He's smiling now...

Once Hudson starts walking, I think Andy's face might look a little bit different...

stand in the place where you are...at least for the moment.

Now that Hudson is crawling AND standing up - he is getting EVERYWHERE, and pulling himself up on EVERYTHING. Here are a few examples...:)

fish face

Hudson's new favorite pose - we like to also call it "Blue Steel" (Zoolander inspired).

me and my boy

Well, we thought Hudson had his first cold a couple weeks ago, but I now believe it was a precursor to his REAL cold, which is currently happening right now. He has the runny nose, the horrible cough, trouble sleeping, trouble eating, general unhappiness - which is not like him! Poor little guy...and now i've got the cold too, so poor me. :) It's definitely more difficult to take care of a sick baby when you're sick and not getting sleep either! At least we have Andy, and he is a good daddy/husband - so we appreciate that! He just has to deal with us...so poor Andy too.

In other news, Hudson is pulling himself into the standing position whenever possible, and has now mastered his crawling. He will crawl directly to the closest object he can pull himself up on, and work his hardest to get up on those feet. Last night i walked into his room to find him standing in his crib...and i know it's only a matter of time before he takes a nice crash and hits his head. But i guess there's no avoiding that, since he doesn't know how to bend his knees while standing, and i'm not going to stay up all night watching him. Andy and I both think this kid will be a handful of constant motion...starting now.

Loving his walks...

7 months

So, i know this is quite a few pictures that are very similar, but it was necessary to put them all on to show the sequence of behavior we have now begun. This weekend, upon turning seven months old, Hudson discovered his ability to pull himself up onto his feet. He is now doing this as often as possible, no matter the location. This kid hasn't quite mastered his crawling, and here he is starting to stand up. Great.

Other things happening with this amazing 7 month old:

1. He LOVES pears. He'll eat some of his other vegetables, with an often times painful look on his face, but he'll devour his pears. 

2. He makes the funniest sounds - with his breath. If he feels something in his nose, he breaths heavily in and out through his nose, seemingly fascinated by the noise. He's started breathing in, while making a kind of squeeky noise - and he loves it. He'll just take deep breaths, for no necessary reason, other than to make that noise. It's really funny. He also says DaDaDaDa all the time...so far no MAMA, but i'm listening very closely. :)

3. He is crawling/army crawling everywhere. And he wants to put everything in his mouth. So we have now vowed to clean the floors more often, and put away the nasty things we don't want him chewing on. 

4. He is wearing 9-12 month clothes, and size 3 diapers. 

5. He still cat naps a few times a day, but usually sleeps 9-11 hours a night, so he gets enough rest. 

6. He will be starting to have 3 meals a day, starting this week! Since his activity has gone WAY up with his crawling, we figure the 3rd meal is necessary now. 

7. He still loves his sippy cups, and likes to take drinks all by himself - tipping his head as far back as he can to get that last bit of water at the bottom of the cup. 

8. Hudson and Lego are playing more together as well. Lego LOVES the attention, and Hudson just laughs and thinks she is the best as she wiggles and jumps all around him, wanting desperately to play. They're pretty cute together, other than the fact that Lego gets too excited. Go figure. 

**SPECIAL NOTE***

We lowered the crib today. This 7 month old isn't pulling a fast one on us yet. 

Is this normal to do at 7 months???

First cold

Last night Hudson got his first fever, and it's moved into his first cold. The second picture on this blog was taken today, and you can see that the cold hasn't totally gotten him down. :) He has been more fussy, hasn't eaten much, and has had a hard time breathing, but he's still the little happy man for the most part. Hopefully his immune system will kick this quick, but on the positive side i got to be home with him today, and will be with him for most of the day tomorrow (other than when i go in to work for a meeting). 

Tomorrow he turns seven months...

strolling

This weekend we took Hudson out in his big boy stroller - facing forward! He LOVED being able to see where he was going, and had his legs swinging back and forth the entire time. It was a little chilly out so he was kind of bundled up...but was so content and happy to be in that stroller! We took two walks, just because he was so cute to watch - so happy looking around and taking it all in.
Lately Hudson has been a little more difficult to put down for his naps - he ends up crying sometimes for 10 minutes before he finally relaxes and lets go, falling into his 30 slumber (short break for us, but still nice!). Today Andy was holding him after trying to put him down for a nap (unsuccessfully), and he was so tired he just started zoning out and rubbing Andy's chin. It was both hilarious and the cutest thing you've ever seen at the same time. This kid is always moving his hands and feet, but it was just funny to watch him calm himself by giving andy's chin a little massage.

Sometimes I look at him and just can't believe how adorable he is. Other times, I wonder why he won't sleep just a little bit longer...

The little traveler

This last weekend Hudson was away from us overnight for the first time. He spent time with Grandma and Grandpa Reeves while we spent a little time together in San Francisco. It was hard at first to be away from him, but the time together with Andy was definitely worth the time to reconnect and have some time just the two of us. Hudson did great as well, loving every minute with Oma, Opa and the two yellow labs Bru and Shammy!

I do have to say, the flight back was definitely the most rough of the flights we've had with him so far (this was his fourth time flying out of state!). He is so squirmy and didn't want to sit still, let alone be quiet. So, for what I'm sure won't be the only time, we were "those people" on the plane with the baby that just wouldn't be quiet. All i can think to say to that now is, there are worse things that could happen...

love bug