The Ludlow Family

We have been traveling a TON this last month!! It started Halloween weekend, we went to see Megan and Jared in the panhandle-which is a little over 6 hours with the kids. We had a ton of fun. We stayed at Jared's hunting lodge, since it has multiple rooms so everyone could have their own beds. Scott, Jackson and I all got to shoot a shotgun for the first time. I didn't realize how painful that can be :\ It really kickbacks into your shoulder- I had a bruise! The kids loved the hot tub at the lodge, they thought it was a swimming pool :) We had a really nice, relaxing time with them, I just wish we could get them to move closer!!

Leah...never one to shy away from posing!! Our pumpkins this year. It's kind of hard to tell, but the far left is a werewolf Scott did, I did a smiley face, Aunt Lisa helped Jackson do a bat and I did a smiley face for Leah

We went to the Dallas Arboretum with my sister-in-law Abby and my niece brinley. That was our first time to go and it was so beautiful with all the fall colors! The kids had a blast!!

Leah, Jackson and Brinley

The kids and I

Leah's silly face :)

Just sittin' on some pumpkins

I thought this was a neat picture...we didn't have them pose, they just happened to each be standing in front of a fountain

They just HAD to touch the water...just in case it felt different than at home :)

Loved, loved this pic too. The trees are just so pretty, and the way the kids are holding hands is just precious

Jackson had the brilliant idea to try and climb the tree...such a boy

Going for a ride in the covered wagon

Pumpkin house

The kids had a Halloween Party at school, but they had to dress up as animals. Instead of buying a 2nd costume for them, we got creative. Leah wore Jackson's chicken costume from when he was a one-year-old!!! (reminds you just how big are little man was :)) Lisa and I made Jackson a doggy costume, since that is his favorite animal. He like that costume even more than the one we paid for!!

It was so funny to go to the kid's classrooms during the parties and see the difference from the 2 year old class, which was chaotic and lots of screaming, to Jackson's class, which was quiet and organized-all the kids stood in line and waited their turn. God bless teachers :)

My cute little Doggy

The kids costumes for actual Halloween-Leah was Wonderwoman and Jackson was DJ Lance from a tv show called Yo Gabba Gabba.

Two Cool kids (If you look real closely, you can see Jackson's Doggy nose is still on from school)

Jackson doing his DJ Lance pose, I think we have a future actor

He is going to kill me one day

Uncle Mark helping Wonderwoman fly

Our babies hugging...so sweet

Megan with a shotgun...she is looking too comfortable, we need to get her home to Dallas ASAP!!

Now me...not so much

At least my outfit was appropriate for the shotgun...flannel :)

Jackson loved pushing the button to shot out the clay discs..."Pull!"

Jackson shooting a gun for the 1st time!!! Daddy giving him instructions. He was hitting the targets by the end, he LOVED it!!

This is the only time we got Leah out of the car during target practice. She stayed in the car watching her DVD player. At one point she started yelling for me, and when I went to see what was wrong, she said, "There's a bug in the car." I think she is more like Mommy when it comes to nature :)

After target practice, Jared thought Scott was ready for the real deal, Scott came home with this TURKEY!! We ate it for dinner, it was DELICIOUS!

Meagn and Jared have a horse named Snoop...Jackson is so good with animals, he loved him!! He is always so gentle and not the least bit intimated by them. I think he would be a wonderful vet one day! I love my sweet boy!!

Look at him with Snoop!?!

He thought it was pretty funny when Snoop sneezed on him

Leah riding "horsey" with daddy

Jackson's turn!!

Look at that smile on his face!! We had such a great time, thanks Megs and Jared!!!

Scott's Birthday was November 5th, the kids and I decided to surprise him with a homemade cake in the shape of a tooth :) I did it free-hand, so I was pretty proud. Here are the kids "helping me" make the cake

Scott's "Tooth C-ache" Get it???

Birthday boy...and Jackson sneaking up to blow out the candle

Caught ya!!

As I am sure most of you know, Scott is in the middle of applying for a pediatric dentristry residency, so we have been going to different cities the past couple of weeks, and have a few more to go. His first interview was in Newark, NJ. Newark itself isn't the prettiest, but it is a 15minute drive and you are in manhattan, how cool is that?!! We had a really good time visiting there. It brought back a lot of memories because Scott proposed to me in Central PArk 6 1/2 years ago and that was out first time back. I love that guy!! This is a view of Manhattan from Newark

Thought this was a neat picture looking up at the trees

Scott and I on "Our Rock" in Central Park where he proposed

The view from our rock of Central Park...the colors were gorgeous in the fall!!

Ice skating in the middle of Central Park...something I can check off of my Bucket List :) So fun, but more painful than I remember it...

My Amazing Husband

Right after Ice skating

We had a really good dinner at this cute little Italian Restaurant called Basso's in NYC,so yummy!!

Times Square...here is where we made a BIG mistake!! We decided to get some honey roasted cashews from a street vendor and Scott got food poisoning that night!! He was up getting the sick the night before his interview!

The morning of his interview./ I was like a mom on their kids first day of school. He was begging me not to take a picture, but I am so proud of him, I had to ;)

Ok so the next weekend, we took the kids and were off to Memphis. WE LOVE MEMPHIS!! It is only a 6 hour drive, the people there are great, the food is good, the city has lots to do and the cost of living is affordable. If we had to move, I could see us being very happy here! While Scott had his interview I packed up the kids and went to the Children's Museum. We had so much fun!! This is a pic of Jackson looking at a Hot Air Balloon Display, that actually took flight when it heated up enough. The look on his face is priceless

Leah was pretty mesmerized by the balloon, too

I could have just them both here all day :)

The museum also had a play grocery store for the kids...it was so cute, it had all sorts of play food and it was even divided into categories like a real grocery store. It had a pharmacy with a Blood Pressure machine and I got to be the check-out lady...see even Mommy got to play :)

Jackson knows the necessities, he already had toilet paper in his cart and he is grabbing his "milkies." Leah on the other hand, has 3 bottles of ketchup and a carton of OJ :) You can tell a lot about their personalities by their grocery carts :)

They had a "My first trip to the Dentist" section at the museum, Scott was so proud when he saw these pics and saw the kids brushing the teeth so thoroughly :)

Whenever you ask Jackson what he is going to be when he grows up, he gives you one of two answers- it's either " a train engineer" or "a dentist like daddy." Here he is pretending to be "a dentist like daddy."

The kids tackling the "Tooth Puzzle" together

Architecture part of the museum...the kids just like hanging out of the window

Leah touring the fire engine in her fireman hat

Handsome little fireman

The kids with Dalmation

Our kids might be night and day personality-wise, but they definitely have opne thing in common...they love to dance!! This was a disco room, that was dark, with a disco ball and loud music...they had a ball!!

Leah dancing

They had a tv room, where yo stood in front of a green screen, you could choose your background and then you could see yourself on TV. Jackson loved the surfing background, Leah had it in her head that a guitar was fitting for the surfing scene :)

Jackson Surfing...and Leah playing the Beach Boys

Jackson of course loved the train part of the museum, here is posing in front of Railroad Crossing Sign

That is all for now!! I apologize for the repeat pics from Facebook to here, but there is family not on Facebook who can only see the pics on here!! Hope everyone is doing well! Love you all!!

So, both kids have the flu and we have been stuck in the house for the last three days...I'm going kind of stir crazy, but I just want them to get better, I hate when they don't feel good. Jackson got sick first, and it's crazy because it hit so fast. We went to the Pumpkin Patch to pick out pumpkins for all of us and then dinner and he was in the best little mood. We put him to bed that night and he started fussing in his room, when I went to check on him he was burning up. I brought him to our room to keep an eye on him, then in the middle of the night he started coughung and you could tell it was harder for him to breathe, we loaded him up with Motrin to get through to the morning when we could get him to the dr. I ended up calling my mom, who works in admitting at the ER to see what my copay would be if I just brought him up there to get a flu test, b/c our insurance changed and our pediatrician doesn't take it and I had NO IDEA what a flu test would cost. Anyway, ended up taking him to the ER because it was only $35. We got right in since it was just a little after 5am. The nurse who was doing his admission said that since he had flu-like symptims, he would need to wear a mask...yeah right, you try and get a 4 year old who is a little OCD to put a hospital mask on when he is not feeling good. Well, as she was putting the mask on him, he started to get sick all over himself, me and I think a little on the nurses shoes who tried to out the mask on him. I said, "I don't think he is going to wear the mask. We got into a room, enjoying the smell on our clothes the whole time, and found out he has the flu...shocker. They wrote a prescription for Tamiflu which should help lighten the symptoms and hopefully help him get over this faster. I have had to get rather creative to keep the kids occupied the last few days with being stuck in the house, and trying to not get them hyper to keep their fevers down. The first day, when Jackson was sick and Leah was feeling fine, was especially trying, because as you all know, Leah is a busy 2 year old :) I was counting the minutes until Scott got home to get a little help. I decided to make a cake and have Leah help me decorate it to keep her occupied. I iced the chocolate cake and then gave her sprinkles to put on top. I showed her how to shake the little container, she leaned over and after two little shakes, fell into the cake with the sprinkle container and her hands. She said, "Oh no mama, that's stcky." Needless to say, I had to try reice the cake and just let her eat it. She thoroughly enjoyed the eating part of it :)

I don't get how it got on her forehead....

She is so stinkin' cute...and full of it

My poor Jackson, laying in the living room where I made a bed for him...lots of movies the last few days

This is at the Pumpkin Patch just a few hours before he got sick. Happy boy then

These kids are such little hams

Will I ever get a normal picture of them???

For Jackson's actual birthday, Scott and I took the kids to Dave n' Buster's. Nj and Mel came with us, this is when Nj first got in the car and wished Jackson a Happy Birthday...he loves her

Nj and Mel with the birthday boy

Jackson took this picture of Leah...he is pretty good with the camera, right

The kids playing Skee Ball with daddy. I would not go near Leah while she was throwing that ball :)

Quite the arm on that boy

The Ludlow Family

Ok, so I had been really sad thinking the memory card to my camera had been thrown away a couple of months ago. It had picks on it from this summer and when Scott and I went to The Fray concert and a wedding, etc. When I was cleaning the other day, I discovered Leah had it hidden in her room :) So happy to have found it and get those pics back. So the next pics are a little older, but worth showing