6 months, half way to having a 1 year old.

Hudson turned 6 months old on Dec.3rd. He has now had many different foods such as carrots, butternut squash, yogurt, oatmeal, apple, peaches, pears, chicken, green beans, lentils and peas to name a few! He has gotten eating down pretty well and you can see him imitating chewing. Also you better be ready because this is the reaction you now get when offering a bite! lol

Making baby food has also become a pretty fun hobby. I actually enjoy getting everything together and spending an afternoon making lots of new foods for him to try. Here is a pic when I had made the peas. From everything I have read it says peas are hard to make because of the skins, but with using a strainer they werent as bad as I was preparing myself for. Just threw them all in my steamer, then once they were soft, I mashed them through a strainer then mixed them with a blender and a little breast milk till they were the consistency i wanted!

Here he is enjoying some carrots. Another food I am happy that he enjoys, now I just hope that he still likes all of these when he is older.

 

When we took Hudson to his 6month check up we were happy to find out that at his next visit he will have no shots! It's always so hard watching this, although he did get over it faster at this visit compared to the last two. Our boy now weighs 14.9lbs and 26inches long. Doc calls him our peanut because he measures in the 4th percentile! Hudson still has his daddies noggin as it's in the 82nd percentile! He has really been trying to figure out how to crawl and gets up on all four while rocking back and forth. I feel like it will be any day now. He sits up for the longest by himself, but still hasn't figured out how to get to sitting up so for now we are still sitting him up. This month we also had his 6 month pics and I'm even more in love now that he is sitting up and jabbering with us. Each session he continues to get more fun and can't wait to see what he is doing by 9months!!

This month also meant Christmas... So We had Hudson's first Christmas!! We spent Christmas Eve with my (Margaret) side of the family at Ryan and Hopes house and then Christmas morning was a little different since we are staying at my parents house.. Mark and I started the morning by exchanging presents and opening Hudsons presents then when everyone else showed up we had breakfast with my mom, dad, Ryan, hope, all the babies, uncle Paul and my grandmother!  Then we exchanged presents with the rest of the family. Here is a pic of all the presents under the tree.

Once we all finished eating and opening presents it was time to get ready and head on out to Marks moms house to have Christmas with his side of the family. 

Again we ate, played dirty Santa, and all the kids opened their presents. Overall it was a great day and we have many blessing to be thankful for.

Here is Hudson wore out the day after Christmas!

5 months, FOOD!!

5 Months old!! Wow.. makes us happy to see him growing and changing but sad to know that before we turn around he will be starting kindergarten. Five months has brought some fun new milestones for Hudson. We have officially started him on baby food! I have decided to make all of it since it saves money, plus we know what he is getting! First we started with Avacado! Here he is in the bumbo on the first day!

At first I wasn't to sure if he liked it but by day two  it was obvious that he did! We decided to wait till he was about 5 and 1/2 months old before starting food since talking with his doctor and with what I read. I had at first thought I would wait till he was 6 months but with seeing how interested he was in us eating and how good he was doing with sitting up, we decided to give it a try a little early (plus we were excited to start a new milestone with Hudson) :) each new food we introduce we wait between 3-4 days to see if Hudson has any kind of reaction before going to the next. After 4 days of avacado we went on to sweet potatoes! These were an even bigger hit! Hudson gobbled them all up and by now he is opening up his mouth and leaning forward toward the spoon! Next, bananas, and no issues there as well! So then we were on to butternut squash and cereal! Each again haven't been an issue and Hudson seemed to enjoy! 

My sweet boy is definitely turning out to be a good eater!!

 Hudson has also gotten good at sitting up, and would rather be sitting up than laying down whenever you are holding him. He enjoys reading books, playing patty cake, and peek a boo. He also loves in the mornings when Mark and I will sing "Good Morning to you" to him and he will just talk and giggle the whole time!

 Also this happened... He has an interest in the Ipad whenever we are on it, so I have downloaded some games that he enjoys "playing".

5 months old also meant the month for Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving we got together with all of the family, and while Hudson didn't get to enjoy all of the yummy food, I had steamed pumpkin for him and he loved it.

4 months of fun!

So as of Oct 3rd, Hudson is 4 months old! He is definetly growing in personality daily, and keeps us smiling!! He is working on sitting tripod but hasn't gotten it down, although we are putting in the practice! He had shots again this month but stopped crying sooner this time (still heart breaking) he has grown to now weighing 12.9 lbs and 24 inches long, still a little guy compared to other babies but we don't mind as he makes up for it in personality! Haha

Hudson is eating 5-6 oz each feeding and still gets up every 4 hours, although a few times he has slept for 5 hours!  

Here Hudson is the day his Aunt Hope and Uncle Ryan "kidnapped" him hanging with his cousins!!

During the month of October, I (Margaret) had a birthday and am now in my last year of my 20's (where did they go) :( ..  We went to dinner with friends, Fulins and lots of Sushi, then we went to dinner with my parents and brother and sister in law, Fuji Habachi Grill!! Yumm! I had a great time both nights! Looking back over the last 9 years I have to say my life has been filled with many blessings and although I'm not trilled to be looking at 30 next year, I don't see how I could have made my 20's any better! So just to say it, Thank you GOD for all the blessing you have given me! 

Dinner for my birthday with Friends.

With that said Oct was a fun month! We have a little wiggle worm who rolls or maneuvers himself all over the floor, no more staying in one spot! He also has turned into quite the Hudenini and will try to flip over in his swing therefore now having to be buckled in because he has mastered it and does this quite fast! Thankfully we have not had any mishaps due to this.

We went to a pumpkin patch party for Hudson's friend Alex and got Hudson a pumpkin! We also went trick or treating as well as going to the Trunk or treat at church. 

Hudson with all his candy! He also got a toy from Nanna and Papa and money from Nanny!

 Hanging out with all the cousins!

Hanging out with Papa!

3 months old

It's hard for me to believe he is already 3 months, and in 3 more months, he is 6 months! Hudson is such a good baby, and I know most parents probably say that, but we truly do feel blessed! He is always smiling and will giggle and laugh when you really get him going! My heart melts each time I hear it!! 😍 So now that he is 3 months, he has no problem holding up his head and can roll from belly to back, and as of 9/30 he can now roll back to belly!! Yay Go Hudson! We are still strictly breastmilk and he no longer gets belly aches when I eat tomatoes, or broccoli. He is eating 5 ounces pretty regularly, and burps like a grown man! Hudson is still in 0-3 month, size 1 diapers and 3 month clothes but he is definitely filling out the 0-3's. 

I do get told more now that he is starting to favor me, because everyone knows he looked like he came straight from Mark for the first couple of months, and still does when he crinkles up that forehead like his daddy! 

We hope Hudson is a UT fan but until he can decide we will enjoy him cheering them on!! He watched his first UT game with his cousins Liam, Reid, and Kane over at Uncle Ryan and Aunt Hopes house, nana and papa were there too!

This guy seriously has such a personality, he makes everyday amazing, but I love when I get to spend the whole day with him!

Papa has quite a few times now watched all 4 grand babies at once and handles it like a pro! We are so blessed to have such an amazing Papa! 

Hudson went on his first run with me and we are loving this fall weather!! Usually I would leave him with my parents while I ran, as it is always so hot!! 

But not today, he went with me and not only did he start to fall asleep but we were on the news running!! Haha our 5 seconds of "fame".

We also took him to the fair for the first time and I was surprised with how much he stayed awake and stayed happy! Mark and I met up with my Mom, Dad, Ryan, Hope, Liam, Reid, and Kane and we all watched Liam ride some of the rides. Then Hope and I decided to be brave and try out a few rides, but all we could do is hear the creaking of the rides and hope they tighten the rides every day!! That's when Hudson really only got fussy when Hope and I decided to ride a ride and they had loud music playing but his daddy took care of putting on his ear muffs and he went right back to being his happy (serious) self!!

 

 We also took his 3 month pictures with Angela and boy did they turn out awesome!! So glad we found such an amazing photographer to help capture our family pictures!! (Thanks Hope!) 

 

And a little smirk to leave you with! ☺️