My little brother keeps growing and amazing us each & every day. Here's what he's been up to this past month:
- Continued to eat new foods and/or more textured foods; started 2nd foods on Aug. 27th. Still not crazy about anything with texture but has done pretty good with cooked carrots, peas & green beans. Slowly warming up to puffs & toast. New foods he's tried this past month include beef, chicken, ham, mangoes, pineapple, oranges, corn and blueberries.
- He has worked hard to get teeth! Got his first tooth, front tooth even, on Aug. 29th, the other front tooth & bottom tooth on the 31st. Has continued to get a few more teeth & now up to 7!
- Got another ear infection starting Sept. 1st and continued to have it all month! Poor guy...This included enjoying his first Labor Day with a relaxing, get well weekend at home.
- Watched first Iowa State over Iowa win on Sat., Sept. 8th; ISU 9 and IA 6. Go Clones!
- By Sept. 8th Hudson has worked hard to crawl...kinda of gets on all fours and lunges forward but not much movement unless army crawls on tummy. He loves rolling over and moving around as not much for sitting still.
- Does pretty good standing when holding on to someone and can move from laying down to a sitting position & vice versa.
- Hudson can play peek-a-boo, exchange gestures and "conversations" and loves playing patty cake. Teaching him how to clap & wave bye-bye but doesn't do it on his own quite yet.
- First Farming of YesterYear on Sun., Sept. 9th so saw first old time tractor parade, first time on a pedal tractor, first threshing and pumpkin launching!
- On Mon., Sept. 10th has first combine ride in a John Deere 9770 with Grandpa Allen, Mom & me (Hayden). We were at the trust farm harvesting corn and didn't get scared at all. Loved grabbing the wheel and was ready to drive. On Wed., Sept. 19th had first combine ride cutting beans and this time with Daddy. Again, did wonderfully.
- On Wed., Sept. 12th said first word, "Mama"! Still not babbling or talking too much but doctor thinks may be due to ears / infections...we'll see.
- On Sat., Sept. 15th first trip to Center Creek Orchard with Aunt Jenni, Cousin Hannah, Grandma Judy, Mom & me. First time down an 80 foot slide & first horse-drawn carriage ride.
- Even with a month of ear infections continues to be a happy guy. Wears 18 month clothing (*working in 24!), size 4 diapers, size 5T shoes and has a great sleep schedule. Can go down at 7:45-8 p.m. and sleeps until about 7 a.m. Still takes 2 naps a day and eats very well. So blessed to have him!
