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. :)