Judd

Judd is my little man. Although he can send me into orbit at times with his strong personality, I love him more than my luggage. I want to remember everything about my kids, so I want to write them down, so here goes….

1.He loves a good craft. I am amazed where I find stickers (walls, windows, staircase, bottom of shoes, lamps, etc).

2.He is all about being first…which this drives me crazy. He melts down if he isn’t first when his friends are around. Hopefully this phase doesn’t last long.

3.He likes to tell me things and end it with, “right mom.” “I am a good boy, right mom?”

4.He likes riding his bike and thinks he is pretty cool now that he knows how to use his brakes appropriately. Thank goodness because he wore out a ton of his shoes last year.

5.He loves Spiderman and Batman. He has all these nice shirts but he wants to wear the superhero ones that aren’t the cutest.

6.He loves to play with his friends, and I pray that he is a good boy at other peoples’ homes.

7.He hates to blow his nose and freaks out every time, so I have to count to three for him so he knows when to blow. He also hates getting his fingernails trimmed and screams through the whole process.

8.He teases Remi constantly but loves him a lot.

9.I love how much he is learning in preschool, and he gets perturbed when I make him give me a kiss before he goes into the preschool door.

10.I love that his eyes are turning green like mine.

11.By 4pm he wants to get in his pajamas. If we have something to do at night, I have to bribe him to keep his clothes on.

12.He adores his Dad but still refers to him as Jon.

13.I love how much his learns in primary. The other day he told he was scared to get baptized because he didn’t want to get dunked.

14. He loves to dance.

15. He loves his cowboy boots that his Grandpa bought him.

16. He loves a good work project, whether it is helping me with dishes or shoveling the walks with his Dad.

On a Mission

My neighbor and I were on a mission for some cute boots, and since Forever Young was having a sale, we decided to pack up the kids and head to South Town Mall. We promised the kids a ride on the carousel if they behaved. I can’t believe how well the kids did. Thanks Jill for a fun afternoon.

Remi!!!

I love the snot out of this fire ball. He is as scrumptious as they come, and all I want to do is eat him up. There are some many fun things that he is doing, that I want to remember them all, so hence this little ditty......

1. He is still doing the army crawl, but he will at least crawl normal for two steps before he goes down on all floors. By the end of the night his front outfit is so dirty because he has dusted the floors with his crawl.

2. Every day I have to clean the bottom of my stairs because he loves throwing toys down the staircase. He army crawls to the stairs, slips his arm through the banister, and lets it drop. The other day I found various objects at the bottom step and I knew who the culprit was....naughty pants.

3. He throws me under the bus when my neighbor Jill is around. He adores her and once he is in her arms, he screams and pushes me away....little booger.

4. He loves Judd. He giggles with delight when he is around, yet yelps a high pitch scream when Judd gets too close.

5. He loves to throw just about anything, but usually it consists of his binki. The other day he spent an hour throwing a small ball, then army crawling to it. It was cute.

6. My chin has never had so many zits. He loves to make out with my chin. I am investing into some good zit treatment.

7. He loves his warm milk bottles and isn't really into sippee cups.

8. Naps used to be easy, not anymore.

9. He is constantly fighting ear infections but come April he will be getting himself some ear tubes.

10. He loves, and I mean loves, his Dad. If Jon is in the room he will cry until he is in Jon's arms. Judd never wanted anyone to hold him but me so this has kind of been hard. Not going to lie, it kind of hurts my feel bads.

11. When anyone tells him "no," he sits there for a second with his little lip down, and then he cries the saddest cry you have ever seen.

12. I have about broken my neck on the treadmill several times because he throws random things on it, and they about trip me.

Ps...I know my oven looks disgusting. Gross would say that's gross.

Oh Brothers!

My sister, Nickie, always told me this day would come, when all your boys do is wrestle until one of them gets hurt. Well, that day has come. At this point in time, I think it is kind of cute but I know sooner than later it will drive me crazy, like it does my sister with her two boys. The best part is that Remi seems to really enjoy rolling around with his brother. In the bath, all Remi does is scream. The pics show it all. My favorite is the last one, where Remi is literally digging into to Judd's eye because he has just about had enough of Judd, the Rough Neck!

Things I Want to Remember

So Judd had a couple of friends (who are brothers) over today and when their Mom came to pick them up, one of the little boys cried because they wanted to stay longer to play. To help this Mom out, I got a sucker out to give to the boy and told him he could come back tomorrow. Of course this boy's little brother began to ask for a sucker, and if I didn't find one, i knew tears were sure to come. After digging through my pantry, I finally found another sucker. Jokingly I said, "it is a Christmas miracle that I found that sucker". Seconds later Judd said, "I want a Christmas miracle". Thank goodness I found an extra sucker for Judd. As the family exited the house the 3 year old called out "Happy Holidays". I guess we still have some "Christmas Spirit" lingering around the house.

Picture Dump!!!

So very excited about this little purchase. A new table for our home...well, new to us but we bought it from my sister's neighbor for a whopping $50.00. We had a tall table but it wasn't working for us. It was hard for the small ones to get on and off the high chairs and for many years I have wanted a regular size table. I love it and Judd thinks it is pretty cool that he can do crafts while standing.

Judd-o-licious...Juddkins...Judd-O-Rama. Love me some of this kid!

Remi...He is my little pumpkin pants!

I have been very worried about my Remi. He still is just doing the army crawl and wasn't too interested in pulling himself up. My sister-in-law suggested having Kids on the Move come to assess him because when we made he stand he would scream his little head off. We were worried that something was hurting him. Within days of calling them he started pulling himself up like a mad man, so needless to say the appointment got cancelled.

Yes, he did go in fully dressed. Fortunately I was there to pick him right up.

He responds to all questions like this. I trained him to tell people he turned one but now he thinks that every question presented should be answered with the number one finger!

Yup...that's my poop face!

Christmas Eve & Christmas Day!

I accidentally flipped the pictures so you see Christmas Day before Christmas Eve (I am too lazy to change it). As I mentioned before, I had a hard time feeling the Christmas spirit this year, but in the end I eventually found it. I feel like the last week leading up to Christmas was jammed packed with Christmas events that allowed us to have fun as a family. Christmas Eve included two visits, one to Grandpa Bowen's house for a yummy dinner and opening of presents. Then we went to Granny Law's house (my mother-in-law) to get Christmas pjs and do the Nativity. On Christmas Day I was ache and not myself. I thought it might be exhaustion, but the next day I figured it out. I pucked my guts out uncontrollably...the tummy flu hit, and it hit hard. I hate, hate throwing up! It was awful. Luckily, knock on hard wood, the rest of the family doesn't get it. Hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Remi & Jon watching Judd open his presents. Jon's mom gave them the matching pjs.

Remi enjoying his stocking stuffer...cotton candy.

Judd was excited to get a batman shirt from Santa.

All their loot!

Christmas Eve night. First we went to Grandpa Bowen's House and then to Granny Law's.

The Nativity

My mother-in-law

Judd wore his costume for about 30 seconds.