My little Tootles

MOM! Are you seriously still taking pictures?!

I LOVE my fingers

Jude has always been a finger sucker, from the day he was born he loved to have his hands in his mouth. Lately he has been teething and anything that he can get into his mouth is fine by him! Because he is not always so great with the placement of his hands we give him one of our knuckles every once in a while and he can really clamp down! I can feel a couple of little sharp teefers making their way through...I will admit I am a little nervous about this. There is one side that he does not like to nurse on very much anyway and sometimes clamps down with those gums...and teeth?! Well I guess we will see how it goes!

The love of my life for Valentines Day

Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime,
Therefore, we are saved by hope.
Nothing true or beautiful or good makes complete sense in any immediate context of history;
Therefore, we are saved by faith.
Nothing we do, however virtuous, can be accomplished alone.
Therefore, we are saved by love.
No virtuous act is quite as virtuous from the standpoint of our friend or foe as from our own;
Therefore, we are saved by the final form of love which is forgiveness.

-Reinhold Niebuhr

This sweet face is so exciting to wake up to everyday. His rash has cleared up completely and I know that he is so happy to be itch free!

Pump it up

wow what can I say about pumping? It is a combination of things wrapped up into one. Great for times when I need extra sleep or to run out of the house, neat for Collin to feed Jude and have some bonding time, and a time to relate a little better to a cow. I am so thankful that my cousin Jessica let me borrow her electric pump but being hooked up to that system is hilarious!

One morning when Collin was letting me sleep in I had pumped so that he could give Jude a bottle. I had not pumped enough so he was going to give Jude a little bit of formula after the breast milk, and above is the result. Haha, Jude was not having the formula and kept spitting it back out. The top picture makes me think that he was laughing at Collin's attempts to feed it to him. This little guy has so much personality and is always making some kind of crazy expression!

I got an itch and I don't know where to scratch...(courtesy of uncle Lidelle)

Our poor little guy has been broken out with what we thought was an allergic reaction to something that had been touching his skin. We ended up taking him to the Dr. yesterday because he has been clawing at his face from itching so bad :o( It ends up that it is a rash caused by cradle cap but called seborrheic dermatitis when it is not on the head. Our Dr. advised us to use hydrocortisone cream to stop the itching and said it should clear up. Today he already looks so much better and hasn't been itching as much. Thank goodness, how terrible to itch and not have control over your hands to scratch in the right place!

Oh Uncle Wyan, you're so silly

Ryan came to hang out with Collin in Knoxville a couple of weeks ago. He is great with Jude! As always he had a new "do" probably for aerodynamics during his 3 mile run with a 50 lb pack ( for fire rescue training). I think that they could almost pass as relatives in this photo.

Too Big

I can't believe how fast he is growing! Today we laughed and talked to each other like he was a pro at conversations. It really feels like I just brought him home...I know now what they mean by cherish every moment.