9 months

Hudson is 9 months old. I keep telling Spencer it feels like this first year has gone by even faster with Hudson then it did with Roman. It just goes WAY too fast.

He is so cute and fun. He is crawling (mostly army crawling) and getting so fast. He loves using his voice. He says "Dada" most but has started saying "Mama" more and trying to say other things. He loves waving "Hi" to people. He LOVES to eat. He is a little garbage disposal. He will eat just about anything.

One of his favorite "trouble" things to do right now is get into the dog food. As soon as we turn our backs he goes for the bowl. One day Spencer said that he was even going all the way around the table and trying to take the sneak approach to get around to the dog food without being detected. He's just not fast enough yet. (Thankfully!)

Hudson had his 9 month well child check-up on Thursday. Unfortunately the numbers on the scale haven't seen how much food this boy puts down.

Weight - 15 lbs 10 oz (less then 1%)

Height - 28" (43%)

Head Circumference - 48 cm (71%)

Easter Outfits

Easter Baskets - Hudson's first Easter

Easter morning was unusual at our house. We all woke up at different times, so as someone woke up, they went to find their basket. Spencer woke up first, and I did a GOOD job hiding his basket. I laid in bed upstairs listening to him open and close cupboard doors, washer, dryer, dishwasher. I think it probably took him about 10 minutes to find his basket. His was filled with a few chocolate eggs, a pair of University of Utah flip-flops then I sent him out to his car to get what wouldn't fit in his basket...a lawn edger.

I got up next, I wandered around. Spencer said that my basket was hidden obviously. I found it but it had a note that said that my gift wasn't in the basket that it was hidden elsewhere. After looking around a bit more I found my present. I got a new frying pan. I know it may not sound exciting, but I've been wanting a new (good) frying pan for a while, so it was exciting for me.

It was after 8:00 and Roman was still asleep so we went and opened his bedroom door so he would get up. Hudson woke up while we were waiting for Roman to stagger out of his bedroom. So we took the boys downstairs together to find their baskets. We put Hudson's basket on his high chair because we figured he wouldn't really be able to search for his.

Roman came down and saw Hudson's basket (bucket actually) and he wanted the bubbled that were in Hudson's. He wanted the books. He didn't want to find his own so he dissolved into a puddle of tears on the carpet. We took him back up to his bed to calm down so he could find his basket.

While Roman was calming down I got Hudson's bucket down off his high chair for him and put it on the floor so he could check it out. He was crawling across the kitchen when I put it on the floor and he saw it and went for it. I had the camera out so I was able to get video of him going for his bucket.

He had fun pulling everything out (tasting it all) and of course making noise.

About that time Roman came back down and found his basket and the eggs that were hidden for him. Once he realized there were cool things in his own basket he was over Hudson's basket (well, sort of....he kind of claimed both, but that's what he always tries to do.)

After Roman had gathered all his eggs Hudson had fun playing with all the empty Easter eggs.

First Haircut

Hudson got his first haircut on Saturday. It probably could have waited longer, but I was cutting Dad and big brother's hair so I decided we would just make a day of it. He had a few hairs that were REALLY long, and the top was getting long. Hudson was actually really great about letting me cut his hair. He sat mostly still and was happy to sit and look at Spencer and Roman who were busy entertaining him (by taking his pictures.) I should hunt Roman's camera down and see if he got any good pictures. When we were done we said "that was a lot easier then Roman's first haircut, we had to hold him."

Before - See the long hair in the front and the crazy hair on top. The hair on top in the back is ALWAYS sticking up.

During - Save me dad....what is mom doing to me?

After - See how handsome?

And all spiked up with brother.

Two cute teeth

Hudson finally has a second tooth. And I was finally able to get a picture of them...sort of. It's always hard to get a picture of those first teeth when they are just barely coming in. Interestingly enough they are coming in about the same as Roman's did (totally crooked, in the exact same way).

Can you see them there on the bottom? Maybe I'll get a picture next week when they are in a bit more.

Pulling up

Hudson just started pulling him self up on things. The first time he pulled up to something standing was Friday night when he was trying to get some papers (that he wasn't supposed to). So we moved the stool that he was using to stand up next to, and of course he wouldn't do it again. Then on Saturday Roman set up some stairs with 2 stools later he went and found a third stool. He hasn't figured out climbing yet, but I can tell that it's only a matter of time.

Cat and mouse

It's the age old game of cat and mouse...or in this case...Baby and Zhu Zhu.

Swimming

Our friends invited us to go to Mom and Tot time at the pool at Dimple Dell with them. It was so much fun. Because it's just for kids 5 and under there were only about 10 kids in the pool. Roman and his cute little friend Aubrey had fun sliding down the slide. Hudson had fun just sitting in the shallow end of the pool splashing. Unfortunately his little friend James wasn't as content to just sit and splash. He kept crawling right into the water, keeping Heidi, his mom, on her toes. I think both Roman and Hudson are going to enjoy swimming lessons this summer.

Bedtime stories

Right now our bedtime routine can be a bit chaotic. It is the busiest time for Spencer at work, which means that most nights it's just me and the boys. As crazy as it can be, we are getting pretty good at at (of course, right as busy season is almost over). Roman LOVES reading a story at bedtime, especially if it's in his bed, and even better is when brother gets to read with him in bed. Hudson is starting to get interested in books now too. One night they were sitting in Roman's bed. Roman was showing Hudson everything in one of his favorite books about fire trucks. It was so sweet.

Bubbles

One night while in the bath, Roman thought it would be fun to put bubbles on Hudson's head. Hudson didn't seem to mind at all. He loves being in the bath, and is pretty good at tolerating his brother's torture.