The Russo's

We have been doing a few things in the past couple weeks. It was a little cooler outside and that always makes me feel like doing more with the kids.   They had an antique car show here in town at an oldies fest on a Sunday afternoon. I thought Hudson would like to go see them. Nana B and Paw Paw came along too.    He didn't want to pose in front of any of the cars until he got to the VW Beetle. It was a different kind of boy outing and he liked it.  Gianna had fun dancing to the music. This is her new cheesy smile by the way.   We went to the Baton Rouge zoo last week with Jennifer, Grace and Kaden. It was a beautiful day to be out, but it did get a little warm. Gianna didn't want to sit for a group picture.    Hudson is at a good age for the zoo. He likes seeing everything and wanted to know the names of the animals.  Gianna wanted to look at the animals from afar. She cried if they were...

My mom, Jamie and myself went to Huntsville over the weekend. It was a very last minute idea, but I'm glad it worked out. We flew out on Thursday afternoon and came back last night.  There was a woman's conference going on at Jen's church. We attended the night services. The speakers were Tammy Trent and Candace Cameron. The messages were really good and we enjoyed the girl time together.  We also stayed up late talking, eating and also did some shopping.  I enjoyed getting to see Nash and Jetta, but it made me miss my kids. It was the first time I have left them for more than one night, but we all made it okay :) I had a great weekend, but it's good to be back home with my babies!  

The kids experienced their first hurricane. The last one we had here was Gustav in 2008. I was about 8 weeks pregnant with Hudson.     It wasn't as bad of a storm as we thought it would be, which was good. We didn't have any damage and I haven't seen much around here besides trees. Our neighbor had some tree damage.     The power was out for two days, but we were comfortable with a generator and window unit. Gianna wasn't affected at all, but Hudson asked a lot of questions about why the lights and tv were out. He did fine coloring or playing and did watch some movies later. We had a picnic on the floor and read books too.     Very thankful all we lost was power! Plus, we got to spend time together without a lot of distractions- which was nice.

On Saturday, Hudson ran his first race at the zoo. He did a half mile fun run and then there was a 5k following it. He has been into exercising lately and was excited about doing it.  Josh ran along with him  Lined up and getting ready to start. Leilynn and Emerie ran also, but you can't see them. Jamie took this while they were running   We could only see the start and finish of the race. That is Luke, Hudson, Josh and Jamie on the left side.  He did very well! He ran the entire time, but did stop to look at the zebras for a second. Josh told him to keep going and he did. We are so proud of him!! All the kids that ran got a zoo keeper hat  They had food and drinks for everyone and some animals to pet. Gianna even touched the turtle! We watched the end of the 5k run  Gianna was clapping for the runners. She was very good and stayed in the stroller until the race was over. ...