Our family of four boys is now complete. We are currently entering a new phase of life... we just returned to the USA after a full and exciting seven years in Mexico City. We are using this year to rest, renew, and re-envision our next steps. I have a funny feeling, though, that there won't be a whole lot of resting in this busy household of boys. Enjoy an insider view of our daily adventures with plenty of pictures of the most handsome men I have ever met!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

Hudson Turns 1 - His First Year Flew Bye!

It is hard to believe how fast time flies! Hudson is now 1 and his first year in our family just all flew bye so fast......
We celebrated him with an airplane themed party. Oh, believe me, I had so so so many cute ideas, but.... he is turning only 1, and won't remember any of this anyway so I was sort of forced to bring it down to reality and leave things a little simpler.

It was not the easiest few days for him...or all of us for that matter! He was pretty much not a happy boy during all of the festivities. He cried a lot and just wasn't feeling great, although the whipped cream did interest him :) I decided to portray the honest side of the birthday celebration rather than edit out the crying pics... Enjoy!

The cake...







The crier...


Tasting the cake calmed him down and he actually did enjoy the whipped cream...

The kids had fun painting airplanes, but Hudson, in classic kid style, preferred playing with the box!

And then we had a small family celebration again on his real birthday, the 16th.
My big boy!
It was another fussy day overall, but we did find a few happy moments scattered in with the birthday blues.
Another chance to see the candle...he wanted to touch it, of course...and then he had a small taste of sugar again (he didn't even touch the cake, just cared about the whipped cream)
The boys had fun decorating airplane cookies in Hudson's honor...and Hudson simply ended the day crying.
Oh, and how could I forget? In all my efforts to make my sweet boy's birthday special, I had decided to give him a simple gift - a long and fun time in the bath (see, he is the 4th and usually gets a quick dip, if lucky, and only for cleaning purposes...but he loves, loves, loves the bath - poor boy!) So I lovingly decided to give him that - and I get him all happily into the water, and within minutes he POOPS in the water!! Grrrrr..... Happy birthday sweet Hudson!!!




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  1. AnonymousNovember 20, 2010 at 7:43 PM

    O! How I wish I could have been there to celebrate with you.... looks like everyone had a pretty good time....poor Hudson, but he looked like he enjoyed his bath....love ya guys!!!

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  2. Timbra WiistNovember 20, 2010 at 8:04 PM

    how sweet. . . airi also loves the bath. i think i've gotten spoiled with alani being able to hang out unattended, so I get impatient and don't let airi hang out as long as she'd LOVE to do! poor hudson, it can be troublesome, new tastes of sugar and lots of festivities and busy-ness. . . it can be hard for a little one to process, and yet we as mamas just want to celebrate them!!!!

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  3. DevinNovember 21, 2010 at 5:45 PM

    Aw! Sweet boy...those tears break my heart! :)

    Happy birthday to Hudson--I can NOT believe how fast our first year with our 'fourths' is going!

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  4. Ashley MarlerJanuary 21, 2011 at 2:18 PM

    With that passie in his mouth he reminds me so much of Piersen when I first knew him! He's so cute!

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