Nick + Lauren: ): November 2012

10.18.12

Weight: 21 pounds, 2 ounces

Height: 28.75"

Size: 9M or 12M

Little Rino Tino,

This month was SO MUCH FUN! You were on the move last month, but this month you really started crawling. You spent a few days scooting, and then you started shoveling yourself across the floor! You didn't really use your legs - you just pulled yourself around with your arms. One day I set you down at Cookie and Pappi's, and you took off in more of a real crawl. Within a few days, you were crawling like a pro!

Last month you were pulling yourself up a lot, and this month you started pulling up and sitting back down! Whenever you were next to me or Daddy, you would pull up, "talk," and then sit back down. Sometimes you would even try to walk up and down the length of our bodies or try to climb over us!

This month your second tooth popped through! Just as you turned eight months old, your first tooth was coming through the surface, and by the time you turned nine months old you had about a tooth and half; )

One of my favorite parts about this month was going to the park! While I'm not sure you love it just yet, Mama sure does! I love spending time with you at the park and dreaming about when you will want to swing, go down the slide, and run around! It makes me happy that we have two parks within a ten-minute walk from our house! You sure do look cute on the swing; )

You also seemed like quite the "big boy" lately! You have been responding to your name more often, recognizing (and loving!) Callie, eating puffs, and trying to drink from a sippy cup! Since you can sit up so well and can eat from the tabletop, we even ventured out to eat a few times!

You have been quite the little shopper, too. You come with me on my biweekly grocery trips, and you rarely fuss! People try to make you smile and laugh, and I try to keep you from sucking on the shopping cart; )

Although I have yet to decide if it is helping, we added something (someone?) to your bedtime routine: Bun Bun. You received a very soft, very sweet "lovey" at a shower, and I give it to you when you nurse to sleep. You love to read That's Not My Bear and Baby Animals every night before bed. You light up when you see the books, and you are VERY good at touching the different spots on the pages. I hope you will always love to read!

Unfortunately, you ended your eighth month with a runny nose and a cough: ( It coincided with your your nine-month check up, and the doctor thought you looked strong and healthy overall!

Thank you for being in my life. Thank you for making me smile every day. Thank you for making our family complete. I love you forever and always.

Mama

PS: I find it kind of funny that you have so many nicknames even though you are only nine months old! Most of them come from the different songs that I make up about you. For instance, "Hudson Bobarino, tino, tino...Hudson Bobarino, tino, too. RIIIIIINO...TIIIIIINO...Hudson Bobarino, tino, too." I know it is silly, but you like it so I don't care; )

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Hudson was ON THE MOVE this month! Sitting, crawling, standing, playing - there was hardly a dull moment! This month, Hudson...

Smiled...