19 months (May-June)

Due to the fact that I stink at blogging, here is a montage of Jude's 19th month of life.

Taken approximately at his 19th month birthday.

Sweet smile.

Currently working on using utensils.

Sleeping with loads of stuffed animals.

A little Jackson Pollock reenactments.

Basically being awesome.

Navy baseball and the NCAA regionals at UVA.

Rockin All Stars in all sizes.

Chalkin it up outside.

Being adorable with long curls.

Taking some sweet sweet 3 hour naps.

Snoop Doggy Dog

This is Jude before we left for Charlottesville, Virginia for the NCAA baseball regionals.  Too cool for baseball.

Pollock

The other day I brought home some butcher paper and markers.  And I let Jude go crazy.  It was awesome.  He did an awesome job of knowing how to use the markers and obediently keeping it on the paper.  I was struck by the 'pollockness' of it all.

Here's Jackson Pollock.  By far, my fave American artist.  I love his intensity.  His randomness.  I can only imagine how invigorating it would be to come home after a hard day of work and splatter paint everywhere.

And the cigarette hanging out of his mouth?  Awesome.  If I could have gotten Jude's face, I'm sure a paci would have been hanging out.

And at the end, Jude's picture was quite similar.  Less intensional, but full of vivacity and the embracing of life's emotions nonetheless.