BIRTHDAY BOY!!

Jude celebrated his first birthday yesterday. Marc and I just can't believe a whole year has gone by. Our morning started off very sweetly. Very early, but very sweet. Jude must have been ready to get the party started, just like he was a year ago, he woke up an hour early(6:00) and he played for about 20-30 mins in his crib, then I went in there and got him and we snuggled in the rocking chair for almost an hour. We sang songs and read his favorite book, The Foot Book a couple of times. He just rest his head on my chest and snuggled. It was amazing. Then after nap time we headed down to Grandma's to have a small family party at Park Lane Park, where I grew up. It was perfect weather and it just felt so nice. Shortly after getting set up my older sister Andrea scared us all. She suffers from Epilepsy. She had an unfortunate seizure. It was the first one she has had around my family. It was TERRIFYING!! We were so worried. We let her rest a while at my mom's then she was feeling like being at her own house. So we got her home and she got some good rest and is feeling much better. We love her and hope she has fewer and fewer seizures. After our nerves settled we sang Happy Birthday and Jude grabbed the flame on the candle and was very unhappy during the song. He snapped out of it when he tasted the frosting. I'm not sure he ate a whole lot of his cupcake. He is a big time squisher. He loves to squeeze his food and through it. He did manage to get it all over his face though so maybe some got in. The boys played a few games of speed then we played a little bit of ultimate Frisbee. Sooo fun. Marriott was a newbie on the team and he was showing everyone up with his superman saves and dives. We had a lot of fun. Soon the party was over and we cleaned up and went home. I think by this time Jude had finally hit overload. He was crazy by the time we got home. I had to take the little car away that we gave him cause he was so excited he couldn't handle it. He wanted on then off then on then off and screaming the whole time and slapping buttons. It was really weird. It took him a long time to unwind. He went nuts!! But all in all. I think he had a very happy first birthday.
I also almost forgot to mention. He did take a step on Wednesday. :)
And one more thing I almost forgot. He has ANOTHER ear infection. We caught it super early but it's there. UGH!!

Everyone gets to lick these clean on their birthday, right???




Still has tears in his eyes.


Feelin better



Poor Nixon learned never to have me help him with his Capri sun.


The boys playing speed. Love this shot of my cute little Indy!!


Gettin some love from G & G Duncan


The balloons were a big hit with the kiddos


Opening his present from us. The kids very quickly joined in to help show jude what it does. Poor Vincent probably dreamed about it that night. He was in LOVE!



Always has a special spot for Grandpa


Can you see the resemblance


Sundance was feeling a little left out and was trying to get in on the action and got as close as possible!


Jude was so funny playing on this chair from Grandma D. He was rolling and turning and climbing and rolling. He was a total goof.





Some silly ones from the week

Jude loves to snuggle his blanket. He'll rub it on his cheek and chew on it. And he'll roll it into a ball and lay on it.



Which equals I find him sleeping like this a lot!




Loves loves loves loves the car


Being silly in the sink