Oh please stop growing!!! Hudson is a whopping 20 pounds and 27 inches long!!! We have grown a pound and a little over an inch in the last month!!! Oh my sweet baby boy, where has the time gone?? Well, you have 3 teeth now, have a HEALTHY diet of solid foods and can sit up and scoot yourself all over the living room. You are still nursing as well - still taking a bottle twice a day @ 7 ounces each time, wearing size 3 diapers, 6-9 months clothes and size 2 & 3 in shoes. You take a paci pretty well and can grab it and put it in your mouth on your own, but you don't cry for it or seek it out so I'm very happy aboutthis and hope it sticks! You are still sleeping through the night, although you have a tooth trying to break through the gum right now and you've had some trouble with it and sleep but for the most part things are great and you still let mommy and daddy sleep all night long. You pushed yourself up for the first time this month, you've been sitting on your own for at least a month now but you finally mastered pushing yourself up on your own, daddy and grandma got to see it first, mommy had to wait a few days to get to see it. You are such a happy happy baby, everyone always comments on how well behaved you are and how you look like a Gerber baby. You are a big boy in your high chair now, and can finally go on shopping trips with mommy to Wal-Mart - your Nana and Poppy bought you a high chair/shopping cart cover, which you happen to thoroughly enjoy! Mommy can clip toys to it and you are set, although you are usually more concerned with what's going on around you than the toys I bring!! You have certainly found our voice, you just love to scream just to hear the sound of your voice! You have begun this little game of throwing things on the floor and seeing who's going to pick them up, mommy sometimes does - but daddy is more of a fan of that game than mommy! You still take at least 2 naps during the day, sometimes good long ones but mostly just 30-40 minute naps. Mommy and daddy are seriously considering getting your hair cut in the coming weeks, your hair is seriously out of control! You are at a good age right now where you can entertain yourself for a while without someone constantly having to be right there, you do have your "needy" days where someone has to be right next to you in order for you to play with your toys but most days you are perfectly content on your own. You are making lots of sounds - on top of the screams - you have down "ma-ma-ma-ma-ma," "ne-ne-ne-ne-ne," and "ahh...ahh...AHH!" Daddy is going to a night shift soon so things are going to be a little different for a while, but your Nana and Poppy are coming down soon too so they can spend some time with you.
Things are starting to happen now and I know it's only a matter of time before you are mobile - then talking!!! Right now though, I love your emerging personality, your smile is infectious and melts our hearts each and every time you smile! One more month down, and so many more to come!!!
HAPPY 7 MONTHS!
