To my baby, who isn’t really a baby anymore.  Our “Stinky Binky”, “Cliner from Caraliner”, ”Cline-Bine”, “Bruiser”, “Crab Cakes”….  I love you more than words can say!

Believe it or not, this very tall good lookin fellow is my cousin.  And believe it or not, my dad suggested this location to take pictures….I’ve got a great family!

  Newborn, three months, six months, nine months….I can’t believe how little B. has grown, yet is sill the same. Those big serious eyes that are taking it all in, but can crinckle up into a great big smile, and all the while looking so much like both her mommy and her daddy

  For Hudson’s birthday, we painted and decorated his room to make it “Pirate-y”.  The boy’s spent the night at mymom’s so that I could work on this transformation.
  Now Clint think’s that I”ll eventually have to give up, but at this point, I still am rather particular when it comes to decorating my house, so we had to figure out somthing that would flip not only my switch, but Hudson’s too!  But we managed, and I think that we’re both rather pleased with the way things turned out.

  Also, little brother Cline moved into the bottom bunk, so we had to come up with a solution for Hudson’s legos which had been in the top bunk out of Cline’s reach.  I saved a desk bottom from the dumpster, and then cut down and stained an old door for the desk top, and viola -  a cheap lego table with storage boxes beneath to keep the lego sets organized.

  For months, he’s been counting down the days.   Now, he’s at grandma’s while I finish up his present, and get ready for his “big” birthday party.  Big meaning that Hudson got to pick the snack – chocolate cake, cheese curls, hot apple cider and cold Root Beer – quite a combination!

  Taking pictures of my guy can be a little, um, a lot, tricky, so I tried to really get him excited about this one and even had grandma come along.  We started out pretty good….

then, for some unexplained reason, Happy Hudson became Grumpy Hudson

but finally, with mommy acting like an idiot and making rediculous statements, I got what I was looking for; my angel boy

I love you forever Hudson

Sweet Bennett is now six months old;  a litter taller, sitting up better, getting even cuter (if that’s possible), smilling bigger.  You just can’t help but love this little fellow!