It's been another busy couple weeks with visitors and daily life with our little one. We are having so much fun as parents and loving watching Hudson grow and learn new things each day. Over the past few weeks he has become so much more alert and is spending more time awake during the day. It's been so much fun watching him recognize our voices and faces, look at toys, lay on his play mat and enjoy tummy time! He still isn't very interested in his swing, he usually only lasts a few minutes before he wants out, but he could lay on the floor forever looking at the toys hanging on his play mat and looking at himself in the little floor mirror we bought for him.
Another milestone he hit around week 5-6 was SMILING! He is now smiling 'socially' when we talk to him or when he's playing with his toys. It is so adorable to see!
One of Hudson's adorable smiles!!
Last Saturday was a busy day, we started off getting up early and heading to Point Defiance to walk in the March of Dimes. We walked with my friend Brie's team and had a great time. The walk wasn't too bad and Hudson slept most of it, which was a relief to me, since I was worried he'd wake up hungry! After the walk we headed home and a couple of Andy's friends/ex-coworkers came over for a lunch BBQ. They had a great time admiring Hudson and catching up with Andy since he hadn't seen them in a while.
Hudson all bundled up for the March of Dimes Sunday we went down to Olympia and celebrated my Grandpa Lawrence's 79th birthday at the nursing home he's staying at. We enjoyed visiting with everyone and Hudson got to meet th rest of the family he hadn't met including my Uncle Dan and Aunt Gail, their daughters, Rachel and Anna and the McIntyre family! Unfortunately Grandpa isn't doing very well in the nursing home and seems to be declining in health each time we see him. It's very hard for me to see him like this, but I know he really enjoys seeing Hudson. He even commented on 'what a good looking baby he is.' We hope to get down there to visit him as much as we can while Andy and I are both off work since it will be hard once we are both working full time again.
Hayden (6 weeks) and Hudson (7 weeks)Today we had a lunch playdate with The Smiths and baby Hayden! The boys spent half the time sleeping and eating, but did wake up for a bit to lay on a blanket together and look at eachother a bit! :) We can't wait until they start interacting with eachother and playing! It will be so fun to have them so close in age and watch them as they grow! After our play date we had dinner at my mom and Dean's house where my Great Aunt Jan and Great Uncle Dale were visiting. They were excited to meet Hudson for the first time and it was great to see them again since we don't see them often (they live in California).
Hudson's Great-Great Uncle Dale and Aunt Jan!!
Tummy time with Maverick :)
