Jude's room...

Here are some pictures of Jude's room - finally!!! We are still yet to paint the bookcase (it will be white), however, who knows how long it will be before we get to that! Sorry for the delay in getting these up!

My favourite piece - The Enchanted Tree

Early Morning Bird

Sleepy Owl

We looove this chair!

This alphabet took the longest to make - easy, but oh sooooo time consuming!

Loooove these Milk Baby products!

Bilton's - hope we put the correct photo in the gorgeous frame!

Jude's favourite book

Such a cool car!

Favourite toy from Aunty Em and Uncle Rory

Weekly lunches...

Jude and I head out pretty much every week to meet Sarah for lunch at Delizies. Sar, I blame you for my son's expensive taste in food! The menu changes every 6 weeks, and with the new winter desserts which are 'oh o delicious', it keeps us coming back! Jude is now quite well known by the owners, tastes everyone's meal, and seems to also be reserving the tables under his own name (which is very amazing!). We have rotating extra guests at times such as the lovely Sam or Courtney, but last week we were very lucky to be able to lunch with an extra special attendee last week, Aunty Jodie. This was extra special for us as she is not often able to get away for lunch during the working week, and will be moving to Melbourne at the end of the month. So exciting, but so sad as we will all miss her very very very very much (and Ash too!)!

Aunty Sarah

Kisses for Aunty Sarah (his favourite for kisses)!

Quiet time with mum

Savoring every cuddle with Aunty Jodie (loving his snazzy top from Jodie and Ash)

10 months old and walking...

Jude is on the move – congratulations little man!! Nudie has been trying to move for the past month, however, our criteria for ‘walking’ was at least 5 steps that were controlled and didn’t end in a crash landing. Tough parents hey! There were many false alarms including a controlled 4 steps, 6 steps which were more of a stumble by definition, and lots of 2-3 steppers…., but Jude finally went the whole way (with even a stop in the middle to pick up a toy) last week. And, the most beautiful thing about that was it was during a lunch visit to see daddy! I think I was most excited about that as it was so nice for Dale to be there for one of the major milestones. It's amazing to watch him just take off now - he has so much confidence! Jude even enjoys celebrating his own success with a round of applause mid way through his travels. Cute, and modest (ha ha)!

Walking and picking up the pace!

Jude has hit the double digits - 10 months! And boy is he growing up quickly! He has 7 teeth (4 top, 3 bottom), says quite a few words now and understands even more! He has a lot of personality, is lots of fun to be around and is very interactive. Jude loves being thrown around, tackling his soft toys, playing chase and reading. We had our first cold last month which wasn't very fun.... but the positive, lots of cuddles for mum and dad! 

Here are some of Jude's 'majors' for this month....

New words

Ta, Uu uh (usually said when he is doing something naughty), Up, Broom broom (for car), and ahhhh (for wide open mouth), Buby or Bub bub for Baby (or for himself in the mirror)

Favourite Foods/Drinks

Passionfruit, mummy's strawberry and ricotta muffins, sultanas and water

Favourite Things and/or Things To Do

Marshmallow (his giant teddy), lip smacking, afternoon walks in the pram, outings (to anywhere), feeding Presley, waving hello and goodbye, pulling all the tissues out of the tissue box, dancing, going to bed at 7pm, and greeting daddy when he comes home from work with an excited (and very high pitched) squeal followed by VERY fast movement into his arms (ohhhhhh)!!

Not so Favourite Things and/or Things To Do

Being told 'No', Being unable to access the kitchen cupboards and draws (damn those safety latches), being changed and/or dressed..., but loves being undressed - hmmm, and neatness (which is just a hunch given he loves unpacking bags, draws, messing up folded washing, pulling apart his room, getting out every toy etc etc..., I think you get the picture!).

 

Caught in the act!

Fleeing the crime scene

Innocent

Playing hide 'n' seek

Jude winning hide 'n' seek

Jude winning 'again'

June 2009...

Jude is very mischievous! He is getting into everything now that he is so mobile and it is driving us crazy! I find every second word I say is either 'don't touch', 'no', or 'uu uh'.  Jude also likes to imitate me which is kinda cute, but can also be frustrating! 

Our little man also has developed a little bit of a temper when things don't quite go his way. Such as, when I take the electrical cord out of his mouth, or when daddy stops him from swinging on the door, or when we won't let him dive off the edge of the bed, or when mummy cuddles another baby, or when I pry the tray of kinder surprises out of his hands to put back on the shelf at Woollies. That's right, the whole tray! He hasn't even had one so how on earth does he know he wants one??

I suppose his little developing personality will test us from time to time. I hope we pass!! 

Jude presenting me with a stick from one of our decorative pieces around the home. 

Thanks Jude - very generous of you!

Reorganising the cupboard without even asking! Again, very helpful.

Sampling the cooking trays

Some of our close friends gave Jude a little 'State of Origin' present for the second match of the series. Dale was thrilled, I was 'reminded' that my beautiful little boy was unfortunately, a Queenslander. Anyway, he gladly popped on the little hooded jacket and may have been their lucky charm as they won - in Sydney!

Popping on the hood

Our little Maroon