Towel Disaster

Sometime ago Jude discovered a wonderful game.  It's called let's completely destroy the towels in the bathroom when momma forgets to close the door.

Sadly, I must admit that it's gotten to a point where I have given up refolding them usually.  It's just too much trouble sometimes to fix something you know is going to be destroyed soon.

 
As soon as he has completely cleared the shelf, he uses it as a drum.  I think that is the real purpose behind this madness.  Jude will make anything a drum.

Wolf Pledge

This is the official wolf pledge.  It probably should be in the national archives.  However, I am priviledged enough to own such a piece of history.  I like that the wolf has good power in it's heart.  Probably my favorite line.  What's your favorite part?

Toddlerhood is....

Toddlerhood is finding evidence of your sick day- everywhere....

Toddlerhood is hiding in every toddlersized nook and cranny...

Toddlerhood is lots of smiles, especially when you're caught doing something you shouldn't....

Toddlerhood is lots of rolling...

Toddlerhood is wild hair and silly faces...

Toddlerhood is lots of climbing, sometimes falling...

Toddlerhood is a new take on 'office supplies'...

Toddlerhood is your own personal organizer...

Toddlerhood is finding, holding, and using all the pacis you possibly can at once....

To be continued...

My Sweetest

Jude and I both officially have the flu.  However, prior to him getting sick, I just want to get out some of the sweetest things.  For being 15 months, he seems to get empathy well, at least with me.  I was laying on the couch yesterday morning feeling miserable.  He came up and brought me one of his favorite books.  I set it down, and he just looked at me with the sweetest face and said 'no?'  Then he just cuddled up in my lap and held my hand.  Such a sweetheart to try to make me feel better.  He is such a gift sometimes!

Momma loves Jude Pie- Flu/Shots edition

I have been sick for 3 days now.  Your basic fever, body aches, nausea, coughing, no appetite deal.  The hardest part is that mommahood does not stop when I get sick- especially since there's no dad to give me a break.  Thankfully, I have a sitter with whom I could drop him off all day Wednesday and part of Thursday while I slept.  The annoying thing is that I'll start to feel better and then out of nowhere get hit with it again.  Yuck.

Today Jude spent the whole day with me.  He had his 15 month check up early this morning.  He got 2 shots this time- dtap and polio.  He cried for a minute then just went right to sleep.  He slept for a couple hours.  Once he woke up, he was all systems go.  However, this evening I am seeing a change.  Very momma love.  Very cuddly.  So neither of us feel so hot....

Sad day for us, but I do love my JudePie cuddles...

Addendum- Literally as I was typing this and Jude was cuddled in my lap, he fell asleep.  He is now in his bed asleep, before 7.  Poor baby :(

15 months

Jude Dylan is 15 months old today.  We go to the doctor on Friday for the stats and a couple shots.  (Dtap and Polio).  I'm taking the day off in case he doesn't feel good afterwards.

Anyway, where did the time go?  Jude is such a toddler now.  He's completely weaned himself off all nursing except at night and early morning.  I'm hoping the rest of the weaning will go just as easily.  He is noisy, rambunctious, into everything, and has lots to say.  Some of it I can understand.  He's begun perfecting no, but hasn't started using it in defiance yet.

We had 2 temper tantrums today in the course of 1.5 hours.  They only lasted 30 seconds, but heaven help us when it gets worse.  He is such a crazy child.  He is always jumping and making noise just for the sake of making noise.  He is always climbing now too.  Or dancing.  Never still.  Always entertaining.

Quite a wild and interesting kid.  Childhood is most likely going to be a wild ride with this one.

Here comes trouble

Look who figured out how to climb into the chair and reach the computer.  Can you say let the fun begin?  Or perhaps here comes trouble.  Or welcome to toddlerhood.  Just in time for the 15 month birthday.