Welcome Harper

Our nephew, Harper Franklin Pate was born on April 21, 2010. He surprised the whole family and came 5 weeks early. We are so happy that he is here and that he is doing great. He is getting stronger everyday and hopefully will be able to go home soon. We can't wait to meet the new addition on our next visit to Columbus.

Congratulations Clay, Jamie and big brother Tucker!

Random Update

I have been trying to be better about blogging more often, but sometimes I feel like I have nothing to write about. Since I have no ideas I thought I would do an update on each member of our family. Here it goes:

Hudson
Hudson starting going to Speech Therapy twice a week about 3-4 weeks ago. Let me tell you that we are amazed with how much progress he has made in such a short time. He is using more words, talking in more sentences. I can't believe how far he has come. Hudson adores his Speech Therapist, Angela, and he loves going there to play. The Speech Therapy is all play based and they have loads of toys and fun games for the kiddos.
Hudson is still going to preschool 3 days a week and spending the other 2 days with Nana. He loves school and is now having more fun and communicating more with his friends. The past weekend we went to his friend Logan's 3rd Birthday PArty at Pump it Up. Pump it Up is the ultimate bouncey house play land. The kids had so much fun. They had pizza and cheetos and a Spiderman birthday cake. Hudson had a blast.
Hudson is loving the nice weather. He wants to play outside and swim in the pool everyday. I can't believe how big he is getting and how he is turning in to a little boy.

Colleen
I am loving my job working for a great non-profit doing fundraising support and event planning. I work with a great group of people and I am really enjoying my work. I have reconnected with some of my old high school buddies and we have been meeting up once a month for dinner and drinks. It has been a lot of fun. This weekend we will be going to our Dance Team's reunion luncheon. It will be great to see more old friends and talk about the good ole days of Hyline.
I want to be better about making time to excercise, so that is my goal for spring/summer. I want to go for a walk at least 3 times a week. I hope I can make this happen.
We still have not sold our house in Georgia. We are at a cross roads and we have some big decisions to make on next steps for our house. So, if you are in Columbus , GA and you want a fabulous deal on a beautiful home, let me know. We will consider all offers!!

Brad
Brad is still working at his job at Wachovia. He likes it ok but is in the market to find something he likes more. Brad has been in Florida all weekend with a group of high school/ college friends at a Music Festival. It sounds like they had a great time. They camp and listen to live music for 4 days. I think it is Brad's version of heaven. Maybe if he took some pictures, I will post them next week. Brad also has a trip to Vegas coming up so he is staying busy on the weekends and when he is in Austin he enjoys checking out some local music shows.

Maverick
Maverick is still wearing his cone. He had surgery in October to remove a tumor from his leg and it still has not healed correctly. He also will try to re-open the wound if we take the cone off, so he must keep it on. Hudson always reminds us that Maverick wears a cone. The cone nor the surgery have slowed him down. He still enjoys walks with Nana and swimming in the pool with Kramer (my parents dog).
We hope that he will get his cone off in another month or two. I guess only time will tell.

Hudson's School Pictures

Hudson's school pictures came out great this year. We are just in love with our little guy. I think both of his school pictures sum up his personality, sweet and totally goofy. I can't decide which picture I like more, so of course I ordered several copies of both. I guess it comes with the Mom territory, thinking that you have the cutest, most adorable, lovable kid in the world.




P.S. I am feeling much better. Thank you for sending all the positive get well vibes my way.

Easter and Food Poisoning

We had a great Easter, until I was struck with terrible food poisoning yesterday. I was scheduled to leave for Washinton D.C. for work today but I had to cancel my trip because I was too weak to travel. I am bummed about missing my trip but I guess my health is the most important thing. Never a dull moment around here.

Now back to Easter. Hudson got lots of goodies from the Easter Bunny and he enjoyed a wild Easter Egg Hunt with some neighbors. Hudson loves his new "Cars" backpack and all of the candy. I will leave you with some pictures of our Easter adventures.