Well I mentioned in a previous post about Hudson's head shaking skill. Ok, maybe head shaking quirk? :) I got a little head shaking action on video finally!
Hudson LOVES monkeys. We received two monkey piggy banks at his shower - one from Grandma Shelly and one from Aunt Doris. We returned one of them but now I wish we hadn't! Every time he sees that monkey, he just lights up! When we're in his nursery, he looks for it on his dresser. That monkey causes INSTANT smiles, giggles, and hissing (will explain the hissing below…)! Here's a video of Hudson crawling after the monkey piggy bank while I am trying to get him to sit still for pictures! He also has this big round sock monkey head pillow that just cracks him up. He gives that monkey pillow TONS of open-mouth kisses!
Hudson's favorite book is, "Clifford, Where is the Big Red Doggie?" He has been in love with that book ever since the first time he saw it months ago. When Clifford is on TV, Hudson is in "the zone." He also likes to watch "Jake and the Neverland Pirates," "Yo Gabba Gabba," "Chuggington," and football! He gets excited when he sees someone with a soda can because he wants you to put it up to his cheek so he can feel the cold can. And he also loves to throw his fist into a bowl of cereal or teddy grahams to make your food explode everywhere! He gets really excited when you tell him, "no!" (we're working on that…), and he likes to follow us all over the house so we have to keep most doors shut 24/7.
With the recent stomach bug that hit our house, he has become quite the pro at getting his temperature taken. We have the forehead thermometer that you swipe from the middle of the forehead to the temple, and he used to grab at it like a wild animal. Now he just leans his head forward and holds completely still while you check his temperature a couple of times. He doesn't mind if you take something away from him or if you take him away from something. He either tries to go right back to it (if it's still reachable) or he moves on to something else! He's pretty tough - he falls often and doesn't normally cry at all. Thomas and I have trained each other on how to react when he falls so he doesn't think he's hurt every time. It's working!
Once Hudson began crawling, we started giving him puffs, yogurt melts, mum mums, and lil' crunchies. Of course, he loves these as well. His first reaction was a repeated fake cough and smiles. He wasn't sure about what was in his mouth but it was still pretty funny! Now he gets excited if he sees a container of these yummy treats. Here's a video of him chasing dad's hand for a puff!
At the beginning of December, Hudson started making a noise that kind of sounds like a hissing/static noise when he is excited. It drives Thomas crazy! And he almost ALWAYS does it when he sees Thomas. I apologize that I haven't gotten a video of this yet, but I will! Stay tuned...
Since the end of November, Hudson has been trying to get up on his feet from a crawling position (without holding onto anything). Well that's just not going to happen! He's finally caught on that he needs something to grab ahold of to pull himself up. If you stand him up and give him something to hold onto, he can keep himself up. So far he has fallen over every time he tries to pull up on his own, but here's a video of him thinking about it (and practicing some dance moves)!
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| Napping with his feet up in the air |
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| Same nap… now with his butt in the air! |
We discovered this fun activity the other night!
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