Kierstin's walk!

This past weekend, my mom, John, Hudson and I participated in a walk to raise funds for Tuberous Sclerosis. Our special friend, Kierstin, was born with TS. You can read more about Kierstin at her website: www.caringbridge.org/visit/kierstindublinske. I worked with her amazing mom, Amy, at Children's Mercy. It was a beautiful day for the walk and great to participate in such a good cause. More than 600 people participated in the walk and raised over $40,000!

Nana and dad also hung a swing for Hudson in our backyard which we have been enjoying all week. He really likes it and constantly searches for a part to put his mouth on. At least the sprinkler cleans it each day, right?

Hudson this week has an ear infection in both ears and has had a rough time sleeping so we are all a little tired down here. So the poor thing has to go to the doctor two days in a row - Thursday we go for his 6 month check up! Hopefully he will be on the upswing.

Labor Day at the Lake

We just returned from a wonderful weekend, with our friends Todd and Ali and Todd's parents at their new lake house on Lake of the Ozarks! We had a wonderful time and also got to see Dana and John so that was fun too. Here are some pictures and some other random ones from the past few weeks.

Hudson's new favorite trick is to make himself cough. He concentrates really hard. This started when I was imitating him coughing and he thought it was just hilarious. Then he figured out how to make himself do it!

A date with Ainsley!

This week Hudson had a play date with a beautiful little girl this week, Ainsley (3 1/2 months), and for the first time, they were both awake! Ainsley immediately tried to hold his hand, although Hudson thought a better place for it would be in his mouth. Hudson had a great time making sure all of her new toys had his slobber on them before he left.

Hudson is 5 months old!

Where is time going? Hudson turned 5 months old last week. He continues to do great. We started solids a few weeks ago and he is loving the real food. He is up to eating about the equivalent of 2 jars of food a day plus rice and opens his mouth and says "ahh" each time he sees the spoon! He is also really close to sitting up and starting to scoot on the floor. He is working hard at getting his knees under that belly to crawl so it won't be long! We have lots of babyproofing to do! He also is getting a bit of stranger anxiety. Sometimes with someone new, his lip turns under and he just starts crying! It is hard not to laugh at that cute face even when he is crying! This past week, he discovered his tongue. Many times when we look at him he has it sticking out....Here are some pictures from the past week. We went to St Louis for my 10 year high school reunion. Have a great week!

the Spirited eater

This is a video of Hudson sucking on a piece of melon in a cool little mesh bag holder we got from Sheri, an RN I used to work with. Thanks Sheri! He obviously loves it! This shows a mood opposite of the last video we posted!

The Cruise!

We just returned from our Carribean Cruise! We had a blast. It was a great to celebrate my grandmother's life with the whole family. Hudson LOVED the beach and the water. He did so great on the trip - from the plane to the boat. He took long afternoon naps by the beach or the pool (mostly with aunt dana) and went to bed in his stroller each night under a blanket just in time for us to have dinner. He was a dream and the highlight of the cruise, being the youngest on board he got quite a bit of attention. He is quite the traveler for a four month old - we figured out he has been to 6 states and 4 countries already! I couldn't pick which pictures to post, so here is a link to some of our favorites.


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Hudson's first "meal"

After we got home from our trip last night, we decided it was time to give Hudson some rice. He loved sucking on big chunks of fruit on the cruise - even pineapple! We thought it would take a while for him to get used to eating, but he took to it rather quickly. With each spoonful, we would grab my hand and pull it to his wide open mouth! It was pretty funny. So now we have a new favorite activity!