Funny Faces and Boy Bands

 Angela here! So they say a picture is worth a thousand words, but I think my little man's facial expressions are priceless.  He cracks me up every time I get out my camera.  His personality just keeps getting more fun and exciting everyday.  And when it comes to taking a bad picture of Hudson, I usually do one of two things....I will either delete them or file them on the computer under the "Embarrassing-photos-for-Huddy's-18th-birthday-or-wedding-or-whenever-he-needs-a-reality-check."  The collection is getting larger by the week.  As his mother, I know I am bias thinking my child is just the cutest thing.  And I'm OK living in that denial.   But I just had to share these pictures.  I definitely think we can add "Gerber Baby" to his resume...

           

                 

 On the left, I call this the "seizure-look" as he can make one side look droopy.  On the right, he is trying to destroy my camera with slobber.  Below is probably the only pic that turned out good.

 I still melt over those baby blues!

Hudson has decided he thinks he can master crawling now.  He can't.  He's wobbly and clumsy, as any seven month old should be.  But this newfound strength has really made me nervous.  Lolly has this "no-walking-baby" policy in her house, aka, her grown children and their children should be moved out by the time Hudson starts to walk.  So whenever I see a crawl or walk start to develop, I do what any mom in my situation would do...I pin him to the ground.  I'm hoping this doesn't affect his ability to develop in the future.

 Stuck indoors again this weekend, I decided to recreate a boy band to entertain myself.  Huddy on the piano; Anderson on the drums.  And once baby Claire can stay awake long enough, I'm going to make her lead singer.  

Have a wonderful week!

Airplanes and Football

Angela here! It's been another crazy week in the Midwest.  It won't stop snowing!!!  Grrrr.  My work and daycare are on a delay today so I thought I would update the blog.  My little boy had a check up last week to get more immunizations.  He took it like a champ and only cried for a second.  He's 75th percentile for height and 50th for weight, happy and healthy.  The doctor approved of everything we are doing as parents...except for allowing him to eat puffs and sleep with a blanket.  Oops.  But according to daycare and the internet, you want to start giving puffs to develop fine motor skills.  As for the blanket, I can't help it if my baby gets cold.  I need a blanket at night in this subzero weather, why shouldn't he?  So I did the medically approved heavy-blanket-over-the-head test to make sure he would be OK.  We kept stacking blankets on his head to see if he would/could pull them off.  He passed with flying colors.  Genius baby.  Don't tell my pediatrician, but he will be sleeping with a blanket tonight.

Super Bowl weekend was nothing crazy at our house, mainly because Chris was sulking that the Patriot's were not playing.  Huddy still had a good time playing with a football though....

"Where is Brady? Why am I watching Manning and Wilson on tv? Why is daddy crying?"

Sunday morning, we got up early and headed to the Air Force Museum as a birthday present to Chris.  He had been bugging me for months to go, so I finally caved and said yes.  Pop volunteers at the museum, so we always hear the 'happening stories' about how cool the museum is and how crowded it always is. 

"I can't walk yet, but that doesn't mean I can't wear cool shoes."

Hudson's first airplane experience just so happened to be Air Force One.  Chris tried to "Michael Jackson" my baby in this pic and wanted to dangle him over the edge for a "better picture."  Luckily, my loud mom-voice kicked in and stopped him before he did something stupid.  

No injuries and four hours later, my two boys could not have had a better day! Hudson kept clapping at everything he saw...airplanes, engines, anybody that walked by.  Chris was in awe at everything historical he could read and teach Huddy.  My son did his father proud and listened contently as Chris rambled.  The picture on the right is where LBJ was sworn in on Air Force One.
Yes, Chris is re-enacting it.... 

This is what I like to describe as Chris 'lion-kinging' my baby.  He says Hudson will learn more if you shove his face up close to things.  I question if this is why Chris is so smart....

Again, Chris being on nerd-alert. Imitating Nixon getting off Air Force One. 

Despite the 'Michael-Jackson' and 'Lion King' moves, the museum was pretty cool.  And it was surprisingly crowded for a Sunday morning, and Super Bowl at that.  I will definitely take Huddy back when he's a little older.  It's a great place for kids.  As for Chris, he is welcome to attend every weekend if he wishes....by himself, alone, without the rest of us :)

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