Hudson- 11 Months

My sweet husband got me a nicer camera for Christmas-

but now I have to learn to use it. I'm slowly working on it.

So all the pictures in this post are obviously taken in the same 30 second window,

but I love the array of faces it captured.

11 months of Hudson-

this baby is [mostly] a dream come true!

Except for this last month he has slowly, painfully cut one tooth at a time.

The last one broke through on Christmas Eve.

Let me tell you- it's been no picnic for anyone involved.

We are up to 5 teeth in now. Heaven help us when the others make their debut!

Teething aside, he's still the happiest thing you've ever met.

He's so fast at climbing stairs these days,

but has not yet mastered the art of going down. 

He's cruising around everything,

but clearly has no intention of trying walking on his own right now.

As pictured above, and below,

he's signing "more" now!

And he said his first word this last month- HI!

The first time he said it was to our stake president walking the halls at church.

Coincidently Chase's first word was also 'hi'- I guess I have friendly kids!

He's a real pain to get dressed these days,

the kid wiggles and tries to crawl away the whole time.

In this last month he also graduated from an army crawl to full hands and knees crawling.

And he is FAST.

Got to keep up with big brother.

As tired as his middle of the night teething pain sessions are making me,

it's the only time he'll really cuddle with me.

So while part of me wishes I was in bed sleeping,

a bigger part of me loves sitting in his dark nursery rocking with 

his little head resting peacefully on my shoulder.

And I silently pray and thank Heavenly Father that we have this sweet,

amazing, smiley, smart, adorable little boy.