Jude during the month of July

 Jude HATES baths! But he gets super spunky and happy when he is naked and wrapped up in his towel. Brian snapped this shot of Jude the other night when he was wiggling and smiling. LOVE HIM!

 This is Jude (looking a little shell-shocked) during our first public family outing. We made a quick trip to the local farmers market. We felt like this was a safe outing because we are outdoors and not in close quarters with a lot of people. We enjoyed an afternoon stroll and Annabelle enjoyed naming all of the fruits and veggies.
A few things you might notice about this picture:
1) Jude is HUGE! He is so long that he looks like a toddler sized baby in this stroller. I'm quite proud of his chucky little legs too.
2) Gotta love the patch-work tape on Jude's face to hold down the ng tube that he so desperately wants to pull out. We are still on the lookout for a better method...and I think I found one tonight! Going to try it out tomorrow! Wish us luck!
3) The giant (again toddler sized) bib around Jude's little neck. Poor guy throws up so often that he is sporting one of these throughout the day.

The picture and the video show Jude in action in his exersaucer. When we first brought Jude home he could not sit up at all in the exersaucer and when we stuffed blankets around him to help him sit up he simply slouched miserably and drooled a TON. But as you can see he is holding himself up pretty well now and beginning to explore the toys more and more. He is also starting to bear weight on his legs much more. We are totally thrilled with his progress!
P.S. Don't you love Annabelle poking her finger in the camera like a normal almost three year old? She is such a cutie! And did you see our awesome min-fridge in Jude's room to put all his meds and formula closer? Thanks to my parents we don't have to trek all up and down the stairs in the middle of the night and early a.m. to give Jude what he needs during those crazy hours! SO thankful for that gift!

Coming soon, pictures of Jude:
1) In his new, cool helmet!
2) Our latest find: a sleep sack that keeps Jude from pulling at his tape and ng tube while he sleeps. He looks like a big bag of potatoes!