1/22/13

My Six Month Baby

Jude is becoming less and less like a baby every day and I am finding myself missing that squishy cuddle newborn.  This was such an exciting month for Jude and the family all around.  The first exciting news is that we are debt free.  We have paid off everything except our car and our house!  Isn't that amazing?  It makes me so happy to know that we will be able to move and no have excess bills to worry about.  What an amazing feeling it is to have this burden lifted off our shoulders.  But this post is about Baby Jude! He is changing and developing so quickly it is so much fun to watch him.
At Six Months-
He is a crawling machine he is everywhere into everything
He loves to go off and crawl into Elliot's room and play with all his toys
He loves his Mama
He loves to go under the blankets with Elliot and laugh
He loves bath time but has recently started trying to escape his bath seat
Pulls himself up into a standing position!
He loves to eat food!  Anything and Everything!

A friend of mine posted a status that said the longer I am a parent the more I realize...this is hard!  Boy does that define parenthood or what?  Being a mom is hard and there are days where I just want to go to sleep.  Elliot is in a rebellious mood lately and I feel like instead of having fun with him I spend the day telling him no, putting him in timeout, telling him to share, just not being the fun loving parent I want to be.  I know that things are little more difficult now since Jude is older and wants to play.  I thought dividing my attention before was hard but now it is play with Elliot stop Jude from eating crayon or playing with something of Elliot's because Elliot starts getting upset.  Sharing is a hard phase to go through.  In the end I know that there are things that I can work on as a parent and knowing that being two and a half with a little brother is hard.  I love both my kids with all my heart and love watching them grow, learn, and play together.  I have to add pictures later because our new computers do not have sd card inserts!

Elliot at 2 1/2 Months-
Loves Jude
Looks amazing with a haircut
Loves Buzz Lightyear Power Rangers and Spiderman
Loves to play with friends
Loves Nursery
The other day he told me something and I couldn't figure it out and he finally said, "No mom I want my buzz lightyear costume!"
He soaks up vocabulary like a sponge it is amazing
He loves to learn