New Face

Today Hudson actually took a morning nap that was an hour and a half.  This is HUGE for him!  He normally just sleeps for a half hour in the morning, then a half hour in the afternoon.  The afternoon nap will last longer if I lay down with him on the couch. 

Back to today, though.  When I walked into Hudson's room he was in a great mood.  I started talking to him, and he proceeded to make a new face at me as I smiled.  He crinkled up his nose and started breathing through it loudly.  I had never seen him do this before.  I had, however, seen his dad do that.  Kyle makes that face at Hudson sometimes to get him to smile, and it seems that Hudson has picked up on it.  He and I made that face back and forth at each other quite a few times today, but when his daddy got home, Hudson stopped!  He made a liar out of me.  I'm sure he'll make the face again.  I'll try to get a picture of it soon.

Hudson also has a new bruise on his forehead.  I'm not surprised.  The little man constantly tries to make his way around the coffee table, but ends up falling half the time.  

I guess there's a lot to learn from a little guy like that.  He never stops trying to accomplish his mission, whether it's to get the dog food, grab the remote control, or dig in the garbage can. Sometimes I give up pretty easily.  Most of the time if it's something I don't think I'll be good at then I won't try at all.  I'm scared of failure.  So I need to take a lesson from little man.  It's okay to try; it's okay to fail; it's okay to keep trying.  I need to realize these things now because he'll be watching me as he gets older.  If he sees that I'm scared to take a chance, then he might learn fear from me.  I guess this is where prayer really comes in handy--trusting that God's going to guide Kyle and me as parents.  He's the ultimate example of the perfect Father.