Our cheeky monkey about to climb into bed with his best friend, 'Pri Pri' (Presley)
It's amazing how quickly your little baby changes, and how this rate of change speeds up the older they are! I remember back in the early months of his little life that we celebrated one big thing every week or two. Now we are celebrating new things every hour it seems!! Just yesterday Jude pointed to a 'dot' on my tummy when we were heading downstairs for a swim. I told him it was mummies belly-button and asked him where Judie's belly-button was. After what seemed like an eternity of searching on his abdomen, he finally found his! Perhaps he found it difficult to peer over his gorgeous round tummy?? Now, he is determined to find EVERYONE's belly-button so watch out people - hold those shirts down! His comprehension is amazing, I wonder what I have said around other 13 month olds, totally unaware that they understand!!!
Jude is such a social butterfly which I am starting to acknowledge this is both good and bad. We had some very good friends over for dinner last night and Jude spent 15 mins progressively going from one person to another dishing out kissess (plus and minus a slobbery tongue) which were thankfully accepted (thanks guys). That's nice, but when they are to strangers down at the beach, or in the shopping centre, I get a little worried! Our Jude totally skipped the 'stranger danger' phase, or the 'separation anxiety' stage, or just the general emotion of fear! It is lovely to have a bub with lots of confidence who is fairly 'outgoing', however, these new parent challenges are becoming more apparent - especially now that he can run!
A Nudie Update.....
* Jude rarely walks since the discovery he can now run!
* Not too many extra words since the last update, the most used is probably mum and taaaaa, but he can understand A LOT. He can get his shoes and know they belong on his feet. He will carry his bag, and take my hand to lead me to what he wants - ie. to the kitchen for food, or to the bench to get his water bottle, or to the pool fence for a swim! He can point to lots of body parts now, and loves to tell Presley to sit and lie down (usually with lots of pointing and different grunts which 'obviously' mean the different instructions), which he obediently does!
* His last measurements, taken at 12 months, were 11.5kg and 80cm - he is very tall for his age still. At this rate, he will overtake me at 14 years of age, and overtake Dale and 15 1/2 years of age!
* His favourite toy is a plastic mower, and still Marshmellow the teddy (although, Harrod, another teddy from Bel is climbing up the chain fast!)!
* He is right into reading, DOG is still his favourite book which can be read over, and over, and over, and over again with nooooooo break! Help!
* His favourite meal of the day would be morning tea, although he quite likes going out for breakfast, and he like a 'selection' for main meals such as cheese, crackers, olives and leg ham for lunch. Shock horror if he gets a peanut butter sandwich, or if we give him the same ish two days in a row!
* His favourite fruit is definitely blueberries. He eats the whole tub in one hit - and that's after lunch or dinner
* He does not have a favourite vegetable anymore - I have to hide them in things now like grated carrot and zucchini in rissoles! Those days are gone!
* He now has a ~2 hour sleep during the middle of the day, and still sleeps from 7pm-7am overnight - thank goodness!!
* Jude is VERY ticklish (feet, ribs, under the chin, hands, knees, arms, back of the neck etc etc) and loves playing 'chase me chase me chase me' - especially with Presley.
* And Judie's favourite time of day is when his dad gets home from work!
