6 Months!

We've made it!

One half a year down with the cutest little man.  

Jude is getting funnier and funnier by the day.  He loves his toys and anything that makes noise.  We are just realizing that he is getting past the "rattles" stage and would like some more interactive toys to play with. (We'll just have to see what the Easter Bunny has in mind)

Jude is also sitting up!  We still have to keep an eye on him because he will just topple over.  But, he is loving being a big boy.  

We had his six month check up this week.  Jude is still our "little" shrimp.  

12 lbs 14 oz ~ 1% 

25 in ~ 1% 

His length has dropped quite a bit down in the percentile and his weight has consistently been in the 1st percentile.  We will go back in 6 weeks for a check of his height and weight to make sure he is properly growing. 

We have also started him on solids to try and increase his weight gain.  We started these around 5 months and he loved it.  He tried avacado, straberries, rice cereal, bananas, and peas.  Now that it is a little more critical that we get him to eat more... he hates it!  Nope, he will not let a spoonful of anything past those little puckered lips.   He is also less interested in eating all together and will only nurse small amounts every couple of hours and doesn't want a bottle! Strange boy!

The little one also got his first little sickness.  The doctor found a very slight ear infection which he has been on  antibiotics for.  He also had a little cough and he has been getting a couple breathing treatments as needed.  Hopefully this little cold is the reason for his loss of appetite!

One of his first times trying rice cereal.  He really did like it and would volunteer for a bite.  Now, he wants nothing to do with any of it!

One of Jude and Daddy's tricks.

Getting one of his breathing treatments.

Happy boy after he got his 6 month shots. He did SO good and barely cried!

Sitting by himself!

We've gotten a few video clips of the little one.  We'll have to see if Daddy can help upload those!

I'm a Big Boy Now!!!

Over the Christmas Break we got a video camera on a great clearance price.  We haven't had much time to use it but have gotten a few shots of the little one.  I'll try and post the others later.  

I caught THIS last night.  He did it about 5 times in a row!

(Ignore the commercial in the background...I kept trying to turn it off but hit the volume up button instead!)

We had a great Valentine's Day yesterday.  Ky treated us to Tucano's for lunch.  We then walked over to the Provo Beach Resort and I whooped Kyle at shuffle board.  After that we walked around the mall for a bit.  Jude and I spent the evening together.  We watched our newest, yet embarrassing, addiction the Bachelor.  Ky got home from work around 11pm with a gorgeous vase of pink roses.  A few minutes later the pizza boy arrived with a heart shaped pizza from Papa Johns for dinner! Yum!

Bouncer Fun

Jude's Aunt Whitney got him a bouncer before he was born.  Recently he has really been enjoying it.  The buttons are in the right spot where he can kick them on and off with his feet to turn on the vibrator.  Usually he just sits in there to play for a bit or when I'm busy around the house.  Last night I set him in there so I could go to the bathroom.  We usually don't buckle him in. Just a few short moments later I came back out and...

Ta Daa!!

Guess I better start using the buckle!

4 Months!

Juders had his 4 month check up this week.  He won't officially be 4 months until the 8th of February.  He is a growing, but little, boy. Here are his stats:

10lbs 15oz
24 1/2 inches

This puts him in the 1% for weight and 45% for length.  His head circumference was in the 7% range. Jude is still being a great little boy with sleeping at night.  He usually goes to sleep around 10pm and doesn't wake up until about 8am. He then eats and goes back to sleep for a couple more hours! The sleep is great considering Ky's work hours because we usually don't get to go to bed before about 1am.

Jude's new talents consist of:

Excessive drooling

Talking, Cooing, Squealing, Laughing

Smiling

Standing

Some of Jude's Dislikes include:

The car

Sitting

Being alone

Sunday School

 (It's always during this hour of church that he explodes his diaper, is hungry, or is overly tired, but usually ends up being a combination of all three)

Life for us has been extremely busy lately but we're managing.  Both of us are back in school full time and Kyle has been working over 40 hours a week!  It seems like everyday I look up a good deal on a vacation somewhere and try to convince Kyle that we should go.  Come on...doesn't the beach sound great right now?!

Jude vs Bib

Jude had just fallen asleep and I laid him in the Lazy-Boy.  I heard him starting to fuss while I was checking some things online.  I was a little frustrated he wasn't sleeping.  He hadn't taken a long nap today and I had just laid him down.  So I decided to let him fuss for just a moment to see if he'd fall back asleep.  Finally I got up and checked on him intending just to put his pacifier in his mouth and see if that'd do the trick.  Instead this is how I found him...

He's been extremely drooly lately and so yesterday and today I put a little bib on him after I put his PJ's on to avoid them getting soaked before bed.  He was NOT happy about how this situation turned out.  Somehow he flipped the bib up into his face!  His little arms were going crazy trying to figure out what was in his face.  Let's just say that when I pulled the bib down I didn't get a friendly smile saying,  "Thanks Mom!" but instead a nasty scowl saying, "Why the heck did you let that thing in my face?!"

Like Father...Like Son

See any family resemblance?

Halloween

 Halloween was Jude's first holiday this year so of course we had to celebrate!  Some friends in our ward were taking their kids Trick-Or-Treating and then having dessert at their house after.  We were excited to take our little ghost out and show him off.  Kyle was excited about all the candy he'd get! 

Since we live in Utah, Halloween is celebrated on Saturday instead of Sunday.  Everyone Trick-or-Treats Saturday and Sunday is back to a normal Sunday without even a mention of the holiday!

 It was chilly and stormy earlier that day but the clouds broke up and sun peeked through.  So we all bundled up and headed out.  We only made it to 6 houses before the heavens opened.  A few sprinkles turned into pouring rain.  We had brought an umbrella just to be safe...but the winds and rain were too strong and broke it so it was useless.  Kyle and I looked at each other and decided to make a mad dash home.  He threw a quilt over his shoulder and we booked it home.  Now the rains were turning into hail! I was so worried that I was the worst mom in the world!  I was sure Jude was going to be drenched and catch a cold!  

Well, we finally made it home.  The streets were gushing with water and hail was accumulating on the sidewalks.  Jude was completely dry and warm.  We were completely soaked and cold.  I was exhausted.  It had only been a week since I was allowed to go out for walks and such and now I had just run home, up a hill, in the rain.      

Kyle is convinced that this was just a reminder that it wasn't really Halloween on Saturday!

We spent the rest of the night in.  We ordered pizza, had it delivered, and watched TV in our pj's.  

Happy Halloween Jude!