Freckle Eye Fancy

I swear you guys, every stage of this baby thing just gets better and better. In the last month, Hudson has gotten SO smiley and chatty, and reacts every time Brandon and I talk to him. When he wakes up from the night and his naps he gives me the sleepiest smiles that just kill me. He has also started to do this thing when I put him down to sleep where he’ll fuss (calmly, if that makes sense) until I pick him up and rock him, and I can see him smiling under his pacifier. I can’t even be mad about it because it’s so dang cute. My other favorite thing he does right now, in regards to his smiles anyway, is smile at himself in the mirror. And I’m talking like a shy, one sided, cheesy smile. It’s so cute. It doesn’t matter how tired or cranky he is, he will smile at himself every single time. We’ve made the switch to formula, and he is a happy baby! Probably partly because I’m happy. I was exclusively pumping and it just ate up so much of my day, so I decided to stop. It would have been ...

We got to take our first family trip with Hudson last month! Brandon's family had planned a trip to San Diego earlier in the year, but we hadn't planned to go because we weren't sure what life would be like with Hudson (mostly how he would be health-wise since he was early). After a month of having him here, we decided we wanted to go, so we did! We flew out the day after everyone, and met them at the zoo that afternoon. I had never been to the San Diego Zoo, but I remember my dad bringing me back a pencil one time when I was younger. I'm pretty sure he went, anyway, so I always wanted to go. It did not disappoint! We did a lot of walking and saw most of the animals. Hudson, of course, slept most of the time, but that's okay. He wouldn't know what was going on anyway. The next day we hung out at Balboa Park and went to the model train museum. That evening, Brandon and I went to go meet everyone at the beach, but they had already left, so we had some ti...