Food Fun

Honestly, I had to have an attitude adjustment about starting Hudson on "solids" (Why do we call pureed anything "solid"). However, I knew at 6-months that it was time. So my mantra is "Food is for FUN until he is one." I learned that when Thomas was a babe, but I'm really really going to take it to heart this time around. So for fun, Hudson had a banana for his first food(hopefully, you've seen the picture in the Father's Day Weekend slideshow)....or at least, he held the banana and kind of sucked on it. And for fun this week, we've had oatmeal (which he loves!). He's also tried the "thank you carrots" and "yes peas" by Happy Baby. By the way, I purchased the Happy Baby frozen organic baby food from Whole Foods because it was on sale AND I had a coupon. It comes in little cubes -- the perfect amount -- and actually smells, looks, and tastes like the vegetable it is. I completely recommend it.


Here are some photos of other fun we had this week.
Below Thomas is brushing his hair to get ready to ride the...

Carousel!

This was Hudson's first carousel ride. (and I was certain to wash his hands as soon as we exited)

(Mimi was the photographer and worked hard to get us all in the photo. Thanks, Mimi! )

This last one is Hudson's new move. Looks like he is crawling doesn't it? Perhaps not before too long...They grow up so fast!

A Weekend of Firsts

We visited Mimi and Gran for a long Father's Day Weekend. This was Hudson's first trip to the beach. He also enjoyed his first food and his first swim in a big pool. Thomas had his first fishing trip and caught his first fish! Thanks for a fun weekend, Mimi and Gran!

You can click on the speaking balloon at the bottom left of the slideshow to see the commentary or click on the pictures to go to PicasaWeb to view it there.

Watermelon Season

Watermelon season is back, and Thomas and Matthew are so very excited. Matthew likes to cut up the whole melon for a weeks worth of snacking, and Thomas likes to be right in the middle of the action. This is one of their favorite father/son activities.

Happy Half Birthday, Sunshine!

Today is Hudson's half birthday! He really does have the sunny personality you see in these pictures. I just love those smiling eyes...

Update:

At his 6-month dr's appointment, Hudson weighed 23 pounds and was 27.5 inches long (97th and 90th percentile, respectively). Dr. Stone commented that she thought he was tall -- I should say so :) Apart from the 4 shots, he had a great appointment!

VBS and a 3rd Tooth

We've had a very busy, but very fun week. It all started with Vacation Bible School -- we went to "Cactus Canyon" at the Advent on Monday. I was teaching the twos & threes so Thomas was in my class. All day he kept saying "Mommy, thanks for being my teacher." And at the end of the day, he said that when he grew up he wanted to be a teacher too. It was really sweet. He is a charmer...

On Tuesday, Thomas started the summer session at Early Arts, and Hudson and I were back at VBS. Hudson was working on another tooth so you can only imagine how much fun he was in the nursery all week. My classrom was right next door to the nursery and we had tons of teen volunteers so I could pop over to help calm him. Thankfully, Hudson's 3rd tooth (bottom, right of center) finally broke through on Wednesday so Thursday was a better day for him. He made it all morning (well, 3 hours) without me! He even took some of his bottle and a nap! At the Celebration Dinner for VBS on Thursday night, it seemed that everywhere we went a teen volunteer was saying, "Awwww, there's Hudson." I guess he's a little charmer, too.

Hudson is trying out his new tooth a lot these days. Matthew let Hudson try some watermelon at the VBS Celebration dinner (thankfully, he just licked it!). Don't think that really counts as starting solids... And I'm not sure watermelon is listed as a good "first food" -- Ha! As for practicing with his teeth, I certainly prefer that he use his toe as a chew toy when the alternative is my shoulder --ouch!