The McCarty Boys and Me

I am getting so aggravated at the small pictures and I can't fix it!! It's driving me nuts. I finally find some time to blog and Blogger won't cooperate! Anyways, we are having so much fun with the boys lately. Hudson is talking all the time...repeating every single thing that comes out of our mouths. Jackson is like having a little adult around...he helps me all the time and knows about everything! We have the best conversations now. We decided to move the boys into the same room for sleeping and making what used to be Jackson's bedroom into the playroom. The toys were taking over the house, so this was our plan to contain the toys to the back of the house. And, the boys are so excited to sleep in the same room! Hudson's transition into a "big boy" was just as everything has been with Huddy...easy, peasy. Their new room is Batman themed (will post pics soon) and they got new Batman pjs to wear on their first night. Hudson has decided that he is ready to start using the potty as well. No pressure...we weren't even planning to start trying that for a while. But, Hudson is always watching Jackson do it and just started going to the bathroom and pulling his pants down and saying "I pee-pee"...and that he did! It's definitely not constant, but at least he's interested! I'll take that! Jace is getting so big too! We got to babysit him while Ash and Steven went out the other night and we had so much fun. Jackson was so much help and loved playing with Jace. Jace, however, didn't want to play with anyone but Uncle Nate.

Okay, I am not sure what is going on with the size of these pictures. I choose the same size as always! Oh well.

So, we took these pictures at the same time a few Sundays ago. Jackson is in one room and Hudson is in the other. I just think they are so indicative of their personalities and their usual behavior at any given moment. Jackson is usually behaving like a ninja-superhero of some kind and Hudson is well...chillin.

I keep thinking about how absurd we all acted over the snow. It's not that we've never seen snow before, but DUDE, seeing snow in Houston is a big deal! The boys were so excited. Jackson played so hard that he fell asleep at 7:30pm (and Jackson is a night owl). He was either exhausted or poisoned from the amount of snow he ate. He acted like the ground was his own personal snowcone. I gave up on telling him it was dirty and let me go to town...and, of course, whatever Jackson does, Hudson does, so both boys were chowing on the snow for 2 days.
(I have no idea why this pics are small...)
Here's Jackson's mini snowman. Jackson giving Mini Frosty a kiss...

Big Frosty across the street. As you can see it took all the snow in their yard. This guy last until Sunday afternoon though.

The boys finally making their escape into the snow.

Yes, I know it's December 15th and I am WAY behind and that I never even posted Halloween pics. Sorry. I stink. Thanksgiving was a lot of fun this year. We spent the day at my Aunt Kay and Uncle Clint's house in Conroe (the food was amazing!) and then headed to Nate's mom's house to have TG with his family. Ben, Jenni, & Jovi were in town from New Mexico, so I finally got to meet my niece! She is almost 1!! We all loved her...she is sooo sweet. We can't wait to see her again in January! Oh, and we enjoyed seeing Jovi's parents too. :) And, I know Patti loved having all her kids and grandkids in one place! This has been a tough year, but we still had so much to be thankful for...

(I stole these pics from Jenni's blog!! I am terrible about taking pictures)

Our family.
Baby Girl, Jovi.

Uncle Ben and Huddy

Patti, her kids, and grandbabies...