Dearest Hudson,
You turned six months old on December 5 and it’s so hard to believe that you have been here with us for half a year. Of course it feels like longer than that because we spent nine months prior to that awaiting your arrival in June. These past six months have been the most exciting of my life and it’s hard to even imagine life without you here.
Now that you are six months old, it seems like we have a completely different boy in the house. Everyone told us that six months was a huge turning point, but it was seriously like magic. You were a wonderful, beautiful, sweet baby before, but now, all of a sudden, you have just changed before our eyes. You rarely cry and you spend so much time during the day entertaining yourself and playing.
About a week after you turned five months old, you began sitting up on your own for long periods of time. What a huge accomplishment! And I know that this makes you so happy that you’re finally able to experience the world around you from a vertical position. You love life and you are happy to express that feeling to anyone you see.
Also, about a week after you turned five months old, your two little bottom teeth broke through your gums. Now those two teeth are completely in and your smile has completely changed. Now when you smile, you’re very careful to move your bottom lip down just enough so you can show off your brand new pearly white teeth! You also jet your jaw out when you smile just to make sure no one misses those teethies. (Yes, mommy has brought out the baby talk when mentioning your “teethies.”) Someday you’ll let us get a picture of these teeth that you’re so proud of!
You love your sweet Boudreaux and Fiona. Boudreaux loves you, too, and Fiona is a little nervous when you reach out to touch her. But our Boudreaux just wants to lick your face until there’s nothing left to lick. He loves you so much! You also got to meet Beaux, who is mommy, Uncle Walker, Poppy and KK’s family dog. Beaux is the best Golden Retriever in the world and we are so happy that you were able to meet him. He’s 12 years old now and may not be with us much longer.
You are loving all of your fruits and vegetables. We moved you into your high chair last week and that has been a great experience for all of us. It’s so much easier to feed you like this and you seem to enjoy sitting at the big table with us. Your favorites are squash and bananas, but you really do love it all.
I took you in for your six month well visit yesterday so you could get your shots and just a regular check up from your doctor. You weighed 22.1 lbs and measured 28 1/2 inches long. You are still off the charts in both height and weight. Your growth has been so consistent and we’re just thrilled that you are healthy.
You talk and babble to everyone you see and you really are such a friendly, outgoing little boy. You’re always so happy to see your grandparents and mommy and daddy’s friends. You especially love your Sunday school teachers. They gets lots of love every week from you.
You have always loved your bath, but now you get to sit up in the bath tub and we let you hang out in there for a long time just so you can splash around. It’s going to be so much fun to get you in a swimming pool someday soon! You have also started responding even more to music. You wave your hands around when you hear a fun song and we swear you’re dancing. I have been listening to a lot of Christmas music in the car, and I can hear you humming very lowly from the backseat and my heart just breaks a little with happiness every time I hear your sweet voice.
Hudson, we are so proud of you. I knew that I would love this stage in your life and now that it’s here I want time to stand still. But I know that you have to grow up and that I will love each moment with you even more than the earlier moments. You are a joy and the best thing that has ever happened in our lives. We love you so much.
Now for the growth comparisons next to our favorite monkey:
5 months (Mr. Short Attention Span)
6 months- a big boy!
Aw, Erin he is so cute! And such a big boy! I love the picture with him and Beaux, with Beaux’s sweet white older golden face. Such a lovely post.
What a loving post! Motherhood suits you well! 🙂
He is getting cuter and cuter by the day!!!!! 🙂
Aunnie just got a little teary eyed. Want to squeeze him. I’m in love with him! xxoxo
Such a cutie!! loving the frog outfit 🙂 and the smile!
He is just precious and growing so quickly!! I want to squeeze on him!! I think he is starting to look at lot like his daddy!!!
So incredibly sweet!!!!!!! 🙂
Adorable frog outfit! I saw it in a booth at Holiday Market and LOVED it.
Hudson is precious 🙂
Ahh! He’s such a cutie. He has the greatest smile. And do I spy two teethies in that last picture?
So cute…I love his little outfit in his six month photo! Too cute! 🙂
What a beautiful post! He is oh-so-cute!!
He is adorable!!!
That was so sweet! Makes me so excited to meet our little one. I hear from so many people the 6 month mark is just amazing.
Hudson is so adorable and he looks so happy! What a sweet post! 🙂
Such a happy boy! I grew up with a golden and would love to have another one day. They are so good with children.
What a doll! Happy 6 months to him! Your post was so sweet :o)
What a precious post for your little lovey! He will cherish these words you wrote to him when he gets older. What a cutie he is!! Love those cheeks!! What a fun Christmas with a little one in the house.
His smile is so contagious! I smile every time I see a picture of him smiling.
I totally got teary eyed! I cannot get over how cute Hudson is and the outfit in his 6 month picture is so darling!
He is so cute! It’s so weird to say this after only reading a blog…but it seems like just yesterday that he was born!
He just gets cuter and cuter! He is simply adorable!!!
Erin, he is just the cutesy lil guy ever! I can’t wait to meet him and love on him!! For some reason I crowd through your post to him!! So beautiful! U r such an amazing mommy! Hudson is blessed to have you as his mommy! Love you!
I meant cutest and cried.. My iPhone jacks up my spelling! I’m sorry
Such a sweet post. So nice that you can share this with him when he gets older. PS – I can’t believe your little man is 6 months old! Time flies!
He is so adorable, what a sweet sweet post you wrote. So neat for him to be able to read one day.
Every month I think to myself that you’re little guy just can’t cuter. And every month his smile just seems to get bigger and bigger. He’s so cute, Erin!
Okay, so usually I am just a lurker….but, can I just say your little man is sooooo handsome?!?!!! And he and I share the same birthday!!
Oh my gosh! I love that smile in the 6 month photo!
Ohhh, this is so precious. You must print this for Hudson’s baby book. Someday he will read this and smile so wide just hinking how much his momma loves him.
Savor every second BEB!
That was such a sweet post! Hudson is absolutely adorable.
Hudson’s six month birthday is my six month mark on the wedding count down! I just wanted to tell you that I have never been able to understand the love of a mother to a child, and I don’t think I will until I have one. But this post got me about as close as possible. Your comment about hearing him hum in the car to Christmas music had me misting at the eyes! What a beautiful post. He is going to be so thankful to have all of this love documented when he gets older! And this just makes me more excited to have babies in a few years with my sweet soon-to-be husband!
aww how cute! just look at that big smile! i cant wait for him and Heath to meet!
He’s a cutie!! xoxo
Hudson is adorable. Thanks so much for sharing this!
oh my… congratulations. those shots of him in the chair are precious! enjoy yourself…, it goes by fast! my oldest is almost 7!!!!
happy holidays
Oh I love the picture of him and the pup, so adorable!
Look at that sweet little face! I can’t believe he is already 6 months old!!
I cannot believe he’s already 6 months!! Erin, he’s such a precious little boy!!
happy 6 months, hudson! you are one cutie patootie.
What a wonderful post! Hudson is absoultely adorable! We’ve got an “off-the-charts” boy too and isn’t it such a blessing to have a healthy strong boy?! 🙂
OMG! that post makes me want a baby NOW! how you described him humming, omg, that made me melt!! I love that pic of him and the dog, where he is touching him. so presh!!!!
He is absolutely adorable!
So cute. And such a mini-Todd!
Sweet, sweet boy! The part about meeting Beaux broke my heart – my sweet golden Cassie was with me since I was 8 – we put her to sleep when I was 24, right after Evan and I met. Growing up with dogs is so special!
ohmigoodness could he be more darling?!?!
oh he is so cute! every stage just continues to get more and more fun. we love all of the smiles, babbling, laughing, and and and. so glad you all are doing so well. love all of our happy boys, we’ll have to get them (and us) together soon=)!
oh my gosh I just want to squeeze him!
Such a sweet post about such a sweet boy!
GIRL!! What a little doll you have! That smile gets you immediately! And I LOVE your idea of doing the photos in his bedroom chair by his monkey friend! WOW what a change his 6 mo picture is! He looks like he is enjoying his little life to the fullest! It looks like he is thinking, ” Isn’t this FUN, Mommy??”
this post seriously brought tears to my eyes! I can’t believe he’s 6 months old!! CRAZY how time flies. He is beautiful and you are a wonderful mother my friend 🙂