Hudson's 10 months old!!

No, you didn't read that wrong... he IS actually 10 months old. The end of December was crazy... with Christmas, sickness, and traveling. I wasn't able to blog, so I decided to just skip his "9 month" instead of doing it super late. Poor guy...
Growth: Hudson is 24 pounds. I feel like he's not gaining as much, now. He's moving a lot more, so he's thinning out... a little! ;) I'm not sure how long/tall he is.
Health: H has still been healthy. He did have a diaper rash right before Christmas, but it cleared up (I was using disposable diapers, and I think that may have contributed to it (also the fact that he was on antibiotics). Like I mentioned, during Christmas time, we had some sickness going through our house... stomach flu (B and T) and I had the whole "fever/sore throat" thing. Hudson stayed healthy the whole time! Praise the Lord! I actually read that when a nursing mommy gets sick, her body creates antibodies that get transferred through her milk... protecting her little one. How awesome!

Good morning!

Eating/Sleeping: When we were sick and when we were traveling at Christmas, our schedule got a little funny, but since we got home, things have been back to normal. Now that H has been eating a lot more solid foods, I've decided to slowly start the "weaning" process. I now nurse him 4 times a day (in 24 hours). I'll do that for a few more weeks, then do 3 times for a few weeks, then 2, etc. We want to have him weaned by a year (when he can start to have whole milk). He won't really drink from a bottle anymore, which is fine with me... one less thing to wean him from!
He usually wakes up between 7 and 8. (He sometimes wakes up earlier... like 6... but he'll usually "talk" to himself and fall back asleep. I nurse him. He plays until around 9. He usually eats cereal or cheerios and some kind of fruit (and water). I put him down for a nap after that (around 9:30). He sleeps until around 11:30ish (I usually don't let him sleep longer than 2 hours in the morning... makes for a longer afternoon nap). I give him lunch... usually a vegetable, fruit, and some kind of finger food. Benj comes home for lunch so he can play with he and T. I nurse him (at around 1 or 1:30) and then put him down for another nap. He usually naps from 2 until around 4ish. I nurse him when he wakes. He and T play until Benj gets home. We eat at around 5:30... Hudson still eats "baby food" at that time, as opposed to what we're eating. He really does love finger food, though. I nurse him right before he goes to bed... around 7:30.
H will pretty much eat whatever we give him. The other day, B gave him a graham cracker. After that, I gave him squash. As I was feeding him that, he tried to pick up every last crumb of that cracker on his tray! Haha! I don't blame him... I would much rather have a graham cracker, too! :)
Personality: It's so fun seeing this develop in him. Now that he's more mobile, he can "get into things" more frequently. He knows he's not allowed to touch the heater. However, he'll go over to it, look at me, and touch it... with a smirk on his face. It's hard not to laugh. He's a stinker. It's also so fun to see he and T play together. For the most part (so far), they get a long pretty well. He still loves to do everything she does, so it works out for them. :) It is funny, too, how he has his favorite toys already. He loves balls and things that make noise. He, also, loves splashing in the tub with T.
He loves people and still hasn't had "stranger anxiety", yet. He's a fun, sweet boy.
Other Random Things:

• He's wearing 12-18 month clothes. 
• He's wearing size large AIO, size 2 2 steps, and size 4 disposable diapers.
• He just learned how to wave, last week. And we're pretty sure he knows how to nod, yes (it's not very consistent, though).
• He doesn't crawl on all fours, but he scoots where he needs to go.
• If we lift him to stand holding on to our ottoman, he can hold himself up for a couple of minutes.
• He now is working on his seventh tooth (he has four on the bottom and two... almost three... on the top). 

We're so thankful for this little man!