Happy Halloween and...

Happy Nine Months!!!

Hudson was "officially" nine months old on November 4th, just shortly after Halloween. He is SO much fun these days!


On Halloween we decided he was still a bit too young to trick or treat. So, he hung out at the house with my parents and us handing out candy! He did such a good job.


Shortly after the festivities, on November 5th, Hudson had his nine month check up. Here are his monthly stats...

Height (length): 26.6 inches (5%tile)
Weight: 16 lbs and 13 ounces (4%tile)
Head circumference: 43 cm (4%tile)


Eating habits: He loves to eat! We have finally got him to eat meat, although he is still a little particular. He will eat "Earth's Best" brand chicken with sweet potatoes, turkey with harvest squash, and turkey with mixed vegetables. He is also enjoyed all of the varieties of the 2nd and 3rd foods now. The options are plenty! Any combination of fruits you can imagine. He is eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner with us. Having baby food plus a bottle at each meal time. He has also been getting a bottle for a snack and before bed. After the visit with the Dr. we are going to try to take the snack bottle away. We replaced it today with rice cereal, Gerber veggie straw snacks, and some water. He wasn't sure about the veggie straws at first, but then he gobbled them up! His sippy cup has also become his new best friend. I personally think he's teething and just really likes chewing on the rubber. He could also have yogurt, 1/2 jar of baby food, etc. as his snack. The Dr. also told us to start trying some table foods. We have tried bananas, potatoes, and carrots. He was not very interested at all in eating them, just playing with them! We will have to keep trying though because the Dr. said only three more months and no more bottles. It's so hard to believe he will be a year old in only three months!!!

Toys: We pulled back out the bouncer that he wasn't fitting in before. He loves it! He bounces like crazy in it. He is slowly outgrowing his activity mat. He enjoys playing with pretty much any toy in sight. I have even caught him with dog toys and dog chews-YUCK! I though it I was going to have a problem with the dogs taking his toys, but it seems we have the opposite.


Movement: He is moving like crazy now. He is sitting up full time and that's how he prefers to be most of the time. He can move from sitting up to his belly. And it's official....HE'S CRAWLING! At first Cody or myself would entice him with a toy. Now he is just everywhere. We have also said goodbye to his infant bath tub. He is sitting in the bath tub like a big boy now, and he loves the water and bath toys.


Teeth: Still no teeth (which makes this table food thing a little trickier), but drooling and chewing non-stop still.

Sleep: He is getting between 10 and 12 hours of sleep each night. We are also lucky that he is still taking two naps a day. Usually 45 minutes-2 hours per nap.

8 months

Yes it is true! Hudson is already 8 months old. My how the time is flying by! Here are his latest stats...
Best Highlight: He is almost sitting up full time! He is able to sit up for longer amounts of time now days. The chair is behind him, but he's not touching it! Promise! He's saying "look at me!"
Age: 8 months
Weight: unknown exact, guessing 17 lbs? (that is total guess)


Eating: I feel like he eats more on our schedule now! He has just three meals a day, plus an afternoon snack. Breakfast is oatmeal and fruit w/ a bottle, Lunch is a veggie w/ a bottle, bottle for a snack, Dinner is rice and a veggie w/ a bottle, last a night time bottle
Sleep:11-12 hours a night, a.m. nap for about an hour, p.m. nap for about two hours
Teeth: None yet, still chewing and drooling like crazy!
Play: Hudson loves to play! He is such a happy boy. He is still a little giggle box. He laughs so much! His great grandma Vi brought him a Clydesdale stuffed and he thought it was too funny! He also laughs at the dogs and being tickled

Toys: farm animals music toy, caterpillar, exersaucer, we just bought him a johnny jump up this weekend, but he's not too interested yet, he loves to just lay on a blanket and play with the things around him, and anything he can get his hands on and turn into a toy (i.e. coffee cup!..p.s. it's empty!)


Doctor notes: He hasn't been to the Dr. since his 6 month well check. He goes this Thursday to see the nurse only for his flu shot. We are scheduled on November 5th for his 9 month well check.
New things: He tried Baby Mum Mums (teething rice cake) this weekend. He loved it at first, but then just played with it. I think he liked it overall and we will try again. We also got a "training" sippy cup. I didn't get a picture of that but he held it all by himself and had some apple
juice.

(pre weekend haircut...8th one I think!)

(post haircut...oh so handsome!)

Mommarazi

I tried to do the little boy "comb over" but since I have been styling the mohawk since the day he was born (literally) it looks like his hair is trained to stick up!

Bye bye for now! (It looks like he's waving, he he!)
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7 months

Okay okay...I have officially become "worst blogger of the year". I saw a friend's blog and someone she follows has the time stamp "last post 23 months ago". I always swore I wouldn't give blogging up so look at least it hasn't been that long! I know you all will forgive me :) He's just to darn cute not to!

Hudson is doing so great! He has grown such a big personality in the last month. He laughs and smiles all the time. He is definitely a happy baby. He is very calm, laid back, and go with the flow. He will just lay and play by himself.

His newest trick is to reach out and grab almost everything. The next step is to then insert it in his mouth. We are having to pull everything out of reach!

He is slobbering like crazy but still no teeth. He is gain a lot more control sitting up but he still can't do it by himself yet. He tries to "army crawl" by pushing and scooting with his feet but no crawling yet.

He has started back a day care as I am back to work. His teachers say he is such a good baby. He is eating well and napping well. Usually a 1 hour morning nap and a 2-2 1/2 hour afternoon nap. It's so sweet to seem him recognized me now when I pick him up. He gets a big smile and is starting to reach out. He tried some chicken today (baby food puree) but didn't seem to care for it. We will try again tomorrow. Hopefully he's not like his mommy and anti-meat!

The next post will be pictures only. Yes I took them all tonight and he is wearing the same pj's in all the pictures because they were taken in about 10 minutes of each other. I have to do what I can with the time I have now back to work!

6 months- just a little late

So this was written about a month ago but I had saved it as a "draft" hoping to take some pictures. I have pictures now but they will go up with 7 months :) ...

Wow! I can't believe half a year has already gone by! Hudson turned 6 months old on August 4th. We were out of town so he just had his check up yesterday. It was quite a long appointment. They have a new vision test they give babies. In the past they weren't allowed to test vision until kids were 4 years old. Now they have a machine where they hook up electrodes on their head and watch their nerves from the brain to the eye as they watch a bright screen. It was actually quite fascinating! Hudson was perfect through the whole test. But when they took the electrodes off he was not happy. And then after that he had to get 3 shots. Not a fun appointment! When we got home he took a three hour nap he was so worn out!

Here are his 6 month stats:

Weight: 14 lbs 10.5 oz (6th percentile)

Height: 25.5 inches (17th percentile)

Foods: Eating almost all fruits and veggies now. He has had squash, sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, green beans, apples, bananas, and peaches. In the morning he eats oatmeal and fruit, a veggie for lunch, and rice cereal for dinner. Of course still formula with each meal and 2 additional bottles. He LOVES food! You would think he would weigh more the way he eats. His favorites so far seems to be carrots and bananas. He hasn't seemed too interested in peas or sweet potatoes. But Dr. Rylie told us not to give up so we will keep trying.

Tricks: He can roll over from his back to his stomach and does it all the time now. Hasn't learned to make it back over though. He can sit up with help and Dr. Rylie said she thinks he will be there in a few more weeks. He is grabbing and reaching for everything now. He has learned to pull down the toys on his carseat handle now. He also laughs out loud and Cody and I just love it. Here is a video of him laughing. He loves the "tickle monster". He starts to giggle now if even sees your fingers coming. His neck, stomach, and little thighs are his ticklish spots.



Toys: He still likes his crinkle elephant. He also still plays with his caterpillar a lot. A new toy he loves are his plastic keys. He love to shake them and usually ends up wearing them as a bracelet. He sits in his Bumbo seat well now. He also fits in his exersaucer and enjoys playing in that. He has also become very attached to his green grasshopper lovey. He will hold it in his sleep and it is so sweet.

Sleep: He usually goes to sleep between 7:30 and 8:00 p.m. and sleeps until 7:00 or 7:30 am. I know I am a lucky girl. He also take two naps a day, usually 1-2 hours each.

5 months old

Hudson turned 5 months old on July 4th. He is such a happy baby these days! My Dad and step-mom were in Hawaii when Alexis stayed with us and the Maui shirt was one of his souvenirs.

Hudson is eating very well! He has rice cereal for breakfast and dinner. We just started giving him a vegetable for lunch. So far he has only tried squash but loves it! He still has 4-5 bottles of formula throughout the day.

Hudson is still wearing a size 2 diaper. He mostly wears size 3-6 clothes. He is becoming much more active. He kicks and scoots a lot! He loves to talk to his toys. He has rolled over a few times and I barely caught it on video yesterday.



He is also starting to really take in the things around him. He has shown great interest in the pugs lately. Here is Lola giving him some lovin'!

Missouri Part II

Thanks so much to my mom, Rog, and my Aunt Marty for taking pictures in Missouri so we have them as memories in the future. Our family reunion in Missouri is a time for fellowship among our family.

Roger and Marilyn Moon had four children: Mindy, Marty, Mickie, and Rog. Rog is my step dad who has been married to my mom for the past 16 years. So every summer the 6 of them plus their families meet and have a blast.

He doesn't know the fun he is in for! On the seven hour car ride to Kimberling City, MO.

Part of our tradition is to have a bowling tournament the Thursday of the trip. The four sibling families all compete against each other while the grandparents enjoy watching. I can't wait until Hudson learns how to bowl! Here is the gang...

Believe it or not for the first time in ten years our family won! Maybe Hudson was good luck! Here we are with the trophy ball... (L to R) Cody, Hudson, Mom, Rog, Me, Cory)
Yearly family pictures...

The Moon Family

The Johns Family

The Grandchildren and 2 Great-Grandchildren (plus a Granddog!)

Other pictures from our week at the lake!

Great Pa (matching hats!)

Great Aunt Mickie

Cousin Clark

Cousin Regan

Great Nam

Uncle Cory

Hudson was so excited to see his daddy!

Fun in the sun...



Until next year...