Buds

These two are really beginning to form a bond..."love-hate relationship", you ask...well, maybe! But, regardless, they love one another. Jude just cracks little Livey up and Jude gets a kick out of getting to help with her (well, some of the time anyway). The kicker on this picture is...our pediatritian would say that Jude should not have his binky anymore and of the two, he is the one who wants it more! What are you going to do???

"Jesus Loves Me" --Jude's Rendition

On-The-Go

Jude couldn't sit still this morning as he was awaiting the arrival of Grandma & Papa, who were going to take him to the Pumpkin Patch! The excitement couldn't be contained! Check out these sweet shoes from Aunt Nancy! They are crocs but look like tennis shoes! He's in LOVE with them!
He just looks so much like Abe anymore, it's not even funny! Praying Livs will have some of me in her!

Jam-packed

What is that, you ask? The mind of a 2-year-old. This morning, 6am, we hear Jude in his room saying "Daddy, where are you?"...well, this morning, it was my turn to get up with him, so I enter his room and from the moment he sees me, it's ramble, ramble, ramble. It's like he's got all this up in his cute little head and he just can't get it out fast enough. He started with "I'm a good boy mommy and you're a girl and Livey's a girl and Daddy's a good boy and Charlie's a good boy...I bumped my lip on Daddy's knee...Not runnin' anymore, I'm a tough boy...I wanna watch Caillou...Caillou's a good boy...I want some milk...My milk's all gone..." and on and on. It was hilarious to just listen to him, because he didn't expect a response from me, he just wanted to say what was on his mind.

Everytime I tell a friend at work a funny story about Jude she tells me that I should be jotting down little things he does, because I will want to reflect back on them at different points in time. For instance, Abe made a cake the other night and it was in a 9X13 pan with a lid on, and you really couldn't tell that it was a cake, especially when you aren't as tall as the counter. Well, I'm getting Jude a muffin for breakfast and he says "I want some of that cake in there". I say, "That's not cake". He says, "Yes that IS cake in there mommy!". Ok, so I lied! I had to distract him to forget about the cake. A day later we're driving in the car and he says,
"I want a piece of gum". I say "I don't have any". He says "Yes you DO have gum in here!" The kids is not dumb!
He's starting to sing more songs like "Twinkle Twinkle", "Itsy Bitsy Spider", "The alphabet", and he's counting all the time. He can count to 11...but once he gets to 11 he goes back to 8 for some reason. I can't get him to stop that! He pointed out a circle and a square to me on Friday. I feel like the kid is growing up so fast...
These pics were taken this week.. Mom and Dad came to the rescue and kept Liv one day while my poor babysitter was down with the flu..

Big Boy Pants

Today marks day #5 of "big boy underwear" for Jude. As you can see below, he's pretty proud. Today, he also had 2 accidents...oh well, that comes with the territory. Daddy and I have to work on our patience, that's for sure! Little Miss Olivia is getting bigger by the day! She's really starting to talk and giggle a lot! She is NOT sleeping through the night though...Not sure about this girl! We even tried cereal and a little bit of baby food...not sure what her deal is!

She and Daddy both, were not quite crazy about this hat...but it sure looked good w/ her outfit ;)

Will try to continue with updates....basketball starts in just a few short weeks..YIKES!