Jude's Second Birthday

We can't believe our little JuJu Bean is now two years old. While he seems like he's been two for quite some time now, he actually celebrated his second birthday yesterday. Jude is such a wonderful little boy. He smiles and laughs so much and is a constant source of entertainment for us. I say it seems like he's been two for a long time because he's been doing things that our older two didn't do until they were much older. Jude moves chairs into the kitchen to be able to reach things on the counter. He's also figuring out how to climb the shelves in the pantry to reach foods he wants. Jude is following in James' footsteps and quickly giving up milk. He'll drink at most one glass a day and much prefers to drink iced tea. I've stopped actually counting how many words he says because he talks quite a lot although we don't understand much of it. The words he does say very clearly are foods - cheese, cookie, chip, tea, etc. Jude loves catsup and would love to put it on everything. If it's on the table, he wants it on his plate.

Jude's favorite toys are his Little People Farm and Noah's Ark. The boy LOVES animals!!! He likes to match up the toy animal to pictures in his books. He loves zebras, giraffes, hippos, lions, tigers, cows, ducks, horses, chickens, pigs, and sheep. He also really likes cars and trucks, much more than the older boys. He loves to push them along and go vroom! Alas, Jude still uses a pacifier. We've found it really difficult to break him of the habit since Jonah uses one as well. I've been throwing out the worn out pacifiers and haven't been replacing them so they should all be gone soon. Jude takes one long nap each day. It had been from 11-2 since that's what fit best with John's school schedule. I'm not sure what it will shift to once summer begins and we no longer have to take John to and from school.

Jude had his 2 year check up yesterday with Dr. Clarke and he's still a big boy. We weighs 30 lbs which is 74th percentile and is 35.5" tall which is 80th percentile. The only downer of the visit was that Jude was diagnosed with Hand, Foot and Mouth disease. Thankfully it's a virus and he's not contagious and the rash will go away on it's own in about a week. I'm also thankful that he doesn't have the sores inside his mouth and the worst of them are on his feet. Oh yeah, and he didn't have to get any shots!