Bubkis

We are having so much fun with our little Jude-O! We're still working on the sleep thing. Some days are better then others. He'll get it. We are so in love with our little guy.

Big smiles!


Marc was gone for a few days and my mom was so great to come out and help me. She is amazing. Love you Momma!


Could these eyes be anymore blue. They have got to go brown sometime....


Why isn't Jude sleeping tonight???


We can't go anywhere there are people. So we try to do one walk a day so that Mommy doesn't go nuts!


I had such mixed emotions about this. The breastmilk from when Jude was in the Nicu has finally gone bad and we got rid of it. This is maybe 1/4 of the milk supply too. YIKES! But it was really hard to part with. That was a lot of work.


So cute and sweet when he wakes up in the morning.


Our lil' lumber jack and lil' squirt! Love these outfits!

Sleeep!!

I have been obsessing with trying to make sure Jude gets all the sleep he possibly can and it's creating problems that now I am trying to fix. Sigh.. There is always something. It has got me thinking though. I really am so lucky to have my little boy home from the long hospital stay and off oxygen and monitors and he is growing and developing more to his chronological birthday and not his due date. I think it may also be the birth of Jude's tiny lil cousin that has got me reminiscent of when he first came to us. How tiny he was and how scared and excited we were. He just meant so much to us and we would do anything to get him home. Now all that is gone and I barely remember it and I start to take things for granted and just wish he would sleep every little second possible. I am so lucky that these are now my worries. How gracious God has truly been to us and there were so many times through all this that I thought he might have turned his back on us and left us in his shadows. Now I know we are directly in his light and are truly blessed. I hope I can always remember that through the hard times to come.

Remembering how tiny he was. When I saw Nyla I couldn't believe Jude was ever that tiny. Yep, he was.



I remember when he was still in the nicu walking in through the huge double doors protecting these little babies from the crazy world outside. I'd walk through get a splat of hand sanitizer "hanitizer" and drop my bag down next to his bed and just stand there and watch him as I rub my hands together hoping to kill anything that might be harmful to my little guy. I would stand so carefully over his little bed and hoover my face over. Just watching so close for any sign that he knows Momma is there. I never got it, but I KNOW he knew when I was there which made it so hard to ever leave cause that of coarse means he knew when I wasn't. This picture sums up a lot of standing and staring time that was done by myself and Marc. We were so worried as any new parents would be, but we would just stand so close and watch. I don't even think we knew what we were watching for. Just felt good to be near.


Now I've got him home with me and I get to worry about things like sleep schedules. I am so truly blessed. Thank you God.

Getting so big!

Jude is just growing like crazy. He has been rolling over for a couple of weeks now. Even though he did stop while he had those darn infections but he's back to it and he is also starting to laugh. Especially when I sing to him. I guess my singing could make anyone laugh. Here I come American Idol. Well not much to report on other then just growing and learning. We are anxiously awaiting our baby cousins arrival who wants to come late. She may be Jude's complete opposite. :)
Bonding with Sundance The fam Loves his Dr Seuss books

Learning, sick, learning

I've been trying to teach Jude how to sleep on his own. Up until last week. He has been sleeping on me. I love to snuggle him. But I know it's not very practical. So it was time for me to be strong and let him sleep on his own. He does really good sometimes and others... not so much. The hardest part for me is being able to tell if he is ready. We also had a Doctor appointment yesterday and he still has a little red ear, but it is getting better. He also got three shots, a poke on his finger and to top it all off. I smashed his finger in the buckle on the car seat. It was a rough day. I'm glad it is behind me. We will just keep truckin along and these ear infection days will so be behind us.

All alone in his crib. Such a big boy!


Cute lil' bugger! Such a little boy.