And He's off!!!!

Hudson is walking!! He is still very unsteady and he walks with his arms either above his head or out to the side. Every day he gets more brave and will walk farther. This kid has so much energy and is always on the move! Thank heavens he takes good naps and lets me rest. He still crawls more than he walks only because he can speed crawl and get wherever it is he's going so much faster!!

I was trying to upload a video of him walking but it's not working so instead I'll leave with these 2 funny pictures.

Brooklyn pushing Hudson around in her baby stroller

Hudson found her baby's bottle and apparently was thirsty!

Party!

Hudson 1st birthday party was a little bit stressful for me. His party was the same day that Brookie had her dental work done and as you read my day didn't go quite as planned. Luckily my sister, Erin was there to help! I did a barnyard animal theme. I ordered all these cute decorations on line and made his cake, which was a lot of work!
My dad sporting a party hat!
The "kids" table
I made homemade pizza for dinner which is Hudson's favorite.
Birthday boy checking out his balloons
Hudson with my life saver, Erin
Hudson with Grandpa and Grandma Great Pont
chowing down on that pizza
Ok don't look too closely at the cake. It was my first time ever making a cake like this. It was a lot of work but I'm proud with how it turned out!

Hudson wasn't really into ripping the wrapping paper off. So Brookie helped out with that. He'd rather play with the paper and get in the box.








This was probably his favorite toy. It bounces and makes music and he thought it was pretty cool, as you can tell by his cute chubby face!


We stripped him down to his diaper and brought out the cake.

His cake was supposed to be a hay bale but it was pathetic so I didn't even take a picture of it.
He knew exactly what to do and dove right into it




He was so nice and wanted to share with Daddy



It was a great night surrounded by family. It was a lot of work but definitely worth it for my little man!!!

12 Months

My sweet baby boy is now 1!! I can not believe it. At 12 months he stats are:

Weight: 22 lbs (40%)
Height: 29.5 in (42%)
Head: 18 in (31%)

To me that seems a little odd that he his supposedly below average for all of his stats because everyone tells me what a BIG boy he is. But all that matters to me is that he's healthy and developing on track.

At 12 months he is a very happy and easy baby.

He loves to clap his hands and dance to music

He still is a VERY good eater and doesn't refuse much food.

He popped thru his 3rd tooth on his birthday and is working on a 4th. He has 2 bottom and 1 top. Yep folks, only 3 teeth!!!

He's a very good sleeper. He's been on a strict schedule since about 5 or 6 months old. I like my babies to have a consistent routine. I think it's makes them happier as well as myself. He takes 2 naps. One in the morning for an hour and half and one in the afternoon for an hour and a half to two hours. And he sleeps a solid 12 hours at night.

I thought he didn't have any stranger anxiety but when I took him to get his 1 year pictures we learned he does. He did not like the photography and it took everything from him, myself and Brookie to get him to smile. I was worried they wouldn't turn out but I was very pleased with them.

Hudson is such a stud!!

There are a lot of pictures but I just love them!