Our Little Monkey's Birthday Party

Enjoying some Monkey Pudding

Monkey Cake

Hudson's Monkey Cake

I am actually supposed to eat this with my hands

Let's try a fork

This fork thing works pretty good

Four little Monkeys jumping up and down

Bring on the boy toys because he definitely needs them

Our exhausted Birthday Boy

We had a very busy day yesterday with Hudson's Birthday party and then off to an early Thanksgiving with my grandparents. So we decided to have Hudson's birthday party at my Dad's house. Since Hudson loves monkeys we threw him a Curious George 1st Birthday Party. We had an entire Monkey menu with Monkey Pudding, Monkey Bread and a Monkey Cake. I had made him his own monkey cake and so I thought he would tear into his cake but he didn't. At first he just barely touched the cake and just looked at his hand covered in icing. So then he picked up a fork and tried it that way. Well so much for me thinking boys are messier than girls. He had a great birthday and had a lot of fun running around with all the kids and playing with his new toys. His Uncle Brian wanted to start him out right by making sure he gave him his first Star Wars toys.

Then after the kids were all hyped up on sugar we went to my Grandparents for Thanksgiving. Hudson was so tired that he crashed and slept almost the whole time we were there. He had a long great day and Ella really enjoyed helping him open his presents and eating his cake.

Birthday from Gramma & Grampa

Hudson and Ella loved opening presents. So they both had a lot of fun opening all the presents from Gramma & Grampa. Hudson started digging right into the candy and even ate right through the wrapper. But his favorite toy was a big plush lion that growls. He gets a big smile on his face every time he hears it growling it is very sweet. And we are really enjoying all the candy. Thank you Gramma & Grampa from all of us enjoying the presents.

Happy 1st Birthday, Hudson!

Yep, our little guy is one today. Time does go by way too fast. Hudson is still our smiley, happy and sometimes a bit of an adventorous little guy. He loves being with his Mommy, Daddy and his big sister very much. Ella loves to play with him most of the time and Hudson will just follow her around all day. Bath time is one of his favorite things. Once he hears the bath water running he runs to the bathroom and tries to take his clothes off and climb into the tub. He can always put a smile on your face and he is such a blessing.

We love you, Hudson! Hope you have a great first birthday, little Monkey.

Last Dance Class

Our dancing Princess

Hudson loved watching Ella dance all around
Ella, her teacher and the other little girls in class

Skipping with Mommy

Showing off her tap moves

Showing off her ballet moves

Ella had her last dance class last night. We were able to sit in and watch the class and I even joined in on some of the dancing. She loved her dance class so we might have to enroll her in another class.

Painting Pumpkins

Pumpkin Patch 2008

Ella driving a John Deere Tractor
Ella Queen of the Pumpkin Patch
Enjoying the slide

Feeding the chickens
Feeding the baby goats
Ella talking to the donkey's. Which right before we went to see the donkey's we were told that they had just bit two kids. So Ella kept her distance.

Watch out Daddy it might be a bumpy ride
Ella playing on the wooden train

Riding the horse swing

Our Train
Our Sweet Family
Ella enjoying the train ride

Corn Maze


Our little Cowboy
Looking for the little fishy

Which pumpkin should I choose?

Hudson liked this one

Hudson loved looking at the pumpkins

Today we went to the pumpkin patch with the kids. It was a great day with perfect weather. They had a petting zoo, play area, fort, train ride, wagon rides and much more. We took the wagon ride out to the pumpkin patch. Where the kids were able to pick out a pumpkin. As you can see from the many pictures we had a lot of fun.