Gone Fishing

I am happy to report that Hudson is finally acting like his old self again. We had to take him back in to the doctor earlier in the week, and he ended up getting an antibiotic for a sinus infection, and I think that helped everything because he is back to his usual busy self. Now I am keeping my fingers crossed that he stays healthy for at least the summer. We're all tired of sleepless nights and doctor's visits.

Last night, Jesse went fishing with one of his friends, and Hudson and I met up with them after they were done so Jesse could show Hudson his catch. Hudson was amazed by the fish, and was a little hesitant to touch them until Jesse picked one up and held it with him. After that he was all about them and would walk anyone who would come with him over to the fish and point them out. He was standing there looking at them when one of the fish started flopping around, and Hudson was taken aback at first, but then he started kicking at that fish! I guess he thought the fish wanted to play!

Happy Easter

This has been a long week around our house. Monday evening Hudson was acting strange so we took his temp and it was 102. We took him to the doctor and he had a viral version of strep throat, so he had all of the same symptoms of strep throat, but since it was cause by a virus, and not a bacteria, they couldn't give him any medicine for it. The fever lasted until Thursday and when that finally broke, his mouth broke out in fever blisters, inside and out. He hasn't eaten in almost a week, but the doctors said as long as he'll drink something, he should be ok. So we got up this morning and went outside to see if the Easter Bunny had come. Sure enough, there were eggs out in the yard, and Hudson had a blast picking them up and tossing them into his Easter basket. He thought they were balls, so he threw them in his basket full force, but oh well. He was having a good time, so we just let him do it. He would run from one egg to the next and turn and throw them into his basket and laugh.

18 Months Old

Hudson had his 18 month checkup last week and he is 35.75 in tall which is above the 95th percentile in height and he weighs 28lbs 8 oz which is in the 85th percentile. So we have an over-achiever! Which is fine by me because I bought myself a pass to Holiday World this summer, and it looks like the cutoff for a lot of the rides is 36" if accompanied by an adult. So he'll be free this summer, and next summer, and will be tall enough to actually do something there. I can't wait! The weather has been milder lately, and we've been taking every opportunity we get to go outside and let Hudson burn off some energy. He is such an outdoors kid, as long as he's outside he's happy. It doesn't matter what we're doing. There are some pictures below of him riding on the 4 wheeler Jesse's uncle brought over for him. He thought he was pretty hot stuff! There are also some pictures below of him meeting my cousin Kate's little boy Quinn, as well as him having a staring contest with a dead ladybug at mom and dad's. He loves bugs, and will get down on the ground and blow them around the floor!

When Life Gives You Lemons...

Jesse, Hudson and I went to Evansville over the weekend to look for summer necessities for Hudson. While we were there, we stopped at the Olive Garden to eat, and Hudson grabbed the lemon out of my drink almost before the waitress had let it go after setting it on the table. Since Hudson's attention span usually only lasts about 5 to 10 mins after we sit down, we let him keep the lemon because it was entertaining him (and us). I got my camera out and snapped a few pictures of him enjoying the lemon. He was making some strange faces, but kept going back for more!

Let it Snow

We took Hudson out in the snow for the first time last night. We've had snow off and an all winter, but last night it was sunny and warm enough that we weren't as worried about him getting sick from being out in the cold. He loved it right away. Jesse pulled him around in a sled and I followed and tried to take some pictures. Hudson was determined to eat as much of it as he could, so he was constatnly dragging his hands beside the sled inthe snow to get some to put in his mouth. That's why in some of the pictures below he's laying down, or has fallen out of the sled altogether. All in all, we were only outside for 15 or 20 minutes, but it was enough for his face to turn bright red, and for him to throw a fit when it was time to go back in the house.

Dance Party

I just wanted to post a short video I took Sat night of Hudson dancing to a kids song CD at Mom

and Dad's house. He went up to the CD player and wanted to listen to this CD and was dancing

and jumping around for about 15 mintues before I thought about using the video camera feature on my camera. So at the end of this one, you can see him get tired and walk off, but it's enough

to give you a pretty good idea of what was going on!

No More Baby Hudson

Hudson has changed so much over the last few weeks, it's amazing to me to think back to Christmas and how different he is now. It was like flipping a switch. All of the sudden he
really started talking and trying to repeat everything anyone said to him. He tries to tell
you what he wants, he'll let you know when he's tired and ready to go to bed, or when you
aren't doing what he thinks you should be doing. Below are some pictures of him from the
last couple of weeks. The first one is him sitting is his chair eating popcorn. That's a new-
found favorite food of his, and something we all can sit down and share. The first time we
made it, Jesse and I couldn't stop laughing because Hudson would stick his little hand down
in the bag and eat it just like we were. He sat and watched us at first, and then dug in like an
old pro. The second picture is Hudson and Jesse watching one of Hudson's Wee Sing tapes.
He absolutely loves them, and so far that's the only thing we've found that gets him to sit
still for longer than a few seconds. At first he just enjoyed the singing and dancing, but now
he actually tries to do the movements with the characters, which is hilarious! The last
pictures are from the week of Mom and Dad's birthdays. Instead of getting them a cake, we
got a message cookie, and had some left over that was sitting on the counter. I sat Hudson
on the counter to take his hat and coat off after coming home from Corydon to see Jesse's nephew
play basketball and Hudson spotted the cookie. He looked up at me and plain as day
said "Cookie" and pointed over to it. I was so excited that he said cookie, I sat him up on the counter

and let him have some. He was VERY proud of himself! I don't have a picture of it,
but he also peed on the big boy potty for the first time last night. I clapped and made a big
deal out of it, and now he's constantly pointing at the bathroom door asking to go potty!