The water came out

Have to share the experience we had with spit ups and spills the last few days.
On Thursday Greg supervised Jude in the bath while I ran to check email. I hear Jude coughing followed by a "OH" sound. Our little guy swallowed bath water the wrong way, and then vomited on himself and into the tub. Yuck. Greg and I got him out and dried off our slightly scared two year old.

Our cute little nude guy loves to run around the corner into mommy and daddy's bathroom after his baths or anytime we are getting him ready for bed. We are still washing off his bath toys with the vomit when Jude makes his customary 10 second dash. This time though Jude runs back in and says "The Water Came Out! It came out."

I'm not sure what to think, but Greg says "Show daddy what water." We go around the corner to realize Jude has now also peed on our bathroom rug. Oh my. He didn't know how to say it or what it was, so his word choice was "The water came out". Hilarious.

talking two year old

So last night we had another experience at the dinner table. Greg and I are both tired of Jude's recent refusal to try bites of our meals. We both were calmly ready to stick to our guns last night. (Thanks Supernanny for the recent episode featuring a dinner table showdown with a 3 year old!) We told Jude he had to take two bits of bow tie pasta before he could leave the table. He passed on several chances before landing in Time Out. After Time Out he tried every game, moving the pasta, even pointing out other things in the room to discuss. Jude went back in Time Out, still no pasta in his mouth. Back at the table again, he puts the pasta in but proceeds to gag and vomit all over himself. Ick. Kara unfortunately recognizes this self-gagging, I-will-not-eat-this-food technique from herself as a kid. She knew Jude was OK when he calmly says "I all done?" Meaning, I'm done eating. So yes, he still has to eat one bite of pasta. This time...pasta in, with some encouragement from dad to break it into small pieces as he chews. Jude makes it through and gets plenty of cheers and high fives from mom and dad.

Let's hope we see less bodily fluids from our cute boy this week.

two and three quarters

When people ask how old Jude is I feel like I need to do the math and give a better answer than two. So my current answer is two and three quarters. Four months from today actually Mister Jude will turn three.

Our little guy is so interested in how things work and trying to connect things together. At dinner he took a paper towel tube and balanced it on his milk cup to make a ramp. He kept going into the living room to find various toys and see which could fit inside to slide on his impromptu toy ride. Unfortunately also learned today that he can balance his milk cup on the thin top edge of his kid chair. We're expecting this to end with a nice spill in the near future.

I've been dealing with a bad case of the winter blahs, so I decided to pull out summer pics for today's entry:

leaving on a jet plane

The first picture is Jude and Greg inside a jet airplane 'cockpit' at a downstate children's museum. Its fun to see how much his little face has grown up since this picture was taken.

I see...Daddy

And here is Captain Jude eyeing landlubbers from his slide and climbing toy. Speaking of eyes, we crack up at his two year old version of hiding. Jude simply closes his eyes tight and says "Where'd Jude go?" as if he is now missing. He will also cover only the eyeballs of characters in the children's books we read and ask where that character has gone.

Here's hoping I see the end of this snowy cold winter soon. Unfortunately covering my eyes

hasn't worked for me either.

a new addition for the baby blog

We are pleased to announce a new addition, a new topic for the baby blog.

The current Miller family

We are expecting our second child in July 2010. We began our blog a few days prior to Jude's birth back in May 2008. We explained some of our struggle with infertility and the years that passed before we could have Jude.
We are happy and relieved that God answered our prayers in a shorter fashion this time. It still required two cycles of IVF and one annoying "incomplete" cycle. But we are definetly pregnant, evidenced by Kara's growing belly and rapid mood swings, oh ya and several ultrasound pictures :-)

toddler talkin

Welcome to 2011. We are back to real life today, with Greg returning to work and Jude and mom returning to our many days together. Hope you find enjoyment in some of your routines today. That is my goal, instead of complaining about the long week ahead :-)

Had to share the latest cute things our talkative toddler is saying. This morning he woke up and had to describe for daddy all the animals under his blanket...pooh bear, baby doll. Then Greg laid him on the changing pad. Jude says "I hate it traffic. Daddy make the coffee. Evelyn not downstairs."

I also like to crash things

The traffic reference is from our recent drive to Maryland. Kara frequently shared her dislike of traffic while driving. And now Jude repeats the phrase a lot. oops. As for the coffee thing, we're not sure. But just last night, Jude wanted to go the basement office to see Evelyn, Greg's business partner. We had to explain that she was not there on Sunday night.
It is so cute to see how his mind works...as he works on his speaking.

Have a good Monday