Hudson - 8 months

Hudson is 8 months old today!  I feel like this past month he has really changed and grown up so quickly.  He still isn't crawling and really doesn't seem to have any interest in it.  I've tried putting him on all fours a few times and he just cries. Ha!  In the past two days he has become quite the roller though.  If he's sitting down he stays sitting, but if he is on his back, he will roll all over the place.

These pictures were taken tonight after his bath. He was rolling around his room and in the last one you can see he made it across the room and would have kept going, except that he ran into his chair. :-)

He is so sweet and so good.  We all fall in love with him more and more each day and I could not have asked for a better baby.  I am wishing I could just freeze time right now!

At 8 months Hudson:

• is sleeping a million times better!  He goes to bed around 7:30 PM and the past two days I've had to wake him around 7:45/8 AM.  He does usually wake once a night, but it's nothing like what he was doing before.  
• takes two naps a day.
• gets so excited when it's time to eat and especially when he sees his baby food jars.
• still prefers baby food, but now eats some finger foods, too. 
• is picky about food textures.
• has become quite attached to his pacifier.  He generally only gets it in the car or when he is getting ready for nap or bed, but as soon as he sees it he will grab it and stick it in his mouth.  
• acts shy when people talk to him.  He will smile, but then quickly "hides" his head in my chest. 
• loves rolling around and does it from side to side now. 
• usually sleeps on his side or stomach. 
• definitely has a favorite toy (a small maraca that I keep in the car) and gets so excited when I give it to him. 
• is a cuddler and loves to give hugs.  
• has the most squish-able checks and legs. :-)
• loves his big sisters and is adored by them.  He's constantly smiling at them an in most of these pictures he was cracking up at Handley dancing around for him. 

Speaking of his big sisters, they are so silly.  This evening Handley transformed herself into a super hero with her blanket tied around her shoulders and a shoe box on her head.  She kept singing "Super Hero Handley, here to save the day, flying to all the nations, I'm going to save the day!"  Not quite sure where she comes up with all this stuff, but I love her imagination.  

"saving" Harper