11 months old!

11 months! Can you believe it? Hudson will be 1 in only 1 more month. I'm getting emotional just thinking about my baby turning into a toddler! Although he's beginning to act like one more and more each day! :)

At 11 months Hudson is:
-Pulling up to standing on everything!
-Walking around and between furniture
-Waving
-Clapping
-Trying to stand unassisted by letting go...still not successful at this! :)
-Climbing and trying to climb onto everything (dishwasher, couch, us, fireplace...)
-Picking up tiny objects (and generally putting them straight into his mouth..lol)
-Constantly "talking"-still only saying a few real words: Mama, Dada, Dog/Doggie, Baba and others that sound like words although we're not really sure if that's what he means :)
-Crawling fast! (although he sometimes still resorts to army crawling)
-Feeds himself 'finger foods' - string cheese is a new favorite
-Showing signs of defiance - refusing to hold still for diaper/clothes changes, gets angry when he doesn't get his way or gets something taken away that he wants.
-Has 8 teeth (4 top, 4 bottom) and I believe he's trying to cut his molars although it's hard to tell since he doesn't like us feeling in his mouth (and he bites!)
-At his dr. appt last week for the flu he weighed about 19 lbs 12 oz (lost a little weight due to the flu bug..)


Birthday planning is in full force and I really need to actually start making some progress now I guess! :)

In other news...we had a rough week last week. Hudson was sick with the stomach flu the first half of the week, passed it on to me the 2nd half and luckily I'm finally feeling ok. We also got a phone call the beginning of last week that Grandpa Lawrence wasn't doing well, so we made a trip to visit him in the nursing home on Thursday when Andy was off. I knew when we walked into his room and saw him asleep in bed his time was limited. Unfortunately he didn't wake up when we were there, but I could tell he knew we were there when we spoke to him and touched his arm/hugged him. We were able to say our goodbyes and give him one last hug before he passed on Friday morning. It was a very sad day and I miss him very much already, but I know that he is no longer suffering and has moved on to a better place. He had a very tough last few years and I know that he will be watching over us from above. I feel blessed that I had such an amazing Grandpa to grow up with and learn from and his memories will live on in my heart forever :)

10 months old .. let the birthday countdown begin!

I can't believe my baby boy is already 10 months old. This year is going faster than any has ever gone in my life! I am already feeling sad that my little one will be a TODDLER soon .. but at the same time I am so incredibly excited for this milestone. He has gotten quite the personality the past few months and is learning so much each day.

At 10 months he is now able to:
-Pull himself up to his knees and then up to standing
-Hold his own bottle
-Reach and grab for any and everything
-Eat "finger foods" (including: "Puffs", "Mum Mum" crackers, cheese cubes, yogurt melts, fruit (he especially enjoys bananas!), etc.)
-Push his trucks and tractor toys
-Push buttons on his other toys to make noise/play music
-Say a few words: Mama, Dada, Dog/Doggie, Baba, Bye Bye (although most of them he will only say when HE wants to)
-Sit up in the big bath tub for baths (he LOVES to play in the water now)
-Stand up and play with his activity table and hold himself up in a standing position while hanging on to something
-Still army crawling
-Get into a sitting position on his own from his back/stomach, etc.
-Drink from a sippy cup
-Weight just hit the 20 lb mark!