Mr. Big Schot

Hud the Stud is officially 9 months old. 

As I was driving home from his 9 month check up the thought hit me that it was the same amount of time that I was pregnant with him! It kills me that he's going to be 1 before I can hardly blink my eyes. I know there is so much fun in store though. With he passing month that he grows he just gets more and more fun. 

We had a great doc appt. I always love going to hear the latest stats and make sure that everything is chugging along like it should. Hudson is 30 1/2 inches tall and 20 pounds, which puts him in the 97% for height and about 48-50% for weight. His head is holding strong in the 25%. (Sorry buddy, you got that from your mama). He is doing everything he should be doing and then some!

Here are some pics of some of his favorites things right now. I am refraining from putting a large picture of my face on here...because let's be honest, I'm kind of his favorite thing. (wink, wink)

He love his ball-popping dinosaur toy and he loves to fill it with all of his other toys too! These little stacking cups are other favs. They are perfect for one of his other favorite past times--banging things together. He love to shake and bang anything he gets his hands on.

The Gymboree tunnel! He LOVES this thing. He gets in there and crawls back and forth in it over and over. Yesterday he decided he was over group time in the circle and he went and started crawling in the tunnel. He sits in there and just laughs at how funny he is.

DOGS! Oooohhh goodness. As much as I have sworn we will never have another dog, my will may just crack. This kid loves dogs. Here he is playing with Riley at his Nonna's house. He thinks Riley is hilarious. His favorite 2 books are Harry the Dirty Dog and Puppy Love. He laughs at loud at every page of the Dirty Dog book. Its pretty precious.

Bathtime! He loves getting in here and playing with all of his toys. He especially loves the mini shampoo bottles. Doesn't so much love getting his hair washed though. 

Balloons! Did y'all know that Kroger will give you a free balloon for your kid when you go shopping?? I just figured this out last week! Every week when we go in there Hudson is fascinated by the balloons at the front of the store. So last week I asked if I could just buy 1 plain latex balloon. She said, "Do you just want a Kroger one for free?" YES! He played with it the whole time we shopped. This week, however, he got a special Valentine's one. I love Valentines Day (probably the only person who actually loves that holiday), and this one had a dinosaur and says You're Dino-mite. C'mon.

Most of all though...he loves to kiss his Mommy.

Lovely Days

It's been a while since I've posted.

Not much has been going on.

I'm counting that as a good thing though. (smile). We are enjoying days and trying to soak up all of the goodness right now. Some days are filled with so many precious moments that my heart wants to burst. Some days are filled with so many screeches, squawks, and tears that I just want to burst in to a big glass of wine.

Justin and I have been talking a lot lately about life being right now. We spend so much of our lives planning and thinking about the future...but life is now. We're making memories now, and I want to make sure we're giving today the respect it deserves.

Now, I'm not trying to be a killer of dreams. I'm a dreamer. Big time. I probably have my head in the clouds more often than I even realize. I think dreaming is a good thing. I just don't want to get caught missing the tender little moments and memories that are happening right now.

So much of our lives up to this point have been spent in speculation. I wonder what my husband will be like...wonder what my first house will look like...wonder what my first child will look like. And now, here I am smack dab in the realization that I now see what all of that actually looks like as reality! Some days that really blows my mind. Before Justin and I had Hudson we kinda thought we had lived so much life. And now, we are realizing how much life has really just begun. All those talks of the 'One day when we..." ...now that 'one day' is here.

Anyway...

Hud has been a stinker lately. He's a riot. He keeps us on our toes at all times because he is on the move at all times. Lately he has learned the art of opening cabinets and pulling out everything that is in them. He has also decided that he loathes eating. Anytime Justin or I come near him with a spoon he squeezes his lips together, then blows raspberries and then knocks the spoon with amazing precision. No chance food is going to enter his mouth. He will, however, feed himself. In which case, only about 40% of the food actually makes it in to his mouth. So far this week I've been able to get him to eat little bites of parnsips, hummus, waffles, blueberries, pasta, green beans, bananas and graham crackers. Anything else may as well be dirt.

He has also perfected his elephant noise. Its the only animal noise he makes and he has it down pat. Its kind of hilarious.

His favorite song is the Itsy Bitsy Spider. On Sunday he had been fussing and I started singing that to him. He sat completely engrossed, clapped when it was over and then leaned in and gave me a huge slobbery kiss. Justin said, "That's pretty great, Ash. You sing Itsy Bitsy Spider and get a round of applause followed by a kiss."(those are those sweet times I don't want to miss).

The TV stand is his favorite place to play. He pulls out all of the DVDs, slides the cabinet door open and closed and stands on his tippy toes to see what's on top. 

Playing with his workbench

Typical meal these days. We've been having a lot of big boy meals now where he feeds himself and its better! 

He got his first boo boo the other day. It was scary! First time I've seen blood and my heart almost stopped. He face planted into the nightstand. Big goose egg and a cut, but he's ok!

Walking is not too far off. He is pushing things around the room on his own, but not doing it on his own yet. Sometimes we'll look over and Hudson is just standing there not holding on to anything. Its so weird to see, and he doesn't even know he's doing it. When he realizes he's not holding on he sits down really quick. (I'll get a video up soon.)

He loves kissing his Mommy too. :)