A little bit of everything...

Gramps was in town last week!  He lives in Reno, Nevada, but he came to visit with us and to see Wren for the first time.  He had met me 3 times before, but this is the first time we were able to play together!  Everyone thought I might be shy around him at first, but they were wrong.  I took him by the hand and led him into my toy room soon after he arrived! :)
(Daddy took pictures of us together on his phone.  I will have him post them later!)


I'm still busy perfecting my ipad skills!  I'm now able to lay down and hold it using only my feet!  Mommy couldn't find her camera earlier to take a picture of it, but she will try to take one later.  It's pretty awesome!! :D  (And no... Mommy and Daddy aren't THRILLED with all my ipad usage... but hey!  It's so FUN!!)

Chelsea is still coming over once a week to play with me!  I've mustered up the ability to say "Whee."  I know... "GO ME!" ;)  She is planning to make picture cards for me to hold up when I want something... instead of me whining for it. 

So... I guess I love my baby sister.  She is always fussy and steals Mommy away from me, but she is pretty cute!  Yesterday, Mommy caught me smiling at her twice... she wasn't supposed to see, but Mommy notices everything!!

Last weekend we found out that Auntie Erica and Jamie are going to have a baby girl.  I don't know how I feel about the news... Auntie Erica and I were hoping for a boy for me to grow up with... but I guess Daddy had to grow up with a bunch of girls and he turned out fine, so I guess I will just be like Daddy!  Mommy and Nana are excited that they were right.  Mommy looks forward to Wren and Kinley growing up together.  I'm glad Wren will have someone to play with, so she doesn't play with me and my big boy toys! :D

Nana's birthday was yesterday, and we had a surprise party for her on Friday night.  She was surprised... if just a little... :)

Happy Birthday, Nana!  Love you!


Mommy just bought a couple of things for my birthday party, yesterday!  I can't wait to turn 2! :D

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!