Home 10 Months

The update this month includes some fun activities.  The sun has started to shine and it has heated up.  So there is more outside activity, which Judah loves!

He is making great headway in potty training.  His vocabulary has grown.  He still gets really frustrated when we don't understand what he wants.  He is able to say the names of all is siblings now.  He had short versions of their names, but now he says "Evan" instead of "Ehhh".  And "Becca" instead of "Behbeh".   He's more frequently putting two words together.

Backyard play is the best!:

Age old practice of peeing outside

 

He has started to use a fork well this month:

Sometimes ya just gotta shove it in

Sometimes, Judah sleeps with his eyes cracked open, ewwww!

THIS BOY LOVES HIS PIZZA!!!

First Corn on the Cob!   Nailed it and proud!

 

 Learning Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes...

 

Plays until he crashes

Fun play at our church playland.

Bringing the Red, White and Blue for Memorial Day

 

Books and reading have continued to become something Judah enjoys!

He turned THREE this month!!!!


 
 


ALSO got to celebrate that one year ago this month, we received Judah's referral-

I have a few glimpses of our reactions as I got the phone call and then shared the info with the family...  Sadly, the littles were out of frame when I made a video.... so no pictures of them.

I took that pictures of myself right as I hung up the phone and looked at the referral info they sent. I saw Judah's picture.   My tears were a mix of surprise, excitement and joy.

 I drove directly over to where Drew was working to surprise him with the news. That was SO FUN!  *Now remember, he was growing his beard out for our Beard Be Gone Fundraiser to finish raising funds for the adoption. 

3rd Birthday!

Judah has been smitten with balloons since the day Drew and Anna met him in China.  His love of balloons has remained one of his favorite things.  So, we celebrated his first birthday home with us in Balloon Fashion!   A baker's dozen of helium balloons throughout the house as well as blown up balloons all over and of course balloons on his cake.  Red has seemed to be his favorite color so we did a lot in red.  Grandma Sugar made his shirt with balloons on them.  He is learning to hold three fingers up to represent how old he is and says "free" sort-of :)

There was no holding him back when the cake was coming and we were singing to him.  He was excited and I think felt very loved.

We celebrated and loved on Judah and had a great 3rd Birthday!

Home 9 Months

This boy💙

He is so sweet.  He's funny and laughs easily.  He's inquisitive and smart.  He's active and busy.  He likes to figure things out and won't stop until he gets it. He loves to play outside.  He enjoys making us laugh.  He's proud of his accomplishments.  He's quick to show us what he can do.  He's a problem solver. He enjoys helping with just about anything.  He's brave and confident.  He is talking more and expressing himself better.  He is a joy! A very, very busy joy  💙

A playdate outside with some good friends and a FUN experience down the hill in the car- he loved it!

I missed the picture on his first ride down where he turned and his face was a HUGE smile before he jumped out to push it back up the hill to do it again.

It didn't take much practice for him to grab the bat and start swinging.  He made contact and kept hitting it again and again.   I think we have some sports in his future.

 

A little bit of daddy love.  He laughs and laughs.

 

He loves the bubble machine.  We learned the hard way it is for outside.... all the bubbles land on the hardwood floor and everyone starts slipping and falling; it was not good.  Funny, but not good!

 
He doesn't miss a beat.  I was helping Elizabeth make birthday cookies to take into school.  We dropped some frosting on the floor- he was sure to help. I didn't realize what was happening ar first.  But I had to grab my camera before I stopped him. 

The evidence was CLEAR!

And just like that, another month has passed. And in the middle of him getting bigger and talking more and doing more things; time stops.  Give him a blanket and his thumb and he's back to an infant in my arms.  I treasure these moments.  I soak them up and think of all the ones I've missed.  And so, so glad of all the ones I have to look forward to.

And finally, he got to get in some shots of Evan and Anna's prom pictures.  True to his style, he didn't stay long before he was on the go again......