Easter Sunday

Our day started with Church in the morning, an Easter egg hunt at my parent's house and then off to my Aunt and Uncle's place in Boring for another Easter egg hunt and family time.

Hudson looking at what the Easter Bunny left him. 

 

 

Playing at my parent's house… he likes riding the mini horse and watching the train go around and around.

Cousins, the best picture I could get. 

The littles peeking out the window, watching the Dad's hide the eggs. 

My sister gave each of the kids a pirate eye patch… Argh Matey!

The kiddos… Hudson, Lincoln, Sophia, Weston and Bennet.

The Parents

Teeter tottering together.

My little family… I sure am blessed!

Checking out the animals at my Aunt's house.

Fireworks the Llama and Cisco the horse.

Always giving kisses to whoever will accept.

Sitting on my cousin's motorcycle… he really did like it even though the picture says otherwise. 

Oh, another egg!

It was also my Uncle's birthday. He's holding Walker, my cousin Amy's son.

Playing peek a boo behind my leg. 

They walked around my Aunt's property holding hands… it was pretty darn cute!

18 months old

Today, our baby is 18 months old… I can't believe it. He's a blessing and I'm thankful to be his Momma. I love watching him grow, learn and explore new things. Each stage brings different challenges but so many rewarding ones as well. I enjoy spending my days with him and living life though his eyes, I wouldn't have it any other way.

Stats:

Height: 32.68 inches (60%)

Weight: 25 lbs 1.6oz (64%) w/ clothes on

Eats:

Breakfast @8ish, snack @10ish, lunch @11:30, snack @3ish, dinner @5:30. He continues to love food and eats about everything placed in front of him. His favorites include; noodles and applesauce pouches. He drinks about two, 9oz sippy cups of whole milk/day. He stopped nursing February 1st. (a little over 15 months)

Teeth: 

14

Sleep:

He continues to be a great sleeper for both naps and nighttime. His nap is 12:30-2:30 or 3. Bedtime is at 7:30pm and he is usually up for the day at 7:30am. 

Physical:

If he's not walking, he's running or climbing and trying to jump (his feet don't come off the ground). He continues to crawl up and down the stairs but likes to walk down if holding an adults hand. Holds fork with fist (continues to switch hands but mostly uses right). 

Language: 

Words: Da (Duck), Baa (Balloon), Ma (moon), Noonles (noodles), Mow (lawn mower), Dzz zzz (Blazers), Mimber (Timber), Dow (Down)), Bee, Eeeow (we're not sure.. maybe E.I.E.I.O), Mama, Dada, Bapa (Papa), Hi, Heyo (bye bye), Bubble, Ball, Ba (book), Ne, while shaking head (No), Yeah, Nana (banana), Oh, Uh oh, Durdle (Turtle), Yeyo (yellow), Re (red), Shoe, Ahh (Hot) and probably a few I'm forgetting. At this point he will try and repeat anything you ask him to say. If he's feeling shy, he'll smile, put his head to his shoulder and giggle instead. 

Animal sounds: Elephant (blowing your lips together), Lion (Roar), Snake (sssss) and Giraffe (eating sound), Bird, Cow(booo), Horse (neh), Dog (AH,AH), 

Other sounds: Peee (pinches his nose when something is stinky, usually chaining his diaper), Airplane (whooooo), Train (choo choo), car (vroom), Blows (same as elephant sound)

Signs: Please (pats his chest) All done (hands shake in air) Thank you (hand to chin then pulled away) Eat (fingers together and to mouth) he also adds the sound "mm,mm". 

Cognitive: Recognizes and points to familiar faces in pictures when asked (Momma, Dada, Sophia, Lincoln, Jameson, Bapa, Grandma)Still likes all lights, fans, TV and candles to be turned off/blown out when leaving a room. When asked, he can point to his; Eyes, ears, nose, hair, mouth, belly button, toes and moles. 

Understands simple commands and questions. Examples.

-Did you go poopoo? he says, "Yeah" and walks to his bedroom to be changed.

-Do you want to... Take a bath? Shower? Get the mail? Go to the store? 

-When we ask how old he is, he holds up one finger.

Also, if he wants something and doesn't know the words, he'll point to it, say "Yeah" and giggle. Sometimes he says "Yeah" over and over. He also likes order and structure and like his Mom, is a little OCD. I've caught him picking up his boots when one has fallen over, touching one foot and having to touch the other to even it out. :)

Social: He is extremely ticklish, enjoys Patty-cake, This Little Piggy, Wheels on the Bus, waving (backwards), clapping, dancing, giving closed mouth kisses, blowing kisses, seeing his cousins or friend Jameson. Also, watching videos of himself or other people. Likes the 1 year olds at church (no longer is sad when we drop him off).  

Play:

Still likes to push buttons, flip light switches and also watch ceiling fans. Enjoys reading books (his choice), shape sorter, flute, harmonica, any toy with buttons to push, cars, ride along toys, music, bubbles, blocks, shooting hoops, playing golf and turning on and off the TV.

Favorites:

Building/stacking blocks

Driving his cars

Dancing to his CD- Loves his two Little People sound tracks (we listen in the car and also on our blue tooth player)

Book- It changes every couple of days, he does like books that have spots with different textures

Snacks- apple sauce pouches

Bath time-splashing, lining up his ducks and dogs

Being naked or just in a diaper 

Wagon rides

Seeing airplanes in the sky

Ceiling fans

Peek a boo (hide and jump out to scare him)

Finding his belly button and yours

Being tickled

We sure love you Hudson Matthew!

He is Risen!

Happy Easter!

Bowling at Big Al's

Matt had yesterday (Good Friday) off, so we headed to Big Al's for an evening of family bowling.  I forget how much fun bowling is and sharing these moments with Hudson is the best.

The hand dryer did a number with his hair… ha!

Patiently waiting for the ball to come up.

He's always surprising us… sitting in the middle of the lane and doing tricks. :)

Break time for a snack… he loves strawberries. 

I surprised myself and Matt with a Turkey (my first one ever). 

Hudson's turn to bowl…

My little bowler with his special six pound ball. :)

We finished our evening with a sweep through the arcade… Hudson was taken with all the lights, buttons and seats to sit in. Talk about over stimulation! 

Egg decorating

We simplified the egg dyeing process and made it a little more age appropriate for one year olds.  After pre-dyeing the eggs, the kids used finger paint, stickers and tattoos to decorate. I wasn't sure if Hudson would be into finger painting (past experiences haven't gone over well) but he actually really enjoyed it, that is when he wasn't snacking. :)

Jackie the hostess filled plastic Easter eggs with different snacks for the kids… such a cute idea.

Checking out his egg and adding stickers.

Baylor wasn't about to miss out on the action, he was in everyone's business. 

Finger painting, he used only a couple of fingers. :)

   

Jackie also filled little Easter baskets with goodies.

Dexter, Jameson, Hudson and Cassidy

I put Hudson's eggs on a tray and he quickly went and grabbed his plastic eggs. One by one, he put them on the tray...  it made for a happy boy!

Mowing

Now that we have a yard, we went out and purchased a lawn mower. There is nothing cuter than a dad and his son mowing the lawn together. Hudson loved every bit of it and I think Matt did too. :)

Starting their mowers, Hudson was very interested in the real starter cord.

Boys working hard.

I can barely handle this one… if you look closely, they're grinning at each other. :)