Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec. (ok, i'm a little behind)

So, I fell a little (or a lot) behind on posting the last few months. Here is a whirlwind update on Jude and his parents.

September: got a big boy bed. love it. love it. love it. took the lightrail downtown for a day out with mom and dad. always a highlight.

October: took some pics with daddy's police car & "drove" the police care. so cool.

November: went to grandma's in KS and made these cool turkey cookies.

December: visited this house of lights near our place. saw a train, chapel, kissed a penguin. went to a party with mommy where we rode a train, rode a carousel, tried to chase the trian, drank lots of hot chocolate and chased the train. did i mention he liked the train? Also tried to create a snowstorm in my room with baby powder. it works pretty well. you should try it if you don't already have snow at your house. mommy also turned 30 and daddy and i threw a surprise party for her. fun stuff!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Trick or Treat

We couldn't decide at first whether Jude would even care about trick or treating. He's so shy a lot of times I thought he might not like going to strange people's houses. But, we decided to try it and after the first house, he looked at us and said, "let's do that again!" He was pretty impressed that he could just say trick or treat and they would put candy in his bag. In fact, he liked it so much that he asked us last night if we could go again.

Happy Halloween

When I showed Jude his boots and hat yesterday he put them on immediately. Then, he woke up at 5:30 this morning (grrr) and couldn't wait another minute to put his boots back on. He's been running around all day yelling, "I'm a cowboy! I'm a cowboy!"

This sheriff's got his eye on you!
Playing his drums - his favorite thing to do.
Jude and Caleb at the library this morning.
Lounging.

This morning we went to the Pumpkin Festival at the Four Mile Historic Park. Pumpkins, hayrides, chickens, horses, free cookies and a perfect fall day. Jude said he had "yots of fun!" Jude also did a great job of NEVER looking at the camera. :)

Jude & Evrett

Jude and Evrett were born 2 months apart back in 05. They were forced be friends because their parents were friends, but have managed to like each other nonetheless. Actually, Jude thanks God for Evrett most every night. SOOOO Sweet. These are some pics that Evrett's daddy took. He is an amazing photographer. (anyone who can photograph two 2 year olds like this is pretty great!) Check him out at http://www.evrett.com/.

Last weekend we went to the Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival. Very fun! I highly recommend it!
Still going...

This is the kind of thing that could show up in your nightmares, I think.

Jude and his first love, Kalena Jo Egy.
It really doesn't get any sweet than that!
Or that.

New wagon from Grandma.

Jude loves his helmet so much. He likes to wear it ALL the time.