Second Snow!

It's hard to believe it living in Texas, but it is already Hudson's second snow experience in less than a year of life! It has even snowed more than twice, but this was only his second time actually out in it. Here is a link from when it snowed when he was only 9 days old: First Snow I said in that post I didn't know if we would ever get that much snow again, but I think today may beat it.

He was MUCH more aware of this snow this go around at 11 months old. Yes, he is already 11 months and 5 days old. (11 month post coming soon..snow is more fun!)

Tasting the yummy snow on his own!

Things just aren't as cool when your mom suggests them. (even when your 11 months old)

Moose was jealous he wasn't getting to play in the snow. So we let him go at it, and he was happy when he made the blog too!
It looks like we have about 3-4 inches of accumulation so far, and it is still coming down! We are under a "winter weather warning" until 9:00 am tomorrow, so no telling how much we will end up with.

First Christmas

Enjoy the many pictures and few words!

Christmas Eve Tradition: He picked one present to open (We sat 3 in front of him and he crawled to this one) It was bath towels!

Christmas Morning Tradition: Opening stocking first thing (still looks a little sleepy!)

Hudson and his many gifts

PJs from Aunt Janet, Uncle Jack, and cousins Levi and Claire

He loved pulling the tissue paper out!

He inspected everything he opened...

Kisses for the sock monkey

He looks like he's thinking "wow!"

Inspecting again

So proud of his Little Tykes sports toys from his Papaw and Gigi (my dad and step-mom)

"Woah look at that bow! What could be in here?"

"YAY!! When can I ride in this?!?" His new big boy carseat from Nana and Poppy (Cody's parents)

Starting soccer young like his daddy

We were all amazed at the gifts that he received for his First Christmas

Playing with some of his new toys

Uncle Matt and Hudson in their Christmas morning onsies

Reading Christmas Stories with Poppy

We hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas and will soon ring in a Happy New Year!

New Toy!...

And it's not a Christmas present! Hudson is in LOVE with the dogs, and most recently their dog bed as well. I truly believe he thinks he is one of them! I mean they are all on four "legs" at this point :) I snapped these pictures this morning. I have to explain to him that it is their bed and not his toy about 304,872,309,395 times a day. (I also take him away from their food and water bowls about this many times a day)


I forgot to mention...he doesn't care if the bed is already taken or not! Moose and Lola have been so good at putting up with him. Time to invest in lint rollers!!!

Christmas pictures coming soon with toys that are definitely fun, but not comparing to the dog bed today.

Turkey, Ten Months, and Time Off!

Here we are again! A few too many days late...I think I am just going to have to come to terms that with a moving baby, work, and school I am going to have to be a "monthly" blogger. My goal was always weekly, but I think after not meeting that for some time now I will change the goal to monthly :) So let's play catch up for our month of November and half of December...

November seems to have come and gone so quickly! Thanksgiving was a great, and we were able to spend time with a lot of family. My brother Josh came to visit us for the holiday which was so nice.

We spent Thanksgiving Day with Cody's family (Teresa, Rick, Matt, and Danica). Then the day after Thanksgiving we spent it with my family.(My parents, my grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.) Hudson tried some mashed potatoes and chocolate pie.



December 4th Hudson turned ten months old! He is a busy busy boy!
Weight: He weighs about 17 lbs and 8 oz. I'm not sure of his length, but he seems long. He is still wearing mostly 6-9 months clothing, but I having a feeling he will move up to 9-12 soon. Still staying at the 3rd percentile range.
Eating: He is eating on a normal schedule now (3 meals a day with one snack) We have tried a few table foods like bananas, potatoes, and carrots. He still isn't very interested. He loves all the Gerber graduate snacks (puffs, crunchies, yogurt melts) and he can feed himself with all of them. He holds his bottle all by himself, and we are still working on finding the right sippy cup that he likes.
Play: He moves and explores everything. His favorite is the cable receiver and sound system. We are learning of all the things we need to baby proof. He also enjoys opening and closing the fireplace cover. He is also fascinated by the presents and the tree (Yes, I was crazy enough to put low ornaments and wrapped gifts under the tree with a ten month old!)


He gnawed on one and unwrapped a little corner. That's ok though, he has a head start for Saturday. He also LOVES bath time. I think he would spend all night in there if I would let him.


Tricks: He can crawl everywhere, and he is getting quick! He can stand holding on to something, and pull up to his knees.
Talking: He can say dadadada and eh. Dadada is by far is favorite. I think he is starting to be able to understanding things though. I asked him if he wanted his bottle today and answered back with a sound and followed me to the kitchen! Still no teeth!

We are now having "expected" time off, but the middle of December brought about some "unexpected" time off :(. We got hit with the dreaded RSV. Hudson was diagnosed with RSV December 6th. That week was full of breathing treatments, little sleep, and lots of snot! He also had an ear infection (which is common) BUT late December 8th he had a reaction to the Amoxicillan. (we won't be taking that again) He had a crazy rash so we spent the 9th in the doctors office again.


Then the night of the 9th he started to have very labored breathing. So we spent the 9th and 10th at the hosptial monitoring his breathing. All in all he missed 8 days of daycare. In general he stayed pretty happy. He still laughed and played. The doctors were all surprised how playful he was being that sick. One even made the comment "he certainly doesn't look sick!" And then they heard the cough!

Luckily I only had to take off four days of the eight. We are so blessed that my step-dad, Roger, came down to help us out. He was Hudson's "nurse" for that awful time off! Hudson is now healthy and completely free of that yucky virus! YAY!!!

We were scheduled to have family portraits taken in the middle of all of the sickness. (didn't make it) So we decided we would just have to try to take a few ourselves. Cody did a great job!! Here are a few of them...


So now we get to spend time together with our "real" time off. I am so lucky to have a profession where I get off from now until January 4th. We spent yesterday at the mall shopping and visiting Santa. I wasn't sure what to expect with Santa. I thought he would probably go to him because he will go to pretty much anyone. He didn't cry at all! Which I was thankful for, but we didn't get a smile. He just seemed very interested in checking everything out. Side note--Santa line isn't how it used to be! I entered the line virtually through a website. They told me how many people where in front of me and what my expected time would be to visit Santa. Then they sent me a text when I was at the front of line. We walked right up and met Santa! I was very impressed.

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.