18 months old

Jude is officially 18 months old! I can't believe it. The best part? Nursery, of course! He did really well this last week. I think having Carter in there with him helps a lot. Anyways, let's take a look at the past 18 months....

Above, is a picture from the morning after he was born.

He's about a week old in this one.

This was after being traumatized by sitting on Santa's lap for a picture. What mean parents! He loves to cuddle like this though, especially when he's tired.

With his "doggie-bear"

Doggie-bear in his jacket

On his first birthday. Yes, we gave him the cupcake.

Did I mention that he always has a dirty face? Cause he really does.

Ready for his first day in nursery!

Jude is a pretty awesome little dude. He always says, "yeah" when I ask him a question. He's very agreeable and easy-going so you will rarely hear the word "no" escape his lips.... only when he really means it. He is always happy. I'm not kidding, always. He just loves life! He's always been a cuddler and still asks me often to hold him. He takes any opportunity to bring a book and sit on my lap to read it. He LOVES playing with cars of any kind. The only thing he loves more than cars is doggies. He can spot a doggie from miles away. He's always pointing out pictures of doggies in stores and he sees real dogs coming before anyone else. He goes to sleep each night with his "doggie-bear" which is really just a little stuffed bear that he used to call "doggie" all the time. One of his favorite objects to carry around with him is a silly little day planner with a picture of a puppy on the front. He spotted it in Target and then slobbered all over it, forcing us to buy it. He also really loves Carter. He gets so excited when Carter plays with him. Their favorite game is to chase each other around our halls and scare each other around the corners. The halls form a square so it's the perfect course for their game. Jude talks quite a bit, way more than Carter did at this age. He says new words everyday so it's hard to keep up with his vocabulary. He's always surprising me :) His favorite words are "darder" (Carter), "yeah!", "mrrr"(more), "hold you", and "help". He uses them often. He loves to swing at the park. Sometimes he stays in the swing for the duration of our park visit. He also loves the spinning thing at our park. He sometimes climbs up on our office chair and tells me to spin him. And he never stops voluntarily, I have to force him out so he doesn't barf. He loves to be tickled, chased, teased, hugged, anything like that. I could go on and on.... but I have to go make dinner. What a fantastic addition to our family this little one is! He's just so much fun and has such a sweet sweet spirit. We sure love Jude!