Two new women in my life!

It's been almost a month since my last post... sorry about that, but we were so busy last month, with Wren's arrival and all.  It took some adjusting, but I have grown to love my baby sister in the last couple of weeks.  She is pretty and tiny... and I especially love her pacifers!  Hers are different than mine... I think mama needs to buy me some like those!!! ;)
Lately, I have been perfecting my navigation skills on the ipad!  I now only need help from Mommy and Daddy when turning it on!!  Which allows me more freedom and Mommy and Daddy get a little time to do the things they want/need to do.  I could play on my ipad all day if they would let me, but sadly they only let me play for a little at a time... :/
I actually have TWO new women in my life!  Over the last couple of weeks I have begun speech therapy with my teacher, Chelsea!  She comes to my house to play with me... working on sounds, using "modeling" techniques, to hopefully get me repeating soon.  If only I could tell everyone what I'm up to... Hehe!  But... I just love Chelsea!!  She is really sweet to me, like Mommy, and is really fun to play with, like Daddy!  With those great qualities, it's impossible not to love her!! :)  When she leaves, I always give her a hug, but yesterday... I insisted on a kiss! (She offered her cheek, but I didn't stop till I got the side of her lips!) ;) Hehe!
I will be 22 months in a few days.  Mommy is getting sad thinking about the fact that I will be a 2 year old soon.  She has already begun a list of stuff she will need to get or make for my Super Why themed birthday party!  I can't wait to see what all Mommy comes up with for the party... she always does her best to make things unique and special just for me! :D
Well, now that Wren has her own blog, Mommy won't be spamming my blog with all of HER details anymore!  Thank goodness! :)

This was taken after I had fallen asleep in the hospital the night of July 17th (the day Wren was born).  Mommy sneaked Wren into the picture for a cute photo op! (I will admit it is a pretty cute picture...)

Side note:  Daddy is in California right now for work.  He left yesterday and won't be back until Monday night.  We miss him so much and can't wait to go pick him up from the airport!!!  (Oh yeah, and Daddy, if you are reading this... you better bring me home something good!) ;)

Happy 4th of July!

Yesterday was a lot of fun!  We went to Anderson pool in the morning... we stayed for quite awhile... I even took a lil snooze!  I just LOVE swimming with Mommy and Daddy!!  When we got home, I got a nice warm bath and took a late nap so that I could stay up to watch the fireworks!!  Mommy and Daddy napped too!

Last night we stayed home to see if we could see the fireworks from our backyard... and WE CAN!  They were pretty and sparkly!  :)

Swinging in the backyard before the fireworks!

Mommy and Daddy got me this cool light up toy!!

Watching the fireworks!!

I wish I could see these every night!

This thing is cool!!

Hi Mommy!

We could see Fairview's fireworks really well!

SPARKLY!!

Happy 4th of July!!

 

Swim Swim Swim!

I just realized that I forgot to mention how my swim lessons went 2 weeks ago!  Mommy and Daddy signed me up for the Tot Spot at Normal West High School swimming pool.  The water was supposed to feel nice and warm... well it wasn't warm... not one night!  I really didn't mind the temperature however... I'm tough!  Some of the little girls were shaking and chattering the whole time though!

You may want to ask, "So did you learn to swim, Jude?!"  The answer is, "No."  I'm 20 months old!  BUT... I think I gained more trust in Mommy and Daddy and I loved splashing and kicking in the water!  Both Mommy and Daddy dunked me all the way in several times throughout the lessons.  I wasn't too thrilled with that, but I think I handled it pretty well.  I know it will help me learn to swim in the future.

Sorry for the short video... Mommy's camera ran out of memory.

French kisser... no more!

Mommy here!

... I noticed Jude forgot to mention something memorable that has taken place.  I would like to announce that we no longer have a "french kisser" on our hands!  Jude has learned to give closed mouth kisses!!  Hooray! I am happy that I no longer need to wipe the slime from my mouth after each kiss from my little man!!  It's also so sweet to finally feel his soft baby lips on mine!

Mommy LOVES your KISSES, JUDE!!!!

xoxo forever, and ever!

Soaking it all in!

Mommy, Daddy, and I went to check on baby Wren today.  She is measuring right on target, and it won't be too much longer until we get to meet her face to face!  I am really looking forward to seeing my baby sister.  I hope she looks like me! :D

Lately, my brain has been acting as a sponge... soaking up as much information as possible.  I now know all of the Alphabet, numbers 1-10, many animals (cow, dog, cat, mouse, horse, spider, goat, pig, sheep, giraffe, elephant, lion, tiger, etc...), and after this morning, colors (purple, blue, green, orange, red, and yellow)! 

Mommy gave me Fruit Loops after my oatmeal.  She laid each colored fruit loop out in a row and told me the color names.  She went over the colors only a few times before asking me to point to certain ones.  She was amazed when I pointed to the right color every time!!  It really doesn't take my brain long to remember anything she teaches me!  Daddy was psyched to see how well I knew my colors when he woke up!

No... I am still not talking.  I am supposed to be starting some speech therapy, which will hopefully help me develop my speaking skills.  Mommy and Daddy aren't too worried about it; they know I will eventually get the hang of it, but my doctor would just like to keep me on track with the rest of my peers.  I am ready!! :D