6 months in August

Well...at 6 months things got a little tricky. You no longer wanted to be swaddled yet you couldn't quite grasp the concept of NOT hitting yourself in the face. :-) Took about three days for you to figure out how to go to sleep on your own, which included a lot of tears. And not all your tears but Mom's as well. Dad and Connor couldn't handle hearing you cry so they went on a few errands at nap times. We would let you cry for 20 minutes and then go in and comfort you. Really the first day was the worst, and you are now a pro :-)

You also started solids at 6 months. You eat sweet potato, zucchini, bananas, peas, applesauce and rice cereal. Squash gives you gas so we are holding off on that for awhile :-)

You are pushing 20 pounds. 27 inches long.

You are starting to repeat sounds that Connor makes.

I almost never find you in the same position I placed you in...you reach for things, roll over both ways *August 8th* was the magic date you started rolling FINALLY :-), you "crawl" on your back...inching your way around- usually 360 degrees around the blanket. Like a turtle on it's shell.

You object to being left alone.

Hugging is your latest skill, you curl right into people and wrap your hands up by their neck- so sweet.

5 Months in July

I honestly don't know where this summer has gone...So now to turn back time and reflect on where we were in June.

Hudson, my baby, at 5 months you were 18.5 pounds...just a big boy. And off the chart in height still. I put you in some 18 month pjs one night and was shocked to see that they fit...if not a bit snug around the middle (although they were a small 18 month set). People remark that you seem like a football player.

You continue to just light up when Connor pays attention to you. You wiggle and wiggle like you are trying to jump out of our arms and start walking. Slow down little boy. :-)

You make all sorts of noises, anything that will make someone pay attention to you including shrieks and screams. You love to put things in your mouth ALL THE TIME.

You also love jumping in your jumperoo. ESPECIALLY if Connor jumps in front of you.

You still want to be swaddled to go to sleep. And you absolutely hate being on your tummy. The day after you turned 5 months you were dedicated to Jesus.

Zoo Trip with Connor

Steph and Ava

Cara, Connor and Evan

Cara and Evan

All five kids are in this picture, can you find them?

Jennifer and her boys

I took Connor on a special Mommy and Connor date (thanks Mom for watching Hudson) and we met our friends there. Con

A visit with the Parsons

This one absolutely cracks me up. They are leaning on each other to stay propped up.. in the process, Talia appears to be getting "fresh" (as my Mom would say) and Hudson looks terrified.

My life-long friend Krista and I have kids about the same age. They came over for a short playdate in June so Kylise and Connor could play, and for Hudson to meet his new buddy Talia.

4 months (a little late)

Our little monkey...I think the second baby's first year goes so much faster than the first. I can hardly believe how fast this year is moving!

Hudson went crazy growing over the last month. He is now almost 27 inches long, and a little over 16 lbs. This puts him off the charts height wise and around 75% for his weight. Which probably explains why his pj's aren't fitting. He typically wears 6 month clothes at this point, but because of the nature of pajamas he is wearing 9-12 month, otherwise it is hard to squeeze him in them neck to toe :-)

He is really starting to communicate. Scream and shrieks, a lot more ahhgoo type noises, and he LOVES to talk to Connor. If Brendan, Connor and I are all in the room there is NO getting Hudson to look at Brendan or I, it is ALL Connor.

Connor loves on his brother so much it is really fun to see, I hope they continue to love each other their whole lives.

He laughed for the first time on June 8th and we get quite silly trying to get more laughs out of him. He is also into grabbing at things.

He can go 9 hours without eating at night, which would be ideal except he goes to bed at 5:30 most nights...so I still don't get that much of a chunk of sleep. And he has stretched out to eating about every 3 hours during the day.

Dr. Grubb says we can start him on rice cereal anytime but I am hesitant to start because of his allergy to dairy proteins. Might wait until 6 months as long as he continues to sleep so well.

Three Months

Our little monkey is growing so fast...at three months we had definitely graduated out of 0-3 month clothes and began to wear 6 month and 9 month clothes! He began to chunk up as we figured out the allergy issue and has become our happy easy-going baby again.

He has started to really vocalize and began to grasp onto things in the last month. He is becoming much more aware of his surroundings and LOVES to watch his brother. He also will cry if Connor starts to cry. Not sure if he is scared or just commiserating :-)

Hudson finally started vaccinations at three months. Not that we would have allowed shots when he was so sick but his pediatrician said absolutely no way....we LOVE our pediatrician. He also gave us his cell number with instructions to call every two days with a Hudson update during our scare....i digress. When the nurse gave Hudson his shot he looked up at her, his face turned red, and then he relaxed. I thought for sure we would have heard a scream- but that is just how easy going he is. :-)

Now Connor on the other hand, probably scared the snot out of all the kids in the waiting room as he got his MMR shot.

He has developed a fairly regular schedule of napping during the day and sleeping anywhere from a 6 hour chunk to 9 hours at night.

Love my boys!

Tomorrow Hudson turns 4 months so I am trying to squeeze these posts in quickly :0

It will be a big day- we say bye bye to Connor's momo (his binky) with a trip to build a bear (if you hear hysterics in the Tacoma Mall tomorrow don't be alarmed- we are just stuffing his binky inside a bear) and Hudson gets his second shot and 4 month check up.

Stats for three months: 12 pounds 4 ounces (they didn't check his height)

Two Months

Two months had to be one of the saddest and scariest times for Mom and Dad...not to mention Grandma, Grandpa and Aunt Tara. Our once thriving happy baby became miserable. Congested nose, gunky eyes, poop that turned bright green with blood in it, tummy hurts, spitting up- and began to refuse to nurse or take a bottle. In three days we visited the Urgent care, a midnight trip to the Children's Hospital ER, and two dr. appts. Hudson lost weight in the process. He had a poop culture, a swab up his nose, not to mention the thermometer up his sore little bottom (serious diarrhea issues).

We finally discovered that he has a serious dairy allergy...to the point where his little system was just shutting down- we had to give him bottles of just pedialyte.

Once Mom stopped dairy (goodbye cheese, icecream, yogurt..) he began to improve.

So stats for 2 months: 10 pounds 6 ounces, 23 1/4 inches.