Hudson- 18 months

Hudson Lindley turned 18 months on March 29th. And since we got his Easter pictures made earlier this month, I thought they'd be perfect to use and show how much he's growing.

 

What Hudson's been up to:

- Still wearing 18 month clothes and growing into 24 months for spring. I've been buying 2T for fall/holiday smocked. Still in size 4 diapers

-New foods he's into: tater tots, rice crispy treats, cheese-its, popcorn. All the stuff I'm not suppose to be giving him. He also loves sweets and chocolate, but I don't give that to him much

- Still loves to drink "ice" (cold water with ice) out of my cup. We've seen many fits lately because he can't hold the cup

- OBSESSED with the vacuum cleaner. Like, we have to hide it now because he will turn it on himself. And when he can't find it, you guessed it, a fit.

- Has 12 teeth, but 2 are coming in on the top. All the classic teething symptoms are coming back out

- He now tells us when he pooh-poohs. " Ah pooohh pooooh"

- This child loves to be outside. But has decided he doesn't want to ride in the wagon. He wants to push it. He loves to mow the grass in our backyard.

- Loves pop-up and lift-a-flap books

- Its been harder and harder to get him down at 7 since daylight savings time. But we are still attempting. He will sleep until about 7 am.

- Still loves his paps. I had hopes of taking them away at 18 months, but we are going to the beach in May. And I know we will need them there.

- We've had about 5-6 haircuts since his first birthday.

- His defiant side has definitely come out. And we've had to have our fair share of hand pops. Of course, I am the disciplinarian. Joey gets to be the cool parent.

- He has started to hit. And you better watch your face, because its not safe these days.

- Some of his new words (I might have already mentioned some of these in preview posts): wow, ice, pup-py, you, woof, raaahw (like a lion grawl), juice, gone gone, eat, bite, deer, momm-meeey (he's been saying momma, but just switched to mommy)

- He loves to pet joey's 2 deer hanging in the office. He points and says "deeeerrrr" And yes, we have 2 deer hanging in our office. Thanks, Joey

-He is big into a repetition. He will stack and unstack just to restack again. Over and over.

-His daddy and him have a night time routine with the dogs. Joey says, "lets feed the dogs" and he'll run to the laundry room and knows exactly what to do. Then he'll run into our bedroom to feed Guss.

- After the above routine, we obviously think he's a genius

- He is officially enrolled in a 2 year old morning class in the fall. I think he's bored at  home with me and I want him to be around other kids his age. He will go 2-3 mornings a week.

-Still loves his mommy, but is starting to love that daddy. Its so fun to watch them do boy things.

- He never, ever stops. Like ever. I am exhausted, but just having so much fun with him. 18 months is really a great age!

 

My sweet friend Jana took these amazing pictures of Hudson.

He saw the bunny and immediately said "Guuushhh?" Anything white and small is Guss to him

 

And what would a Lindley photoshoot be without me and Kiki wanted to jump in?

 

Love that sweet 18 month old with all my heart!