Happy Boy!

Judd can be such a happy boy.  His sense of humor cracks
me up.  Now don't get me wrong- we have more than our fair
share of whining and crying (for no reason at all) but he
can be such a joy when he wants to be...

He has started putting things on his head.

I tried to get him to wear these deer horns for days

but he wouldn't have anything to do with them.  Then

one day he found them and it was his idea so it was great fun.

He played and played with it until it was just pieces...

We were grocery shopping and suddenly these

tin pans were very fine hats indeed.

Silly Boy.  :)

You can wear boxes on your head too.

 It's hard to see, but he has his bottle inside of
a drinking glass.  He thought it was so cool.

 More boxes....

I don't know how he even knew what this was.
All we have are cell phones but he played with the
hotel phone all weekend. 

He finds all sorts of little chairs for himself.

I was trying to keep him from playing in the

dog's water so I built a barricade.  Apparently,

he thought I built him a little chair so he could

watch me make dinner.  :)

It's amazing how much joy he brings to our lives.

We love our happy, little boy.

Our Trip to Provo

This month we decided to take a little family trip.
Kerry, Hannah, Ron and Cindy Glover were going to
the fur sale and we tagged along. 

I remember when we were kids, my Mom and Dad

used to take us to Phoenix and let us stay in a hotel and swim

in the pool for a week. We thought it was the coolest vacation ever.

Judd had a great time.  The hot tub was broken so they
had turned up the pool.  It seriously was as warm as bath water.
(even I went swimming- so you know it had to be warm)
He was so cute in the pool.  He just laughed and grinned the whole time.

We ate ice cream at The Creamery (and I found a

new favorite flavor of ice cream- German Chocolate Crunch.

So yummy! It had coconut and toffee in it). We went to a basket ball

game at BYU (Scott threatened to wear his Ute's hat but didn't in the end)

We had lots of fun just hanging out together
as a family.

Judd thought the escalator was great fun.

We played on the playground in the mall
(Not before we sanitized the whole thing of course :)

Dad's are great to play with!

so serious...

Lots of fun memories! We will definately have to do this again.

Just my baby...

Judd is learning stuff so fast.  I know I say it all the time
but it still amazes me how fast they pick things up just by watching.

He is getting to be such a big boy and wants to do lots

of things by himself (even if it takes two forks to get the job done).

He loves to play with his Dad's stuff.  Scott's

leatherman is one of his favorite toys.

Sunglasses are also lots of fun.

Sometimes what he thinks is so cool makes me laugh...

Both have their eye on the string cheese....

Judd and Otis are the perfect partners in crime.  Otis

knows he won't get into as much trouble if Judd is involved

and Otis is a great help for Judd in discovering all sorts of cool stuff-

Like how neat the dirt feels after you've dug away all of the grass...

He misses his Dad when Scott goes to work

but we are pretty good buddies and make it through

the day together.  He knows where his nose is and

has started brushing my hair with his little brush. 

The other day I was feeling sad and he came and just

laid his head on my shoulder and gave me hug. He is

getting to be such a big boy...

But sometimes he still just wants to be my baby

and I am totally good with that.

The life of a toddler...

We are having so much fun with Judd.  He is growing up so fast
and learning so much each day. I am in awe of how his little
mind works and he picks up on everything.


I know every parent thinks their child is brilliant-
but ours really is.... :)
Here he is brushing his dog's teeth.

He loves animals and especially horses. 

Grandma Henderson gave him some farm

animals for Christmas so he needed to feed

them out of Foxy's dog food dish. :)

 Here is one of his favorite books...
Needless to say, we read the same stories
multiple times and he tries to make the sounds
of the animals.  It's so much fun.

He has discovered that there is another whole

 level of stuff to play with if he can just

find a way to reach it.

Judd is starting to try new foods and is a pretty good eater.
He does have his favorites-the current being grilled cheese
sandwiches, ritz crackers, and bread with butter.
I think he was just trying to lick the butter off of the bread...

In his world, nothing is ever done half way.

He plays hard no matter what he is doing,
(yes, he has one drum stick and one spatula)

 and crashes hard,
(I just wish he slept this well at night)

He loves with all of his heart,
(he gives the sweetest hugs)
and he has to taste everything....

He is just our sweet little Judder-Bug.



Otis

Otis is a big American Bulldog. As you can see, 
Scott says I overfeed him....
(In my defense- I really try not too because dog food
is expensive.  But he also has lots of energy and likes
to chew on EVERYTHING. -magnets, toys, card board
boxes, pumpkins, binkys, sippy cups, my fruit trees...you get the idea.
I am just trying to give him something productive to chew on,
hence the dog food..)
(also, this isn't a flattering shot- they say the camera adds 10 lbs.) :)

He is also not suppose to be on the furniture because
he is dirty and hairy. That is why we have the couch
covers and the spikey mat to keep him off.  But I still
catch him making himself comfortable on whatever
he can find..  So you might ask why I put up with it?

Because Judd loves him....
He really is a big sweethart. (really big).
He just wants to be loved and be a part of the family.
He is good company and great home protection.


Otis is really patient with Judd and lets him climb
all over him.
(Notice the paper that Otis is eating-I'm sure it is important)

  Judd is learning good lessons too. He is learning
to be soft and to not hit.

They are just good buddies.

Judd also tastes a lot of the stuff that Otis
chews on to see what the big deal is...
I wish this picture wasn't blurry- he has his little
tongue out and everything. :)
(for the record, no I didn't let him chew on Otis' bone)

He is even learning to share with Foxy.  Or maybe
it's the other way around and Foxy is learning to share
with him. :)  I came in and Judd was feeding her one
tiny piece of dog food at a time. So what do you
do besides just enjoy it?