Thirty Two Weeks

On April 3rd, Hudson turned 32 weeks old. He weighs 17 pounds 2 ounces.This has been a big week for Hudson. He had his 1st Gymboree class, his 1st photo with the Easter bunny, his 1st trip to the zoo, his 1st Easter, he officially crawled and he said his 1st words! He started off the week by doing a few crawls on his hands and knees before returning to an army crawl, but now he is zipping around on his hands and knees. He is really good at going from crawling to sitting and vice versa. He is figuring out how to get a toy then bring it with him as he shifts to sitting so he can sit and play with it. He is pulling himself up to standing really well now and even lets go for a second. He is also working on standing up from a crawling position, not just from the sitting position. He has started doing a fake cough, he does it to get attention and he has even started to have a strange sounding laugh because of it. He is experimenting with putting his hands over his head and behind his head. He flicks his wrist. Hudson had a few days worth of nap strikes this week. It feels as if 3 naps is too many, but 2 naps isn't enough. Hudson has started waving goodbye. He also likes to grab people's noses. We are starting to be able to see Hudson's tooth when he smiles! Hudson loves when daddy throws him in the air. And speaking of daddy, Hudson said dada! He started saying Ah-da on March 30th. Then on April 1st, he said mumumum and what sounded like mama. A few hours later he said dada. Such a diplomatic kid. He knows how competitive his parents are so he said both mama and dada on the same day. By April 3rd, Hudson's fake cough had died down and his laugh was back to normal. His 2nd tooth also broke through. He now reaches his arms up when he wants to be picked up. He smacks his lips together and he says baba, mama, dada, gaga, and yaya. Hudson has now also had butternut squash and green beans.