One of my cool sisters-in-law

A couple of weekends ago, Mike, Hutson and I went to San Antonio to meet Jeffrey (my brother) and Lynette.  Lynette was running her 6th (or 5th) marathon!  Yep...she's Super Woman.  She has a 3 year old and still has time to have a full-time job, run marathons, be an aerobics instructor, AND my brother is living in Virginia because he's in the Army.  So she's essentially been a single mom recently and was while my brother was stationed overseas when Benton was a baby.  Jeffrey was in San Antonio and ran the half-marathon.  

Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of Jeffrey or Lynette, but did get some of Hutson and Benton together.  Benton is great with Hutson and they really enjoy each other.  

My little helper

Hutson is developing quite a personality.  He loves to help.  Help put laundry in the washing machine, help clear the table, and help vacuum.  He's a great at vacuuming...at least in the same spot.  

Vacuuming at Mawmaw and Pop's house.


And at our apartment.  Excuse the mess on the counters.  (It's hard to go from a house to an apartment and we have stuff everywhere!)

His speech is really taking off too.  He talks constantly in complete sentences.  Today I found him having a conversation with his Curious George stuffed animal.  He fed him and then told him, "I change you."  He tells Mike and I to "Come on!" and he likes to talk on the phone.  He calls Mawmaw, Pops, or Grandma and asks "How are you doing?"  Then he answers for them.  :)  He also tells them, "I miss you."  When he can't find me in the apartment he yells, "Mommy, where are you?" He's counting from 1-10 but sometimes misses 7.  He's also saying a lot of his ABCs.  And he definitely keeps us laughing.  

More updates

Last week was a big week for us. We found out Mike passed the bar, so he's an official attorney now! Then we received an offer on our Houston home! For the weekend, we went to Mike's parents camp. Mike got a deer while there.

Pics from the camp:


This one makes me laugh.

Updates

I haven't been the best blogger of late. Over the next few days I'll attempt to update our life since Halloween.

I took pictures of Isaac, Rachel and Garin Hill's boy, during Baylor's Homecoming weekend. Rachel is one of my dearest friends and lives in North Carolina unfortunately. Isaac was born in July 2007 so he and Hutson are pretty close in age.



We stayed with Clay and Lauren Polson while in Waco for Baylor's Homecoming. Hutson LOVES Clay and Lauren. I think he's partial to Clay because of the red hair. He was just smitten with Lauren.

BU Homecoming

Hutson enjoyed the parade with Uncle Russy (or Russ).



Hutson and Mike also enjoyed the parade.


Ice cream!

Halloween

We celebrated Halloween in Waco this year. Baylor's Homecoming was the weekend of Halloween so we trick or treated with our good friends Clay and Lauren Polson.

Hutson was a skeleton (the costume doubles as pajamas!)
Depending on how you looked at him he could have also been a robber.  :)

Regardless, he's definitely a boy!  Notice the hand.  


Lauren and Clay with Mike and Hutson.  
Poor kid.  No bag and no treats just his mom taking pesky pictures.  He doesn't like my point and shoot camera because of the flash.  Notice the squinting.