Jude: 1 year

 *Jude's favorite words are ball, bye, Juno, hi, Mama.   Starting to really say Daddy and mean it.

*He's pretty good at mimicking sounds--like when I show him something purple, he'll say pah-ple.  When we're out throwing the ball around with Juno, he'll yell, "Geh, geh, geh."  when he hears me yelling "Give.  Give.  Juno, give!"

*One time, when I asked him where Grandpa was, he pointed out the window to him, and said, "Bampa."  Yet to be repeated...

*Cruises around with the help of furniture pretty good, but still prefers to crawl.

*When we're in the check-out line, he'll stare at the clerk until they look at him, and then he'll flash his gap-toothed grin.  Gets them everytime.

*The first time we heard him say Juno, we were out for a walk and he kept yelling, "no. no. no." and clapping. ( Now when he says it, he says her full name, pretty dead on).

*Jude likes to shake his head no and laugh.

*When he sees the laptop out, he heads straight for it while shaking his head and saying, "no, no, no."

*When other people around are laughing at something, he'll join right in like he totally gets the joke. 

*He still hates getting his diaper changed.  We're talkin' big alligator tears.

*He likes being chased.

*He loves giving you kisses--open mouth and shut.  It's the cutest thing to see his face coming in at you all serious.

*He now has 10 teeth.  Just got his 1st year molars, and yes, it was a pretty really cranky time for him.

*Seems to be in the heart of his separation anxiety phase.  If he sees me, he wants me.

*If he's sick or in pain (see above) I end up rocking him to sleep &/or taking 1.5 hour naps with him in the rocking chair (not recommended.  me = sore back, jude = sweaty sticky baby, me = drenched, bored, and stiff).

*When we put him down to sleep, no matter how tired he seems, he'll usually sit up and play/babble in bed for a good 15 minutes.

*Loves to walk around pushing his scooty, looking at you with a big open mouth grin.

*Is obsessed with putting things into other things....his blocks into their box, stacking cups, Tupperware from one drawer to the other, etc.

*Still loves to focus on the small details.  Still very observant and a deep thinker when we're out for walks, out for errands, etc.

*Will sit and read a book with you (and let you get through the 1st 3 pages before taking matters into his own hands).

*Tries to put lotion on himself.

*I'll ask him questions, and he'll respond in baby babble--our own little conversation.

*He's in love with dropping food from his high chair and leaning over to watch Juno eat it. 

*That being said, he's turned into a pretty good little eater.  He loves rice, artichokes, broccoli, animal crackers, and of course, yogurt.

*He's now been going to daycare for about a month, and seems to be adjusting pretty well.  Dave does the whole drop off thing, where he cries for a second, but stops as soon as Dave walks out the door.  I get to pick him up (luckily), and he always seems to be in pretty good spirits--and excited to see me. :)

Jude's stats at 1 year:

Weight: 25.8 lbs (87th %)

Length: 32.5 inches (like 110th %)

Head: 18 inches (25th %)

Weight:Length = 50th %

Teeth = 6 bottom + 4 top