snow day!!

 The weather in Colorado is typically all over the map this time of year, and today was no exception. Yesterday we were about 60 degrees, today we got almost ten inches of snow. The up side to this was that Hudson got to go out and experience it - last year he was pretty little, so it was fun to take him out and watch him absorb all the "white" outside. His thrift store snow suit is a little big, but it does the trick!

The last couple weeks we've noticed a few big changes in this little guy, causing him to seem more and more like a toddler every day. He has started saying "bye" - and uses it every time someone is leaving (including himself), saying goodbye on the phone, or if he wants to go outside. He will now go get his jacket (if he can find one), bring it over to me and hand it to me while saying "bye" - quite clear communication! He loves going outside, and if he hears an airplane in the distance he will stop and look up in the sky until he can find it. He is picking up speed with his walk, and we know the run is not far away. 

He's also been communicating more with sign language, and is trying to say more words as well. Right now he will sign please, more, all done, and he'll say ball (ba), bear (similar to ba, but he'll point at the bear), dada, more, occasionally he'll try saying please, and more and more he'll try repeating most words we say to him. It's been so fun to actually understand some of the things he's saying, since he has been a big talker since day one!

This kid loves to dance, and will stomp his feet, bend his knees and clap his hands when you say the word! He's also started climbing on everything…which can be tricky when tries dancing on the tables and chairs!

He loves to laugh, loves people, smiles at every one and everything, and is still so much fun to be with. We can't believe he's 14 months, yet he's grown up so much since his first birthday! He weighed himself the other day (yes, he loves the scale), and it said he was about 26 pounds!! That with a size 6 shoe, we're thinking he's grown in height a bit as well - we'll find out at the next doctor visit!