ma ma! da da?

So I was very impressed (and happy) that Hudson's first word on June 12, was 'ma ma.' He said da-da two days later, but we have yet to capture it on video. Below is a video of us trying to get him to say da-da. Instead he was more enthralled with Dave's teeth. Dave says he might be a dentist. I think he is just a baby figuring things out...We'll see in 20 years!

thirty weeks!

It is hard to believe that Hudson is going to be seven months old on Wednesday (bonus day!). This morning he woke up saying 'ma mam.' Yes, that's right...Hudson marches to the beat of his own drum. It may be easier to say 'da-da' and father's day is coming up, so that would be fortuitous. But no. Hudson said 'ma - ma ma.' Gotta love him! We tried to take a sitting photo but that was even more hard than getting a photo while he was laying down on his back (more to see around the room versus just me and the ceiling when he is laying on the floor). Also he crawls over to his toys now and pulls them out to play. Teaching him to 'clean up!' is next on the list... HIs favorite foods this week include broccoli with ricotta (or goat cheese), yogurt and prunes and blueberries! He also enjoyed a bit of my pancake this morning.

 

hi janey!

Hudson and I met our friend Janey who was visiting from DC on Friday afternoon. The weather was much nicer than it had been all week and we enjoyed hanging out side!

splash!

Hudson loves bath time. We got a new book that squirts water (best of both worlds) and the stacking cups have holes in the bottom that shower water on him. He loves to be in the water! The bath seat (that we picked up off the street the week before he was born  - and then deeply disinfected it) is also a favorite. Funny thing is that his cousin Aaron has the same one as a hand-me-me down from his much older brothers!

twenty-nine weeks!

Hudson is a *very* active baby. This photo only includes part of his leg as he kept moving. Hudson loves to be on the move. Crawling is really a means to an end - an opportunity to climb onto something. The only problem is that Hudson hasn't really developed any fear yet nor a sense of depth (this explains his constant attempt to nose dive off of the changing table). Thankfully he is pretty resilient and hasn't had too many bumps and bruises. Yet.

pat the puppy

Saturday we went into the city so Hudson could meet Lucy, our friends Holly & Nick's new vizsla puppy. Nick & Holly had run with Lucy for a good hour before we arrived, so she was pretty docile and sleepy. The funny thing is that Hudson went her toys and Lucy went for his toys (that is untill she fell back asleep!) Can't get much cuter than babies and puppies!

 

a second helping of pudding

Just as this last post showed Hudson starting to crawl, we thought we would have an update to his most recent escapades. Just a little video showing Hudson pulling up on our ottoman and then crawling to attack his nemesis - the camera! Such a happy baby (amazing recovery, no?)