Hutch 11 Months

11 months. How can we only be 1 month away from a year? Que all the tears. I know I say it every month, but times just keeps getting faster and faster with each child. 

Hutch has been growing and changing like crazy. He isn't a baby anymore and likes to try and keep up with his brothers. He is pulling himself up on to everything, he will probably be our fastest walker. Jameson walked at 13 months and Carter walked at 15 months. My bet is Hutch will be just over a year when he starts taking his first steps. 

He is still loved by all, especially his brothers. Jameson is very sweet with him and can always get him to laugh. Carter likes to push Hutch's boundaries. Both are very typical of the twins personalities. But often times Hutch just wants to be left alone and doesn't want to be mauled by his brothers, so we enforce the "Don't touch Hutch" rule for 10-15 minutes. 

We've also had to start the "no bounce" rule when Hutch is on the trampoline with the boys. They always start with little bounces and then the bounces gradually get bigger and bigger until Hutch is being whip lashed around the trampoline. Poor Hutch. But being the typical 3rd child, he just sits there and puts up with it, hardly ever making a fuss that his brains are being jiggled around. 

Carter gets really mad if he doesn't get to be the first one in Hutch's room each time he wakes up. If he can't be the first one in Hutch's room, then we must report back to Carter on what Hutch was doing when we went in there. Most of the time Hutch is just sitting in his crib, sometimes he is standing. Even though its almost the same thing every single time, Carter must know and always asks "What was Hutch doing??". Its cute, he really loves his brother even though he's the one that often makes him cry. ha ha. 

Hutch is also teething (again). He is such a trooper when it comes to teething, he usually gets ornery right before bed and needs some extra love. Then he's good and will sleep through the night. He is such a better sleeper than the twins were. The twins were always waking up for one thing or another (and still do!), when Hutch goes to bed he rarely wakes up till morning. 

All the teething paid off and his top 2 teeth popped through. The next 2 top teeth are going to be right behind, they are very swollen and will pop any day now. By his birthday he'll probably have 6 or more teeth!

We've had a fun busy month! We have really enjoyed the warm weather and try and be outside as much as possible. Hutch likes to crawl all over the grass and put everything in his mouth. His favorite spot is going to the flower bed and throwing dirt everywhere and eating it. He has a well balanced diet of milk and dirt, keeps him strong and healthy. haha. 

One of the warm days we decided to go to lunch with Grandpa J at the park. The boys LOVE going to lunch with Grandpa.  They get all of Grandpa's attention and can always get him to push them on the swings and watch them go down the slide. 

They brought their frisbees to the park and Jameson kept trying to get his frisbee stuck in the tree on purpose. He would laugh and laugh every time he got close to getting it stuck... until it actually got stuck! haha. Grandpa had to lift him up high into the tree to rescue the frisbee. 

This month we were able to help with yard clean up at Great Grandpa J's house. All the kids were a ton of "help". They followed each other around in a gang of sorts "cleaning up". Both Grandma and Grandpa J were good sports at helping them help with the clean up. 

Hutch getting a month older means we are a month closer to welcoming baby #4! So exciting and terrifying at the same time! I am not sure how I will handle 4 kids all on my own, let alone 4 wild and crazy boys! But we will manage and figure it out as we go!

I can't imagine a sweeter, happier baby. He is simply the best and such a light to our family! We love and adore Hutch!! Next up- HIS BIRTHDAY!!!