Happy October Santo Wildcats

Last Thursday Shawn'Na, bubba and I took a 3 1/2 hour trip to Santo, Texas to see my sweet KK and Marky. Bubba slept like a champ on the way their. We left at 7 PM so he'd sleep (best way to travel in my opinion).

He woke up when we got there with too much excitement and went back to bed at midnight! KK and Marky had to go to school on Friday so we hung out in the back yard by the lake. It was a beautiful morning.

At 3 PM we went to the Santo School pep rally. It was geared towards Breast Cancer Awareness so we wore our pink for support. They had an awesome show where they turned the lights off and everyone had glow in the dark bracelets or necklaces and the cheerleaders did a routine with strobe lights and flashing pompoms. I thought Hudson would be scared but he loved it! He also LOVED the gym after it was over (or I did lol). I was able to safely put him down and let him go wild.

That night we went to the Santo Highschool football game and saw Marky do his drum major business. He was awesome of course. The band played Party Rock and I still can't get it out of my head haha. Hudson was in love with the cutest ever little Cheyenne. Only in Santo would their be a cow right next to the football field haha jk!

The next day we went to Weatherford with KK and Shawn'Na and spotted a pumpkin patch. I've wanted to take pictures of my cutie in the pumpkins and so we did. He was adorable (of course) and wanted to eat the straw and a baby pumpkin.

We had a wonderful weekend!

A Few Firsts: The Coast and Hitting the Gym

I have a few firsts that I just can't wait to add to Hudson's 9 month blog :)

 9/27/2012 we drove down to Port O'Connor at night so that we could let bubba sleep on the way down. We drove down in two separate cars so that bubba was always left with a car. His pops watched him while mommy, dada and paw paw fished (thanks pops!). Bubba was not a great sleeper because we used the pack in play and it's probably just not quiet his comfy bed.

The first morning bubba was reaching for the coolers to play drums waking everyone up of course haha. Of course he was smiling as usual :). I LOVE my bubba!! He truly has the best smile in the world!

 

I got to kiss my bubba before we went off to fish. Fishing used to be my one true love (besides Karl) and I have to say that I did have a great time fishing but that I missed my bubba a lot. I'll probably wait to go again until he can come with me. I've said from day one that Hudson is my fishing buddy! Bubba spent all day back at the house with pops while we fished. They took pictures and played. From what I heard and saw he had a great time with his pops. We also took bubba down to the boat launch and let him look at the big things of bait fish. He was very curious and I think I saw a twinkle in his eye hehe. JK!

 

Hitting the Gym with Noah

 

Friday, October 5th Hudson and I met up with Noah and Natalie (and her sweet mom) and hit The Little Gym.  This gym is so cute! For us (age group) I felt like this gym was geared toward developmental milestones and helping our little ones take the next step. Hudson absolutely loved it! The "baby birds" were to stay next to their moms at the begining of the class and Hudson was interested in a cute 18 month old girl LOL! He was ready to explore the gym as soon as we hit the mat.

 

Noah and Hudson of course reunited like old friends and explored together. We are so lucky to have made such great friends. Just love seeing our boys together.

 

 

 

Hudson held onto the bar (sorry...I don't know excatly what it's called lol) by himself! I was amazed. Of course anything he does is amazing to me. He crawled around, fell a few times, climbed up stairs, bounced, even walked a little. I highly recommend the Little Gym for anyone looking to get their little one's motor skills going and more! I can't wait to go again! At the end of it all I'm not sure who was sweating more, me or Hudson. The best part was the smile on my bubba's face as he made discoveries. I just love to see him take off. This little boy is not shy and I'm so lucky to be a part of the Hudson Journey.

 

After a great workout we did what anyone who works out hard feels intitled to do and that's eat some delicious not so good for you food. The boys split a pancake and Hudson loved it! It was his first and I think we created a monster.

 

For anyone who is interested in the Little Gym here's the link to their website.

Little man was exhausted after all that workout!

8 Month Alligator Roller

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, boy this just gets more and more fun. Our little munchkin is 8 months and it’s been a whirlwind of craziness and joy. I’ve recently discovered that if I stimulate my booger enough he will have a wonderful night of sleep…(and so will I haha). We’ve been going to the park to swim (before it got cooler) and also play on the slide. Dada had to work a lot these past couple of months for the extension tax deadline so it was me and booger against the world. We missed dada though. Glad to have him back for awhile.

Bubba loves the swing and loves to climb up the slides. Not so fond of going down the slides but he loves to climb up them. It makes him so happy and makes my heart want to explode when I see how happy he is. Best smiles ever!

My “dada” philosophy: so apparently all babies say dada first. However, I’m not sure when they are supposed to. I’ve been saying dada so much to Hudson over the last few months that I sound like a broken record. On his 8 month birthday he was in his high chair while I was washing bottles and I thought I heard him repeat if after me but wasn’t sure. A few hours later I took him into our bathroom to crawl around and sure enough he repeated after me when I said dada. It was awesome. I’d like to think it was my persistent hard work but I’m sure it was just time for him to say “dadadadada.” For now, I’ll believe I had something to do with it :). Now if I can just teach him to say momma :). On another note, I don’t think he knows what dada is but he’s been a mimicker from 2 months old so…let’s just say I taught him something :).

Some exciting things this month:

1. Bubba not only has his two front bottom teeth but now has the two top front teeth and they are ADORABLE! I love baby teeth. They make the cutest smiles in the world!

2. Bubba is attached to momma big time. Bubba used to play by himself away from me but now has to have a hand on me or be sitting in my lap or right next to me. I always have to be within sight. One thing I learned from baby center is that if I tell him where I’m going and maybe even point he doesn’t cry and it works! Well…most times. Or he just follows me … which still works :).

3.  We bought him a walker! He had the backwards walk down as soon as we put him in it. It took some enticing to get him to walk forward but after a day of putting something he wanted in front of him he now has the walking forward down. He’s also at the point where he will stand on his own for about 10 seconds so I think walking on his own is coming soon. He is getting better at walking along furniture too. He’s pretty fearless which is just awesome!

4. Our hungry hungry hippo wants to eat whatever we are eating. He gets mad if you don’t offer a bite. So you either have to share or just eat it before he sees what you are eating…or that’s just what I do. However, he also loves to share his food too. He will be eating a mum mum and if you say “Om om” and lean forward he will put the cookie in your mouth. Such a sweet bubba :).

5. What’s he eating these days? Well, I will tell you that he absolutely hates baby lasagna. The look on his face was priceless. He does love pureed beef and vegetables. Doesn’t surprise me he’s a meat eater. He also loves baby mac-n-cheese as well as the real deal. Who doesn’t love mac-n-cheese? Believe it or not…he doesn’t like Oreos! I soaked in Oreo in milk and then gave him a bite and he made a sour face. What!?!?! Doesn’t take after his momma in that sense :).

6. How’s he sleeping? Like a champ! With lots of activity before bed time and before naps he sleeps 9-10 hours at night and then takes 1 hour naps after each feeding during the day (about 3). This little man wares himself out!

7. Bubba doesn’t lay down in the tub anymore. I need to do some research on how to bathe him now lol. Might just have to get in with him. He wants to stand in the bathtub. Scares me! It’s slippery. I’ll have to figure this one out. LOL…the dilemmas of a new mom.

8. Took bubba to get allergy testing because I thought a few bites of my peanut butter sandwich gave him a rash (yes…I said peanut butter..more on that in a few). Found out that bubba is not allergic to peanuts, wheat or dairy. A few weeks ago I gave him a bite of my peanut butter sandwich because I read somewhere that I could give him peanut butter now. Well…he had a rash and so I called the on-call nurse that night and she told me I could give him Bennadryl. Took him to the dr the next day so they could check it out and the nurses acted like a committed a crime. Then I told the dr that I didn’t know I wasn’t supposed to give it to him and she said I could give it to him at 6 months. I’m getting mixed signals here lol. Anyhow, apparently the drs I talked to said that they are starting to wonder if so many kids have allergies now because they were told to not feed them certain things until they are 1 or 2. So, now, the idea is that if you give it to them and their body can handle it you should give it to them as much as possible. So…we’ll see how it goes.

9. Last but not least, This blog is titled alligator roller because this crazy ball of energy rolls fast than an alligator when you try to change his diaper. Hint to new parents. Don't buy any new furniture or replace any carpet you have before you have a baby. Wait until they are 18. Haha!

Well, this is getting long so until next time :) Happy 8 Month Birthday bubba! We are so lucky to have you!! 

It's a goat....it's a rabbit...no...it's Hudson!

We have decided that it might be time to invest in a rabbit water bottle to install on the inside of Hudson's crib. Hahaha!

This little wild boy reminds us of a baby goat the way he likes to drink his bottles. Our little goof ball!

                                                                  See the resemblance?

Cutest Baby Ever

Ok I just have to post a few photos and add captions. Hudson just gets cuter by the minute!

Passed out and looking just like his daddy! I love when I can see both of us in him, especially his daddy. So fun :)

Eating breakfast in bed on mommy while holding daddy's hand. Has to have us both :) <3 p="p">

Learning a bad habit from daddy (haha..jk)...already a baseball fan...

Look at this hair! Just love my sweet adorable goofy boy!

Teeth are showing for sure! Such an awesome smile!

Mommy look at my adorable feet :)

Yes, I could be a model. I prefer a full time gig with my mom :)

Loving the play pin :) and the nice cool mornings

Sweetest angel in the world!!

I can see the camera over there. Go ahead...take another cute one :) hehe

Sweetest sleeping angel in the world.

 

Man....I'm the luckiest person in the world!

 

Determined To Swing...and some

So one day we went to Nanny, Noah and Jame's house and Hudson got to play in Noah's swing for a moment and he LOVED it. Biggest smile every. So..what did mommy do? Try to buy the swing at Wal Mart where nanny got Noah's.

Went to Wal Mart to get my oil changed on Labor Day (big mistake haha 2 hour wait) and thought I would get Hudson the swing and get a walker. Lucky me they didn't have the walker and the swing was, and I quote, "A Summer item, we no longer carry it," per the clerk. I thought...hmmmm...101 degrees outside and the official day of Fall hasn't arrived....sounds like Summer to me haha. Oh well. I went home and ordered it on Amazon!

However, I was determined to let Hudson swing so we went on down to our beloved neighborhood park and Hudson got to swing for the first time in a baby swing!

Cutie Patootie

Mommy's Main Squeeze

Waive

 

Best Smile Ever!

7 Month Speed Boat

If I thought a lot happened last month...boy did things really start to speed up and not slow down. This little monkey is pulling himself up on our ottoman and taking baby steps (no pun intended hehehe...ok maybe pun intended). I'm thinking there's going to be some walking in the very near future.


Let's see....where to begin.


Mr. Independent has become mommy's shadow. Hudson will be playing all alone and then all the sudden want to climb up mommy mountain to bite on my shoulder or just have my full attention. We watch ourselves on my phone in videos we make together. It's the best thing ever. Hudson is the star of this two man...(baby and momma) show.




Thanks to Natalie (once again haha) we're trying out Cheerios and Hudson LOVES to pick them up, put them close to his mouth and chew air...haha..he thinks he puts them in his mouth when in reality he probably gets in 1 out of 4 Cheerios in. He'll get the hang of it. It's either none or 3 at one time.

We started pureed meats this week and he LOVES them. Probably taste way better than just veggies. We can start small pieces of meat now but I think we're going to wait just a tad bit longer. Oh yeah, the biggest change that happened this month is this crazy boy can't just lay down or recline to eat. He has to stand. It's the funniest thing. I'm starting to wonder if he's just not interested in a bottle. Might have to switch to milk in a sippy cup only. We're not there yet but I bet he would be happy.



Just a few weeks ago we lowered the mattress in Hudson's crib because I found him standing one day and thought for sure that he would climb out (scary). Bubba stands every time he wakes up and greets me with most times a smile :) unless I'm not fast enough (haha).











Bubba has also figured out how to push the cable box and dvd player buttons. Too bad they make those buttons light up. He knows just where to push. Can't get a shiny light past this booger.



This little speed boat makes me crazy. We love him soooo much. Happy 7 months bubba.