My little monkeys

Roman LOVES his little brother....too much at times. But he is getting better about how he shows his love. A few weeks ago Grandma and Grandpa S came to visit and the last day they were here we got out the boys monkey blankets to show Grandma. Roman LOVES laying on blankets on the floor. It quickly went from Roman laying on his blanket and Hudson on his, to both boys on Hudson's blanket to Roman right up next to Hudson. Add to that Grandpa had his camera out so Roman was showing off. He got some adorable pictures though. I think this first picture is one of my favorite of the boys together.


Finally Roman gave Hudson a little space and they were both laying on the blanket (in their monkey shirts.)

Next Roman was burrito rolling them in the blankets.

Hudson just loves Roman. He thinks he's so fully and is always laughing and smiling at him...well, almost always.

Hudson showing off his new sitting skills. Can you tell he just LOVES to sit up.

Barny google with the goo goo googley eyes

Growing up my mom always told me that my Uncle called me "Barny googles with the goo goo googley eyes." from a song back in the '70's because as a baby I had such big eyes. My mom said Hudson's big eyes are the barny googles look. (Correction - my mom says that the Barny Googles song is from the '50's or '60's."

I love Hudson's big googley eyes.

How much is that doggy in the window?

Um...he's priceless!

My friend Amy makes the cutest hats. Last year she made a few for Roman. He has a teddy bear hat and a froggy hat. This year I asked her again if she could make one for Hudson. I told her to surprise me, I knew she would make something cute. We got his hat on Saturday and was it ever CUTE! Doesn't he make such a cute little puppy dog?

Santa

Saturday morning our ward had a Christmas Breakfast. After the breakfast was over Santa came for the kids. We waited in line for about 20 minutes and as it was finally our turn I looked down and Hudson had dozed off. So, rather then screaming, like so many little ones do, he slept peacefully in Santa's arms.

Bathtime with Brother

When Roman was a baby we were given this great bath seat as a baby shower gift. Roman loved it. We couldn't wait for Hudson to be big enough to use it so that he could take baths with Roman. The first time we tried him in it was a few weeks ago, and he just wasn't quite ready yet. He sat in it for a few seconds before he started to scream. The second time we tried it out, Spencer was still at work, and I decided to be brave and try to bath both boys myself. Roman wanted a bubble bath. So I filled the tub, put Hudson in his chair and this time it was totally different then the first time. This time he was so happy. He was all smiles, played in the tub for 10+ minutes and he loved playing in the tub with brother.

Rice Cereal

Sitting in the sink

One morning I was getting Roman ready for school, Spencer was already gone to work, and we were running late (story of our lives). I needed to help Roman get his belt on so I looked around for someplace to put Hudson down. Really there isn't any place in the bathroom and Brodie (our dog) was sitting out in the hall so I didn't want to just lay him on the floor in the hall. So I put him the first place I thought of...in the sink. Honestly I thought he would tolerate it at best, I didn't expect him to be happy in it. Let alone happy long enough that I was able to get a camera to capture it. He is such a happy smiley baby. We just love him.

He's already learned...

Hudson has had to learn quick that if he doesn't want brother to come by and snatch his toys, he has to hold on...and never let go! Even if he falls asleep.

For the love of bears

Hudson has started grabbing toys. He loves playing with toys that are on rings so he can hold onto them with one hand and play with them with the other. He recently discovered teddy bears. He LOVES teddy bears. He will hug them and stroke their soft fur. Of course he eats them. Just especially loves bears with long arms and legs to hold onto.

The things we'll do for sleep

To get Hudson to sleep we swaddle him, put him in the boppy, with a blanket rolled behind him and give him a pacifier. Nope, he doesn't use any sleep crutches.



One day he will be sleeping through the night and when he is older I am going to show him this picture.

He is so cute (sleeping or awake) it's hard to be upset at him for not sleeping, but I sure am tired!