The Greatest Head of Hair - Why do We Have to Cut it?

August 10, 2011

Hudson,

Your hair is super long and I LOVE IT! We all do. You really have one fine head of hair little boy. You have always had a lot - just like your Daddy, who also has beautiful hair (and so does his Daddy, your Big John). Your hair grew in quickly around 5 to 6 months and that was all she wrote. You had a head full of head for your 18 month photos and you looked 3 already. You have always looked like a little man and your hair is part of the reason.

I didn't want to cut it, but I figured you needed a little trim before school and your bangs were getting in your eyes. We always go to the Stride Rite Hair salon and Ms Mechelle always cuts it. The first year, you did not like going. You had to sit in my lap and you would not wear a smock whatsoever Now, just look at you, you are such a big boy. You sit there with your smock and let her do her job. The Scooby Doo show that you were watching helped. You know exactly where the sucker drawer is too, and you walk right over to it when you are done.

Here's to your beautiful head of hair that you will really love one day...

I love you, Mamma

Mamma Gets to Go Out!

August 10, 2011

Daddy is in NYC this week for work. I went out with my dear friend, Laura on Wednesday night. We went to Victor Tangos and had red wine and a yummy dinner. It was so fun! It was nice to have some girl time and a few glasses of my favorite, Pinot Noir.

Mamma doesn't go out often, but it is very good for me when I do! You don't like me to do anything my love. I had to go to my Uncle Wendell's funeral in Tulsa a few weeks ago and you didn't like it so much. It's not like I go out of town alone often! We were eating dinner tonight and you randomly said, "I don't like when Mamma leaves. I don't like when Mamma travels alone." My baby. I think you would just like me to be a slave to you and never leave. I love you for that my love and being with you is my favorite place to be. However, one day, you will leave me, so I think I should keep a little of my life going. Smile. I love you! Mamma

Hudson and Coco Hanging...

8-15-11

Today, we met Ms Rachel, Coco and baby Vivian at the mall for lunch. You and Coco were so excited to see one another. You two were down right precious. You all were holding hands and hugging non stop. At one point, you had your arm around her like a little brut - you kind of put it around her and grabbed a little. Sweet, dainty Coco said, "Ouch," but it was so cute! You sure are going to be a heartbreaker Hudson. You like the girls and they like you. What am I going to do??

Coco will be going to a different school now - The Lamplighter School - and you will be starting St. Alcuin, but Ms Rachel and I hope to keep you all in touch. You get along so well. We will miss Saint Michael, our class there and we will miss definitely miss seeing Coco and Ms Rachel every Monday and Wednesday morning.

I love you little Don Juan.... Mamma xoxox

Come closer Mommy

August 11, 2011

"Come closer Mommy. You are too far away."

Hudson from the Bronx - We love the Way You Talk

August 7, 2011

Hudson,

Your voice is the cutest thing ever. I want to freeze time because I want you to talk like that forever! You have kind of a Bronx accent and we love it! "Ovah dare Mamma." Plus, it's kind of raspy. Boy oh Boy is it sweet. You sing the prayer before dinner and it might be the cutest thing I have ever heard: "God our Fadah, God our Fadah. Once again, Once again. We are here to faynk You, we are here to faynk You. God Amen, God Amen." Here are some precious things that you say:

Top it! (Stop it)
Yember (Remember)
Merriel (Merrill)
Aunt Tefie (Aunt Stephie)
Shanna (Aunt Shannon)
Wes-uh-ley (Wesley)
esterday (yesterday)
yite (light)
wa-tuh (water)
tuh-pie-z - surprise

I'm Going to Grow up fast Mamma...

August 2, 2011

Hudson,

You told me today, "I'm going to grow up fast Mamma." With that sentence, I wanted to cry. I know how true it is Hudson. I just want to freeze time. You are so precious, so sweet, so pure, so innocent. An that perfect, precious body of yours! Can't we just bronze it so I can always grab that sweet little teaso?

Hudson, nothing could be more true than this quote, "Youth is wasted on the young." Young people have no clue how amazing it is to be young until it is too late. Not until you are 25 and you think, "Oh, wow, I am closer to 30. Dam! I don't want to be 30. I want to be young forever." It's quite fascinating to me that young kids just want to get older and adults just want to be younger. What's up with that?

Please enjoy your youth Hudson. These are the days to hold onto. They will not last forever. You only get to be young once. These days are carefree. You do not have pressing responsibilities. Don't grow up too fast and always stay young at heart: this is the secret to life.

Heck, I will always be 22 at heart. I am 36, but I still feel 22.... such is life.

I love you handsome, Mamma

Not the next time or the time after that...

Thursday August 4, 2011

You are something else Hudson Squires! There is a slide at the University Park swimming pool. It's a big slide with twists and turns. I ask you every time we go to the pool, "Do you want to go down the slide with me?" Every time, you say, "No." You are not ready and it is OK. You do things in life when you are ready Hudson. You cannot force things.

So, the other day, we were at the pool and I said, "You want to go on the slide with me?" You said no of course. I said, "Ok, Maybe next time." You said, "Not next time, or the next time or the next time or the next time after that. Not Monday, not Tuesday, not Wednesday, not Thursday." I laughed so hard. Oh I love you Hudson!

YES you did say this! You did! Too much you are Hudson squires. You are like a little man. One thing is for sure, you know what you want. I LOVE THIS ABOUT YOU and so will others. Keep that trait.

I love you amore mio, Mamma