"O" Sweet Child of Mine

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

8 Months....February 9, 2010

Hudson turned 8 months yesterday....it sure has flown by! Here is his monthly pictures on his Kentucky blanket!

This post should allow me to get caught up with everything and hopefully keep me motivated to post regularly.

January has been an exciting month for Hudson. He has started doing so many new things this month! We are always encoraging him to do somehting new, and can't wait for him to meet another milestone, but when he does we get a little sad because we realize how quickly he is growing up!!

January 1: We officially have a crawler! After teasing us with it since nearing Thanksgiving, Hudson started the year off with a bang!!

January 9: Our Little guys is 7 MONTHS!! Holy cow!!

January 12: Hudson had his second PAT (Parents As Teachers) meeting! Julie, our educator, performed a developmental assessment and Hudson is right on track with everything! She was even suprised to see he had been crawling for nearly 2 weeks! Way to go Hudson!! Mommy and Daddy are so proud!!

January 13: Hudson completely shocked us when Hudson crawled over to his activity table and started pulling up to standing! WOW!! He has always loved to stand up with our assistance, but we were shocked with he did it himself!

Pulling up on his activity table.....such a big boy!!

So Proud of himself!!

January 21: Hudson had is 2nd Haircut! Man this kids hair grows like a weed!!

Other tidbits from the month of January:

Our little man can know feed himself, but he has his lazy moments where he still likes for mommy or daddy to hold the bottle for him!

Hudson's personality continues to develop. Don and I talk all the time about how lucky we are to have such a happy little guy! He hardly ever cries (unless someone he isn't used to his holding him....we are working on this, or it is naptime, which is getting better), he is always laughing, smiling, and babbling non-stop!!

Gracie our dog is starting to warm up to him! She has her days where she likes him and others where is snubs her noses to him. Still most of the time she keeps her distance!!

Grace playing with Hudson....WHAT?!?!

I think she changed her mind....she knows she is safe of the back of the couch! HAHA

Hudson also had his first experience playing with friends his own age! We had a get together with some friends at the end of January and all the kids came too! It was a good time and Hudson had fun!

Logan & Hudson fascinated with Elmo

Little Buddies:

Hudson & Logan

Like I said earlier...nap time is getting a lot easier! After saying it for ever we finally got room darkening curtains hung in Hudson's room and for the past 1-2 weeks Hudson has been taking all of his naps in his crab rather than the swing (which he is now to big for...tear) or the pack n play in our room! After the first few days of adjusting we are finally having success and he hardly ever cries when we put him down!!

He hates his pack n play....we have since retired the pack n play

Napping on the couch with daddy while mommy is a work

Last but least....Hudson is almost offically reached the 22 lb weight limit for his infant car seat! Don and I had talked for months about getting one and were back and forth between so many different car seats! We research the safety ratings for many car seats and ended up finding one that had one of the best ratings and it was only $45, so we bought 3 (one for each car and an extra for the sitter/trips with family). Now we just have to get them installed! I am glad to because it is so hard for me to carry him in the infant seat!

I would say he is a little big for this seat wouldn't you?!?!

Hudson in his new carseat...too into Mickey House Clubhouse to look at mommy!

He finally looked....must have been a commercial!!

We thought this was Hudsons Last offical ride in he old seat,

but we need a pool noodle to put the new seat in!! Darn!

And here are some other random photos from the month!

Worn out!!

Playing in a pop up hamper....he laughed the whole time!

A new table from my grandma...
Hudson loves to crawl under it!

Sumo baby!!

What up!!

Probably screaming....one of his favorite things to do!! Ugh!

Excited for bathtime....look at that baby chunk!

At the end of his bath I took him out of his bath seat and let him slash in the water

He Loved it, but I still a little nervous to do this for his whole bath,

so we will stick with his bath seat a little longer!

Found a new way to play with his exersaucer!

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Christmas 2009

Really, really late....I know! I am going to try and be better this year with keeping everything up to date and everyone informed, especially with the way Hudson is growing and learning! I can't believe it has been a month since I posted anything! With Don being in school, me working nights, and both of us trying to keep up with Hudson we haven't had much time for anything.

Christmas 2009 was great! Hudson had a great first Christmas! Don and I didn't realize how tiring holidays were once you have kids! I think Don and I were more wore out than Hudson. Altogether we had 4 Family Christmas events, starting on December 19th and going until December 27th.

Hudson got A LOT of toys and clothes. I wish he would have gotten a toy box for all the toys he got! Hudson of course didn't know what to do with the presents other than to put them in his mouth. As we helped him open everything he just wanted to eat the wrapping paper and he was obsessed with the bows. He also like all the boxes his gifts came in as well!

Overall Hudson really enjoyed the Christmas season! Here are some pictures to recap the Christmas Season and the end of 2009!

Hudson at his First Christmas Celebration

Getting cleaned up for Christmas Eve

Hudson at our house on Chirstmas Eve

Hudson with his cousins Cooper & Drew on Christmas Eve

Opening Gifts with mommy on Christmas Eve

Showing Daddy how I play with my new toys

Christmas Morning....Hudson Loves his First Elmo

Daddy teaching Hudson how to shoot hoops on Christmas Morning

Another Christmas Celebration.....Can you tell Hudson is excited

The Cousins (O'Neal side) celebrationing Christmas

Jackson, Madison, Lexi

Reagan, Gavin, Hudson

Hudson Still attempting crawling...

at this points he are still rocking, lunging, and doing the worm

Our Family at Don's Mom's for Christmas

Hudson playing with another new toy!!

What are Mommy and Daddy gonna do with all these toys?!?!

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Better Late Than Never...

Man where has the time gone! I just realized it has almost been 3 weeks since our last post, but give us a break we are still new at this blogging thing, plus Christmas has made us a little busy! I never knew how tiring a Holiday was with a little one! Anyways, here is a recap of the last few weeks....

Since our last post Hudson has turned 6 MONTHS old! I can't believe half a year is already gone by! I feel like just yesterday I was going in for my induction and then holding Hudson for the first time and now look where we are!

Hudson had his 6 month checkup with Dr. Reichert on December 11th. He once again got more immunizations which he hates more than ever and was extra crabby that night! Dr. Reichert said Hudson is doing great and he is healthy! Since this appointment though we have had to increase Hudson does of Prevacid (which he is on for Acid Reflux), because he started showing symptoms again! The increase was from 2ml to 2.5 mls and it has helped and Dr. Reichert said increases in dosage are common with Reflux. We just can't wait for it to stop and all the spit up to cease. We are just glad that is the only issue he has and it should be completely be gone by age 1 to 2. Here are Hudson's Growth stats from his checkup:

Weight: 17 lbs 7.5 oz (50%)

Length: 25 3/4 inches (25%)

Head Circumference: 17 inches (34%)

Also at this appointment we were given the go ahead to start Stage 2 foods and meats. He has tried a few different meat combinations so far and like them okay. I am sure they will take a little getting used to. I have also bought a tone of othere varietys! I am amazed at how much more there is to choose from! He definately like the variety instead of the same fruits and veggies all the time, yet Sweet potates remain his favorite!! We have also started giving him some table food, like mashed potatoes. We also let him chew on other things with a very close eyes (bread sticks, crackers, biter biscuts, etc).

Hudson's 1st time trying a biter biscuit...

First experience with a sippy cup...

In other new, still no true crawling yet...he is getting more mobile with rolling or lunging while on his knees, but he has still not mastered the art of crawling. We are getting closer to it every day though! He also still has no teeth, but we are starting to see the ridges of the bottom to appearing under his gums. He won't be long and I think they will both come in at the same time.

Here are a few pictures from the past few week....

Hudson Loves the "Booger Sucker"

Still trying to figure out this crawling thing...

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Family Photos and Hudson's 6 Month Pictures

This past Friday, December 4th, we had our pictures taken together as a family and also had Hudson's 6 month milestone pictures taken! The pictures turned out great and Hudson did great!! He is a little ham in front of the camera!! After we left JCPenney's, the girl who took our pictures called and asked if we would give them permission to have Hudson's pictures entered into a photo contest for the studio and possibly be placed on display in the studio. We were so excited and of course said yes! I hope you all enjoy the pictures!!

Our Happy Family