I didn't know he could do that!

So a few days ago I was playing with Hudson downstairs and he was playing really well by himself so I thought I would try to work on my scrapbooking some while he was playing. (It was my goal to have his first year scrapbooked by his birthday but I am not going to make it. I am to about 9 months and only have 5 days left. And I have way too much work to do in the next 5 days to finish it.) So anyways, I left him downstairs playing and ran upstairs to get some of my pages and stuff.
Imagine my shock and horror when I head back downstairs and find Hudson crawling up them! He had made it up 3 stairs and was just standing there (on the very edge of the step I might add) grinning up at me! Needless to say I flew down the stairs to get him but he was doing just fine. Guess I'll have to keep my eye on him a little more closely now! He has really started moving now that he figured out the crawling thing. He'll crawl a little bit, pull himself up on something, walk along it a ways, fall back down on his rear end and crawl some more. It's great!

crawling - finally!

Hudson has started getting up on his knees to crawl around this week - and can push himself back up to a sitting position. Finally - at 11.5 months old I can officially say my son is crawling!

So another week went by before he remembered he was figuring out how to "crawl". I think the problem was that we weren't enticing him with anything he wanted. I kept using toys, remotes, cell phones and I guess that isn't what he really wanted. Yesterday I used cheerios and he scooted all over the living room floor for them! Then Daddy got home and they played this game for 30 minutes - and Hudson fell right to sleep when I put him to bed. Daddy wore him out! Jamie better be careful what he uses as enticement though - you would think he would remember he has already lost 3 of his wedding rings...does he really want to add another to the list? :)

crawling

No, he isn't crawling yet, however I have discovered that he can actually do it - I think he just doesn't want to. Last week - after a looonnng day of him wanting to be held all day long - I finally just laid him down on the floor and sat on the couch and let him cry. After a couple minutes he got himself worked up enough that he started scooting to me. Not sure that it would actually qualify as an army crawl, but he made it several feet to the couch.

Then today - we were kind of at that same point - so I put him down on the floor again and twice he pushed himself up onto his hands and knees!
Again, this only happens after several minutes of crying - and he cries through the whole thing - but it's definitely progress.
So now I know he does have the strength and understanding to do it - he's just STUBBORN. He gets that from his Daddy! ;)

feeling better

Hudson is finally feeling better - he has actually played pretty good all week, just been fussy at night and nap time - which isn't too unusual for him :) He finally started eating a little bit of food yesterday again too, so that's good. He's been getting up 3 times at night again, which is because of both being sick and not eating good so he's hungry. So hopefully that will get better as he starts filling his tummy more. We'll see. His sleeping has actually been better as far as rocking him to sleep and putting him down, he usually stays/goes right to sleep instead of the crying fits we had been having. So we'll see how long that lasts. Hopefully it's here to stay. It's much nicer than listening to him cry for hours at night! I have officially decided that he just isn't a long napper - 30 minutes max - that is all he does. He has been waking up pretty grumpy the last week too, but that could be contributed to being sick. Plus on top of everything else he might be teething. No teeth peeking through yet, but he is still drooling a lot. Last week I was contributing that to his stuffy nose and cold, but it is still hanging around so maybe it's more than that. We'll see if we see any white in the next few weeks maybe!
We started Hudson on some finger foods this week. He loves to pick them up and is getting really good at using his fingertips but so far doesn't put them in his mough. Which is weird considering he puts everything else in his mouth that he can get his hands on! He loves playing with all the toys he got for Christmas too. I am amazed watching him because he has gotten much better picking things up and using his hands - and he loves standing/walking behind his walkers. No crawling yet but he does stay on his hands and knees for a little bit before getting mad and rolling over. Not long enough to do any moving yet though!

and the little one said "roll over"

Finally!! Hudson rolled over all by himself last night. I have been putting him down for tummy time a lot this last week trying to get him to do it (He's been close for a month it seems like, just never could put it all together.)

Of course, I missed it. Jamie put him down and 2 seconds later he rolled over! But I got to see it the second time - and the third, fourth and fifth...

And he remembered how to do it this morning too! I was sure he would have forgot, but as soon as I laid him down, he rolled right over to his back! He likes to roll from his back to his side and has started sleeping on his side a lot lately, so I am sure back to tummy isn't too far away.

Then on to crawling - I'm not sure I am ready for that. I like being able to put him down somewhere and knowing he'll be in the same spot when I come back. Probably won't have that luxury for too much longer!