12 Months of Hudson// Month 11

Terrible picture, but with the sun setting so dang early there was no way t have any natural light

-18ish pounds 28.5 inches
-Drinks 8 ounces 3 times a day. When he wakes up, right before bed, and at some other point in the day
-Eats EVERYTHING that we give him. (which is everything that we eat)
-Loves to eat applesauce or the squeezable fruit pouches
-Wears an array of sizes. I would say that he wears 6-9 months clothes right now. He still wears some 3-6 months pants. Most 6-9 month pants are too long, but he does have a few 6-12 month pants that fit him. He is starting to fit into some 12 month shirts.
-Sleeps approximately 7:45-7:30 every night and takes a nap at 10 and 3 for 1-2 hours each nap.

-He is FINALLY sleeping through the night! He wakes up maybe once a night every other week, but I can totally handle that.

-He is walking. One Sunday morning he all of a sudden decided that he could walk. It was crazy and we are still amazed by it. 

-He got another tooth on his bottom left which makes for a grand total of 5. Well really it's 4.5 because the last one hasn't come in all the way yet..
-Super ticklish. His neck, inside thighs, lower belly, lower back, and inner shoulders are all ticklish.
-Has gone through a bad diaper rash phase. Well he's still in the phase. He gets diaper rashes ridiculously easy.
-He thinks it's hilarious to put his binky in our mouth, and he tries to do it over and over and over again.
-Bath time is still his favorite time of the day. He could sit in there and play for hours if we would let him. His favorite toy in the bath is the drain cover thing with the little holes so nothing goes down the drain.

I truly can't believe that at 11 months old Hudson is walking. I thought for sure that he was just going to stand in place forever haha. He walks probably 90% of the time throughout the day and 70% of the time when he really wants something. He is perfectly content to carry a toy around and walk for 30 minutes. He doesn't play with the toy, just carries it around.

The struggles of learning to walk.

Loves this ball and getting so good at walking

Stuck in the stool once again

& Hudson was the cutest little raccoon for Halloween

More Halloween details found here

Getting the last crumbs

& He is inventive when it comes to using his walker

Always carrying this blue ball around.

& My favorite shopping bud.

Blurry because he is impossible

The only way to get him to stay during a diaper change.

Mountain Biking (&other adventures) with the Blues

My cousin, Melissa, texted me one day telling me that her and her family were planning a little getaway to go mountain biking up by us. She invited us to come, and we, of course, said yes.

Mountain biking was super fun but SO hard. First we rode down on the road, and then we went up on the trail. Going up was extremely difficult considering that 1. I'm out of shape and 2. the trail was not easy.

There were some gorgeous views.

Guys, I'm so white.

We went up for quite a ways before we got back to where the trucks were parked. We then grabbed one of the trucks and drove the rest of the way up the mountain, so we would get to spend some time going down. 

Going down was still hard but nothing like the way up. We got a little lost, had a lot of fun, and no one got seriously hurt.

After we were done biking we headed to Taylor's family's shop to ride around on some dirt bikes and the Rzr. We also got reunited with Hudson while we were at the shop. (Thanks Grandma & Grandpa Lloyd for watching him!) The Blues seemed to have a good time, and Taylor got to ride a dirt bike again which made him happy. Riding made everyone dusty and dirty, so I think we were all ready to relax a bit.

This is the view from the back deck of where the Blues were staying.

It doesn't get much better than that.

We headed into Lava Hot Springs where the Blues were staying. Melissa was kind enough to let us eat their dinner. Hudson was a big fan of it as were we.

After dinner we went to soak in the hot springs. It was just what we needed after working our bodies all day long. Hudson LOVED the hot springs. He sat extremely still went we first got in, and then he became more comfortable with it and splashed around like he usually does in the tub. We figured it was best to make our way home shortly after we were done at the springs since we had a very tired babe by that time.

It was a day that I would love to relive over and over again. Taylor and I definitely need to find ourselves outdoors more often.

Halloween 2015: Hudson's First Halloween & Other Fall Things

Our first Halloween with Hudson turned out nothing like we expected it to. At 11 the night before Hudson threw up and had a fever. He still had a fever the next morning so we headed to the Drs on Halloween. The Dr said he didn't have strep which we were so happy about. (I had strep the past week, so that was our biggest worry with him)

This picture  looks worse than the situation was, but poor little guy was feeling so miserable Saturday morning. 

With Hudson being sick and the weather being cold and windy we decided it was probably best to forgo the trunk or treat and headed down to Grace to visit my in laws. Hudson trick or treated at their door and then ditched his costume.

We spent the night at my in laws, went to stake conference there, and then headed home the next day. It was a nice little night away, but Hudson had the worst night that I think he has ever had. It included accidently being woken up at 10:30, lots of tears, driving around from 12:45-1:45 trying to get him to calm down and sleep, and finally getting him to go to sleep just after 2.

And now for some other Halloween/fall activities because I know that I won't have time to blog about them in a separate post.

We went to a corn maze and pumpkin patch a week before Halloween. 

The maze was way harder than last year, and we definitely got our butts kicked by it.

Hudson had fallen asleep on the way to it, so he was off and on with being okay in his stroller.

The not okay with the stroller times were spent on his dad's shoulders. 

I so wish that his eyes were open in the hugging/picking up picture 

Both blurry because he never stops moving but the pure joy in these pictures makes my heart melt.

Hudson helped make our traditional sugar cookies in the shapes of ghosts and pumpkins the Sunday before Halloween.

We carved pumpkins the Sunday before Thanksgiving.

Taylor's is on the left with mine on the right. 

And I think that concludes our Halloween and fall activities.

NOw to get around to blogging about our mountain biking adventure, and I think all of October will be blogged about.

lds conf in Kayesville with cousins

My grandma broke her hip before coming out to Utah for a cousin's wedding that was in Colorado. Because of this she decided to extend her time out here so that she could recover around everyone out here. We decided to take advantage of this and make a weekend trip down to see her. This trip happened to align with conference weekend.

Road tripping it with a baby who slept 2.5 of the 3 hour drive.

He's a baby straight from a dream, I tell you.

Lily. Lily. Lily. 

She is the most ENERGETIC child I have ever met. 

Poor Hudson didn't know what hit him.

She was constantly tickling him, picking him up, playing with him, or a combination of the three.

On Saturday we watched the first session of conference and then went to Target (Super Target. You could say that I was swooning over it) and the DI. After our mini shopping excursion we headed back to the Blues house and later ended up at my Aunt Sue's house to hang out with her, my Grandma, and my cousin Nickie. 

My Grandma is the spunkiest old lady.

I went from seeing her multiple times a week to multiple times a year if I'm lucky.

I'm so so grateful that we were able to see her, and that she was able to see Hudson again.

We picked apples from their big apple tree in between Sunday sessions.

Hudson was obviously a big help with the picking.

They were the best apples that I have ever tasted.

The next weekend we made delicious applesauce from their apples.

We caught the last session before heading home. My Aunt Sue and my Grandma spent Sunday at the Blues with us. We were REALLY hoping to get to attend a session while we were down there, but in the end we decided that spending time with family was more important than taking our chances in the standby line. Maybe the next session will be able to go..

All in all it was a great weekend. We were so glad that we made the choice to get away for a few days.

12 Months of Hudson// Month 10

-17.5ish pounds 28 inches
-Wears 3-6 month pants and 6-9 month onsies and shirts. He also wears a few 6-12 month pants but 6-9 month pants are too long and big.

-Drinks 3, occasionally 4, bottles a day of 7 ounces at a time.

-Loves all food except for avocadoes. 

-Cries as soon as we sit down for dinner because he immediately wants us to feed him. He is the worst moocher ever.

-Can eat straight from a pouch of applesauce or other food with a little bit of help
-He's a big fan of goldfish

-LOVES to be covered with a blanket when he goes down for a nap or bed. He will roll on his side and lift his arm up like he is waiting for you to lay it down.
-Sleeps 8-8 every night with 2 naps during the day at 10 and 3.
-Wakes up once a night. It was 2-3 times a night for a couple of weeks, but he has been back to only getting up once a night for the last week and a half.
-He has slept through the night 3 times in the last week and a half, so there's hope.

-Stands for a few seconds without support. He only does this when he wants to. You absolutely cannot make him stand without holding onto anything unless he wants to. He can lower himself slowly to the ground rather than just falling and reaching for the floor.
-He is more likely to stand without support if he has something in his hands. (water bottle, toy, etc.)
-Sleeps in the corners of his crib on his stomach.
-Has figured out how to turn his push toy around so now walking with it is all that he ever does.
-Has 2 (top) teeth that are coming in. We expect them to pop through any day. We're surprised that they haven't popped through yet since we can see the whiteness of the tooth and feel it bulging in the gum.
-LOVES his father. He is ecstatic when his dad gets home. He crawls over to him as fast as he can the second he walks in the door.
-Tilts his head and smiles at you
-Growls. I think he likes the vibration in his throat
-Has added vaaa and gaaa into his daily vocabulary
-LOVED LOVED LOVED the hot springs. For the first 10 minutes he just sat on our laps still as can be, then he got comfortable and splashed around.
-Tries to put his binky in other people's mouths, especially other babies.

Laughing so hard after I whipped Taylor with a towel for sassing me. 

Of course we had to keep doing it since he thought it was so funny.

He has learned that he can stand up in his high chair. 

He has also learned that he can be strapped in to his high chair.

& Practicing his standing before bed

Terrible quality pictures, but he can be sweet when he wants to

Weekend trip to see his great grandma Thomas. (to be blogged about eventually)

&Sucking on the blind. It's one of his favorite past times.

Standing like a big boy

Cookie monster

& Somehow he got himself stuck in the center of the stool.

He loves to crawl all over the car seat

& straight up lounging

His love for this table has been found again. Except now he won't crawl off of it on his own.

& Standing so handsome at church

Blurry hands because some part of him always has to be moving.