Garrett turns One

This little guy turns one tomorrow!  I cannot believe how fast this year has gone.  It seems like forever ago that I was pregnant with him but at the same time I feel like he has grown up way too fast.  He is such a cutie pie ... walking, and trying to talk, doing his sign language, and loving everything that his older brothers do!

 We celebrated his birthday on Saturday with a construction party!  It was a lot of fun!

The cakes - one bulldozer and one dump truck!

Poor Cooper wasn't feeling very well during the party.  But Hudson and Cooper both still enjoyed helping Garrett open his presents and blow out his candle!

It didn't take long for Garrett to dive right into his cupcake.  He devoured it and then started clapping his hands, signing for More!

He didn't even seem to notice everyone watching him :)

Then it was straight to the bath!

Afterward Garrett supervised Daddy while he was assembling his new toy!

Hudson turns 5

Hudson turned 5 in February!  I just can't believe how grown up he is lately.  My favorite thing that he has been saying lately is, "A long time ago, when I was 4 ..."  So cute!  

Here he is on his birthday morning having a doughnut.  His big day was on a Sunday this year so we went to church then let him pick where we went to eat ... he chose Rosas! :)

Then it was back home for some lego building.  He loved reading the instructions to Daddy.  

"Level 20 - find a yellow piece"

The next weekend we had a birthday party with one of Hudson's best friends, Joe.  They were born 10 days apart and have been friends ever since! :)  They had so much fun at their joint Lego party!

Lindsy made these super cute cupcakes!

The Birthday Boys

The Party Planners

Happy Birthday Boys!

Rub a Dub Dub ...

Three Men in a Tub!

Garrett is Walking!

My little guy is on the move - two weeks before his first birthday!  This is about the same time frame that my other two started walking, but Garrett has taken a different approach.  Instead of starting by a couch and venturing out, he stood up in the middle of the room and took 3 or 4 steps on his first try!  

For a couple of weeks he has been practicing getting to his feet unassisted.  He's gotten really good at it!  He can be in the middle of a room, stand up, squat down to pick up a toy and stand back up without falling!  The other day I showed him this toy train to push around and he took off!  I knew it wouldn't be long before he tried walking on his own.

These were his first few steps.  Now it's so fun to walk into a room and see him practicing!  

Master Bathroom: Check!

The bathroom is finished! Well, mostly.  We can't use the shower yet because we're waiting on one more piece, but we've moved back in and man are we enjoying it!  It's so nice to see it all come together. 

the bathtub when you first walk in

Our DOUBLE vanity!
The water bottles sitting out were Jeff's idea - Welcome to Hotel Beard :)

The HUGE shower that we'll use one of these days and the separate toilet room.  So wonderful!

When we sealed up the wall where the old closets were this space suddenly felt huge and empty.  So here's the tree I painted to fill the space!

It's so great to have another project checked off our list.  We actually only have one more room to do - the boys bathroom.  Unfortunately, the thought of another project right now makes us want to gag.  We'll get to it one of these days ...