I have been playing around with a photo editing program, and so I'm just going to post them on here for fun. I will give a family update later when I get a free moment (yeah right). Happy New Year!

Payette Parade & Pet Farm

EASTER SMEASTER

HAPPY EASTER!

Jude's Big Surgery Day

Jude is playing with the fishies while he awaits checking in for his cyst-removal surgery.

                                                                            SOOO Happy.

Playing "pee-boo" with his papa.

                                                              Heeeeerrreeeeee we go!

Getting his vitals taken. He loved the little pulse monitor on his toe. He laughed when they took his blood pressure on his leg.

Then they checked his temp in his ears, and he got pissed.

....then he found a ball ("DAR") which brought him back to his normal happy, goofy self again. He took this ball with him to surgery. Handing him over was the hardest thing ever. Of course, as he turned the corner down the hall, I shed some mama tears.

HE MADE IT! Tired and stoned, but so so brave! The doctor removed a quarter-sized dermoid cyst from his right eyebrow. There will be bruising and swelling, but we are so fortunate we were not in the position of some of the other patients in the hospital with us.

Getting some comfort from Papa.

This ball was a life-saver!

Watching Shrek with Papa.

Too tired...

Yay! Elmo Balloon! Except, he's mad because his arm casts wont let him grab the balloon. Torture!

Back home, and back to his normal self again!

That's the happy boy we recognize!

Oh, we missed this smile today! Good job you brave little baboon! Get well soon! WE LOVE YOU!



For those of you (FAMILY) who are interested, here's the latest craze about Jude....

• He started crawling on January 12th (my birthday) and has been feelin' pretty cool about his new trick.
• He can say "Hiiiiyaaah!" when he throws his toys.
• He drops nearly everything I put on his highchair tray on the floor, and says "uh oh"
• He requires an army to get his diaper changed. Terds can be quite messy.
• He has learned how to give us something when we say "please". He will put it in our hand, and he will say "thank you" with us.
• He puts the cell phone up to his ear and says "hi".
• He can say "duck duck" when he sees a duck.

He has been the sunshine in my sky, the pickle on my hamburger, and the poop in my diaper.

I LOVE HIM SO MUCH it stings.

These are some of the latest pics we took when my mom came to visit on her birthday. See ya!

HERE DUCK DUCKS!

(The ducks had to fight Jude for their bread)

Happy Birthday Grandma Lorrie, Mama, Papa and Jude!

Watch the sequence of pics below...This is what happens when you touch fire, Jude.

I love this lil' goon.