Thankful

It seems to me that we seem to overlook the meaning of this month's holiday, Thanksgiving. In our home we do not, NOT, even think about Christmas decorations until after we are THANKFUL for the life we have been blessed with. This year we are thankful for many things, and our hand turkeys will be proudly on display in our dining room. That is a fun tradition we started last year with Hudson. What special traditions does your family have for this holiday that reminds us all of the blessings we have.

Here are some (old but blog worthy) pictures of a little man I am VERY thankful for. (all of the pictures I take of him seem to fit in the blog worthy category)

Happy Halloween!

He was the little old man from Disney Up! He wouldn't wear his glasses and kept biting the balloons, so we nixed the balloons and only put the glasses on at the end, I will post that pic as soon as CJ uploads his phone. (of course my camera card was full at the end for the one picture with the glasses)

We had our small group over with their kiddos for dinner and pictures before the hayrides!

We had the CandyLand Queen, A firefighter, Up!, Mr. Monopoly, Twister girl, and an Airplane!

Pumpkin Carvin' 2012

Happy Halloween

(well Almost)

Pumpkin Season 2012

Sorry I have been lagging on pictures, here are some of Hudson and his friend Avery at the Dallas Arboretum.

Hudson 15 months

Sweet Avery smelling the flowers

Look Mom! 

He kept saying "ball" and throwing them

smiling at Avery

Mom and Huddy

"Enough with the pictures, pick me up!"

Deep in conversation with each other

Seusstastic 1st Birthday!

Our sweet baby boy is 1! We celebrated big on Saturday with a Dr. Seuss (of course!) birthday!  

This was part of our at home photo shoot

Boo Hooing the whole time b/c he wanted to go bye-bye (his term for outside)

We put this picture on the cake table, I know it's not funny but it makes me laugh b/c he was being so dramatic!

Now smiling b/c he saw daddy outside

He was all smiles and giggles, until about the 10th guest arrived. Then it was, "mama don't put me down for anything!!"

This was the 1 we put out in the yard, unfortunately we didn't take another picture of it once it was out there

sign in table with his book

fun gum balls we had in his big gum ball machine

Courtnie at the sign in table ( I added a vase of the marshmallows instead of a vase of flowers)

Coco and Birthday boy

Cake Table!

Homemade photo booth with Cousin 1 and Cousin 2

I love this face he makes!!

Uncle Mattie and Summer

all the yummy treats!

Hudson looking at all his balloons!

This cake was awesome! Thank you Jaime and Yum-Yum Bakery

The Hoovers in our Dr. Seuss Shirts

Sassy Allie Cakes

Uncle GoGo

This is the start of food pictures, everything was Dr. Seuss themed and came from one of his classic books

These cereal treats were the hats from, Cat in the Hat

Deviled Green Eggs and Ham

Mini Pig in the Blankets, their food card said Go (Hot)Dog Go and then yummy flavored Hop on Pop(corn) the yellow was butterscotch, red was cinnamon, and blue was watermelon. My mom found a recipe for this and whipped it up, it was a hit!

One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, Would you care to have some Goldfish? and Brown Barbaloots Truffula Fruit tarts from The Lorax

Pink Ink Yink Drink from One Fish Two Fish, Watermelon Strawberry Lemonade (Ah-mazing!)

Lions licking Lollipops, from Dr. Seuss's ABC's (dipped marshmellows!)

Gracie!

Avery!

Hooville Residents

Getting ready for cake!

I love this picture, He's like, "Mom give me that cake!"

First Bite!

Me and my Daddy

Little man getting ready to crash!

We had lots of fun friends and family come to celebrate!

My FIL and Hubby's birthday shoes (Green Eggs and Ham and The Hat)

We had a great time and are so thankful to all of our friends and family who have given us love, guidance, shoulders to cry on, and late night/early morning phone calls. We are truly blessed beyond measure!