23 Months

On July 22nd, Hudson turned 23 months old. He weighs about 27.8 pounds and is around 35 inches tall. Hudson really likes to point out what is his and what is someone else's. For example, he will say Dino's blankie (Dino is his baby~we got it for him so he could practice his big brother skills) and Hud's blankie. Dada's ball and Hud's ball. He is also really into big and little. Big rock, little rock, big bite, little bite. Big boy vs little boy is another new favorite. He usually tells us he is a big boy, but when he freaked out about walking in the sand at the beach he decided that he was a baby after all. Hudson has been doing really well at his swim lessons. He is getting better at back floats, he got rings from the third and fourth step down this month and swam to the wall on his own after jumping off the blue mat at a few different lessons. About half way through the month, he started acting up quite a bit. He has been spending a lot of time in time out. I'm not sure if this is an early "terrible twos" thing or if this is a "I sense that a big change is coming" thing. Maybe it is a bit of both. Uncle Ty taught Hudson how to give real hugs so now he puts his arms around us and gives us great big cuddly hugs. He continues to surprise us with random words that he knows like skateboard.His communication skills are really improving as well. He was able to tell Jenn his chips were on the top shelf. He is growing and learning every day and continually impresses us! We just adore this little guy, temper tantrums and all!