Look What I Can Do

Hudson thinks he is hot stuff now that he can pull himself up and stand up.  That is until he looses his balances and smacks his face on something.  He decided to try out his new skills on the back door.  As you can see he almost fell and would not move when he finally caught himself!

He looks like he is hanging on for dear life!

Long Ago

Long ago, 4 years to be exact, we were blessed with a beautiful baby boy.  I could have never imagined how much our lives would change from that point on.  I will never forget Nathan waking up at 6 AM so excited.  He had all the bags packed, was showered and tried to wake me up for about 4 hours.  He said it felt like Christmas morning and he couldn't sleep.

 I can remember so many things about that day, the beautiful weather, the wierd  feeling of not getting up and going to work, my family flocking to the hospital and overtaking the tiny room we were in.  The best memory was the first time I got to see my little boy.  He was the most beautiful baby I had ever seen!  I remember his blue eyes looking at me so calm and trusting like he knew exactly who I was and how I would always protect him. 

It is hard to believe that we would have so many stories and memories in just 4 short years.  His first word Bob (this is what he called Bentlee our dog), his first steps, his first set of stitches, his passing out spells.  Watching him grow into an irrisistable little boy that loves to entertain people and has so much personality.

Being a parent is such an amazing gift.  I look forward to every exciting adventure that I will take with him and treasure each day.  Everyone says just wait till you have grandkids but I have no idea how it could be any better than being a Mommy! 

Happy Birthday Braxton Wayne!!!  I love you to the moon and back :)

                        Here are some of my favorite memories we have made so far!

November 20, 2007
3:36 PM
6 lbs 10 oz
19 inches

5 Generations are here together. This picture was taken a couple of weeks before my great grandmother passed away. 

Braxton and his Bentlee

I loved snuggling with Brax

1st Halloween

He looks rotten already!

1st beach trip

My favorite picture of Braxton of all time!!!

1st set of stitches

1st time fishing

Potty training....so glad it only took 2 days!!

My football boy

Best big brother in the world!!!

Birthday Blitz

Since today is Braxton's actual birthday we let him chose where we ate after church.  Blitz was the winner!  We had some yummy pizza and played some games.  The owners daughter goes to Daddy's school so she came out to talk to us.  When she found out it was Braxton's birthday she brought him 3 balloons!!! 

His balloons....not sure why all my pictures uploaded backwards.....oh well!

After winning 25 tickets he got some new vampire teeth and a bag of candy

Brax whoopin on daddy at air hockey! 

Hudson loved this game!!!!!  He kept squealing and laughing :)

Zanesville Safari.....I mean Big Game Hunter

Me and my boys

Mommy and Hudderbug

Daddy and his big boy....with pizza in his mouth

Daddy and Bug

Birthday Breakfast

We have a yearly tradition of waking Braxton up on his birthday with cake for breakfast!! :)

Hudson smiling after we told him he would get cake for breakfast on his birthday too......
maybe he just heard the word cake!  :)

Happy 4th Birthday Braxton!

We had Braxton's birthday party last night at Papaw Perry's house.  Alicia decided we should have birthday parties at 9:00 AM from now on because the kids are so excited to see each other 5:00 is too long to wait....and I totally agree!!  We had an awesome time celebrating with friends and family.  Thanks to everyone that came to celebrate our big 4 year old! :)

Braxton wanted a Batman and Spiderman theme....this is his cookie cake that Mamaw Clark made him.
 Check out the bat mobile!

Spiderman cake

Dinner time



All the kiddos!
 Rilee, Liam, Jacob, Addison, Ayla, Elaina, Maddie
Spencer, Corbin, Ty, Braxton, Hudson, Payton



The famous 3-D Deer Target from Addison and Ayla. 
Tami got him a nerf gun to go with it and he told me this was his favorite present.
 He actually fell asleep in the car on the way home and when I was carrying him up to his bed he said
 "Mom I want to go downstairs and shoot my buck"  He was still half asleep at this point.....but woke up completely when I told him no it was time for bed and he started crying!

Aunt Lindsay and Uncle Jordan got him his first BB gun!!!!

We got Braxton his own IPad....well that's what he thinks. It's a Leap Pad that has a few apps and his friends got him two games for it.  He was so excited!

Aunt Barb with Payton and Hudson

And then Tami stole Hudson from her....shocker!

Cake Time!!!!!!!

Our family tradition is for the kids to either put their hands or face in the cake.  Here is Brax after eating his Batman car!!

Aunt Melissa thought it would be a great idea to give Hudson some ice cream.....it ended up all over him!!!

Hudson's 3rd & 4th Teeth

Last Sunday Hudson was a little on the fussy side.  When we got home I noticed his top right tooth was poking through.  Then Monday night he got his other front tooth.  Since then he has slept a lot better and I'm hoping this continues!

This is the best picture I could get of the new additions. 
As you can see he was not his normal self.
 Poor baby! :(

My Crawling Boy!

As of last Tuesday (November 8th) Hudson is officially a crawler.  He can go from one side of the room to the other without going down once.  And the little rascal can go fast!  I guess I forgot how much you have to "babyproof" a house.  It is one of the best feelings though seeing him get excited to see one of us and crawl as fast as he can to us!!