Hudson is now a big brother and is adjusting really well. He likes to say hi to Beckett and calls him "B". We do see attempts to get our attention and usually in the form of acting out so while we don't feel like he is unfriendly to Beckett it would appear that he is subconsciously jealous and feeling a lack of attention.
Hudson loves to jump off of stools, stairs and pretty much anything he can. He also likes to walk backwards. He is able to sing several songs including "Twinkle Twinkle", "Itsy Bitsy Spider", and the "ABC's". He knows his ABC's, colors, and can count to ten. He is able to identify objects and start counting how many there are. He continues to love cars, trucks, trains, and tractors.
Hudson moved into a big boy bed and seems to love it. He sleeps well all night with his spooka nightlight and fan on.
We are attempting to potty train him and have been successful with several pee-pee's on the potty chair after sitting with him and reading a story. We give him a full nalgene and he eventually does a pee-pee and then gets a reward. At this point he is not able to alert us when he feels a pee-pee coming so we've had accidents in our underwear rather than making it to the potty chair in time.
He has busted out with a few great one-liners of which include:
- "mommy, daddy needs to relax"
- "that's rude!"
- "that's not cool"
- "mommy sweetheart, come"
- "mommy, i'll make you a deal. You get in the box...i'll give you special treat!"
- "that's delicious"
- "holy smokes"
- "that's wierd"
- "duh dah dah dah....party time!"
He is growing out of his 2T clothes and is starting to fit into some of his 3T pants and shirts.
It has been so great spending time with him while on maternity leave as a family. We have gone to children's museum's, the zoo, the library, and seabrook.
Hudson continues to be so much fun and amazes us with his aptitude and humorous personality!