It was a busy busy holiday at the Meek household. For Thanksgiving we celebrated with Granny Gary and Uncle Robert, Nina, Caroline and Megan at their house and the kids all had a wonderful time visiting with everyone. Gwennie spent most of the day running after Chloe their toy poodle (who I am pretty sure was happy to see her go)! Hudson loved being the center of attention and was passed around all day so he was also spoiled rotten.
Friday we picked out our tree which was pretty difficult given 2 of our top 3 trees were swiped the minute I turned around to look for Gwennie (who loves to play hide and seek between all of the trees). We finally nabbed a tree and headed home to decorate the house. As you can see from the pictures we decided the dogs also needed a treat and love to play the "peanut butter on the nose" trick with them so I snapped a few shots of them trying to get all of the peanut butter off of their noses.
Saturday Corbin had a class so I headed down to Columbia to visit with the Webb/Workman clan for the Clemson/USC football game. Gwennie loves to hang out with Blyth and Alex and I am always jumping at the chance to see Russ, Gini, E, Rachel and Parks. We all had a great time and ate ourselves silly with all the food...fried turkey, cookies, chip, dip and LOTS of snacks kept the kids very well fed and every time I turned around Gwennie had a piece of turkey, chip or cookie in her mouth.
Sunday Gwennie/Hudson and I had a park play date with Crawford and Janet since the weather was beautiful and then Corbin took over daddy daycare for the night so I could head to a birthday dinner for Miss Jen (who took care of Gwennie when she was a baby).
Overall a great weekend and we are all trying to recover from all the food/fun!
Not much going on this week. We all are battling a cold so most of the weekend was spent around the house or in the backyard. Gwennie got a haircut on Saturday and as you will see from the pictures...her bangs were cut a little short! The good news is that her hair grows so fast that in about a week she will look a little more normal.
Since it was so cold out on Sunday we spent LOTS of time trying to entertain the kids. As a last resort we tried High School Musical on NetFlix. Check out the video below of Gwennie jamming out to one of the songs.
Gwennie goes through a bunch of sayings every week that constantly make us laugh and wonder where she gets them from. The one we know comes from us is "Come on Dude....you can't drive!" which both mommy and daddy have said in the midst of traffic! Now whenever we are at a light Gwennie "talks" to the driver for us. When we were taking a video of Hudson having his first taste of oatmeal...about 1 step up for cardboard rice cereal, Gwennie had one of those moments and asked her brother "don't cha know?" Check the video and the pictures below from this weekend. We also tried to add some bananas to the oatmeal but his face pretty much shows exactly what he thought about banana oatmeal!
Hudson celebrated his 5 month birthday on Sunday and although he's been sick with an ear infection and cough, he's been a real trooper. I really thought he would be at his wit's end when we had to use the nebulizer on him but he loved it and thought it was a game! Luckily, Gwennie likes doing things her baby brother does so she was also a good sport when it was her turn to be "nebulized". As you can see from the pictures GeeGee is still here which has been wonderful. With her here Hudson has been able to stay home and get better (and receive LOTS of attention). I am pretty sure when he goes back to daycare he's going to be a handful since he's constantly held by GeeGee during the day. Overall we are going to miss "the Geege" as we like to sometimes call her. Corbin loves having someone to do all the laundry and tell him what a great cook he is! I love having my mom here and Gwennie/Hudson think she hung the moon!
As you can also see, GeeGee had the ATV sent from her house which in the videos you will notice that Gwennie finally learned how to steer. I posted one from last year when Gwennie first tried out the ATV at GeeGee and PopPop's last April. There's also a cute video of Gwennie teaching Hudson how to "fly like a butterfly". Check out the first picture in the set so you can see what I looked like as a kid....slight resemblance!
This weekend was busy, busy, busy! Friday afternoon Gwennie and Hudson's school had a Halloween Parade around the neighborhood which all the kids had so much fun showing off their costumes and playing with all the other kids in the classes! Nana also came into town for Hudson's big day.
Saturday we headed over to the old neighborhood for a Halloween party with a bounce house that kept ALL of the kids busy for most of the afternoon. As you can see from the pictures Gwennie really enjoyed herself! Saturday night we picked up GeeGee and PopPop and they (along with Nana) stayed with Hudson while we attempted to trick or treat in the rain. After about 3 houses we decided it would be more fun to head back to the house so Stella, Oliver (who was Elvis with an O - Ovis!), Hudson and Gwennie played in the house while we tried to get them to stay up as late as we could for daylight savings time.
Sunday was Hudson's Baptism of which he was the apple of everyone's eye. He was all smiles during the entire ceremony and flashed a HUGE smile after he was baptized which made the entire congregation melt. His Godparents Andrew, Janet and Crawford were such a help and Hudson loves to make eyes and Crawford. Everyone headed over to the house after for brunch where Megan & Caroline entertained Gwennie and Crawford while the rest of us (Nina, Linny, Corbin, Janet, Andrew, GeeGee, PopPop, Nana and I) enjoyed a nice meal at the table. Gwennie and Crawford really enjoyed all the attention Nina, Megan and Caroline gave them all afternoon. Now we are all resting after a busy weekend!
It was a busy busy holiday at the Meek household. For Thanksgiving we celebrated with Granny Gary and Uncle Robert, Nina, Caroline and Megan at their house and the kids all had a wonderful time visiting with everyone. Gwennie spent most of the day running after Chloe their toy poodle (who I am pretty sure was happy to see her go)! Hudson loved being the center of attention and was passed around all day so he was also spoiled rotten. 
