Jude's favorite thing

Let's just take a moment today to praise the pacifier. Before I had our adorable baby I was unsure whether we would ever need to use this tiny plastic item. Oh how foolish I was just 8 weeks ago. :-)

Jude with his favorite thing

quilted babies are the softest

Jude on quilt by Grandma Nancy

In his free time Jude enjoys chilling on his baby quilt and looking around. He makes noises, he kicks, and stares at whatever objects we put near him. Fortunately he owns some amazing baby quilts. Grandma Nancy spent hours making a colorful bear quilt.






We understand attaching the "layers" involved in each bear was quite a job and we appreciate and enjoy the efforts now.

Kara receiving quilt at her shower

Sherryl Marsh a longtime friend of Kara's mother also made and sent us a quilt for Jude. It is very colorful and he enjoys looking at the images.

Kara babysat for Sherryl's son Adam when he was about Jude's age. Hard to believe its been so many years since that time.

George finds the baby!

Early in our blog (see the May and June posts) we told you how George our dog kept 'losing' the baby. He would run through the house, stand up on his hind legs to see into various places the baby might be...his crib, bassinet, pack n play.
We are happy to show you one of George's baby moments captured on film. This picture would be accompanied by tiny whines from the dog as he looks at Jude.

Despite all the changes baby has brought to George's predictable world he was gracious and well behaved enough to obey our command to lay down and let our friend and photographer Laura snap a few shots.

You will soon see more fabulous photos Laura took of Jude. To see more of her work in general visit www.laurabirkey.com

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