while Nanna and Hudson stayed in Portland. Fun was had by all. Seattle concert crowd much better than LA concert crowd. Lenny Kravitz much much much less annoying than Black Eyed Peas (for an opening band)

Crazy Boy

2011-06-12T21:30:00.000-07:00

Fun times at Farmington Gardens riding in the wagon and buying plants for the backyard. Hudson especially enjoys digging holes and finding worms. Talks a lot about bees. Not clear yet if he's for them or against them.

Fun new toy Hudson picked out using gift card from Nanna.

Documenting the growth of his seeds from Home Depot trip with Ian and co last month

If you load up your cart at home depot and have a cute kid they'll give you an American flag. Hudson says don't mess with his flag!

Bath time is lots of fun these days. It starts with bubbles

Then he insists on getting out to sit on the toilet, which he has yet to pee/poop in. Really it's because Hudson knows he gets a cookie for trying to go.
Then back to some more fun.

And finally it ends in tears because he hates getting water in his eyes.

Tough dude strutting his stuff

Hudson found Nanna's leftover soda in the garage and talked Dad into splitting a can with him. Started off cute enough...

still cute...

oh my! should have cut him off! Actually we can explain why our baby looks like he's been on an all night bender... Crazy hair from wearing safety goggles on his forehead. Red eyes from crying when I first said no soda. Skin discoloration on arm is actually stamps from soccer. And of course orange mouth due to soda.

"Soccer" class... 20-50% soccer, rest of time running around doing fun stuff like this.

Finally here's Hudson showing off his newest fav words... NC State. Sometimes the "state" part is silent, but we know what he means.

trip to kennewick

2011-05-10T20:13:00.000-07:00

went for a weekend trip out to kelley's brother ian's house to see him and his wife and kids. hudson had lots of fun with cousin niev, rowan, and bonzer dog. first night was rough, he was up to 2:30am because he was too excited to sleep. after that was smooth sailing for sleeping.

sunday morning we went to the park while ian and co were at church. there was a great park down by the columbia river with a super fancy playground for kids. hudson loved it so much that he only spent 20% of the time on a swing (typical trip to the park is 90% swing time).

cousin niev showing off

hudson and rowan playing the blues

today was a double miracle. made it home by 5:45 and it was actually sunny and warm outside. hudson and i had some fun riding trikes and playing soccer in the backyard. he still isn't quite big enough to pedal, but he can move pretty quick in his own way.

a lot of crashing going on. he gets his wild driving style from his mom.

moving pretty quick... note that he is wearing his puppy tail from halloween costume. and he does his patented moon howl. this video has it all.

new puppy

2011-05-02T21:38:00.001-07:00

hudson is very serious about taking pictures of other people taking pictures

broke out the halloween costume, at least the puppy ears and tail and did some barking around the house

he was a shy barker...

Easter

2011-04-24T20:49:00.000-07:00

we're not very good at playdoh art, so hudson gets to play with lots of snakes

easter bunny hid eggs around the living room, as well as a basket of candy and books, some sea creatures, a puzzle, and a soccer ball. the easter bunny is getting very generous these days... especially considering how hudson melted down crying when he saw the easter bunny at the mall. hudson also got the two items he had been asking the easter bunny to bring him for weeks - a lion and a chocolate rabbit.

Showing off his easter artwork, very serious stuff

one of hudson's favorite series of books, max. BTW go blazers!

and lots of videos...

hudson ate a ton of choclate (by his standards) and basically nothing else until dinner. happy easter!

kelley's creative blog title "this is from the last two weeks"

2011-04-10T19:31:00.000-07:00

yep, kelley is still prego. 15 weeks to go!
met up with brian's sister lauren in seattle, went to the aquarium and museum of flight. lots of fun in a short weekend.
someday he'll be this tall without getting on dad's shoulders.
passed the 3' mark
don't mess with this octopus

hudson and his aunt lauren

museum of flight, hudson loves airplanes already so he was in heaven.

hudson's got your back goose.

who knows what he's doing here...

first saturday of every month at home depot is kids day. we made a planter. hudson did pretty good at hammering. he was amazing at gluing.

Hudson wearing Dad's NC State shirt. Still got some growing to do

stupid camera battery was dying so it would flash and make a nice clear picture. flash is key to all pictures in oregon due to no sun from nov till may. here's hudson showing off his wolf claws
taking a picture of dad taking a picture. i feel like i've seen this somewhere before...
the joy of pant-less power tools
started up toddler soccer class on saturday mornings. basically just running wild for 45 mins kicking the ball... hudson loves every second of it. will get a video of his skills next time.

baby #2....

2011-03-14T18:31:00.001-07:00

kelley's almost 22 weeks. ultra sound today... and baby #2 is a boy! hurray for saving on clothes!

baby wasn't doing a good job of posing for the camera, other than showing off his junk.

last one is prob best head/body combo picture.
click on the pictures to look at full size version

Hudson turns 2

2011-03-06T15:10:00.000-08:00

Hudson had a 2nd birthday party with his friends from play group. lots of wild kids running around the house, with a little bit of birthday cupcakes mixed in.

wasn't too happy about happy birthday song until he got to blow out candle and eat cake...

showing off some of his cool presents from his friends

nanna always says we need to get down to the floor when taking pictures... to be on their level. so here you go nanna.

hudson's big present from mom and dad was a train table. where will we put this in our tiny house? the plan is that it takes place of hudson's crib.

as if he knew we were going to move his crib out after his birthday, he finally started sleeping in the big boy bed on saturday. so far so good....

next stop: florida

2011-03-06T14:49:00.000-08:00

took a trip to fort myers beach, FL to meet up with nanna, granddad, uncle ross and aunt jill. was really nice to see the sun and have temp above 50 degrees. it's been a long winter....

hudson jumped right into the sand digging. took a little longer to be brave enough to walk into the ocean. first day barely got feet wet, by the end of the trip he was running in.

video of running into the water on first day:

playing catch in the water, finally started learning to catch the ball by end of the trip. still some work to do on throwing.

mommy is always watching...

water wasn't quite warm enough to jump in early in the week. by end of the week it started warming up, but no one took the full plunge.

heated swimming pool worked though for getting into the water all the way.

showing nanna how to howl at the moon

last day we stopped by uncle mark and aunt paula's house (nanna's brother and sister in law). hudson enjoyed the big fish tank.
most of all he enjoyed playing chase with their dog Teddy

jumping around in time, we had an early birthday for hudson complete with messy cupcakes. a lot less messy than his first birthday.

teaching hudson about sticks. next up: throwing little rocks at bigger rocks.

does this blog thing still work?

2011-03-06T14:32:00.000-08:00

long time no blog. busy with family visits, vacations and birthdays, but that's all done so back to our blogging ways...

first up was a visit from gramma buh, uncle ian, aunt lora, and cousins niev and rowan. original plan was for ian and co to come and christmas, but that was defeated by hudson's cold and fever.

rowan looking all cute with her curly blond hair

fun times with the three kids pushing stroller, shopping cart, and lawnmower around the house screaming.

video of the madness

finally we got hudson a big boy bed which he was very excited about. unfortunately the first time he went down for a nap in it he pooped which made him wake up angry... and made him want to sleep in his crib. will he ever learn to use his big boy bed? stay tuned....

at least he was willing to fake sleep for a little while...

new pet

2011-01-03T21:58:00.000-08:00

one last christmas present for the family... got a fish tank. so far we have 3 neon tetra and 3 fancy guppies (one bit the dust already so it was replaced with 2 more). everyone is enjoying the fish. we'll see how that goes once fish tank has to be cleaned. would like to point out that brian had to scoop cat poop for 9 months...

here's hudson showing his fish off to his baby. can you find the things that don't belong in this picture? answer below

things that don't belong: diet coke, un-hung picture, binky, silverware chimes for outside, extension cords running through the cat door, and plastic bags in house with cats and toddler.

enjoying some shopping around the house with elmo

getting pretty good at the stacking of blocks... and then the smashing of blocks

we thought these glasses were funny to wear for the camera. when we actually work on the tool bench we take them off though so we can see better. safety first.

here's hudson navigating the christmas aftermath

catch the xmas fever!?!

2010-12-25T17:49:00.000-08:00

so hudson had a nice fever and cough last few days which took him down a few notches on christmas excitement. still had fun with all his presents.

here's a ton of videos, intended only for grandparents who want to see ALL of the action...

hope everyone had a merry christmas!

the countdown is on

2010-12-20T20:53:00.000-08:00

guess who is excited for christmas...

Fall Mega Blog

2010-12-12T20:05:00.000-08:00

Hudson, Brian and Kelley flew out to Chicago in November, then drove down to Indianapolis to meet Nanna and Brian's Grandparents. Got to stay with Aunt Gail, Uncle Steve, and cousin Kristen's house. Drove over to Grandparent's place a few times a day for some nice visits.

Hudson took his supply of toys everywhere he went. Roaming the hallways looking for his Great Grandparents here.

Great Granddad enjoyed seeing Hudson play with truck and cows.

Great Grandma made Hudson a couple back up blankie squares. Already came in handy once since then when he lost main pair for a day.

Nanna got Hudson a baby for early Christmas present, which we named Baby.

Enjoying he's favorite candy (rolos) with Great Grandma

We went to Aquarium when we first got to Chicago, then Museum of Science and Industry on the way back. Hudson was too excited to be captured by still photography. Here's the best we got...

back at home... Hudson got to play with our half broken old digital camera. He seemed to think you had to jam the lens into your nose to make it work. After playing for 10 mins it was a completely broken camera

playing in his toy box

Kelley and Hudson took a long weekend to go see Kelley's brother Ian and his family in Kennewick, WA. They had a big snow a few days earlier, so the kids got to make an icey-snow man.

Hudson may have finally found something too cold for his teeth

Hudson, Rowan and Niev (and snowman)

Put up the Christmas tree finally. Hudson was really excited to see the lights and help with ornaments.

Helping put the traditional mfjac star on top.

YEAH! Now it's officially a Christmas tree.

Made a fun fort with Mom

Kelley's Grandma Roberts sewed Hudson a fun pillow case. For the most part he uses his pillow when sleeping now.

raking leaves with dad

learning to say some colors

playing some drums. note how he counts off by hitting drum sticks together before playing

helping to set the presents under the tree was big time fun. so far he hasn't opened any yet, but calvin was chewing on the wrapping paper.

Halloween

2010-11-02T20:22:00.000-07:00

Hudson and Kelley went to pumpkin patch with playgroup. Hudson had fun running around, seeing animals, riding tractor (favorite part) and of course picking out a pumpkin.

Hudson and Brian were in charge of carving the pumpkins. Hudson did a good job scooping out the guts.

One of newest games to play is blanket fort on the couch. His made up sign for "fort" is point two fingers up.

Just like the cats, he likes to stand on the chest and look out the window.

Halloween afternoon putting on his puppy costume (sewn by nana)

Went to playgroup that afternoon (dad's got to go too). A very wild house with all the kids dressed up. Hudson was the cutest of course.

Back home lighting the pumpkins on the porch

A little too excited to be holding the lighter...
Ready to go with his pail for candy. We put a few in to get him going...

He made it to the bottom of the driveway before sitting down to try and eat the candy
We went to 4 or 5 houses. Once Hudson realized they would give him candy he was in to it.
Excited to eat his chocolate!

Hudson's favorite part of the night was probably trick-or-treaters that came to our door. He'd run to the door to look at them, watch us give out candy, then climb onto the chest to watch them out the window. All in all a very fun Halloween!

steering wheel project

2010-10-10T22:29:00.000-07:00

finally finished up hudson's toy dashboard. fancy painting by gramma buh, rest of stuff by brian with a touch of kelley help. he's very american in his driving so far... always multitasking with a bottle of milk or a stuffed cat on the steering wheel.

bottom of box

idea is the have him store his matchbox cars inside. we'll see

name this ferrari... it was inspiration for some of the dash

here's hudson getting to play with steering wheel for the first time. he just woke up from a nap so a little groggy...

and some random pics because he's cute

started playing with stickers recently

got some rain boots for the pending 6 months of oregon style winter

first pumpkin, coloring with dad

about 75% of time he rides dump truck backwards

hamming it up for the camera

bathroom done!

2010-10-10T22:17:00.000-07:00

Brian is amazing and got our bathroom done! Kelley got to "decorate" and doesn't have to clean nasty linoleum floors anymore, so she is very very happy.

our new shower curtain. you can also see the bathmat which is the color of all our new towels.
the medicine cabinet, which someday will still need to be moved higher so that brian can see the top of his head when getting ready.

the new cabinet next to the toilet. our picture still needs to be hung back on the wall, but we'll get to that eventually.
a view of the vanity and medicine cabinet. kelley loves the size of this sink! it's humongous!

pic of the shower right after brian got it done. everything looks beautiful together now!
hurray for the house being "done"!

trip to NC

2010-10-09T14:33:00.000-07:00

Had a fun trip to NC, spent time at Brian's parents then went to Lake with Rob and Laura and the rest of NC State gang. Nanna took lots of pictures. Hudson is starting to say more words, his favorite word in NC was "more"

riding brian's old rocking horse

nanna made mistake of turning on hose and giving to hudson

eating a donut, hudson got spoiled for sure this week

playing with brian's old cars, serious business

no stairs at our house so it was fun to crawl up and bump down on his bum

aunt lauren teaching him how to make trouble

uncle ross's old tractor

fav thing in front yard was the wooden ducks

first trip to mcdonals with grandad and nanna. ate his first hamburger

walking with grandad around the house

more vacatoin

2010-09-10T22:57:00.001-07:00

tomorrow we're off to NC for week of vacation. since we've been slacking on blog updates, here's a few left overs from when rob, andrew and matt came out to visit.

we saw avett brothers at edgfield

ate at pine state biscuits

saw the uppity-arse beaver

played a few rounds of edgefield golf

took matty to winco every day for their low low prices

and took hudson miniature golfing

he mainly focused on playing in the water and picking up golf balls. he did take one shot with dad, it was not a hole in one.
all in all had lots of fun reliving the 5201-303 trinity commons days.

visit to la la land

2010-08-24T21:04:00.001-07:00

since both blogger and the computer are dumb today, we are leaving these pictures in a backwards order, so bear with us!

went to l.a. to visit the whole fam! was a packed house with parents, both sisters, brother and his family and us. super fun to see everyone as it has literally been years since we have all been together.

on friday, brian and i took hudson to the long beach aquarium. he had a blast, especially when we let him out of the stroller to run around.

this pic is also at the aquarium, but is in a lorikeet exhibit. brave hudson almost touched that bird!

hudson particularly liked the shark exhibit since they are big and swam very close to the glass. this shark has an impressive amount of teeth.

this is hudson playing mail delivery with his cousin, rowan. they were using playing cards to put through the mail slot.
rowan rudely looks much cuter in hudson's hat than hudson does. rude....

this is the three of them outside playing with the water slide that gramma buh bought for them. this was a hit a lot of the time.

hudson loves to fill up cups with water and take drinks. it doesn't matter to him if it is good water or not. yuck.

cute pic of hudson and rowan.

cute miss niev and their dog, who is perfect (but also sitting in hudson's carseat), bonzer.

hudson at the park near gramma and grampa's house. he loves to swing!

a cute pic of hudson from a playgroup in our backyard in oregon.

legs inside the truck doesn't seem comfortable to me, but he happily stayed there until i took a few pics and then pulled him out. silly boy.

videos

2010-08-01T20:50:00.000-07:00

hudson just learned to blow bubbles in water. has some learning to do...

he decided to blow his nose (for 10 mins straight) this morning.

on the rocking horse, kleenex still in hand

one of his new games is to get inside the footstool and sit, read, dance, etc

and finally... he's finally starting to drive his dump truck around. still working on the whole steering thing

all of the videos can be seen in better quality (and without the right side of video getting cut off) at: http://www.youtube.com/b1pedersen

KAKA!

2010-07-27T19:56:00.000-07:00

Brian had lots of fun with his Andrew, Matt and Rob (old roomates from NC State days) coming out for a long weekend. Hudson had lots of fun with them too, he enjoyed the loudness of the house. We worked on getting him to say Kaka (Brazilian soccer player and fun word to say) for his next word, but no luck while they were out here. Think he might have said it yesterday, so there's still hope.

We've been slacking on taking pictures recently. Rob and Andrew have some good ones on their cell phones... but they are lame and haven't emailed them to us yet.

Here's Hudson learning to climb onto furniture.

Finishing off his first bottle of mountain dew.

he likes to make a toothy grin these days when you tell him to smile for the camera. note the blue colored skin under his nose, that would be crayon.

kelley took hudson to some play place with her mom group where he had lots of fun playing with new toys and climbing around on inflatable bouncy things

here's video from about a month ago of some of his first coloring

and here's recent video of him dancing to some U2. of course we only got him to dance on camera to the U2 song we like least. but still he has good taste in bands.

big ol' blog

2010-07-05T19:45:00.000-07:00

this blog is a long time coming, so it contains snippets of things that we've done for the last month or so. in looking at pics to choose, it seems that we have had a busy busy month!

hudson has been alternately into coloring with crayons and just playing with the crayons. also, trying to sneak away with crayons as if mommy doesn't know what's going on.

had a couple of babies over to play in the backyard. hudson loves his waterpillar and his pool. yay for summer!

playgroup one week was at a great park in hillsboro that has a water area. hudson was shy at first, but once he decided he was going in, that was it! soaked to the bone!

rolled around on the floor for almost half an hour in his blankies. soooo happy!

dumped out all his musical instruments and decided to play the ukelele in the container.

went the the park with nanna. hudson was very happy working on his math skills.

we did some landscaping work in the yard and hudson was a big help. luckily, nanna bought him his own set of yard tools so he can now help daddy with his chores.

went to the zoo with nanna. she bought hudson a cute little wolf harness so that hudson can walk around and not just be stuck in the stroller. he loves it.

the zoo is having a dinosaur exhibit which is very cool. this is us in front of the giganotosaurus. awesome!

playing the drums at the zoo.

after the zoo, we went to the rose garden. hudson was so excited to see baby squirrels. he desperately wanted to pick it up and carry it around.

finally figured out how to pull along his little puppy. thinks it's soooo funny if mommy or daddy runs around the house with it.

before we went to victoria, canada, we stopped at brian's uncle mark and aunt paula's house in port angeles, washington. hudson was so happy to get to play with their dog, teddy. we think teddy was happy too.

on the ferry over to victoria.

went to the butchart gardens while there and hudson got to go on his very first carousel ride. he was very focused, which means he was very happy. and he was none too pleased when we had to pry his little fingers from the pole to get him off!

decided to be happy again when he saw the frog water feature and got to put his hands in it.

nanna played dress up with hudson and put him in brian's old sailor suit.

another pool day!!

nanna brought hudson a "push pop" maker and put some yummy banana yogurt in it and froze it up! hudson gives it a thumbs up!well, that's it for now!

laundry room

2010-06-13T20:35:00.001-07:00

latest house project was to fix up the dirty old laundry room that is attached to our garage. no before pictures but it looked something like this:

we also made a cat door connecting to inside of house. plan is to move cats and their stinky litter boxes to laundry room.

cat door looking from kitchen

stig is scoping out his new play/poop palace

thanks to grandad for helping out with building cabinets and the screen door. hopefully it'll keep the bugs at bay which will make kelley very happy.

hanging with granddad

2010-05-29T14:57:00.000-07:00

had a fun visit from granddad. got some help with fixing up the laundry room, and best of all got some good hudson-granddad time in.

hudson was excited to see the monkey. monkey was excited to see the hudson.

riding the train through the zoo and washington park

random cell phone pics

2010-05-20T21:20:00.000-07:00

finally got around to downloading pics of brian's phone. here's some of the randomness photographed in the last year.

getting spoiled at toys r us

U2 at the Rose Bowl

Hudson in State jersey from Matt and Missy

Sunny in the Pacific NW 2009

Andrew and Rob riding the ferry

kelley rocking the rock band bass

hudson in shirt Katy made for him

on the plane about to fly home from hawaii

tulip farm when nana came to visit

nana and easter bunny that likes to eat eggs

ross at edgfield

driving is very serious, yet cool

spring time

2010-05-20T21:03:00.000-07:00

warm weather is finally here. sorta. kinda. well at least a few nice days. we all went to the park for some swing and slide fun. hudson had fun plus he saw some dogs which he always loves.

kelley took hudson to the portland zoo. highlights for him: train ride, sips of coke, sea lion and sea otters.

Hawaii leftovers

2010-05-03T21:21:00.000-07:00

our last day in hawaii. sniffle sniffle. we badly timed trying to take a good "wear in the world" photo. hudson fell asleep moments after getting back in the car and the wind was blowing my hair in my face. urgh. but, from a distance, this photo is good. and my mom is wearing her trailblazers shirt that kt and i made her and her schmancy new hat too!

hudson is so cute in this lil' romper. i can hardly stand it. i might eat him up for breakfast.
then we got to spend a last lovely day with hope and jeff and their kiddos (and hope's mum too who we neglected to photograph somehow!). so good to see them all and i can't wait to do it again!

mackenzie, the baby of the family.

jed, one of the middle boys.
amanda, the oldest and harry, another middle boy.
harry again.
hudson being so funny running around their place with an apple. he chewed it up pretty good. he was just so super happy to play with the older kids while we were there. it was his highlight from the trip for sure.
why am i not still in hawaii?

1st haircut

2010-05-03T19:32:00.000-07:00

Hudson and Kelley went to the Children's Museum in Washington Park. Lots of kids running wild. Hudson enjoyed it though.

note the long hair in the back.

Hudson was starting to grow a mullet so he had his first trip to the little kid barber shop. Haircut went well, and per his Nana's orders he did not get a buzz cut.

Post haircut in the back yard

his b-day slide finally found it's permanent home outside. soon he'll be doing 360 dunks on the basketball goal, skateboarding down the slide, and kicking soccer balls into it's goal.

one more day of fun

2010-04-22T21:17:00.000-07:00

brian had a fun day of golf with jeff and jody (new zealand friends) at a very difficult golf course (ko'olua). many golf balls were lost, american pride was kept intact.

wednesday we went for a drive around oahu. up coast to the north shore, down through pineapple country to aloha stadium for swap meet shopping. hudson got a ukulele which he is a pro at playing already. from there we stopped by the punchbowl, drove through waikiki to hanauma bay, then back up east coast to lanikai.

thursday we spent the morning at beach by our house, got some great sun in and enjoyed the crystal clear water. hudson was so relaxed he fell asleep when kelley was holding him and took a nap. in the afternoon we drove to hoomaluhia botanical gardens and saw some nice tropical plants. had scattered downpours in the afternoon which made gramma buh happy.

packing up tonight, leaving our happy little house in the morning and spending afternoon with hope & co. then red eye back to boring portland.

had a few lizards on our back porc

hudson was really good sitting in the car all day for drive around the island

when we got to hanauma bay he ran wild

beach by our house
hudson napping on kelley

botanical gardens

hawaii blog

2010-04-19T23:14:00.000-07:00

blogging from hawaii, we're in lanikai for a week with grandma buh.

we rented a small house that's about 5 min walk to the beach, nice view of water and islands (the grey house at end of road)

lanai in the back

hudson is into the hawaiian attire

he likes looking out the window at dog across road and boys playing below. also enjoys putting his easter eggs through the slats

first day was nice but overcast. 2nd day kelley's friend from new zealand hope & her family visited for the day. they're visiting hawaii for 2 weeks same time we're here. fun day at the beach with them, a lot more sun today.

hudson has no fear of the water, swim classes paying off so far.
sitting in a hole that jed, mckenzie and harry dug for him. ate a little sand, got a little saltwater in his mouth, seemed to enjoy the entire beach experience.
more beach near the house.

more to come, we're here till friday night. then a long, depressing red eye home to Portland. Wish rest of family and friends could be here too to enjoy the sun!

mo money mo problems

2010-04-08T20:59:00.000-07:00

rocking the shades, getting ready for hawaii (technically they're 3d glasses)

nanna came out for easter. easter bunny brought hudson some fun treats and toys and rainy weather.

playing hide and seek with nanna
one really nice day we went to a tulip festival about 45mins south of portland (www.woodenshoe.com). Had some fun kid activities, acres of tulips in bloom, lots of weird bugs, a really nice garden, a friendly dog that hudson got to pet, and elephant ears!

hudson doesn't know what to do with $2

finally he decided on a cow-train ride. he let mom tag along.

acres o tulips.

really nice garden area that hudson had fun crawling around in, getting muddy, and trying to attack flowers. most fun he's had in a long time. can't wait till we get dry, warm, and sunny in portland

little house that he thought was lots of fun to play in.

and fun to scream at dad out the window

New Videos

2010-04-08T20:53:00.000-07:00

Getting pretty good at the walking thing

Nanna got Hudson a slide for his birthday that we waited to open until she came to visit. Will be outdoor slide as soon as the weather gets nicer.

eating yogurt on his own now

having fun at the wooden shoe gardens

walking along

2010-03-25T21:02:00.001-07:00

Had a good visit with Ross (Brian's brother), fun times golfing and skiing. Hudson is walking fast now, getting into all kinds of things...

Gramma Buh and Grandpa Mick repainted Kelley's old rocking chair. Hudson enjoys both rocking in the chair and standing next to it.

Nana sent out new sweater with Uncle Ross, good for the warmer spring time weather we've had recently.

Two lazy boys

Hudson working on his first art piece. It was amazing.

Not sure why, but the wide screen videos cut off in internet explorer. Mozilla Firefox works if you want to see the right half of our videos...

Or look at videos directly on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/B1Pedersen#p/u

Just after rocking chair came in the mail

This is Hudson during his first week of real walking (more than 1-2 steps at a time)

And here's Hudson today, walking with confidence

3rd birthday party

2010-03-09T20:29:00.001-08:00

Had party for Hudson on Saturday. Lots of friends and family, too bad Hudson had fever and two teeth coming in.

attendees: Gramma Buh, Great Grandma and Grandpa Roberts, Great Aunt Karli, Great Uncle Bill, Cousins Brynn and Connor (with her friend McKenna), Uncle Ian, Aunt Lora, Cousins Niev and Rowan, friends Katy, John, Nate, Beth, fake Aunt Vickie and fake Uncle John, Calvin and Stig

attempt #1 at cake - fail but still tasted good
Great Grandparents
Niev eyeballing final Lego cake
Katy and John
Brynn and the gang
More Niev
blowing out the candle with help from Mom... Grandma Buh documenting event from opposite angle
Aunt Lora, Uncle Peein and Ronan
Rowan and Niev got bag of party favors including Jesus stickers. Most of them ended up on Brian
Rowan looking cute
Opened presents following day when Hudson was feeling better. Got cool soccer ball and outfit from Karli & Brynn, and some train cars
More of the loot from Great Grandparents, Vickie and Fullmer family
showing off awesome robot apron from Vickie

thanks everyone for making Hudson's 1st birthday so great!

Actual Birthday Day

2010-03-09T20:19:00.000-08:00

Hudson's real birthday was lots of fun. Gramma Buh was in town, Nanna and Granddad skyped to watch him open birthday presents, then topped the evening off going to town on a cupcake.

video of cupcake mess...

playgroup bday party

2010-03-09T20:01:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who came to Hudson's playgroup birthday party! It was sooo fun to see such a good turnout and Hudson loved it!!

Somehow this is the only picture i ended up with of Keizo and he's not even looking!

Hudson opening up his vibrating truck toy. He loves it!!

Baby Kenji got in the toy chest and had himself a good ol' time.
Baby Turner and Baby Luke looking on.
Baby Nalea loves to follow The Stig around and give him loves.

Hudson was totally confused why everyone was singing to him. Mom blew out the candle.
Baby Mekhi and Baby Nalea facing forward. Kenji, Luke and Turner looking away.

This pic gives a good idea of the chaos that is a baby birthday party. It was super loud and super fun and babies were strewn everywhere!
Baby Luke
Baby Gabriela

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HUDSON!

valentines and early bday presents

2010-02-22T20:31:00.000-08:00

nanna sent rocking horse for valentines day. just like almost everything else hudson enjoys... he is very focused

grandma buh sent a buggy. weather has been great the last week, upper 50s and sunny. hudson is a safe driver, 10 and 2 on the wheel. likes to honk at other cars to warn them of speeding baby.

got to play in the grass for the first time. had fun pulling it up and tasting it.

laser pointer with stig - this was his first time seeing the laser pointer (was lost in cat toy basket for a long time). who knew it would entertain both of them.

otter pop mess - he had been chewing on otter pops for teething purposes. unfortunately his bite is a little to strong now and he chewed right through it. don't listen to kelley, he'll have more otter pops as soon as the grandmas come to visit.

rocking horse

free range baby

2010-02-11T19:24:00.000-08:00

1st month of every tuesday is $2 day at washington park zoo. kelley and hudson went w/ moms and babies from their play group. hudson enjoyed a few animals but was mainly excited to see all the babies. it was a surprisingly sunny and warm february day, hudson borrowed some shades from one of his friends.

couple days ago he started to do more of the typical baby crawl. he still does a lot of belly crawl since he's so fast at it.

he likes to roll the balls and then crawl after them. note that our floor is not quite level.

crawling around the kitchen and playing with magnets from grandma buh

taking a few small steps to get to dad. he can stand on his own, but only if he doesn't realize he's standing on his own. once he realizes nothing is holding on he falls or cries. still getting close to walking... mom and dad only somewhat excited about that.

blogelyitis

2010-02-03T19:24:00.000-08:00

had playgroup at our house this week. fyi- once you get an otter pop out for one teething baby, everybody has to have one!

baby mekhi with his otter pop.

baby nalea with otter pop. this is hudson's "girlfriend". although, she is kind of a flirt and is everyone's girlfriend as she is the only girl who comes to group with consistency.
the happy, otter pop chewin' couple. if you get a close up on hudson, you will notice his extremely pink cheeks from frozen icy treat. need i mention for those of you who would worry, we didn't open up the pops. they only got to chew on the plastic. they don't know what they're missing...yet.

practicing kung-fu

reading some good books to make grandma buh and nanna happy

1st time playing with bubbles!

after bath energy boost

Hudson's 1st video game

2010-01-27T21:49:00.000-08:00

Hudson doesn't normally pay any attention to computer, video, internet... expect when playing his favorite game from the top gear website

http://www.topgear.com/uk/games/rocket-robin

he is especially good at blowing up the reliant robin. between this and pulling him on his dump truck we now have two guaranteed ways to make him happy.

his high score is 4200 (feet or meters or furlongs... not sure what Brits use)

Cruising Along

2010-01-19T20:57:00.000-08:00

hudson's getting better at cruising every day. he's taken a few step/lunges going from table to chair, but a few weeks away from real 1st steps.

still loves his dump truck. sometimes too much. unless you do something really fun the second he's off of it he'll cry. kind of like when dad got his S2000

fortunately for our backs we found a cat toy that doubles as rope to pull him around. much easier than bending over. hudson is all business when he's driving, very focused on the road

one of his favorite spots, pulling kelley's books off the shelf. he has discovered spitting and sticking his tongue out (as these pictures show)

anything with buttons and switches is good fun.

playing with new musical sing-along book form aunt lauren

couple of christmas left overs...

opening music cube from grandma buh

Videos!

2009-12-29T19:55:00.000-08:00

hudson learned to pull up on tables and couches in NC. carpet helped him a lot. this is 3rd time he pulled up.

had a couple inches of snow tuesday afternoon in portland. hudson thought snowboarding was lots of fun. didn't even care when he face planted in the snow

some more pics...

new annual tradition, put christmas tree in backyard, it gets snowed on.

2009 edition:

2008 edition:

even more videos to come next time...

Christmas in NC

2009-12-28T21:32:00.000-08:00

Put up tree with help from Hudson. Had to take it down early though... because we were headed to North Carolina to visit Brian's family for Christmas. Had a fun trip visiting friends and family. Never enough time to do everything and see every one but we'll take it.

Hudson helping with traditional star of mfjac placement

At Hudson's Nana and Grandad house. Not much fun taking the red eye to get there. Arrived to a couple inches of snow on the ground, but roads were clear.

relaxing in dad's favorite nap chair

picture taken just before he attacked nana.

christmas morning, lots of presents for the spoiled grandson (and kelley and brian)
santa brought hudson a farm

Jill, Kelley, Brian Ross and Lauren (brian's siblings)

back in Oregon sporting sweater Rob and Laura gave Hudson. Showing off newest trick, cruising around the coffee table
videos to come next time...

early christmas

2009-12-14T20:31:00.000-08:00

Early christmas present came for hudson. Since it's too big to take w/ us to North Carolina for christmas he got an early present. Hudson says thanks to Nana and Grandad!

Notice how he shakes the steering wheel when he wants to move. He learned that from mom and dad.

Newest house project was building a baby gate that easily opens and closes and has a hole that cats can fit through but not hudson. we'll see how sturdy it is once he rams into it on the dump truck.

thanksgiving and gear'n up for christmas

2009-12-06T20:51:00.000-08:00

getting pretty good at crawling... and dumping out cat water. note the sopping wet sleeve.

hudson is excited for Christmas in NC

fun in laundry basket (see video below)

went to kelley's brother ian's house for thanksgiving. had lots of fun with ian, lora and the girls (and the dog). good food, brian won all the games. all of them. period. it was an epic performance.

walked to park near the house

Niev building away only to have everything destroyed by rowan, hudson and bonzer.
rowan and hudson had fun together, rowan was very nice to her little cousin
put up the christmas tree on sunday. finally got special twinkling lights for kelley. hudson was interested, but not so interested that we're worried about him pulling down the tree... yet.
helping dad with the traditional star of mfjac

as niev is chanting "everybody talk loud" rowan was whispering to hudson.

hudson riding niev's retro rocket. his gramma is an astronaut.

stig and hudson playing a new game

who likes to rock the party?

2009-11-19T20:29:00.000-08:00

Hudson likes to rock the party

hudson got tired of dad's sub par guitar playing so he decided to teach himself. he is very conscious of getting the right tone out of the guitar, has to get the switches and knobs just right...

kitten mittons

2009-11-15T19:53:00.000-08:00

Had a nice visit with Nana/Jan/Brian's mom. she gets the credit for taking lots of cute pictures. hudson still loves to be walked around. learning to crawl, so far just dragging himself along the ground.

become bff with the stig

one of hudson's 1st "crawls"

this is our fluff ball cat Calvin Catslacks. She hasn't done a good job of grooming herself recently so she had to get a haircut. Look at this picture and imagine what the cat underneath the slacks looks like.

wait for it....

introducing calvin catboots... or catmittons maybe

why catmittons? watch this..

hudson approves of this post

halloween and LA

2009-11-01T22:04:00.000-08:00

long time no blog. sick baby, trip to LA, laziness are all good reasons.

stig and hudson are starting to play together

chewing on halloween egg from nana

happy to see his grandma buh

strawn sisters and their babies

halloween party for mom group. hudson wore monster jammies from nana.

snot nosed kid

2009-10-15T20:00:00.000-07:00

Had fun at park on swings for first time

fighting off a cold, notice the snot shimmer on face

watching some relaxing football with dad
fun floor time with stig

new favorite news to make is bah bah bah

6 months... done!

2009-10-03T21:25:00.000-07:00

Had a nice visit from grandpa mick. hudson finds his grandpa's hammering hilarious.

1st swim class, likes kicking in water just as much as kicking on dry land.

starting to eat rice cakes and other finger foods

go wolfpack!

hanging out with baby brennen and baby luke

very excited about the halloween gifties from nana. notice the weird after swimming hair
waking up from a nap. extra happy because his diaper had a big surprise for dad in it

was too slow with the video. stig and hudson were playing for a while but this is an example of them minding their own business

and that's the tooth

2009-09-21T19:27:00.000-07:00

Since last blog hudson has mastered art of sitting up on his own (for the most part). 2nd baby tooth on bottom just appeared. Doesn't like to show off the new teeth, just sticks his tongue out.

Got some new baby toys, he likes the ring stacker and rubber blocks. He's good at unstacking, ways to go before he stacks them up though.

6 months - cough - sneeze

2009-09-06T19:37:00.000-07:00

Hudson turned 6 months old this week. Dad departed his youth to an age greater than 29 that shall not be named. To mark the occasion everyone got crummy colds that are still being felt a week later. So not a lot of photo taking going on.

Sporting jersey matt and missy just sent us, and playing a little harris ball.

There is tip of a tooth sticking out under his tongue, and bump in his gum for 2nd bottom tooth.

zoo and river trips

2009-08-24T19:37:00.001-07:00

had a fun weekend with kelley's brother ian, sister-in-law lora and their 2 girls niev and rowan. since lora is such a speedy blogger, check out her site for pics from zoo trip

http://ianandlora.blogspot.com

kelley brian and hudson went for afternoon to oxbow park on the sandy river. water was nice and cool, hudson enjoyed some splashing time

1 year old onesie from andrew and ashley fits now (at 5 1/2 months old).

and a few videos to take back the best blogging crown

(turn head 90 degrees)

when hudson is really bouncing he scoots forward about 2 feet per minute
(return head to upright position)

5 Months

2009-08-13T20:21:00.001-07:00

Had nice visit with Ross, Lauren and Nana/Jan. Hudson showed off some new tricks, like standing on his own holding on the table.

aunt lauren
uncle ross

Not sure what to think of picture of his chubby dad

Shower Blog

2009-08-13T20:12:00.001-07:00

No more yellow shower...

Family Visit

2009-08-05T21:54:00.000-07:00

Brian's family is visiting Oregon in waves over 2 weeks, doing a few projects around the house, and mainly see Hudson. 1st up was Granddad (king of stroller walks)

Hudson likes to drool. This one almost made a continuous string of drool from his mouth to the floor.

Stretching with mom

Hudson learned how to be loud. It was a matter of time, considering his Strawn genes.

Summer time

2009-07-28T20:01:00.000-07:00

Finally getting some hot days here... too hot, 103 today.

Hudson and Kelley took a week long trip to LA to see grandparents and aunt kaki. Brian stayed home to work and redo bathroom shower. Fun!

More pics to come soon...

Enjoying his teething ring

riding on dad's shoulders

Aunt Kaki

Grandpa Mic

4 months old!

2009-07-06T21:12:00.000-07:00

Hudson had his 4 month checkup today. Doing well other than eczema that keeps coming back. He's 27-1/4" tall, 16 lbs 3oz. That puts him off the chart in height (>95%) and 75%tile for weight, looking like he'll be good and tall someday. Rolling around a lot now, both directions, back to stomach and stomach to back.

Had his first taste of baby cereal, seemed to like it.

Getting really good at putting weight on his legs, ways to go on balance but he'll probably be an early walker.

Will reach out and take rattle or toy if you hold it close to him, and then immediately put it in his mouth.

video of his first meal

still likes to kick his legs!

Matt and Missy visit

2009-07-01T21:17:00.000-07:00

Had a fun 4 day weekend with Matt and Missy (brian's college friends). Did day at the beach, day along the gorge, edgfield golf and sandy river, and a day around portland. 4 trips to Winco in 4 days, they had the full Oregon experience.

Hudson had his first complete back to stomach roll, and then back to his back.

Windy day at Cannon Beach

Waterfalls, Columbia River Gorge, Bonneville Dam

Edgfield Chip and Put (matty won), then hanging out at Sandy River.

Took a good 20-30 mins of throwing rocks to create this masterpiece

Touring around Portland

Could this be in the near future for Missy?.....

learing to roll

2009-06-21T22:00:00.000-07:00

Father's day, playing with dad in the morning:

Musical flowers
Pink pig is a favorite to hold on to
slowly coming around on the tummy time thing
mesmerized by dinosaurs in the tub

and more videos:

Playing with mom on the couch

splashing in the tub (feel free to save and embarrass hudson in 10-20 years with this one)

learning to roll onto his side, and pick up large elephants