Judson's First Christmas

books and pajamas from Miss Mandy

sitting by his presents on Christmas morning

exploring his presents a little
aren't these the cutest pjs, such a cute little reindeer bum!!

playing with Grandpa Dan

opening presents later on Christmas day

Thanks Phifer Family

Kortney and I with the three kids

Our good friends Tom and Kortney were able to visit us on Monday and Tuesday. They live in Alabama but are in the Midwest to visit family for Christmas. They were super sweet and fit us into the crazy traveling that they are doing!! We had never met their little girl Tinzley and they had not yet met Judson so it was extra fun to get together. They also have a little boy Jonas ,that we had not seen in a year and a half, that has grown so much and kept us all entertained!

Tom and Kortney

Tinzley

The three kids playing with cars

Jonas riding Judson's motorcycle

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR MAKING TIME FOR US!!
IT WAS SO GREAT TO SEE YOU ALL!!

TEETH!!

Oh my goodness!! How did I forget to say that Judson has two teeth!! Just before he turned 9 months old they finally cut though. They are now up where they can be seen!!

Sorry, this picture was taken while I was feeding him lunch. So don't mind the food on his face or the crazy bib!! Just focus on the super cute kid and the two teeth. :)

9 months

Judson turned 9 months on December 5th. I took many pictures of him, but something happend with our camera over Thanksgiving and now none of the pictures that are there will show up when I load them to the computer. So that is why I have not posted anything in awhile. I like to read what people post but I love to see the pictures.

Anyway... Judson is now 19 pounds 5 ounces. He has gained a lot of weight since we were in for his 6 month appointment but he is still only at the 25 percentile. I am okay with that though. He gets heavy enough to carry around! :) His personality is really starting to shine. He loves to play with blocks, especially to know a tower over. But he will almost always pull the tub of blocks off the shelf when we are playing, he just loves them. He is crawling very well and is pulling to a stand on everything. He is also starting to enjoy walking while someone is holding his hands. He is into everything and we have had to put latches on some of the cabinets in the kitchen. He found he could get to the cookie sheets and would pull them all out and I was getting tired of washing them all the time! Judson is also getting very good at stairs. He loves to climb up on things and this has made him very good at climbing up the stairs. We were even at a friends house last night to let their dog out and they have hard wood floors and steps and Judson could even climb up them with no problem at all. I just can not believe how big/grown up he is getting already. We are loving every minute of it though!! It is so much fun to watch him make connections and learn so much everyday!!

I hope we can figure out what is wrong with the camera/card so that I can post the pictures I have saved up soon.

Thank you Laura Beth!!

Thank you so much for changing and designing my blog!! It looks so great!! You are such a sweet friend!!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

These are cookies that the kids and I made on Tuesday! So much fun, but a lot of work with two eight month olds and an almost three year old. These are actually a print of Ellie's hand.

Hanging out with Grandpa Dan and Daddy.

Playing with Grandma Carol.

New bib that Grandma Dee and Grandpa Roger got for Judson. "My family is thankful for ME"

We have had a great Holiday. Nate's parents are here and so is his grandpa. My parents are here too. Judson has loved having so much attention and someone to always play with!

Already 8 months old

Judson turned 8 months old on Thursday the 5th. He has grown and changed so much over these eight months!! He is now crawling as well as scooting. He will crawl for awhile and then be back to a scoot. He is just not quite strong enough to crawl all the time. He is getting there though and is crawling more and more every day. He loves to crawl over things. Such as this basket. He is also pulling up on anything that he can... chairs, the couch, the highchair, the side of the bed, his dresser drawers (which he has learned to also open up), my legs... really anything. And he is getting pretty good with walking along things too. He is best at the couch, but it is also the place he can hold onto the best and for the longest time.

He has done really well with the time change. He is still sleeping until 7 just like he was before. So that has been super great!! He is still growing for sure. He now weighs 18 lbs. and 2 oz. and is starting to get rolls in his arms and has a belly too. It is fun to see him pudge out a little. He is still pretty slim, but is a little more rolly like a baby should be.

This is how I am greated when I get him up from his naps. Now that he can pull up he loves to stand there and just jabber and walk along his crib while he waits for me. It is so much fun to see his bright smile when I go it to get him.