Monday, March 8, 2010

Happy 1st Birthday Cake, Hudson!...(just a few days late)


A very sweet friend reminded me the other day that my blog was a little behind and my sweet Hudson didn't have a birthday post, so to remedy that, here goes.

The sad day finally came and went. Hudson had his 1st birthday! We had a great party with family and a few friends (in our newly decorated kitchen, thanks to the Meredith's!) and Hudson had a great cake. He put on quite the show. I wish, yet again, I'd had a video camera to capture the entire moment. He was a mess. He was skeptical at first, but then quickly embraced his new favorite food, face first. He's his daddy's boy, what can I say? :)

It's been a great year. We can't imagine or remember what life is like without him. He's such a sweet little man! We're continually reminded of God's goodness every time we look into the faces of our sweet boys.

Hudson's great "cheese" with Papa...just before the cake.


Hudson face first devouring his "smash" cake. Priceless.


The Boys with Gigi, my hysterical and fun-loving grandmother


The Birthday Hat Tradition.




Friday, December 25, 2009

First Present of the Year

Here is our jammies we opened on Christmas Eve...I think it may be a foretaste of what lies ahead for the rest of Christmas.

Merry Christmas!
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Merry Christmas!!


Here are our boys, upholding Momma's tradition of taking Christmas pics in front of the tree at church. Thank you boys for finally taking a picture to be "blogworthy". I love you!
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009

ten


Happy Ten Months, Hudson! Wow, you are getting busier by the day. You are crawling everywhere, but especially straight to Ginger's food bowls. You are loving the Christmas tree, although you haven't managed to pull it over on yourself, yet. We are getting excited about your first Christmas and hope that you are too! :) I really can't believe where the time has gone. Happy 10 months, Hudson. We LOVE you!!!

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Hello from the Pumpkin Patch!

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The Life of a 3-year-old




I'm a cowboy! Hayden found this hat that he'd been given to play dressup and he loved it! He was so excited that he wore it to a high school football game with Josh. I think that all we're missing are the boots.
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Friday, October 9, 2009

eight.

To Infinity and Beyond!

Wow, eight months have passed since Hudson came into our lives. Some days it seems like yesterday (I can still remember starving to death during labor and salivating over the fact that McDonald's was just outside my hospital window) and other days it seems like a long eight months! I'm still not sure if its rougher to go from 1 to 2 kids, or the transition from 2 to 3 (not that I know personally). I do know that God is gracious and we have some amazing boys! Every day that I think that Hudson can't get into more trouble, he does. See, my frame of reference was Hayden, the non-mobile baby. Hayden never crawled. He learned to "scoot" at 11 months while at the beach. He finally walked at 16 months. We could leave him wherever and could come back in 20 minutes and find him in the same spot. Hudson is a different story...he's everywhere! He smiles the biggest when he is about to crawl off the edge of the bed. I've made several sprints across the room to save him in the nick of time. Shewww! I get tired thinking of all of the trouble he finds...and what's to come. Oh, I love that little rotten thing so much! He's my Prince Charming.

Hayden is particularly hilarious these days. He has a new obsession -- Toy Story. It all started with undies & who was on them, then we searched high and low to rent the silly movie, and now we are head over heels in love with Toy Story. We even went to see it in 3D last week. It was great. Now, we are living for June 18th, 2010 & Toy Story 3's arrival. He quotes lines from that movie all of the time. We have Buzz & Woody dolls (for lack of a manlier term) that go everywhere with us. It is a nice break from the Cars obsession. The fall weather is finally arriving and we have spent many days with friends at the park. We don't necessarily have to "know" someone there for him to have a "friend" to play with. Today, I'm pretty sure the Hispanic boy he befriended didn't know much English nor what to think of this crazy new best friend who had found him on the playground. If only Hudson were a little older, my playmate dilemma would be solved...I think!

Happy 8 months, Hudson! Hayden, thanks for making Mommy & Daddy laugh every day. You boys bring us such great joy & entertainment! We love you so much!