3rd Week of August- Hudson's 1st Birthday

 Here are some highlights from the 3rd week of August.

Hudson catching a ride on Nyles' back, a pretty wild flower in bloom in the backyard, and the 2nd deep freezer we bought in order to have more room for sweet corn.  One freezer if full of the beef we got earlier this year, and the 2nd one has the sweet corn and everything else.

On Monday, August 16th, the boys started school.  Nyles started 3rd grade at Altara Elementary.  He's in the dual immersion program again, and his teachers are Mr. Lowe (for English) and Ms. Vinuesa (for Spanish, and is actually from Spain).

Carter is in Pre-K at New Castle again.  His teacher is Ms. Julie.

Cute Baby Hudson.

Nyles and Carter ready for their 1st day of school!

Nyles holding up the sign for his Spanish teacher on the 1st day of school.  Masks are not required this year, but since the Delta variant of Covid is spreading right now and very contagious, so we're asking the boys to wear a mask.  Thankfully they are pros from last year!

Hudson is like a tornado when he sleeps, just like our other 2 boys were at this age.  

He cracks me up w/ the positions we find him in.

We got some good rain this past week.  It was great!  The boat was pretty full from the rain water.

Piper checking out the rain from our bedroom, and seeing it come down.

Steve ran to Costco, but Hudson and Carter fell asleep, so he waited in the parking lot until Nyles was out of school since his school is pretty close to Costco.  There was a huge puddle from the rain next to the parking lot.  Steve also measured the rain that accumulated in the boat.

On Friday, August 20th, I took the day off work, and we celebrated baby Hudson's 1st birthday.  

I made him a "smash" cake along w/ cupcakes for everyone else.

Baby Hudson turned 1! He is such a character and brings a smile to your face. He has the funniest faces, his scowl in particular, which cracks me up. He loves his brothers and is on the go now. He is super strong and has a strong grip, such as your hair or face so beware. He has another bottom tooth so 3 on the bottom and 4 up top. He figured out how to sit back up after being on his belly, and is starting to pull himself up, yikes! He loves to hold things with his feet as well. He is trying new foods all the time and mostly likes them. He especially likes grapes, strawberries, noodles, cheese, go-gurt and bananas. We are so thankful to have him in our family and are excited for this next year with him!

Hudson attacking his birthday cake.

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Carter thought the shark balloon was pretty cool!

Hudson opening his gifts w/ a little help from his brothers.  Thanks everyone for coming and for the thoughtful gifts.  We really appreciate it!

Diane also gave Nyles his birthday present, which was his very own pocket knife, some candy and a couple dollars, all of which he loved.  Thanks Diane!

Hudson is enjoying his new toys and books.  He thought the puzzle piece was a binky; silly kid.  

He also has enjoyed playing on the music xylophone w/ his brothers.

Hudson playing music on the xylophone.

Hudson has learned to sit up, yikes!  He loves to play w/ his stuffed animals.  

And more funny sleeping positions.

Ezra stayed over after Hudson's party.  The boys had fun playing outside and playing w/ Legos.

We have our Rose of Sharon still in bloom and our tropical flower, which I love!

Cute baby Hudson enjoying his new toys: reading his book, using his feet of course, using his feet w/ his xylophone, and playing w/ his magnetic bees.

Nyles and Carter trying on Steve's shoes.  Just a little big :)

Steve took the boat out w/ Nyles and Rob to try to find duck hunting places next month for the youth hunt (he's taking someone else).  The water is super low but they were able to find a couple spots.

Sunday we watched Dave and Joann give a talk in their church via Zoom, then I took Nyles and Carter to 2nd hour (Primary) while Steve stayed home w/ Hudson who was taking a nap.  When we got home, we got our stuff together, then drove up to Midway for Chandler's homecoming talk.  We stayed for lunch and visited a little, then went home.  Later that evening we went for a family walk.  A storm was rolling in so it was cooler outside, which was wonderful.  There also weren't many people out, so we had the walkway to ourselves.

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