Sweet Child of Mine: The McCall Family

Warning..picture overload. ;) I just love them all so I had to share. We are so lucky to have such an amazing photographer in the family! Aunt Katie was sweet enough to take pictures of Hudson on his first birthday. Of course I am biased but I think they turned out so cute! If you know of anyone that needs awesome pictures taken send them to www.katielambphotography.com. She is based in Houston, TX for now but is always willing to travel. Thanks to Nana and Jason for holding the photo props. :)

Hudson went in to the pediatrician for his one-year check today. He weighed 24lbs 14 oz. He was 30 and 3/4 inches and his head circumference was 47 cm. He is in the 75th percentile for all three! He actually had a pretty good visit because he gets to wait another 2 weeks for his immunizations since he recently had croup and was on steroids. All that he had to do today was a finger prick. Hudson spent most of his check-up dancing and laughing at himself in the mirror. He even had the doctor laughing. I love my days off with him. Other than the check-up we just hung out at home and played and even took an almost 3 hour nap together. He sleeps so much better when I nap with him. There are lots of things that need to get done around our house but I can't say that I mind letting those things wait while I snuggle with Hudson. :)

Even though more than a week has passed since his birthday I still think to myself almost everyday that I can't believe he is one! It is hard to imagine that an entire year has gone by since I held my sweet baby for the first time. It is true that you really don't know how much you can love something until you are a parent. I love all of my family with all of my heart but the love that I had for Hudson since the first time I saw him was just different and overwhelming. I never knew that I could feel so protective over anything. If you know me then you know that I am a worrier and man have I done some worrying since Hudson was born. I guess that is something that is never going to get any easier. I feel so blessed that God allowed me to become a mother and I thank him for it daily. It has been an amazing year and I pray that Hudson is happy and healthy in his second year and that it goes by a little bit slower. :)

We celebrated Hudson's first birthday with family and friends in Texas. His Nana worked so hard putting together the perfect Mickey Mouse birthday party for Hudson. He woke up to balloons ("boom booms" as Hudson calls them) in his room and came downstairs to Mickey Mouse decorations everywhere. There was even a huge Mickey Mouse balloon that sang when you hit it. He loved it and was slightly obsessed with it. He actually took a morning nap that day which is rare so we decided to wait until after his nap to do the cake and presents. I was sure that the nap would put him in a great mood to try his cake and we were certain that he was going to devour it because Hudson loves his food and seems to like sweets. For some strange reason Hudson was not a fan of smashing his cake. I think if he would have ever gotten into the cake he would have loved it but he was a little nervous about the whole thing and never quite realized that he could actually eat the cake and was distracted by the icing.
The pictures below don't quite tell the whole story but lets just say there was quite a bit of crying in between the cake and the opening of the presents. Hudson got lots of fun toys including some really cool trucks, blocks, books, and his very own Mickey fishing pole. He and Daddy will have lots of fun with that in a couple of years. Thanks again to aunt Katie (Katie Lamb Photography) for these awesome pictures of his birthday. After he opened presents she also took some awesome one-year pictures for us. I will share those soon. I am not sure what Hudson thought of his big day but I think he is now spoiled to think that all balloons are his and that the Happy Birthday song is only sung for him. :)