9months

JUDE IS NINE MONTHS OLD... really?
i can't believe it. i feel like i was just going through some excruciating pain and welcoming my sweet little boy.  now i am shuffling to get gavins toys away from jude, praying to go to the bathroom without jude rolling (yes, rolling, sliding, whatever) to greet me, and waking up to jude babbling into his monitor at 7:15 sharp- everyday!
this is jude at nine months:
an eater. loves food. not a bottle. but foooooooood. not so much cereal, but fruits and veggies are his thing. honey nut cheerios and the famous puffs are of course fav as well.
my sweet jude is a sleeper but not, absolutely not a napper. he likes to take cat-naps. cat-naps don't really work with this mama so we spend a lot of time crying (to be honest), and rocking, and lately driving in the car for a little nap around 4. jude sleeps from 9:30-10:15, at the max. and again from 1:00- maybe 2:30... but that's not all that often. bedtime is always at 7 and we get up at 7:15.
in that cute little mouth there are now 6 cut through teeth, and three teeth cutting through. REALLY? i cannot wait for teething to be done and over!
as previously addressed jude cannot crawl. we've talked to a few nurses and doctors and other mommies and are now okay with the fact that crawling might not happen. jude can pull himself up onto the couch, he can stand next to things but just cannot crawl. rolling and scooting across the floor is how he seems to get around. my mom said that i didn't crawl right away, too. instead i was one of those babies that walked at 7 months, and that just might be how i got my nickname "scooter"... fun fact that i never knew about ;)
jude's hearing is at 100% and that's a relief because he didn't pass his first two hearing tests. they say that because his delivery was so fast the junk that's in babies ears and gets pushed out by being pushed out slowly didn't all come out because his delivery was so fast.
those chocolate browns that he got from his mama are ladykillers. my grandma calls them shit brown eyes, so that's what they will be called! at his last appointment jude's doctor and myself became slightly alarmed with jude's left eye. it's slightly off center. we will soon be heading to our first eye doctor appointment. and my doctor was shocked that i haven't ever been to the eye doctor? i've never had problems so why would i go? right? i'm extremely nervous about this eye "precaution" because vision is so important in babies.
he's growing up just like his brother. long and almost lean. he's 29 inches, 21 lbs and a large head!
favorite words: beeeelllllla, ma-ma, daaaaaaah, and uh-oh. it kills me when he screams for bella!
speaking of bella, he LOVES her. bella comes and follows us around all dang day and jude will almost always be in a good mood when she's around. other animals he loves are horses, but not all of them, just lilly. which melts my heart. jude kicks his little legs and cant wait to grab onto lillys nose when he sees her.
what else????
toys.. baby toys are no fun so jude plays with all sorts of old phones, remotes, toys gavin will allow him to play with and a blanket.
jude sleeps with his blankie, stuffed dog and his burpee. he still sleeps soundly on is tummy and now has a slight snore.
favorites are mommy, daddy, grandma shari and of course big bro gav. he's kind of terrified of men with big beards...? i feel like around this age gavin was as well.
jude is getting to be such a fabulous little boy.. not that he wasn't before but well, i guess he kind of wasn't the easiest baby in the beginning... but of course, I LOVE HIM. LOVE HIM LOVE HIM LOVE HIM.

there's always something in his hands :)

he kills me over and over in his little fleece and hat

this is how he eats. he blows bubbles, rips off all his bibs, and spits... it's fun.