Jude = 1

Tonight we took our almost one year old son, Jude, to McDonals to start the celebration of his first year. He had a blast and he ate 1/2 a Hamburger and a bunch of fries. Jude has been a a wonderful joy to us and his love of life has been contagious. He has had a eventful 1st year ... He has been hospitalized for RSV, moved to Texas, lots of family time and many other adventures. He has such a wonderful personality and has the sweetest Heart of any boy I have ever met. He is making strides daily and growing up before our eyes. He now can walk about 8-10 steps in a row, he eats table food ( loves soft tacos) and likes to say "Dada" a lot! He is so curious and loves to play with his big Sis. He still loves to open mouth mooch his Mama and still a big time Mama's boy. We LOVE our special baby boy!!

Bethany proposal.

Quote from Bethany this morning after she found the treat I left for her in her bed....

"Dada, when you grow up I want to marry you, I want you to give me a ring like Mama, I want it to be blue, no...Purple." 

Christmas is coming!

Bethany - Bethany is very excited about Christmas coming up here in a few weeks. She is addicted to Holiday movies on Netflix and she is learning all the 'traditional' holiday fare from them. Today she came up to me and said " Dada, I want to make Ginger-man cookies". Very cute. She is also very worried that Santa will not be able to fit down our chimney and we have talked it out and we decided to let Santa into the front door. She likes that but now convinced that we need to sleep on the couch on Christmas Eve to make sure he gets in. She is also exited to make cookies for Santa and has drawn pictures that she has hung on the wall for The fat man. I love to experience Christmas thru her eyes and I love watching her so excited! O, and she wanted me to get a tree for her very own for her room, so I did. 

The ice skating

About 2 weeks ago my beautiful family spent a wonderful evening in Allen, Texas at Disney on ice. This was Bethany and I third Disney on ice adventure and Cindy and Jide's first. We were given tickets to us for Christmas by Mimi & Pappy. We had a blast! The Disney on ice shows have been a awesome backdrops for some awesome Dada-Daughter dates and it will always hold a special place in my heart because of the special moments that Bethany and I have shared. Thanks Mickey!