The End is Near.....

It's our last week of break! So sad about this...could really use an additional week or two.

Ben put Sam's Spiderman costume on Jude the other day when Sam and I were out somewhere. He looks so threatening, doesn't he?

Watch out, bad guys

Jude had his last bottle last night. It was kind of bittersweet. Bitter: he's getting older so fast. Sweet: LAST $27 CAN OF FORMULA! Hooray!

I've noticed that over the last couple weeks, Sam and Jude have really been having some sweet brotherly moments. Yesterday, I cut up an apple for Sam and Jude. I peeled Jude's slices and put them all on Sam's plate. Sam was sitting next to Jude and would hand him slices as he would finish them. I was coming into the room from doing some laundry and I saw that Sam was trying to take the peel off of one of his apples with his fingernail. He looked up and told me that he was trying to get the peel off so he could give Jude one of his own since Jude had eaten all of his already. I love these moments!

Happy Birthday, Jude!

Jude turned 1 year old on Friday! I thought Sam's first year went fast, but Jude's seems like it's gone by even faster. At the same time, it's hard to remember what it was like before Jude came into our lives. He's added so much to our family - just in the cuteness factor alone because he's so darn adorable. :)

With that being said, poor Jude had a rough birthday. He awoke bright and early at 4 AM ready to party! When I went in his room, he was writhing all around the bed like crazy. When Ben was changing him later, we figured out why - he had a rash all over his front and back. He was itchy! We went ahead an moved up his well check to that morning and he got another lovely birthday present - 3 shots and a foot prick! Lucky guy. 1 year stats: 20 lb, 10 oz and a little over 29 inches. His weight is just under the 25th percentile and his length is between the 25th and 50th. Still kind of a peanut but not quite as small anymore.

Jude did have one small period where he seemed kind of happy/content during his birthday - he got a yummy birthday Busken doughnut for breakfast. He had no idea how to eat it, but definitely liked the icing. It was a little preview for his cake at his party in a couple weeks.

We had another first for Jude last week - his first haircut! His hair was starting to look a little stringy and kept sticking in his eyes at the pool, so we decided the time had come. He looks less rag-a-muffin-y now:

Another first from the other day - Jude finally took action against Sam. I guess he'd decided he'd had enough of his nonsense.