he's one today

I can't believe our baby Jude is one. The year has seemed to fly by...and I amazingly have really forgotten those beginning days of Jude's life where I thought I would never sleep again (I think God designs it that way so that we would want more than one child). It's neat to look back at those pictures and see how much he's changed and grown in a year. It's funny to see how different our two boys are and see how well they get along. Jude is our more serious little boy who is very determined on what he's doing and then every once in a while his silly side will come out and he cracks everyone up including himself. He is also figuring out that screaming can get Ethan to do almost anything for him. He is our good sleeper and eater...so much so that he will even clean up the food he drops on the floor...gross I know. Jude is in the beginning stages of walking (which are the pictures below...they're blurry but you can get the idea of the raising the arm thing). For some reason he uses his left arm to balance by raising it in the air. So it looks like he has a question when he walks. He likes to make all sorts of noises with his mouth these days and tries to mimic things that we say...although it's usually the same sound for everything. We love our little boy and pray that his life will bring glory to God and that he will grow up to be a man of God desiring to love and serve Him.

We're going to have a party for him later tonight, so more pictures to come...