Hudson and Sawyer are doing well. Hudson likes Sawyer very much, and often asks if he can hold his little brother, though we're still teaching him to be "gentle." I'm finding this is a word with very fluid definitions for a toddler (for example, sometimes "gentle" means "punch in the head").
Sawyer smiles and coos a lot, which is totally brutal. Stops my heart every time. And he's a pretty easy baby, unless Mom eats any chocolate. Sawyer apparently does not like chocolate in his milk. It makes him very angry. So Darlene's off the choc for the time being, much to her consternation and sorrow. I try not to eat too much around her so as not to rub salt in the wound.
Hudson talks a lot, much of it difficult to decipher. It's not that he has his own language per se, but that his little mouth still has a hard time forming certain sounds, like "ess" sounds and "wuh" and "yuh" sounds. These are generally substituted with a "duh" sound. So his uncle Sam is actually uncle "dam", which is really great when he yells "dam!" in a crowded room. I need to get some of that on tape, as they say.
In other news Darlene and I are doing the weight watchers thing, which I DO NOT LIKE. AT ALL. But I'm doing it, because I want to lose weight, get healthy, all that. I have to turn it into a game where my daily points are like super valuable resources and I find the most efficient way possible to use them. Darlene rolls her eyes a lot at this, but she's nursing so she gets 10 more points than me! Maybe if I had a 10-point buffer I'd be a little more cavalier about my eating habits too, but I don't have that luxury.
One thing I've found is that plain nonfat greek yogurt is a miracle food. One cup of the stuff is only 2 points and like 20 grams of protein, so it's really satisfying and it works in lots of things. The other night I made a cream of broccoli soup and used greek yogurt instead of cream. I ended up with like a 1 or 2 point soup that was amazingly tasty and filling. Next week I'm going to try making tuna salad with greek yogurt instead of light mayo. I could end up saving like 2 whole points on that. I have to do this. I have to stretch these points or I will lose my mind and buy like seven cheeseburgers at Five Guys.
Enough talk, because you don't come here to learn the pointless minutiae of our lives. I mean let's face it, you're here for the pics. So here's a nice one of Sawyer, our new little man around the house:
