I can't believe my baby isn't a baby anymore!! :( We celebrated Hudson's FIRST Birthday on Tuesday. Andy and I were both able to get the day off work, so we had a family day in Seattle. We left in the morning so Hudson could nap in the car, then headed to the Seattle Aquarium. Hudson had so much fun looking at all the fish and taking in all the new scenery. After walking around the aquarium we walked over to Red Robin on the pier for lunch. We ordered Hudson his first kid's meal - a grilled cheese sandwich, mandarin oranges and milk. He LOVES mandarin oranges and scarfed those down right away. He ended up eating about 1/2 his sandwich too! I guess he worked up an appetite at the aquarium :) After lunch Hudson was pretty tired so we headed back home where he took another nap in the car.
We got home and I made him a quick cake to eat after dinner. My mom came over and we had a spagetti dinner and Hudson had his first taste of cake (I being the crazy mom I am made him a 'baby friendly' cake with no added sugar .. it was surprisingly delicious!) The "smash cake" was uneventful, Hudson barely touched it! He took a few bites and played with the frosting, but there was no smashing involved whatsoever..hopefully he will have more fun at his party Saturday! :)
After dinner was bath time and opening his presents from Grandma Stella and Grandpa Dean. He got some really cute outfits for Hawaii, some necessities (socks/onesies/shoes) and a Melissa and Doug Sea Creatures "Band" set which he loves!! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!!
We all enjoyed celebrating Hudson's day together and are looking forward to the big DR SEUSS celebration on Saturday!! I have been busy this week trying to get all the preparations in order .. party planning is exhausting!! I will try to get more pictures up as soon as I can!
Here are a few 1 year facts (his Dr. appt is next week, so I will post his height/weight etc. then!)
-Still not walking but he's getting fast walking around and between furniture
-Definitely has preferences and knows what he wants, and he lets us know when he doesn't get it!
-Says a few words: Mama, Dad, Dog/Doggie, Ba-ba, Bye Bye, Up .. although these aren't all consistently used.
-New favorite foods: Grilled cheese, French Toast, Mandarin oranges
-Usually sleeps through the night (or wakes up once really early in the morning) - Goes to bed between 6:30 pm- 8 pm (depending on when/if he naps during the day) and wakes up between 5am-7:30am
-Favorite toys: ball popper, activity table, cars/trucks, balls, shape sorter, fisher price 'mail box', touch and feel books
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