The birthday boy

Right when Hudson woke up in the morning we just couldn't wait for his birthday party that night, so we gave him is first present. A sports climber/slide

He made it to the top no problem and had lots of helpers to help him slide down.

After three hours of church right at his nap time, he came home and slept through his entire birthday party. We had to wake him up to eat his cake. I have to admit it was actually really really nice celebrating a one year old while they slept. I got to enjoy my meal without a crazy trying to grab my every bite.

Since we had just woken him up he was a little out of sorts with the singing and cake.

He had no problem digging right into the cake but once he realized that sticky frosting wasn't coming off his hands he was not happy. He is a clean boy that does not like messy hands. Luckily he had a big sister and big brother who had no problem helping him eat his cake.

More presents to open. And how lucky to have your great grandpa at your first birthday party.

On his actual birthday two days later, we didn't do too much. Just played with balloons every time we ate. I attempted a one year old photo shoot and it was a fail but we got some real pictures with his real mood so that's not a fail I guess. Then I took the kids out for donuts after school. We all appreciated that we were celebrating Hudson as we ate our donuts. Yummm. Hudson is a fan.

Words can't even begin to describe my feelings I have for Hudson. Haylee just said to me the other day, "MOm, I still can't believe we have a baby in our family." I really can't believe it either. It still seems like a blur to me being pregnant, and having him in our lives for a whole year. It all happened so fast! Hudson as a big smile that lights up a room. He is actually a pretty smiley baby for how demanding he is. I guess all babies are pretty demanding but he does not have an easy going, sit back and relax, go with the flow personality. He yells and has a short but fierce temper. He loves Hunter the most but also tells Hunter how it is a lot too. I think the Lord knew exactly what he was doing when he spaced them so far apart. His favorite part of his day is picking up Hunter at the bus stop. He goes crazy, seeing the bus and then Hunter. I now can say lets go to the bus stop and he gets so excited and crawls right to do the door. He is like our little puppy. Haylee and I call him puppy. Hudson is all about balls. He loves them!!! He has been to lots of sporting games and will sit and watch pretty intently. I can't get him to watch one second of tv. Which I guess is good but I remember sitting my other kids in front of baby Einstein and I could have ten minutes to get something done. Not Hudson. He is not a self entertainer at all. He'll play great if I'm on the floor with him, other than that he crawls around crying trying to catch up with me. He is walking along furniture and with his little push truck. He can stand when he doesn't know he is for a pretty long time but when he figures it out that he is standing he will sit down. Sleeping, not really happening. I just mean that he is not sleeping through the night. And it's time so we are working on that. He has eight teeth, four on top, and bottom. He used to be a fantastic eater. He would eat anything I put in his mouth. Now he spits most things out. He will always eat cream of wheat though or a baked sweet potato. I'm still nursing day and night but he is starting to not be as interested in the day time. It really depends on the day. I'll still continue to nurse for a few more months. He is wearing size 12 month everything but the pants are still pretty big on him. Happy happy birthday Hudson! Our family needed you!!