dear judson, today you are three!!I will say this every year, but I can't believe you are three!! It seems like just yesterday you were a tiny baby with bright blue eyes who had resolved to never sleep through the night. Do you even know how much you were held and rocked that first year? Who am I kidding, you still snuggle with me to take a nap. I can promise you, you'll be finished taking naps before I'm ready to give up those sweet moments. I had that first part written for a while before I looked over at your daddy and said, how do you write a blog post about Jud? How in the world can I sum him up in words? Oh, Juddy, where do I even begin? Your second year … [Read more...]
Judson is 16 months + a catch-up!
Y'all! I haven't written a post about our best boy since his first birthday. I keep thinking, I should go back and update the blog on Jud, but I thought instead, we would move forward from here. And I'll catch you up on the past few months, too! I can't tell you what a joy Judson is, he completes our family in ways I never imagined we needed. Let's recap what he's been up since I left you hanging at the 12 month post. At ONE year... You visited Disney World for the first time! We left the bottles at home and switched to a cup full-on at Disney. Go big or go home, right? I thought we would have enough distraction, that you wouldn't even notice the missing bottle and I was right on, … [Read more...]
the birthday boy and his smash cake
Y'all, hear me when I say, you won't meet a little boy who takes eating as seriously as Jud does. And I knew the smash cake would be a huge success. When Jud would devour his avocado and rub a little in his hair for good measure, I would look over at Allen and make some comment about how fun it would be to see him with his cake at his party. Do you see the look on his face? It didn't take long for Jud to get acquainted with the cake, and he quickly realized these were not his normal roasted veggies. I don't know that I've laughed so hard, he was intense and deliberate and in the zone. You know, a lot like when someone gives me a giant piece of cake. Cake is … [Read more...]