11 months old

It's hard to believe that it has almost been a year since we were blessed with such a cutie!

My sweet lil' man, you are growing up (slowly) just perfectly. You've gained a little bit of weight, now weighing 21.4 lbs and measuring 28 1/2 inches long. You are still wearing some 9 month clothes, but mainly 12 month and a couple of 18 month but the 12 & 18 month are still a little big. You really only wear one pair of shoes and they are a size 2, you really have mastered walking so we let you go around barefoot and only put shoes on to go out. You are still a very healthy eater, 3 good meals a day and 3 bottles a day. You are officially done with nursing...sad...but it is kinda nice to just fix a bottle, give it to you and then I can still go and finish things around the house. Expensive...but convenient now. You are starting to eat things that mommy and daddy are eating, you haven't gotten ahold of anything you don't like yet. You are usually a good napper, taking two per day and sometimes an evening nap depending on how tired you are. You are still fitting comfortably in size 3 diapers and I think you will be there for a while. Walking...oh the walking! You are everywhere, following mommy and daddy everywhere we go with no fear. You are falling as you are still learning your balance, so lots of bruised knees right now but you bounce right back and just keep on going. You have quite the personality right now, learning to talk and using your voice so much. Grandma taught you how to clap and we are still trying to get "bye-bye" down. You have recently learned how to stand on things in your pack-and-play to make yourself taller...so we're going to have to really watch that. Mommy and daddy are starting to really venture out with you and take you everywhere we go, you have so much fun and everyone usually loves to see you.

I don't know that I am quite ready for you to be 1 year old, but look forward to what is yet to come. You are quite the charmer, your beautiful blue eyes are catching everyone's attention and then you really capture everyone's hearts with your adorable smile!

HAPPY 11 MONTHS our sweet lil' monkey, mommy and daddy are truly blessed to be your parents!

My lil' water baby!

Well we went to the pool for the first time today and Hudson had so much fun!!!

I hope this is the first of many trips to the pool this summer! Poor lil' man, he needs some color to his skin!!

Our first black eye :(

Oh I know Hudson is going to get lots of bumps and bruises but they still break my heart each and every time they happen. This morning he fell down and hit his eye just perfect...

I was trying to get a picture...

There you can see it a little better

Now you can see both marks, it looks a whole lot worse this morning!

I know I can't keep him in a bubble, but I just hate to see him hurt ;(

House divided...

So Jason and I have been avid Astros fans for quite some time now, however, in recent years they have...well...played poorly (for lack of a better term!). I have jumped ships, Jason however is still holding onto the hope that they will somehow get good again. Once they traded Hunter Pence, I was done...

We had a blast, it was a large group from my office that all went. We went to the game, then all went out afterwards and partied the night away. It was good fun, but we missed little man and were glad to get home!!

Dumpster diving!

Most mornings once Hudson wakes up I will leave him in his crib to play as long as he's not screaming. Well this morning I noticed on the monitor that he was playing with something but couldn't really make it out, Jason was still at work so I had to go and check myself...this is was I found...

He went digging in his trash and this is what he found...

Little stinker, he's lucky he's so dang cute!!!

"Here mommy!"

Happy Mother's Day

Sweet mother's day today, Hudson and I woke up and went to church this morning - he was a little loud in church, but for the most part he behaved very well. They did a blessing of the babies born in the last year and Hudson got a bib from the church. After church we went to Grandma & Grandpa's for lunch where daddy and Uncle Trey were waiting for us!

Such a handsome lil' man!

Learning how to ride the horse

Did a lil' walking for everyone

Finally got the hang of the horse

Love my sweet family!!

We managed to get a photo with everyone looking at the camera on the 1st try!!!

Then he was done with pictures...he was screaming!

But managed to save a sweet mother's day kiss for mommy!!!

Happy Mother's Day!

Even though Jason had to work this mother's day, it was still a pretty amazing day. Hudson (Jason) gave me a collage photo frame for my office with lots of really nice pictures and I can't wait to hang it up!! Hope everyone else had as good of a day as I did!

And we're off!!

Yep, we have officially taken off and now Jason and I have our hands full!!!

What are we going to do now?! We will be chasing him all over the place! He still gets really excited and will lose his balance because his torso gets to moving faster than his legs can handle but for the most part he is on his own!