I am 16 months old. I am getting bigger everyday mommy says. We are still at grammie and grandpa's. Mommy says we will be here awhile.

I have 10 teeth now. 4 on top, 4 on bottom and 2 molars on the top. Everyone keeps asking mommy if i got my haircut but i didn't, it is actually getting longer. Right now they have stuck me in a rocking chair and i can't figure out how to get out so i thought i would update my blog while sitting here.

Maybe someone will help me get out in a little bit. Hmmmmmm...

Im sick.
I hate being sick, but it doesn't keep me down long. I LOVE getting into everything. hheeh.

Mommy says she thinks i am getting sick. Something about my voice is horsey? Mommy says she is getting sick too though. We have to take care of each other too she said.
Mommy said she is going to be cutting down on her hours so she can try to be a cna so she can make a better life for me. My mommy is the best to me. Now don't get me wrong, i love everyone else, but my mommy is on a whole nother level as them. I know my mommy will always be there for me. She loves me to pieces.

Mommy and I went to chicago last weekend. We rode on this thing called a trolley. It was fun but we weren't on it long before a lot of people got on it. We also rode on a thing called an EL. The train AND the bus. We had a lot of fun but it was so exshausting. Mommy didn't get a nap, but i slept for about an hour or 2 on the way home. I really like doing things with my mommy.

I am learning a lot these days. I can point some things out to you in my schoolbook. I can also look around the room and find certaint things that people ask me to find. I am trying to learn how to do it better but grammie and mommy say i have time. I like to learn. It is fun!

Grammie showed me in my schoolbook what a fire engine was. I don't have one of those. Maybe i will get one for christmas, that would be cool.

We went to the other house today and did some cleaning, i played around in something wet all over the floor and got it all over my pants. I am so exshausted so i'm going to go to bed now. Goodnight!

oh goodness.. it's been awhile since i've posted. I have just been SUPER busy. Mommy got a job near grammie's house so we moved in with her and she's always gone so I'm not allowed to use the computer when she's gone, that's part of the reason i haven't updated recently. I am also not allowed to use grammie or grandpa's computers either, so i've just been playing and getting into everything here.

I am walking all the time now too. I very rarely crawl, except when mommy wants to see me. She said I am growing up too fast and she's mad at everyone who told me to "do stuff" when i was a baby. I love my mommy.

Sometimes i miss my daddy but I am usually really busy playing that I don't think about it or i get sad. I saw him yesterday, he said i am getting big.

Well i'd better go. I have to go to bed now. Ttyl.

Mommy & I went on vacation with Grammie. I didn't like it very much. I missed my nap and didn't want to eat and all sorts of other stuff! I did have fun at some parts though. I will post pictures later.

Mommy is cleaning the house so everything is messy. She has my stuff everywhere and it's driving me nuts. I couldn't get to the window so I had to be creative and get there my own way. Mommy told me later that she snapped this picture of me *busted*, i wasn't suppose to be up on the basket getting into everything. I was hoping she wouldn't notice cause she was using the computer, but she said i was being a little too quiet in my adventures so she had to turn around and check on me. Then viola! There i was. She came and got me down, I am a pro at getting off beds and couches, but I have a little bit of a problem getting off of stuff like this. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted!

I miss my Grammie, Grandpa, Uncle Caleb and Uncle Adam... Mommy says they are on vacation but she said she was talking to grandpa today and that he said hi to me.. I waved to him but he didn't wave back. I saw his picture in this box thing and mommy pointed out that it was him, so i waved again, but he didn't wave back. I was sad and made mommy get off the computer to comfort me.
When will they be back mommy?

I'm walking now... i just started tonight, so i'm a little bit rocky. Mommy and daddy were SOOOO estatic. They were saying yay and clapping and everything. I was just like "whatever" and continued about my business. hehehe. I played with my ball for a little bit longer, before it was time for bed. Daddy says i'm all growed up, i'm still a little boy though. There's a lot that i can't do, but I AM growing up. It's fun sometimes, but sometimes it's not. Well, i have to go to bed. See ya!

Mommy is so silly, she puts me on the pillow and calls it my boat. She says the floor is the ocean and I can't fall off my boat into it. I LOVE playing this game with mommy. It's fun. Sometimes i roll off my boat into the ocean and mommy and daddy save me from the sharks and the sea creatures.

We went to the pier the other night and we saw these things mommy and daddy called "fireworks"... they were very intriguing. At first I was a little unsure, but then I wasn't so bothered by them. It was fun spending time with mommy and daddy and uncle caleb. Mommy took pictures of my reaction for me to share with you.

I am okay, I just have a little red mark on my leg and my arm is fine.
Mommy and Daddy said we get to go see Uncle Caleb tomorrow and that maybe we can see these things called fireworks tomorrow night with him. I'm not too sure about that, mommy says it might be too loud for me and Grammie said she would watch me if mommy and daddy wanted to take Uncle Caleb, but Hm... decisions, decisions. WHY must getting older be so difficult?!

Tonight, I tried to be a big boy and get the food off the table by myself. I wanted to help mommy eat, but it didn't work so well. The food was really hot and when I grabbed it, the mashed potato's fell all over my arm and my leg.
I didn't really cry that bad, but it hurt so i made this pain sound so mommy knew, right away she scooped me up, threw a handful of the potato's off of my arm and ran me to the bathroom. She turned the cold water on to cool the burn, cause that's how she knew to treat it. Daddy came in and got the potato's off my leg, mommy didn't know they were on there. They took my clothes off me and daddy put some soothing burn cream on me and mommy held me for awhile telling me it was okay. Daddy cleaned up the mess and then I got down to play. Poor mommy had potato's alllll over her leg from when she grabbed the handful off my arm.
I am okay, I have a couple red marks on my leg and one on my arm, but mommy and daddy said there weren't blisters and that the marks should be gone tomorrow.
I was fine to play and to keep getting into stuff that I shouldn't. I am a little daredevil and like to test my boundries. Mommy says i am "all boy" and sighs. hehehheehe she is so funny!!!

Grammie came to see me and mommy on saturday. We had a lot of fun. We went to a lot of places and I saw a lot of people. We forgot to take pictures though. Mommy even brought her camera, but she forgot. Her and grammie were too busy telling me i'm so cute =). My grammie is my favorite!

I had to go to the dr today, i had to get shots, but i like my new dr. she's nicer, way nicer than that other guy i use to go see.

Mommy here...
Dearest Jude, I can't believe it's been a year since I gave birth to you. I miss you being itty bitty but love love love watching you getting older and excelling in everything you do. I hope that you had a good birthday and have many many more to come. I love you. Happy Birthday Baby Boy!!!

It's my 1st birthday. I'm not having a lot of fun today. It was raining all morning and i've been such a grouch. I hope tomorrow at my party is better.

I am busy these days... i have to drive mommy crazy you know?

I like to pull all my books off the shelves, throw my stuff on the floor and across the room, throw temper tantrums for no reason, scream myself to sleep, climb into boxes and baskets of stuff that mommy has to get rid of, pull clothes out of the baskets and so much more!!!

Mommy says im all boy. hehehehe

ohhhh goodness... i had SOOO much cake and icecream and food yesterday at grammies birthday that my tummy is jus kill in me!

I climbed up grammie's stairs ALL BY MYSELF though and took 2 steps. Everyone was so excited and i was just like... uhhh okay!

Mommy will post video later.

Happy Birthday Grammie!

I like attacking mommy, she tells me not too, but it's so much fun..

I'm going to Grammie and Grandpa's today!!!!!!

Mommy says i'm losing my voice, something about it being raspy?

She said it would figure that i would get sick right before the birthdays. Grammie's birthday is next saturday and then mine is 6 days later. I don't know what Grammie is doing for her birthday, but mommy is going to help me make her something special.

Mommy says Grammie needs to tell us what she is doing, i hope she is gonna have cake and icecream, that means i would get cake and icecream 2 times in 1 week! Oh boy! I hope Grammie will get presents, Mommy says I will. I still don't really know about these birthday things, but they sound tons of fun.

I hope that i'm not sick on my birthday. That would make me sad, but i would still try to have fun with my Grammie, Grandpa, and Uncle Caleb when they come see me. Mommy says she thinks Uncle Erich will be here too. I am so excited, I like uncle Erich, he gives me new foods to try that i like, hehe, he is funny.

OKay well mommy wants me to help her make dinner after i play with my toys for a little bit, so i'd better get off here. Till next time, bye!!! *waves*

***this picture is from when we were in chicago and i was on daddy's shoulders***

My mommy is sick, she has something called kidney stones, so i have been taking care of her.

After my grandma and auntie left i was so exshausted from not having napped for a couple days, that mommy and i cuddled in bed for the whole day, i like cuddling with my mommy she's nice and warm and cozy.

I will post some pictures when mommy feels better.