Good times...but no camera!

Well, tonight was one of those times that I'm kicking myself for letting Talen take the camera hunting with him. I let Hudson fingerpaint with banana pudding. It was so funny to watch! I put about a half a cup of pudding on his highchair and let him at it. At first he just poked at it with one finger, but then I showed him that he could draw pictures in it and eat it off his fingers. He really got into it then. He pushed it around all over his tray and began grabbing handfuls of it and tried to get it into his mouth. When he started slamming his hands down on his tray and splashing the pudding all over, though, I knew it was about time to be finished. By the time I could get the bathtub filled he had covered himself, the walls, and and the floor with banana pudding. It was such a sticky mess, and so was Hudson. He was covered in pudding from his hair to his feet. It was a good thing I had gotten him undressed before we started. We probably won't be doing this every day (it took a while to find and clean up all the pudding on the walls and floor), but we'll definitey do it again sometime. It was a nice way to pass time at night now that it gets dark so darn early and now that Talen isn't home. Hudson seemed to enjoy it, so it was worth the mess!!

I hate this time of year

Not really...the weather is awesome, the leaves are changing, and everything is so beautiful, but it is also hunting season. Every year since we've been married, Talen has been gone for most of the month of November to be a guide for the Arizona deer hunt (I really don't know how we ever managed to get married in November!). I guess I can't complain too much about it, because he does come home at the end of the month with some extra money in his pocket...but it sure makes for a long month. Especially this year because Hudson is such a daddy's-boy. Every day when he wakes up from his nap, he knows it's almost time for dad to come home from work, so he waits by the front windows and watches for his truck to pull up. He and I are definitely going to have to stay busy after nap-time so he doesn't get too disappointed. Hopefully this year the month will go by a little faster than usual because Hudson and I will be going to Lehi to spend the week of Thanksgiving with my family. It will be a nice break for us, and it will probably be the last time I get to visit with my family before the baby comes in January, so it will be nice to see everyone. Sorry if I don't post any pictures this month...Talen took my camera with him, so hopefully nothing too spectacular happens here at home. I am going to try and steal it for the week we go up north, but I'm not sure who will win that fight!