Judah turns two years old!

Happy 2nd Birthday

Judah Gabriel!!

(born Feb 11, 2010)

Dear Judah,

So you are now two years old! I can't believe that 2 yrs ago, I held you for the first time! I remember during my whole pregnancy, we were convinced that you were a girl and when my midwife put you in my arms for the first time and I felt your little boy privates, my heart leaped with joy when I realized I was blessed with another son! I love you so much my precious. Your personality has really been forthcoming lately! You are such a funny boy and yet you also have so much spunk! You are a feisty one and keep me on my toes to say the least! It is also funny to watch you try to keep up with your older siblings all the time. Your favorite one is still Malachi, of which you call him bubba. You have recently started calling Josiah, bubbie and Aliyah, ihe (sounds like sissy with an h sound for the s). You even call your baby brother baby "e". You love to play with star wars lightsabers with your brothers and your favorite toys are cars and dinosaurs. I love how during school you will climb up into your own school chair and color pictures, pretending to be doing school. Yet you also drive your siblings crazy as you try to steal their school work to scribble all over it! I love how loving you can be with all your sweet hugs and kisses, yet sometimes you will pretend to hug or kiss then you will run away! Some of your favorite things include milk, cookies, cars, dinosaurs, markers, paint, light sabers, and dogs. You try to say a few words now including: milk, cookie, doggy, sissy, bubbie, bubba, mommy, daddy, where daddy?, poop, pee, please, stinky, butt, eye, nose, baby, bye bye, hug, me, and mine. Now you can't pronounce them all exactly but you sure try to! You also continue signing a few words and have been potty trained for about 6 months now! You have potty accidents but that is to be expected at this age, yet you do so well with it most of the time. You are growing up my sweet boy! I love you so much as you are a blessing to our whole family!

Happy Birthday my sweet son! I love you with all my heart little one.

love, mama

Happy 1st Birthday Judah Gabriel!

Happy 1st Birthday my baby boy!!

Born: February 11, 2010

First off, this post is a few days late in thought and writing. I just now am sitting down and putting my thoughts to this blog so here is a tribute to my newly one year old:

I sure love you buddy! I just have to say that I am so very blessed that you have become a part of our lives. You truly are loved so much by us all. I love how you have your siblings wrapped around your fingers! They are more than willing to soothe you if you cry, play with you when they should be doing schoolwork, bathe with you, and dance around you giggling at your silly dance antics. I love how you make me laugh with your two fingers that you just love to suck on! You have never made it through a whole meal yet, or nap time, or maybe even an hour without sucking on your fingers. You make me smile the way you dance to a pencil sharpener. You are the first of your siblings to not be walking by your first birthday but that is ok because you crawl super fast! You crawl so stinkin' fast when chasing your brothers and sister. You are so sweet when you play "hide n seek" with them. The older kids will hide in a bedroom while you crawl so fast to find them. It is so sweet to see your interaction with them. You have used the potty a few times now and you look so cute wearing underwear! I LOVE when you give me wide open kisses and when you shove your whole fist in your mouth and take it out saying "muah". One of your favorite games is to purposefully roll off of the couch into Malachi's arms. Although you do love all your siblings, I think Malachi is your favorite. He is your buddy. He picks you up almost every morning out of your crib, he is the first to jump in and feed you, he occasionally will change your diaper without me asking, and he tries to beat me to your carseat and get you out before I do. He loves to take care of you and play with you. I love how you smile at your brothers and sister when you haven't seen them all night while you were sleeping. It is so cute to see you get so excited and crawl fast to our neighbor Molly(11 yrs) when she comes home from school. You are ticklish but you also know how to turn it off when you aren't in the mood to be tickled. You like me kissing your feet as you will put them to my lips and smile as I kiss them. Judah, in this past year, you have made me smile so much and have brought such great personality to our family. I can't imagine my life without you my sweet son. You are so very precious to me, very unique, and I love you with all my heart, my baby boy! Happy Birthday Judah Gabriel!!