Play play play. The life of a 18th month old

I feel like life is so go go go when you're chasing after a toddler. I have felt super drained lately and I am only just now connecting the dots. It's cause we run around all day!! :) I love it and all. But, I am pooped! I am always looking for out of the house activities to help the lingering days crawl a little quicker. Although, now that I have a toddler I can't figure out how it happened so quickly. Maybe the days don't crawl as slowly as I think. Jude is talking more and more everyday and I respond to every word as if it is his first. I overreact a lot. :) Today is the first day he has started saying more then just one word at a time. he says them as one word but they are more. Example, when he sees something he wants he points and says "awantat" I finally deciphered to it to be I want that. Today he also said "I stuck" I could hardly help him get unstuck I was so shocked. I also am a very proud Momma today. He said Chip and salsa. Then he proceeded to drink the salsa! Atta boy!! I also feel like a starving monster has awoken in him. I have vented and vented about this boy not eating and he finally has unleashed this starving creature. I am thrilled! I wish I could describe how awful and eater he has been. Words don't do it justice. He is also starting to play in his crib more and more at nap time and fighting his sleepy time. I am hoping this doesn't mean my one break during the day aren't numbered. PLEASE not yet Jude-0. Can't believe I almost forgot to mention. I finally broke down and chopped his hair. A small piece of me died. I had a strangely hard time with it. Hated it the first day and was totally moody for the rest of the day. Such a girl. Ha ha! Now I love it. Presenting the New and much older Jude. (prepare yourself)

Isn't he to die for! Love him. The process was funny thing. I was trying to hang onto his shag. I was trying to see if she could just trim it up and she did and we paid and were half way out the door when I just couldn't take it anymore. I hated it. So I had the poor girl do it again. I don't know who was more put out about it. Her or Jude. I decided the shag days were gone and she could take it all off. I love his concerned face.

Marc and Jude up the canyon. We usually make it up there every weekend. But love this pic of these two.

Together again. Jude and Sundance, and pre haircut shag. I did love it. I just couldn't take him being called a girl anymore.

We hit Thanksgiving points animal baby day. It was so so darling.

Finally hit the tulip festival after years of saying we were going to do it.

Jude is really loving Sundance more and more each day. And for Sundance, Well... She tolerates him. She's been pretty beat up by him. She usually tries to make a run for it when she sees him coming. But sometimes she gets nice surprises like hugs and walks.

Gardening. Jude loves peas. So I planted some for him. Well, we did. I had him help.

We had an eventful day. We met up with our old friend Bryan and had a great time at the Provo Beach resort. I don't know who was more excited He or Jude. They were cute together. Jude thought he was so cool and so so funny. And Bryan is pretty dang funny. He has a great sense of humor. Which does not exclude burping the alphabet.

Then we needed to cool off and I got this lizard thing, that Jude insists is a turtle, for super cheap and we put it to good use. Jude was mostly all work more then play. He would fill up his buckets and dump them in his little pool. However, by the time he made it there the buckets didn't have much water left.

Getting some free ice-cream at Thanksgiving point.

Waking up in the morning is so so sweet.