happy birthday, daddy!

In March we celebrated Dave's birthday. In truth, we were pretty tired by then - the lack of sleep was wearing thin. Sterling was 9 weeks old and we were still 7-8 weeks away from sleeping through the night.

Hudson helped make and decorate Dave's cake this year. Hudson was very concerned about where to put the raspberries. The cake was Dave's favorite, lemon cake with raspberry filling and buttercream icing (the same as our wedding cake).

Hudson even helped his daddy open his presents...

And the best part, eating the cake!

The boys also got to hang out and fool around...

what I didn't expect

...from my maternity leave. There are a lot of things that happened during that time that were unexpected. Probably the most surprising is that not only did I get to know our new little Sterling, I got to spend a lot of one on one time with Hudson. 

We had the luxury of a lot of "Mommy dates"; going to the playground, breakfast at the bagel shop, even grocery shopping just with Hudson. 

One of the best things we did during the pregnancy was to save enough to keep Violet on during my maternity leave. This really allowed me time to reconnect with Hudson on a daily basis during a really difficult transition time for our family. I had the chance to spend a lot of time with him which is something he really values. 

And Sterling got a lot of snuggle time too!

30 day update

So I KNOW I have been VERY remiss about updating this blog this year. I'm kicking myself as I have a ton of fun things to share of 2013 (I'm still in denial that it is October), but I just haven't taken the time to get my act together and actually post. I actually love the blog not only to share with you, but also as a family history. the Brooklyn Baby blog has been a great reference for Sterling - When did Hudson start crawling? When was teething really bad?

Hence the plan of the '30 day update.' I am doing a blog 'bootcamp' for 30 days. Some days may have long posts, some may be short. They will be in chronological order for the year, but just dating back to moments I want to remember (and share with you), but wasn't able to capture at that time.

You'll also noted that I've tried to add an Instagram feed at the side. Hopefully this will be a nice update of more of our day to day comings and goings.

So thank you. Thank you for your patience, and I hope you enjoy....our 30 day update!

And a little eye candy for what is currently happening to the outside of our 4th floor walk-up...new resurfaced brownstone!

first day

Long overdue post. I will do some recaps of summer- I can't believe it is already the second week of September! 

Yesterday Hudson had his first day of preschool. We ended up going with a private school that was affordable and 'montesorri-esque' with out the high price tag. As a bonus, as it is an Orthodox  Jewish school, Hudson, and we, will be learning about all the high holidays, the Hebrew alphabet and other Jewish customs. He is the oldest one in his class, but I think he will learn to be more patient with younger kids. Below he is playing with his new friend Max. 

In other news, Sterling is crawling up a storm! He loves following his big brother around!

6 months

So Sterling had his 6 month dr visit today. He is 27" long (a full inch longer than Hudson at the same age) and 17lbs 3 oz. he has gained 2 lbs in 2 months! He is also army crawling all over the place and getting on all fours and rocking back and forth. He loves following Hudson around the house! He also has dropped the "dream feed" and is going from 7pm to 6am (unless his brother wakes him sooner!).

Such a cutie!

I love this pic from our beach excursion last weekend. Sterling loved dipping his toes in the water!

happy 4th

So we got up early at 6:30 (aka "on time") and headed to Robert Moses beach on Long Island. It was a foggy drive there but we definitely beat the crowds which was a plus and was enjoying the waves by 8am! As you can tell - we had a blast! Headed back now and Hudson's friend, Emma, is going to be a big sister today!

A happy healthy 4th to you and yours!

Memorial Day

So with July 4 fast approaching, it reminded me of the last time we had off back in May. We were blessed enough to be included in M+B's inaugural backyard BBQ along with their luxurious faux turf. Fake grass sounds weird anywhere else except for football fields and urban back yards. As you can tell from the photos, Hudson loved it and it was very comfortable...

Sterling loved the bouncy chair and EB was nice enough to share! It was such a fun day!