Week 29: 7/15/12-7/21/12

Sunday, July 15th: Today, we went out for my early birthday dinner since Nate will have to work on Tuesday.  Hudson learned to hold his cup by himself (though he still isn't really drinking from it) and was munching on a pickle... wowzers!

Monday, July 16th: Hanging out at Mimi and Pop's house and we decided that the bath toys must correspond to the bathing venue... so our toy for getting washed in the sink? Spatula!!

Tuesday, July 17th: Happy 25th Birthday to me!  We had lunch with Ms. Joy today, spent hours at the DMV and optometrist, but got to see Presti too before heading to a HORRIBLE dining experience at Ruby Tuesday.

Wednesday, July 18th: Hudson has started playing with the puppies' toys instead of his jungle gym thing at Mimi and Pop's house... and since the puppies don't play with them (except to pull them out of the basket when Hud's reaching for them), he's got quite a selection!  Hud's also been particularly fascinated with Nate's watch today, so I bought him his own, little man sized one... which he immediately started chewing on.  Guess he likes it?  New food today: meatballs!

Thursday, July 19th: Working out with Daddy!

Friday, July 20th: Such horrible storms today that it set off the singing Mickey & Minnie dolls my parents brought back from Disney when we got married.  Hudson has started this thing where he scoots around in circles on his butt, gradually moving horizontally down the bathtub... a little annoying when I'm trying to get him washed, but absolutely adorable to see him utilizing his body to get where he wants to go.

Saturday, July 21st: HUDSON'S FIRST TOOTH IS THROUGH!  Tooth 2 is right behind it, 3 and 4 are starting to get red... he's going to have a mouthful before I know it!

Week 28: 7/8/12-7/14/12

Sunday, July 8th: So today my silly son has: showed his daddy how he learned the word "more", decided he likes sweet potato fries with mustard, pivoted his feet so he can turn 180* from holding onto the couch to holding onto someone else, and realized that as tasty as his toes are, mommy has toes he can eat too!

Monday, July 9th: Finally got the bathroom at least mostly presentable so I could show off the awesome paint color.  It was all white and boring before, and now I LOVE IT!!

Tuesday, July 10th: Went walking around with Presti today to try to get Miss Bailey to hurry up her grand appearance.  Hudson learned to roll from his back to his belly, so hopefully we'll get a little more sleep at night since he'll hopefully flop himself back over when he rolls at night.

Wednesday, July 11th: Caught the toe-chewing on camera!

Thursday, July 12th: Yay my bedroom furniture arrived!  Too bad we were still in bed when they showed up... guess it's better than the usual time frame window to arrival ratio :)

Friday, July 13th: Had a wonderful day out with Meagan and Ethan, including lunch at Mimi's where we got a picture of the boys sitting in the booth together.  Mimi (my mom, lol) got Hud a few Blue's Clues DVDs that I started him on today... not that you can see the tv screen, but that's it... but he was only interested for about 5 minutes.  Since he sleeps in a little pillow trench at my parents' house, I tried switching his crib up to that to help him sleep... see how that goes.

Saturday, July 14th: Mmmmm... loving some baby-sized Goldfish!  Seems like the crib arrangement is working, since Hud slept for two one hour naps and one two hour nap... let's hope it continues!

Week 27: 7/1/12-7/7/12

Sunday, July 1st: Getting ready for our trip up north tomorrow :) Got the car washed (because I'm so scared of carwashes), got gas, essentials, packed up - whew, lots more can be done when baby's home with his daddy! Hudson is also getting his first raised white bump on his gums indicating a tooth in the near-ish future.

Monday, July 2nd: On the road to Maryland! We drove up today and had dinner at Inner Harbor.

Tuesday, July 3rd: Today was our day at the Air and Space Museum in DC!

Our first family picture just the three of us - lol! :)

Wednesday, July 4th: We had planned to go to DC for the celebration today, but with temps in the 100s, what's likely a million+ people, and an ornery baby, we decided to head homeish.  We went to Raleigh and headed to a picnic thrown by my sister's friend's family.

Thursday, July 5th: Nate headed home after the picnic last night, but Hud and I stayed in Raleigh to help Mimi with some schoolwork.

Hanging out with his BFF Toby

Friday, July 6th: Hudson was practicing his newest word "poop-poo" on the kitchen table.

Saturday, July 7th: New teething toy? Nutritious and delicious!  Today, Hud was standing against a box, took two steps (while holding on to it, kinda pushing it along), then sat down... mobility is just around the corner!

7 Month Update!

Wow has my little man grown!!

One Month: 7 pounds 14 ounces & 21 inches

Two Months: 10 pounds 12 ounces & 21.25 inches

Three Months: 12 pounds 4 ounces & 23.5 inches

Four Months: 14 pounds 2 ounces & 24 inches

Five Months: 15 pounds 8 ounces & 25 inches

Six Months: 16 pounds 8 ounces & 26.5 inches

Seven Months: 17 pounds 15 ounces & 27 inches

This month, Hudson's starting to go wild :)  He's wearing 6-9 and some 9 month clothes, size 3 diapers, size 3 shoes.  He sits up on his own now and is getting more stable as he's walking around, holding your hands, though he still has no interest in crawling or spending much time on his tummy... hopefully that'll change soon, but if he skips it entirely, I'd be okay with that too.  He still bee-bops a little when he's standing still, but doesn't look like a hula dancer any more.  We've continued to introduce all kinds of foods to him, and he'll eat pretty much anything - though mashed up veggies aren't high on the list, he'll eat chunks of them.  We travelled to MD/DC this month and he got to watch DVDs in the car on the way; he doesn't really watch the television at this point, but it'll distract him for a couple minutes at a time.

Week 26: 6/24/12-6/30/12

Sunday, June 24th: Some of the best sleep I've gotten in a while!  Hudson went to bed at 845, slept for 7.5 hours, ate, slept another hour, cuddled with me for another hour, ate, cuddled more, then slept until 730 this morning... feeling refreshed!  Then, I did some retail shopping and got adorable new sneakers for our upcoming DC trip... Ahhhh....

Monday, June 25th: Today was Mimi's first day of classes... or so we thought... I looked at the wrong calendar when I set everything up for her, and it turns out that she's already three days - an entire unit - behind, so we're scrambling to get her caught up so she can start off with the best foot forward.

Tuesday, June 26th: Lunch with the "Neighbors" today - so great to catch up!

Wednesday, June 27th: Editing Mommy's paper tonight and enjoying my first drink in 3+ years... sissy for sure, but tasty (though, honestly, I drank like 4 sips and fell asleep, so I don't think it technically counts)

Thursday, June 28th: BOGO Fraps at all Target Starbucks locations?  Don't mind if I do!  Definitely a great way to beat the heat and energize for super-cleaning!

Friday, June 29th: Country cooking at it's best (worst?) for dinner tonight since I've probably sweated out 20 pounds today... well, not really, but dang, was it good :)

Saturday, June 30th: My family came today to help me get the bedroom painted since the furniture will be coming after our mini vacation and I want everything to be in perfect order.  Daddy re-routed the cable from our bedroom so I can invert the living room, trimmed Bushzilla out of our A/C unit, and was reading to Hudson at naptime... I was really surprised he didn't crash with him.  Then, we got the bedroom wall and entire bathroom painted, lightbulbs evaluated, a course of action for house renovations laid out, Mimi's paper submitted, and it was **finally** time to call it a night! Whew!