Jude’s 1st Birthday Party (November 8, 2008)

Unfortunately, Jude’s birthday party didn’t go quite as we planned. He broke out in hives and by 2pm Saturday, his left eye was almost completely swollen shut. Poor little fella’. So we cancelled with as many people as we could, not really knowing how he would be feeling once the party got going. A few people arrived before we took Jude to urgent care: my mom, sisters, dad, a neighbor, our two good friends from Pullman, and a friend from church. We were expecting about 30 people in all and we were so excited to see everyone of ‘em. If I can get the video to download of Jude eating his cake, you’ll see he was a bit out of it and slightly overwhelmed. That darn Benadryl… Anyway, we ended up with a ton of leftover cake and thankfully, Jude’s hives were almost completely down by bedtime. We sure missed seeing our family though. We’re looking forward to Christmas when we can see everybody, all together.

…rough day…

…at the hospital…

…a little out of it, but still loving the chocolate cake…

…opening fun presents…

…relaxing after a long day of partyin’, cryin’, and rashin’…

…mesmerized by the music…

…our dear friends, Karl and Daniel…