Who needs toys

Everyone tells us not to get our kids toys, just give them the boxes, they like them better anyway. Hudson doesn't even need a box. One of his favorite places to play right now is in a pile of newspapers. The rattle, they crinkle, they spread all over the place. One Sunday Spencer put Hudson on the floor and before we knew it Hudson had the papers all over the family room. He thought it was better then any toy he has.

On the move!

Being the second child it's hard not to compare to the first. Roman was SO active when he was a baby. He was sitting up and rolling over at 4 months, crawling at 6 months, climbing at 7 months. Hudson was contently laying in one place at 4 months, not even really THINKING about rolling. At 6 months he was just figuring out that he could get things if he rolled over. Now at almost 7 months he is no where NEAR crawling, but he sure can get around. I decided to take pictures every time he really moved then do a little video of them. This was in about 10 minutes. I had to stop sooner then I was planning to because he moved out of range where my camera could see him. Even as I am typing this I just felt a thud against my chair, looked down and a cute boy is staring up at me with the biggest smile. He was in my room laying on the floor so that means he's traveled about 7' or 8' to get over here.

See...he has LOTS of hair

Hudson has lots of hair...you just can't see it unless it's all standing straight up!




Roman was playing in a laundry basket and asked if I could put Hudson in with him. When he wants to play with Hudson I'll let him, as long as he is nice to him. I hate that whenever my kids are playing cute the camear is no where in sight so I snapped this on my phone, but it's only 2 megapixels so it can't keep up with Roman moving.

6 month "Well child" check-up

Monday morning Hudson had his 6 month "well child" check-up. I say "well child" because he wasn't well. Around 2 that morning he woke up congested, by the time he had his appointment at 9 he was a snotty, wheezy mess. The doctor said that she thought it looked/sounded like RSV, and gave us some heads ups what to look for and said "If it is I'll see you in 3 days." Yeah, that always makes a mom feel great!

Well, Hudson has had a pretty miserable week, by Monday afternoon he was running a fever of 103.6 and when I talked to the doctor (I called her pretty worried) she said just one more symptom that made her think RSV. Awesome!



As for the "Well child" part of the visit...checking his growth. Hudson is a string bean!

Height - 27 1/2" (85%)

Weight - 15 lbs 14 oz (20%)

Head - 45 cm (80%) - I think they had his head wrong last time because they said it was in the 20% but the time before was the 75%, he has a big head so I think they just did it wrong last time!

We haven't decided on an official first word yet, he is really good at mimicking sounds, but I am still really trying to get him to say Mom as his first word. Spencer of course is hoping for Dad, Roman is of course hoping for Roman, and Hudson just laughs at all of us as we try to coax one out of him.

Advice from a friend - how to make your day better.

Shortly after I found out Hudson was a boy I was reading one of my friends blogs and she gave the best advice on how to mae your day instantly better. I stole her instructions from her blog because they were so cute (hope you don't mind Beth)

Does life have you down? Do you need a pick me up to help you get through the day?

Just do what I do.
Step 1: Find two adorable baby boys, then go buy them matching shirts.
Step 2: Make them pose for pictures using Nerds to persuade the older baby (make sure you don't brush their hair before, that would be cheesy).
Step 3:Take as many as you can get before their tears start.
Step 4: After you take the pictures post them on the internet for anyone to see.
Step 5: Sit back and admire your creations. Go ahead, pat yourself on the back, you made this happen.

There, don't you feel better now?

Yep, it works. So cute! (although I forgot about the nerds, probably would have extended the 3 year olds attention span.)

Feed me already!

Sunday night I put Hudson in his highchair to play while we were eating dinner. Roman took the stool over by the highchair and was pretending that he had a spoon in his mouth and was going to feed Hudson. So he pretended to get a scoop of his pretend baby food, with his pretend spoon and put it up to Hudson's mouth. Hudson saw his hand coming for his mouth and he opened wide for a big bite.

Every time Roman went in with a pretend bite Hudson opened big for it. After a few pretend bites he was ready for something more substantial for dinner.

Showing a little love

Hudson just adores Roman. Roman has his days. There are days that I think it's a miracle that Hudson has survived Roman's torture. Then there are days that Roman is such a sweet big brother. He will find toys that he can play with Hudson with. He will help with diaper changes. And most of all, he will give sweet hugs and kisses that are genuine. That's when I know he really does love his brother. One night at bedtime Roman convinced me to take pictures of them in their matching pajamas.

Roman loves to be silly in pictures, and he loves to pose. Hudson was just hanging out.

Roman decided to give Hudson a little kiss on the head.

Not sure if Hudson's giving him a kiss back, or trying to eat him. Probably trying to eat him.

And this is my favorite. Look at these cute, happy, sweet brothers!

Diaper Change

One morning shortly after the boys woke up I was sitting in Hudson's room with Roman and Hudson. I put Hudson down on his activity mat so that I could go get a diaper and when Roman asked what I was doing I told him that I needed to change Hudson's diaper. Roman quickly volunteered to do it. I thought it was funny so I said "sure, okay, go for it." I didn't think he would even be able to unfasten Hudson's pajamas let alone get into the diaper. I have learned to never doubt Roman's abilities.

Before I knew it Roman had the pajamas unfastened. Hudson, fearing what was about to happen tried to get away, but he can only roll, and with Roman holding him down to change his diaper, the poor kid didn't have much of a chance.

Once the pajamas were off I thought "no way will he be able to get the diaper off."

He fiddled around with it for a minute until he found the tab.
He had that diaper almost off as I snapped one last picture then took over the diaper change from there.

6 months old

I can't believe how fast Hudson is growing up. On Wednsday he was 6 months old. He is so fun right now. His personality is just starting to show and he is just a sweet cuddly boy.

A few things that he is doing at 6 months

He loves using his voice. He is always gabbering and he likes to mimic sounds that we make.

Just this week he has started really rolling over.

He loves eating. So far he's tried Peas, Green beans and squash. By far he prefers the squash. He also eats rice cereal well. He has started trying to grab anything on our plate if we hold him while we are eating.

The other night he was wearing some pajamas that had doggies on the feet. Before that night he was never really interested in playing with his toes, but he was so intent on getting those dogs. He has been playing with his feet more since that night, but still not really interested in his toes much.

If we help sit him up he can sit on his own, but he can't get to a sitting position on his own yet.

He can't get enough of Roman (as long as Roman is being nice). He thinks Roman is so funny. Roman will dance around and do silly things to make him laugh.

All in all, Hudson is a very laid back baby. He is fine to play on the floor, in his bouncer, carseat (as long as it's not in the car, still dispises being in the car), swing, crib. He will play wherever.

4 month old attitude

This picture has been sitting on my counter for a month and every time I look at it, I smile. Thanksgiving we went to my in laws house and two of Spencer's step-sisters kids have babies that are the same age as Hudson. One is a day older then Hudson the other is about a month younger. Spencer's mom wanted to get a picture of all 3 babies together. Easier said then done. There were actually 2 other pictures, this was the last of the three. By the third picture Hudson was done.


At 4 months old Hudson already had an attitude.