Hudson :: 9 Months Old

Dear Sweet Hudson,

You are 9 months old today! Actually, you are 39 weeks and 1 day old...so you've officially been here longer than I was pregnant with you! That's crazy!

You are eating so much table food now. You've had black beans, corn, cilantro, green onions (I know those 2 things are weird but they were in a salad and you LOVED them!), bread, tortillas, brown rice, pasta, sausage, chicken, turkey, beef, saltines, club crackers, string cheese, peas, bananas, blueberries, strawberries, grapes, avocado, Yo Baby yogurt, peaches, and pineapple.

You are pulling up to standing (which you were doing last month but now you do it so fast without even thinking about it). You can stand alone for a few seconds. You don't do this often but you have done it several times.

You are such a fast crawler and you can climb! You climbed into and out of your new big boy car seat (which is still in the laundry room), you climb up the steps in the Worship Center at church, you climb up gym mat block things. You climb!

You cruise around furniture! You can transfer from one piece of furniture to another. You are pushing anything that you can to walk with. Your music table, your basket of toys, Oliver's kennel, your walker and you are starting to be able to do it with your Y-Bike. You are starting to wave bye-bye and you can clap now!

You learned how to flip the light switch which you love doing now. You know what "no" means and you laugh at me when I say it! I tested this by saying "yes" and you only laughed when I said "no." I'm in trouble! And I'm already saying no a lot! You also understand "come here."

You started a new schedule about a week ago. We dropped one of your feedings so now I'm only nursing 4 times a day. I LOVE this new schedule! You wake up around 7:00 and nurse, take a nap from about 9:00-10:00, nurse at 11:00, lunch around noon, nap from 1:00-3:00, nurse at 3:00 and then dinner around 5:30 and bedtime/nurse at 7:00.

Your favorite things to do are playing in the kitchen cabinets. Your favorite cabinet is the one under the oven. It's full of baking pans and they're all metal and make really loud noises when you pull them out. You love that. You also love windows...you will stand and stare outside for a good 5 minutes...it's a nice little break for me. ;)

You love doing things that you know you aren't supposed to do. Like making it into the laundry room and playing with Oliver's food and water bowls, the spice rack, the trash cans, playing with cords, iPhones, laptops, and remotes.

You can play "Where's Hudson" by yourself now! If you have a blanket close by I'll say "Where's Hudson?" and you cover your face. I say it again and you move the blanket away. You always giggle. Sweet boy!

You still only have 4 teeth but the 5th and 6th (top sides) are SO close to breaking through your gums. These have taken the longest to come through. I feel like they've been so close for weeks! I can actually feel them now.

You are a CRAZY determined and stubborn little boy. I say you get that from your daddy and he says you get that from me. I'm pretty sure you will be walking before you are 11 months.

I can no longer get anything done while you are awake. You are EXTREMELY busy! I spend all day following you around.

Sweet boy, you are SO busy these days. I am exhausted at the end of the day from chasing you around all day long. You move quick and are so curious. We love watching you learn and discover new things all the time. We can't believe you have been a part of our lives for 9 months already. Your 1st birthday will be here before we know it!

Love,
Mommy

::9 month stats::

weight: 20 pounds

height: 29 inches

eating: nursing at 7, 11, 3 and 7. Meals at 8, 12 and 5:30.

Clothes: 6-12 month and 12 month

Diaper: size 3

Look how you've changed!