We had a great Thanksgiving this year! I hosted my family and some friends in our new place. The food came together nicely and we had great company. I feel like it was an overall success - except for the part where I forgot to take a single picture. Shame on me!
Christmas is fast approaching and we'll do a little of visiting people and a little hosting. I enjoy spending time with our families and I wish there were more time to also just relax and stay at home with our little family. I'm sure Jude will be showered with unnecessary toys and train loot this year. He'll have a great time and then for the next 2-infinity weeks, I'll have to explain that we do not get to open presents every day just because.
My last post was just before Halloween. We took Jude trick-or-treating with some friends and had a great time. However, he still thinks that candy is a suitable meal for breakfast, lunch and dinner and everything in between.
Here is Sir Topham Hatt and our little Pumpkin!
Titus is 4 months old today! In the last 2 weeks he has started grabbing at toys and has been more interested in his surroundings. He rolled over for the first time just a few days ago and much to my surprise has continued to roll over since then. He has been sleeping for about 11-12 hours at night pretty consistently for the last few weeks (with a few rough nights here and there). He loves attention from his big brother and Mommy and Daddy. When he is sitting in his bouncy chair while I make dinner and Ross and Jude are playing around, he will begin to fuss until someone pays attention to him. Once he has our eyes, he is all smiles and giggles. Ross can make him laugh the best - he gives me an occasional chuckle but I'm definitely not the funniest of us two. His reflux still lingers but I believe it is getting better day by day. We've decreased his medication because of some side-effects that weren't really worth the benefit of helping the reflux (we were trading one problem for another and it didn't seem fair to him). He is a snuggle bug and loves to be held and cuddled.
1 Month
Jude continues to be hilarious. His latest antics include:
"Mommy, go away. I pway wif Daddy"
J: "Mommy, I throw ball at the Christmas tree"
M: "No"
J: "I can throw it at the couch though"
"Daddy, do you know the train museum? Let's go to the front door and go to the train museum!"
He loves to sing and quote his favorite characters like Thomas, George, Veggie Tales and others. Currently during his "nap" he is up in his room singing "I want a train!" to the tune of Veggie Tales. He continues to amaze me with how quickly he picks up language and conversation. I forget sometimes that I'm talking to a 2 year old because he can carry on a conversation so well. He is still interested in potty training but not full-on. That's really fine by me because it is a LOT of work and mostly I am not looking forward to knowing where every bathroom is in every store. Because we know, inevitably, once he's potty trained, every time I go to the grocery store and have a full cart in the check-out line, he will exclaim, "Mommy, I need to go potty!" We'll get there eventually and I'm going to follow his lead.
Here's the best picture of Jude in a long, long time!
He picked his outfit all by himself and is wearing ski goggles, chewing on a nose-suctioner that he calls an ice cream cone, and walking around with a stethoscope in his ears.
