I have several nicknames for Jude. One of them is “Prince Jude.” I treat little Jude like royalty and bow to his every wish and command. My mom actually asked me, “You know he’s not a real prince, right?” Little Jude gets his way these days. When he gets older, that will change. Andy and …
Category Archives: Family
Family/Baby Photos
A few people have asked if we have more pictures of Baby Jude. We currently have two albums up at the photo site, but will be adding a third soon. Jessica has been a fairly prolific picture taker. As I add photos, I’ll put them in new albums to make it easy to know where …
Jude Tours the Factory
A few weeks ago, Jessica took Jude out to her parents’ for the afternoon. While out there, John gave his grandson his first tour of the factory. I think he is eager to get Jude trained on the welder! If the video doesn’t play, try viewing it –>>here
Smiley Face
Little Jude has learned how to smile intentionally. But, he doesn’t smile as often as I’d like him to. Typically, about 3 times each day(morning, mid-day and evening), he’ll have periods where he smiles for several minutes at a time. We haven’t managed to catch one of his toothless grins on camera yet.
More Baby Pics Posted
We added some more baby pictures to our online photo album. You can view them by clicking on the “Our Online Photo Album” tab in the links section on the right hand side of this page.
What did you do today?
Before Jude came along, I would have welcomed a question from Andy about what I did all day. Now I dread that same question. I don’t like the question because I never have an answer about what I did that doesn’t make me feel like a slacker. Take today for example. Jude and I got …
Leaky Diapers
Andy and I have apparently not yet mastered the art of diapering. Andy passed Jude off to me twice today after discovering a large spot of urine on the front of his shirt where Jude was laying. And, even after soaking a diaper, Jude manages quite frequently to work up some pee to squirt out …
4 Weeks Old
Jude will be 4 weeks old on Monday. He is a good little baby. What he likes: 1. To be held. He will fall asleep in my arms (even if I’m running around the house) and then often wake up screaming if I dare to lay him down. Andy and I try every night to …
Back Home
We are all back home now. Jude was discharged yesterday morning, and Jessica shortly after. We were home by noon. We’re still trying to figure out a good routine, though we have to take things an hour at a time for now. Both Jessica and Jude are doing well, and at least Jude is sleeping …
More Pictures
After another day, there are quite a few more pictures up at the photo album (click here). I am home to spend the night while Dee (Jessica’s mom) covers for me so I can get some rest. This photo is a pretty good summary of how parenthood has been for the first three days! Jessica …