Life is beautiful when you have a kid. You see the extreme of every emotion and you heart goes out to them every time. They try new foods. Every Thanksgiving, Christmas and birthday comes with a new experience.
It has been quite a while since I was on here blogging about Jude Harrison Myers. I want to apologize and yet those with children will understand. I would much rather hang out with Jude than be on a computer (something I am on all day while working). Once you are done playing with Jude you are zapped by the time he goes to bed. Then is time to engage your wife in an adult conversation.
Jude is a few weeks away from turning 18 months. Even now as I type I find myself asking him, "Excuse me?" He is constantly talking. It's in code. I have thought about asking a Wind Talker to come to our house. After all Jude is part Muscogee Creek. He has no problem with the word GO! He also likes to say KITTY right before he treats the cats like war crime suspects. Other words he occasionally says are: Momma, Dadda, Doggy, More, Car, Book, Tickle, and No. From what we have heard and read boys aren't always quick to talk with coherent words.
The fine motor skills are all there. He has a cannon for an arm, dribbles his soccer ball, stacks just about anything he can find, and is always very precise with all of his cars as he does his best impression of what a car sounds like.
Speaking of cars this kid has more cars than Jay Leno has in his garage. He loves them. Most of his cars are aquired through presents from his Grampy Langston who has quite the collection of model and hot wheels cars himself.
When he is not playing with his cars or other toys he is climbing the furniture (mostly couches) and getting into trouble for not being nice to the cats. I can imagine Jude sitting the cats under the hot light and getting information out of them any way he can.
Therefore, we have a naughty chair. It didn't start out that way. Sorry Grammy Langston. Our doctor told us at his 12 month appointment to establish a naughty chair. The naughty chair works 70 percent of the time. After all he is only 18 months old. He will catch on. That is he better catch on.
Okay. So we only get channels 2 - 24 on our TV as a part of our cable package. First of all we don't have time to channel surf and find something on any other channel. Second we can watch most anything online or via Netflix (God Bless you, Netflix!). I have recently found (by mere accident) that we get channel 122, which is just below channel 2 (also known as the Weather Channel). It turns out that channel 122 is a music station. Not only is it awesome that we have this channel, but it is all 80s music!!! Oh my! And we all know how much Jude loves to dance, right? It's a win-win-win (to quote Michael Scott from The Office).
The only time we really have the TV on while he is awake is for his Baby Einstein videos, an educational show we find on Netflix, or Sesame Street.
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Eve has come and gone. With Valentine's Day just around the corner we welcome 2011. Jude will turn 2 and with one overnight stay under his belt he will enjoy staying with grandparents and hanging out with his aunts and uncles. Who knows he might decide to say all the words he knows and understands how to say.
Enjoy the photos. And remember...the Jude abides.
