Judah's First Birthday Party

Last week we went to visit my family in NC. It was a pretty good trip. The boys did much better than Christmas time. Judah actually slept some of the nights, not all but some. Curtis actually ate, not much but some. They both had a blast playing with their cousins. Curtis talked about Papa all the way their and all the way home and still asks where Papa is. He definitely loves his Papa. It was great seeing my family, seeing Grandma, hanging out with Jonathan and Melissa and the girls, and getting some time with Brenna and her kids. 

We originally made the trip to celebrate our friend, Jude's first birthday, but sadly, Judah was sick Saturday with a fever so we didn't get to go to his party. But Sunday, we celebrated him. Some of the Perez's came, we ate pizza and cupcakes, both of which Judah loved. It was so fun watching him devour his little cupcake. It was the first time eating any sugar so he definitely loved it. We had an Easter egg hunt, wonderful entertainment for the kiddos. Curtis was more interested in chasing people with sticks and Judah was fascinated with the eggs, opening and closing them and trying to eat them. It was a wonderful day and I'm so happy we got to celebrate with my family. 

Next month, Isaac's family comes to town and we will celebrate Judah's first birthday and Isaac's 30th birthday with them. We're looking forward to that as well. It's always wonderful to have them here.

Here's a few pictures from the day.

He loved the cake

Jude wasn't too sure about the festivities

These 2 are best friends. Curtis is trying to sneak a little kiss.

His cheesin face

Beautiful Prudence

Future best friends

Judah has recently learned to give kisses, more like trying to bite my nose

Judah is 11 Months

My littlest little is 11 months old, so close to 1 year. Every month bring so many changes and brings him more and more into his own little personality. This past month has been the most evident of how different he is from his brother, especially from how Curtis was at this age.

The biggest change this month is his constant climbing on everything. I don't know if it's just that Curtis didn't want to climb this early, or he just didn't have anyone to learn from. But Judah has definitely learned from Curtis and climbs on everything, the end table, the toy organizer, the bottom shelf of our accent table, the couch if he's really motivated, up the slide, up the steps, everything he can. He also is much more curious, or maybe just likes to mess in things more, I don't know. We have child locks on the kitchen cabinets, but he reaches in anyway and gets anything little he can get out, and anything that doesn't come out like Isaac's Nana's china or my glass pyrex measuring cups and picks them up and drops them. We've had to buy magnet locks to be installed soon. The other thing is I'm pretty sure this kid is gonna be nursing forever. Thankfully, he does fine without me and I think will eat and drink enough once I go back to work, but he demands to nurse when he's with me. Weaning has almost completely stopped because if he wants to nurse, and I'm holding him, he buries his face in my chest and pulls on my shirt and starts biting at me. If I set him down or turn him around or try and distract him and just screams, so I nurse him. Some days he follows my weaning schedule or not nursing unless it's before naptime, but most days, he is pretty demanding and I'm pretty sure me going back to work will exacerbate it more rather than make him wean. Which is fine, I had planned on nursing him till at least 18 months but hopefully by then he'll be ready to wean.

More and more, Judah and Curtis are becoming friends. Sometimes they'll sit for a minute and roll a car back and forth or Judah will chase Curtis around the kitchen. Curtis has started entertaining Judah when Judah gets upset, which is really cute. I love hearing them "talk" and laugh with each other. It's going to be a wonderful thing to watch over the next few years and their lifetime.