Happy 1st Birthday Hunter!!!

Happy Birthday Hunter Matthew! One year ago

you entered our lives and have blessed us in every possible way! Here's to one year and many more birthdays to come!!!

Hunter: June 10Th 2010

Today we met with friends and family and Hogle Zoo to celebrate this fun milestone, although he didn't really understand what was going on he enjoyed being around kids, food and animals. We met at 1pm and had a pizza party and finished off the meal with home made cupcakes that Alli slaved over the night before. Thanks to everyone who took the time to celebrate with us and for the wonderful gifts that Hunter has enjoyed!

Making new friends!!!

Mom and Hunters favorite animal, his party was elephant themed

For some reason Hunter started getting scared while we sang,
I don't think we sound that bad...

My Little Monkey Man!!!

Hunter and Mommy in St. George

Hunter and Mom left this week for a St. George vacation before classes began for Ali. I had to stay behind for work and a few classes that began in May that I couldn't miss. They must have had a lot of fun because I hardly heard from them. It sounds like they had a nice relaxing time before the reality of work and school sank back in. Here are some photos of their trip...

Hiking with mommy

Crackers in the car... the only way I roll...

I love bubble baths!

Spending time with grandma, while she
writes her book!

Hungy Hungry Hunter

As Hunter wants to be more independent he's become determined to do things by himself. Whether it's climbing onto the couch or placing his toys in containers just right he has very little patience when things don't work. Lately his new thing has been eating with utensils which he's quite good at in such a short time. Whenever we fed him in the past we would always let him hold a baby spoon or fork. Until one day something clicked and he started feeding himself, it's great he's growing and learning but at times it's a bummer knowing he'll continue to grow up.

New Band Member!

Hunter has been developing more each day and becoming too cute for words. Here's a new skill he picked up this morning! He can now play the Triangle, wood blocks, maracas and cymbols! Here's a fun clip of our little percusionist following in the footsteps of his mom.

Hunters first word!

This Post was suppose to go up one month ago, but it's too cute to bury it under other older posts.


Despite Hunters constant jabbering a unknown language He finally blurted out his first word! For the past few days it's both rare and exciting to hear him say Dadda! Here's a video of him making me work for him to say the most exciting thing I've heard from this cute little boy! Next we'll work on Mamma.

What I love about this video is at the end where he throws his arms up and gives this face of fine I'll say it, as though he was humoring me with my numerous requests.

Baby Buttons Boutique

I've spoken in the past about Allisons small business on Ebay. She makes the cutest ties for newborns to infants available in many colors and designs. On Thursday Ali took Hunter outside for a photo shoot for her ties. I think Hunter made a very cute model... I think he was definitely channeling Derrick Zoolander with his Blue Steel face. Here's some of those photos and a recommendation to check out Al's store front on Ebay. These ties are affordable and make great simple gifts for family and friends.
http://myworld.ebay.com/puppetoriumstore

Easter Sunday

Today we've had a blast celebrating Easter with Hunter even though like all holidays he has no clue what's going on around him. The one thing he probably recognizes is the amount of attention he gets on days like this... every Sunday for that matter. Since he's not able to eat all the Easter goodies Ali and I took it upon ourselves to enjoy all the sugar covered garbage one might expect the Easter Bunny might bring.

Lost Pictures!

One of my biggest regrets this past year was the lack of photos that were taken the day Hunter entered our little family. Yes I had my video camera rolling constantly but we completely dropped the ball in the photo department. About a month ago Ali's best friend and Hunters favorite Aunt posted pictures on Facebook of one of the greatest days we've had. It's great to see this little newborn baby and how similar he looks today. Such a cute little guy!







Ever since we've had cameras pointed and ready, we may be going overboard with taking photos but at least we'll never miss a milestone or moment with Hunter! We hope you enjoy seeing some of his super rad adventures to come! We love you Hunter!