Christmas and Kisses!

We had a great time celebrating Hudson's first Xmas in St Louis. While we were in town we also got to celebrate two special engagements - Hudson's Aunt Dana and soon-to-be Uncle John's engagement as well as Hudson's Uncle Evan and soon-to-be Aunt Lyndi'. We enjoyed getting to spend some time with their families as well.




Christmas was a great time for all. Hudson enjoyed climbing over the stacks of paper and boxes and helping everyone rip some paper. He especially enjoyed his new drumset by grandpa and new car from grandma, and a nice big bath towel from Aunt Sam. He also is getting ready to sport his new t-shirt from Aunt Dana, that says Lock Up Your Daughters. This doesn't seem to be a problem yet since he scares most babies right now by greeting them with a very loud "AAAHHHH" and then follows that with a tackle to try and kiss them. Hopefully his skills will improve with age. He LOVES to kiss, just about everyone and everything including our pets and pictures of babies in books or boxes! It is rather sweet as long as those five friendly teeth don't surprise you with a bite.







Hudson enjoyed meeting his cousin-in-law Keely and also got to see his old pal, Alejandro while we all enjoyed some Mexican food and one of our favorite places, El Maguey.



He continues to increase his appetite daily and we are all amazed with how much this child eats. We aren't sure where it goes. He eats just about everything. So far, the only thing he doesn't like is tilapia...not bad. Pears and avocado's and cheerios still top his list of favorites. After these "feed myself" meals, we usually make a dash for the bathtub which he still loves.