Dear Hudson: Four months in review

You are four months old! For some reason this seams like a HUGE milestone to me. 1/3 of a year has gone by in the blink of an eye. Everyone always says "they grow up too fast" but you really don't believe it, and kind of hate the saying, until your newborn baby is rolling around the room, laughing, and sitting up! (even if it was only for 2 seconds)

I've been looking through the millions of pictures we've taken of you and it made me realize how much you've already changed and made me think of all the things you've already learned in 1/3 of a year... so this post is dedicated to our favorite things about you thus far. Get comfortable, you may be here a while.

You have such a flirtatious smile! We can't help but smile and laugh every time you do because it is seriously the best thing ever. When I'm frustrated or overwhelmed or anything, all you have to do is smile and my heart is melted.

See what I mean??

You have so much determination, in other words, you are so stubborn! like father like son... Sometimes I get really frustrated that you're already so determined to get what you want, like when you wake up screaming in the middle of the night because you don't want to be on your stomach anymore, but you don't want to exert the energy to flip yourself back over. Or how you fight naptime so bad, and would rather sleep anywhere but your crib...

like on your playmat...

On Dad's lap...

The couch... on top of Grandma Darla...

Or when you're supposed to be eating...

You get the point. But I really do love that you already have such a strong personality characterstic. It makes me so excited to see what you will be like when you're older.

You're so smart already. I know everyone thinks their kids are so smart when they're really just doing normal things but trust me, you really are :) In fact, just now you gave us the perfect scenario. You've figured out that your binky is attached to a ribbon that you can pull on, so you always pull out your binky. Today you decided you would try putting it back in all by yourself.

You kept putting it in backwards, or only getting the side of it in your mouth, so you decided to try putting it on your blanket and rolling over.... but you missed

We laughed at you, so you laughed with us

Then you decided you would just suck on your hand instead

You are so strong. like superhero strong! Hence the reason you could roll over when you were four weeks old. Every time you lay on your stomach you go into superman mode. And look how well you hold yourself up!

Your laugh/squeal. Besides it being so cute, it's so contagious as well. Dad and I crack up every time we hear it. Maybe it's just because we're your parents? I don't know but I hope your laugh stays the same forever.

You are so talkative, and quite the performer. Every time you get even a smidgen of attention you take full advantage and would do anything to keep it. You would talk in your raspy voice all day to anyone willing to listen... again, like father like son. When you get really into your conversation you start blowing bubbles. It's the cutest. About a week ago we put up your jumper for the first time and you absolutely loved it. You were jumping and laughing and spinning in circles and having so much fun, until we stopped watching. Then you decided to throw a fit until we took you out.

You hold our hands while you eat. It may be such a small thing, but it really makes us so happy. And even though we both know you always do it, we still get so excited and whichever of us is feeding you will always point it out to the other.

I can't even tell you how much fun it has been having you in our little family the last four months. We love you more than we ever imagined was possible, and hope you will always remember that. You were the best surprise we could have ever asked for. Thank you for coming to our family and making our lives complete.

We love you Hudson, Love Mom & Dad

P.S. I just have to add a million more pictures