Roller Family

1st Dentist Visit!

2010-02-03T10:43:00.001-08:00

Well, Hudson had his first visit to the dentist and it went GREAT! We are so lucky that our good friend, "Mr. Brandon" is a dentist so that made the visit so much easier. His wife, Ashley, is also one of his dental hygienist, so Hudson felt so comfortable and didn't even cry at all, which if you know my child, you would understand my concern. He sat like a big boy the whole time watching cartoons and even got to pick a prize at the end. Now, he is totally obsessed with brushing his teeth all the time, even when getting up from naps. We went to Walgreens today and instead of the toy section, he went straight to the toothbrush aisle and wanted every tube of toothpaste and toothbrush that Walgreens had to offer! I guess I shouldn't complain!

My sweet little boy...

2010-01-29T08:54:00.001-08:00

I just got an email from Tucker Photography with this photo and wanted to share!

We have used Tucker Photography since Hudson was born and started off with his newborn body part session! I have loved using them and they are great with kids!

They always capture the best pictures of my sweet little boy!

Christmas 2009

2010-01-08T14:49:00.001-08:00

Walking in to see what Santa left for him.

Checking to see that the milk and cookies were gone and Santa even

left him a note!

Modeling his new watch, hat, and slippers!

Preschool Time and Hudson's Napmat

2009-09-15T11:01:00.000-07:00

Well, some how i managed to get a picture of Hudson's new napmat, but not a picture of Hudson on the first day of preschool! I just made this and it was super easy, let me know if you need one for your preschooler!

Go Braves!

2009-08-30T19:03:00.000-07:00

My parents and Ryan, Hudson, and I all took a trip to see the Braves play the Marlins last week-end. Hudson absolutely loved it and says his favorite player is Chipper Jones!

Hudson's Big Boy Room Completed

2009-08-05T11:47:00.000-07:00

I had so much fun decorating Hudson's room this summer. It has been such a fun project. I found lots of things from some random places. My new favorite place is the flea market! I found his dresser and a couple of the antique dog figurines there. My talented mom made his drapes which I absolutely love. I am still working on what to hang over his bed, I am thinking a custom painted canvas. Overall, I am really pleased with the way it turned out and most importantly Hudson loves it!

More Beach Pictures

2009-07-12T11:43:00.001-07:00

Rosemary Beach Vacation-Part 1

2009-07-06T19:37:00.000-07:00

My attempt at some photography!

We didn't even tell him to do this, he just started picking the flowers and wanted to go give them to Nana.

Working a puzzle with Uncle Dave.

Another attempt at a family shot.

Daddy, Hudson, and Papa.

Everywhere we went Hudson was interested in petting everyone's dog.

He would go up them and ask if he could pet their dog.

Don't they resemble each other so much in this picture?

Playing with Daddy in the pool.

One of the best parts of the trips were our bike rides. We rented bikes for the week and would ride to breakfast or lunch everyday. Our favorite was getting up and going to get doughnuts from this local truck that was set up!

Ready for the beach!

Happy 4th of July

2009-07-04T19:38:00.000-07:00

We have been at Rosemary Beach with Ryan's family this past week! We left the beach early this morning and I got one picture of Hudson. You can tell it was early and he wasn't quite awake yet.

Happy 4th to everyone!

Making Progress on Hudson's room

2009-06-19T14:09:00.000-07:00

The blogging world is so fun and you meet so many creative people. One which I came in contact with is Holly Mathis at www.hollymathisinteriors.com. I have been so busy with orders lately, I haven't been able to focus on Hudson's room. Holly has some great ideas and will do all the shopping for you. We are still picking things out, but check out the link to see what we have come up with so far.

Hudson's Big Boy Room - Phase 1

2009-05-13T19:08:00.001-07:00

My Inspiration from Better homes and Gardens

The start of Hudson's room- Painting the stripes .

So long to my little boys toile nursery with light blue and pastel green and even his light blue feather boa that hung on his door!

I have made the decision to start on Hudson's big boy room. I had a hard time deciding on what "theme" I wanted, then it hit me when I saw this article in an old Better homes and Gardens magazine. Those of you who know Hudson, know he loves dogs and especially his best friend, Lady (our yellow lab). So for the past month or so, i have been on the hunt trying to come up with all the elements I saw in this picture. The past few days, I have tackled the painting project. Wow, stripes are definitely a tedious paint job, but I love the result. I will try to post finished pictures of Hudson's new room!

Happy Mother's Day

2009-05-10T13:31:00.001-07:00

I am truly blessed to be a wife and mother to my 2 favorite boys! Happy Mother's day to all you moms out there!

Random

2009-04-27T18:52:00.000-07:00

Easter 2009

2009-04-17T20:23:00.001-07:00

Stopping to enjoy his candy bracelet he found!
He had to hunt his eggs with bat in one hand and basket in the other.

CeCe, me, and Hudson on Easter Sunday at my Grandmother's house for lunch.

Hudson's Easter Basket!

Meeting the Easter Bunny at a distance. This is as close as he got!

I know, I am a week late on this posting! We had a wonderful Easter week-end. We started out Saturday at an Easter Egg hunt at my parent's church. On Sunday, we had an Egg Hunt at our church (which I'll post later) and then on to my grandmothers for lunch and an egg hunt, then on to my in-laws for dinner and another egg hunt! Hudson got way too much candy and doesn't understand why he can't have it for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Unfortunately, I didn't get any pictures on my camera of Easter morning and his church outfit! Hope everyone had a good Easter!

A Sunday afternoon

2009-03-26T18:57:00.000-07:00

Sunday after Hudson woke up from his nap, I heard the back door open and him go out (which he did get in trouble for!) and I hurried to see what he had done and this is what I found, he had gotten into his closet and found his favorite pair of shoes (his rainboots) and proceeded to get into his sandbox with his Sunday clothes on and all!!! I couldn't help but laugh and take some photos.

Celebrating Ryan's B-day in Puerto Rico

2009-03-21T19:27:00.000-07:00

Enjoying our last day
I had to play some too!

Ryan playing a pick up game of basketball with some of the locals.

None of them spoke English, but he did teach them the word "buckets" and

his team won!

Ryan showing off his B-ball skills

Going out on the ferry boat to the resorts private island.

Eating some Puerto Rican cuisine.

Ryan decided to buy the ugliest tourist shirt and thought

he would be cute and wear it everywhere. I think he payed like $5 for it.

The funny thing is, he actually got a compliment on it from someone and wanted to know where he got it!!

Happy Birthday Dinner!!

Enjoying my book.

This year Ryan turned the big 3-0! In order to celebrate, we decided to take a trip to Puerto Rico to celebrate. It was the first time either of us had left Hudson for more than one night, so we (more like I) were very nervous. Of course he did great at Cece and Big Daddy's house and didn't get spoiled at all. Ha! Ha! . We had a great trip except for the fact that I came down with Hudson's stomach bug the second day we were there. Luckily, I just layed under an umbrella at the pool/beach and got to read my "Stori Telling" book that I had been dying to read! It was very enlightening by the way. Definitely a good beach book.

Here's some pics of our trip.

Gallery Wrap Canvas Raffle

2009-03-17T06:08:00.000-07:00

You could win one of these 16x20 Gallery Wrap Canvas Photo Collages featuring your favorite family snapshots for just $10!!!
A friend of a friend, and her husband, are in the process of adopting a baby boy from Ethiopia. To help them raise money for their adoption, I have donated one 16x20 canvas collage. They will be raffling the collage off beginning today and ending at noon on Saturday, March 21st. The raffle tickets are only $10 apiece and can be purchased by visiting Laura's website, PitterPatterArt, and clicking on the "Donate" button to the right.
All proceeds from the sales of Laura's art go towards their adoption fund as well, so please visit the site to see her awesome work and read how the Lord has called them to adopt this child.
Also check out "Why Adopt from Ethiopia?" on the right side of The Cornett's Blog, Our Story For His Glory.
As always, the collages are completely customizable and can be created using your favorite colors, scriptures, quotes, family's name(s), etc. They make great Mother's Day, Father's Day, or Graduation gifts.

What a mess!

2009-03-03T14:09:00.000-08:00

So, I knew it was awfully quiet when I was working on some Embroidery orders and so I got up from my machine to find this big mess of shredded paper that I had bought yesterday at hobby lobby. Needless to say the whole bag was emptied all over my bed. Then he thought it was so funny that he started singing and playing his guitar! What a mess, but I love the messes! I couldn't help but laugh!

Custom Children's Silhoutte's

2009-02-24T18:59:00.001-08:00

My friend, Melissa and owner of the Patty Cake Press just designed these adorable silhoutte's! I love them and can't wait to have one for Hudson. Her website is http://www.thepattycakepress.com/

Just wanted to share with everyone!

The Circus

2009-01-26T21:08:00.000-08:00

We went with some friends to the circus this week-end and had a blast. Hudson is a little confused about The Zoo and The Circus. He kept wanting to see a Zebra and a Giraffe! Anyways, he loved it and hasn't quit talking about it.

Random Shots

2009-01-03T14:00:00.001-08:00

I thought these turned out pretty cute. Santa brought me

a new camera for Christmas and I have loved playing with it! Hopefully I will

keep this blog updated more!

In Daddy's Shoes

2009-01-03T07:45:00.001-08:00

I've always loved these pictures when the kids try on their parents shoes.

Thought it was too cute not to post!

Happy New Year

2009-01-01T17:40:00.001-08:00

Christmas Day!

2008-12-30T20:12:00.000-08:00

Time to go home and go to bed. What a long christmas day!
Our dog Lady and Hudson. She is such a great dog, she lets Hudson sit on her all the time. Poor dog!

Aunt Lynnie and Hudson with his new guitar that he loved!

Uncle David and Clementine

Playing outside

Hudson and his cousin Victoria.

Christmas morning, my mom and dad came over for breakfast.

Hudson checking out his big gift Santa left in the backyard.

Ryan opening his stocking.

Wow, what a busy day we had. We woke up Christmas morning and opened presents at our house and my parents came over for breakfast. We then we to my grandmother's house for lunch. Leaving there, we went to Ryan's family to open presents and eat dinner. Hudson had so much fun with all his presents and kept asking "Open more presents?" Too funny!!

Christmas Cookies

2008-12-16T20:29:00.000-08:00

Mmm..., good!

While we were cleaning up this is where we found Hudson. He dragged the chair in from the dining room and was just being the best little helper!

Today, CeCe , Hudson, and I spent the day shopping and baking. We decided to make some yummy christmas cookies!

Grinch on Ice!

2008-12-11T08:51:00.000-08:00

Still playing with the guitar when we got home!

Last night, Ryan's parents, Nana and Papa took us and Aunt Lynnie and Uncle David to the Grinch on Ice at Opryland Hotel. We had a lot of fun, but it was very cold inside! You have to wear these big ugly parka jackets and Ryan kept saying how Hudson reminded him of the kid in Christmas story all bundled up. I really thought Hudson would love the slides, but he was a little unsure of the whole situation. Afterwards, we went to the gift shop and I told Hudson to pick out something he wanted with a grinch on it. Well, he finds this guitar ornament and start singing and serenading everyone, so needless to say we bought the guitar ornament and no grinch!

Sorry these pictures are out of order!

Breakfast with Santa

2008-12-08T20:29:00.000-08:00

On Saturday, Cece and I took Hudson to a breakfast with Santa. He didn't want any part of sitting on Santa's lap, so you can see where we were sitting discussing what Santa would bring him for Christmas and giving Santa High Five! On Saturday afternoon, we went with some friends to the Opryland Hotel to look at the decorations. I tried to get one good family shot.

I've been tagged!

2008-12-02T19:57:00.000-08:00

This picture was taken the first week Hudson came home from the hospital.

Look how tiny he is, so sweet... He and his daddy bonding!

I've been tagged by Rebecca to do the following:

1. Choose the 4th picture folder on my computer

2. Choose the 4th picture

3. Explain the picture

4. Tag 4 people to do the same.

I tag:

April

Andrea

Carrie

Shannon

O Christmas Tree!

2008-12-02T18:43:00.001-08:00

My family

Wreath on screened in porch

On Monday, my friend Carole Anne came over and helped me decorate my house for Christmas. We had a lot of fun until the Christmas tree decided to fall out of it's stand. That was not so much fun. We spent what seems like forever trying to get it back in its stand, we finally had help from my great neighbors and were able to adjust it. We just needed a man's touch! ha ha!

Happy Thanksgiving!

2008-11-30T18:05:00.001-08:00

We spent Thanksgiving Day with the Rollers. It was such a beautiful day and Hudson especially loved playing outside with Lady, Clementine, and Miss Boo, unfortunately we couldn't get a picture of all three dogs.

We love our Rain boots!

2008-11-30T17:58:00.001-08:00

Hudson's newest thing is wearing his rainboots everywhere and even with his p.j.'s.

It so funny how kids get so attached to certain things!

2 years ago....

2008-11-20T17:12:00.000-08:00

CeCe and Hudson reading his new Thanksgiving books sent by

his friend Olivia!

Christmas 2006

2 years ago today Hudson was brought into our life. He is such a joy and we love him so much.

Happy Birthday Hudson. Here's some pictures from 2 years ago and tonight. Tonight, my parents came over with pizza and a small cake for Hudson.

Hudson's Birthday Party!

2008-11-15T14:24:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to our little Monkey!

Jase and Paisley playing on one of the many slides

Looking at his new toy from Aunt Lynnie and Uncle David.

Cute new toolbox from Aunt CAC

Me, Aunt CAC, and Jay

April, Mason, Me, and Hudson. As you can tell from the picture, Hudson wanted nothing to do with this picture! He wanted to get back to playing!

Singing Happy Birthday to Hudson!

Favors for all the kids to take home.

My cute centerpieces that Aunt CAC made.

All the kids got a lollipop to take home!

Jase's side of the room. Happy Birthday Jase!

So, these cookies I ordered were to be monkey's and

bananas, well they didn't quite turn out like I had wished, but oh well!

They kinda look like a starfish!!

The banner I made for Hudson.

Today we celebrated Hudson's 2nd Birthday at Monkey's Treehouse. It was a perfect place for a 2 year old, I highly recommend it! My friend Melissa and I had a combined b-day for our two sons. They are the same age and love playing together.

Hayride and Bonfire

2008-10-27T06:17:00.001-07:00

Laying down in the hay with the big kids!

Getting some candy

CeCe and Hudson

This week-end Hudson and I tagged along with my parents to their church bonfire and hayride. We cooked hot dogs, smores, and went on a hayride! Ryan was out of town and we definitely missed him and wished he could have been there!

A beautiful fall week-end!

2008-10-19T12:27:00.000-07:00

We have had such a fun filled week-end. Friday night we took Hudson to his first football game at Lipscomb High School. It was Ryan's 10 year high school reunion. Hudson was a little unsure about everything, but as soon as he spotted Papa (ryan's dad) he was in heaven. Papa took him out on the field and he loved being out their with the big kids!

Saturday, we went to the pumpkin patch again with my mom, my grandmother, my Aunt Lynne, cousin Amy, and Victoria. Of course Hudson loved every minute of it!

Saturday night, we went with our friends, Bob, Shannon, Annabelle, and Madelyn to eat and went to the Ghouls at Grassmere (the zoo). The kids dressed up and got to go to the different stations for candy. What fun!! Oh, Hudson was a cow with his milk pail.

Happy Birthday Aunt CAC!!

2008-10-16T20:02:00.001-07:00

Today, Hudson and I had a lunch date at the Cheesecake Factory with my best friend, Carole Anne and her son Jay. We attempted to get a picture of the two of them in their matching outfits we bought together in Atlanta, but no such luck. Here's a couple of them separately.

Walden Pumpkin Farm

2008-10-04T16:20:00.001-07:00

This was the only picture I got of the two fo them! 2 year olds on the go are hard to photograph!!

We had a fun day today at the Walden Pumpkin Farm. Hudson went with his buddy Jase and they enjoyed playing on the tractors, running through all the pumpkins, and looking at the baby cows and baby pigs!

Hanging out with old friends

2008-10-01T19:34:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago, I was able to get together with some of my old high school friends, we all live here in Nashville, but all rarely ever get to see each other. Most of us have been friends since elementary school. We had such a good time at the Olive Garden. So glad Kylie, Nathan, and Mason could join us!

Thomas the Train

2008-08-31T17:27:00.000-07:00

Thomas the Train came to Nashville at the Nashville Railway Center and kids got to meet Thomas and take a 25 minute train ride. There were also those inflatable play centers, a petting zoo, a tent with trains to play and story telling. My parents took Ryan, myself and Hudson. We had a great time and is something we will always remember!

2008-08-22T11:01:00.001-07:00

Florida Vacation

2008-08-04T05:46:00.001-07:00

If you look closely, Hudson has a crayon stuck in his ear. He loves to do this!

Giving Mommy and Daddy Kisses!

Hudson enjoyed some yummy ice cream from the ice cream man that came around our neighborhood everyday.

O.K., it's official. I have started a family blog. I wanted to post some pictures from our recent Destin vacation with the Roller family. It was so much fun and Hudson didn't get spoiled at all over that week!!