Birthday weekend!

I started asking Hudson a few months ago what he wanted to do for his birthday party and without hesitation he wanted his party to be at a bounce house place. It is so funny to me how opinionated he is about certain things, but this kid KNEW what he wanted to do for his party! I have to say, he had a great idea because his party was so much fun...all of the kids (and many of the adults!) had a blast jumping around.

My crazy talented friend Cara designed his invites and I was in love!!

Cupcakes (and ice cream) for the kids and cake for the adults.
LOVED his cake this year!
His party favors were bags of bouncy balls.

This absolutely cracked me up...the kids had to watch a short (incredibly cheesy) video before entering the first bounce room and several of them sat right down and watched it like it was a Disney movie.

This slide was definitely a favorite in the first room...poor Aunt Shani rode down this with Hudson a thousand times!

I tried to get pics of everyone at the party, but failed miserably. I do have a few though. There were several precious babies to pass around...

...and Paw-Paw couldn't get enough of sweet Blake. Look how tiny he is!!

Sweet Nash just sleeping away.

Rowan was loving watching her big brother bounce!

Quinn and his Daddy playing basketball.

Reid in the spider climber.

Sutton snugglin' with his Daddy.

Air hockey was definitely a favorite in the second bounce room.

Poor Uncle Todd...I think Hudson was actually bouncing on him!

Colton with Stone and his Daddy.

Porter loving the big basketball hoops.

After two rooms full of bouncing fun, we headed to the party room to celebrate some more. Hudson knew what to do this year. He sat very patiently (and seriously) while everyone sang Happy Birthday.

Then, he immediately blew out his candles.

Lots of sugar in this room!

The plan was for the kids to have cupcakes, but Hudson wanted NO part of that...he requested cake almost immediately! Hey...you get to do whatever you want when it is your party, right?

Our VERY sad attempt at a family pic before leaving. (What in the world is going on with my hair?!?)

After a really good nap, it was time to open all of the fun gifts! Hudson was SO EXCITED!!

He immediately was ready to put on his Dr. coat and get to work.

Paw-Paw was REALLY excited to give Hudson his special gift...his first set of REAL golf clubs. I have to say...they are about the cutest thing ever. :)

They immediately started practicing and planning their first trip to the driving range. Too cute!

After gifts we headed to dinner and I had to include a few pics of that. Aunt Shani took Hudson outside for a while, and here is my little red-faced man with his feather getting some Nana love!

The newlyweds. :)

A rare pic of Kelly and I.

Before the family headed out on Sunday, Hudson spent some quality time with Great Aunt Fern playing with his new Bee Game.

SUCH a fun weekend!! We all had so much fun celebrating Hudson's 3rd birthday...thank you so much for all of the friends and family that shared it with us...LOVE YOU!!!

Hudson's 3rd Birthday!

This past Friday was Hudson's 3rd birthday. We packed in as much fun as possible to help make it a special day. I am definitely one of those people that LOVES birthdays, so planning a fun day for my little man is right up my alley! The night before Kelly and I blew up balloons and put them on the floor of his room. He was so excited when he woke up that morning and saw all of the balloons.

We started the day out by playing with the balloons and snapping a few pics!
Showing me that he is 3 now! :)

When he was done playing with the balloons we headed out to his favorite donut shop. In case you don't know, you are supposed to eat donut holes in ONE bite...see...

Oh, and you are supposed to put your finger through the center of other donuts and eat around them!

After donuts, we headed to Build-A-Bear to find a new friend. Hudson chose a bear this time and being the creative one that he is, named him Bear. :)

That evening we went to Amazing Jakes for pizza and games. Hudson LOVES this place!!

Hudson and Mommy on the train.

Playing air hockey is always a favorite.

I'm pretty sure you aren't supposed to play skee-ball this way!!!

Much better!

After getting home way too late, he still wanted to blow out some candles on the cookie cake we got. YUM!

Then, he opened a gift from Mommy & Daddy. It was a hit!

Ready to do some work.

It must have been a great day because as I was putting Hudson to bed he said, "I like my birthday." How sweet is that?!? I still can't believe my baby is 3...time really flies when you are having fun!

Barnum & Bailey Circus!

Last night we took Hudson to the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Baily Circus. Being the animal nut that he is, all he has talked about since were the animals that were there and how the elephant carried a lady around in its mouth. He wasn't as impressed with the "show" part of the circus and could have done without all of the singing and dancing, but seeing the animals and getting a toy that lights up were definitely the highlight of his night. I think we'll definitely be going back next year!

This was his face for most of the show!

I think these people are absolutely nuts!
Yes, those are a persons legs going through the fire ring.

The elephants were definitely his favorite part. He was in total awe!

I think this guy in the middle needs his head checked!!

What a fun way to spend a Saturday night!

So close...

...I could almost touch him!

This is how close Kelly and I were at the Rascal Flatts concert last night. AMAZING concert!

Hangin' with Uncle G

This past weekend my brother and his girlfriend (my one day sister in-law...wink, wink) came in town to attend a wedding and stayed with us. Hudson was beyond excited to find out that his Uncle Geoff (or Uncle G as he sometimes calls him) was coming to see him.

Geoff is seriously the best uncle out there. He didn't think twice when Hudson asked him to get in his tunnel with him. (Even though my brother is well over 6 feet tall!)
These two could play for hours if it was up to my little man. I was laughing so hard I was crying at how funny they were being. Here's just a little example:

This is Hudson pulling him in his tunnel...he is really pulling hard...tongue out and everything!

Sweet hugs for Uncle G before he had to leave. Thanks for staying with us...LOVE YOU!

The 4th of July...better late than never!

This 4th of July we did what we always do...we headed to my family's lake cabin at Texoma for the weekend. Hudson is in absolute heaven at the lake! He loves every second of it ~ from driving the boat, to swimming, to catching fish. I see many lake memories in our future!

By far, Hudson's favorite thing is driving the boat with Paw-Paw. He especially loved pulling everyone on skis this year. He kept saying, "when I get tall, I want to ski"...how precious is that?!?

This bathing suit CRACKS me up!!

Hudson also got to hold his first sparkler this year. He was a little afraid at first, but was a pro by the end of the night. Everyone should do fireworks in their pjs, don't you think? :)

Our final day, Hudson came walking out of the water extremely proud of himself. He had "caught" a tiny catfish. SUCH a boy!

And there you have it...

We can't wait for our next lake weekend already!