Birthday Celebrations

Angela here!  Happy Hump Day!  We have spent the last couple days recovering from travel only to head out again tomorrow.  Big wedding in Dallas and an adult-only getaway.  I can't remember what a baby-free moment feels like so we're either going to have the time of our lives...or be calling our child every few moments because we will be missing him so much.  Probably a little of both.  This past weekend we had some good family quality time in Avon Lake (near Cleveland).  There are multiple winter birthdays so we had to celebrate them all!  Chris, Aunt Sam and cousins Hannah and Nate are our snow babies.

Team work on opening presents...

Cousin Nate received a bunch of tools and the boys had a good time "fixing" things.

Below is my well-mannered child just seconds before he clonked Nate on the head with his new birthday present.  Luckily, Nate has a head of steel (and an older sister), so beatings do not phase him.

Cheeeeseee!

Hannah telling her Uncle Chris about the proper techniques of coloring.

After cake and presents, we had to retreat outside for some fresh air and to blow off the sugar-high.  Nate was nice enough to let Huddy borrow his coveralls and boots.  Hudson doesn't have snow boats (#Parentfail), so we had to resort to rain boots.  But Hudson made it very clear he DID NOT like those boots.  So sneakers it was.

Ready to play!!

Our family loves big motorized cars and the kids have learned that they are awesome as well.  Santa brought Hannah and Nate an F-150 this year and Nate had no hesitations about sitting in the truck bed so Huddy could be up front with Hannah.  They drove up and down the street and pummeled through snow...all while selling Girl Scout cookies!  Yes, Hannah (ie. Sam) is a marketing genius.  What adult could say no to a seven year old driving two cute boys in a truck up to their front door with a list of cookies?!  It definitely won me over.  I will be in cookie-heaven all next month.

All that driving and cookie-selling made the boys thirsty.  Love these kiddos!

Hope everyone has a great rest of the week and weekend!