Jude turns 2!

Dear Jude, 

It's been a crazy few weeks but we still had to celebrate you Jude! You loved having us sing to you and were all smiles and claps. We also didn't have any birthday candles to go with your birthday cake  strawberry shortcake, we just lit a decor candle and had you blow it out but you did so successfully right away!  

You are adorable awful these days. So cute - and so much trouble!

You are talking up a storm. This week's new words include hammock, turkey, and good girl (to the dog). 

You're fearless. Too fearless if you ask me. You love swimming in pools and will just jump off the edge over and over again. You went river tubing this week and loved the (itty bitty) rapids saying, "fun, wheee!" as you went over. 

Wild turkey spotting

Evening deer spotting

You love trucks (and cars and boats and planes and basically anything that moves). 

You adore animals and when we see one, wild or not, you hold out yours hands to hug it. There was no convincing you that the wild turkeys really didn't want hugs. You had to find out for yourself (they just ran away, no toddlers were harmed in the process) .

You love to mess with stuff. Uncle Rick's sprinklers are now going off at random times because you may have spent a few minutes messing with its timer. We have to watch you around phones because you can turn on netflix in seconds. We were waiting to go tubing until you woke up from your nap but when we peeked in on you, you were up and in bed and watching a show on my phone that was supposed to be charging! The porch gates have caribener locks now. We just never know what you're going to get into. but if you are quiet for more than a minute, we know we should find out. 

You also love music and dancing and singing. You're pretty good with tunes. Even if we can't understand the lyrics your saying, we can normally guess the tune you're aiming for and you love it when we starting singing along. 

You've learned from your siblings and are a great roadtripper. We've thrown a lot of changes at you and your basically unphased. Despite all the changes, you're starting to go to bed on your own which is very exciting for me. Dad or I will just rock you for a few minutes and tuck you in and those last few smiles I get every night when I'm swaying you are my favorite.