Jude being very concerned during the tornado warning --->

A lot of firsts for this past month.. of course that is pretty much going to be on going.  I should say the first of the big firsts...  First time swimming... first tornado siren... first time eating food other than breast milk... first time seeing a parade and fireworks... First time attempting to walk (with us helping him keep balance of course)

Juder is  growing up so quickly.  We have his 6 month check up coming in a week or so (We need to get that new pediatrician.  Progress has been made, we just need to set up some meet and greets.  My new job is working out awesome.  I love getting home at 5pm.  We are finally getting onto a normal schedule.  We did end up losing our nanny over the hour change but we have our niece Katie watching him for the summer which is beyond amazing.   

We are hoping in the next week or two to get him to his first Tiger's game but we are waiting for a little cooler weather.  It has been in the 90's and that is not  a fun time at the park.

We thought we were dealing with our first cold this morning for him but it turns out he was just having a reaction to the yogurt that we gave him.  (Plain organic whole goat milk).  The good news is that he has been regular the last few days but we will have to hold off on giving him that again.  The rice cereal was a pretty big hit.  

First time swimming

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Past Due

So much has happened the last few weeks that I have hardly found time to do anything.  Sorry for the late entry.  Littleman is almost 5 months old.  Where has the time gone?  He is learning to do all sorts of things.  In the last 2 weeks he has learned how to laugh (which is deep throated and adorable.), how to blow raspberries, and how to keep himself awake while feeding (hit himself on the side- big whoppers.  I have to wrap him with a blanket- a pseudo swaddle to get him to stop.)

We made another family road trip  this time to Cleveland for Bill and Beth's wedding.  Jude slept through most of the service but was ready to party well into the night.  He kept taking cat naps but wanted to be awake to play with all the people.  I got some evil looks when we got back to the hotel with him so late.  He was happy as a clam.

He finally got to meet Melissa and Micheal.  They seemed pretty taken with him.  I am looking forward to seeing them again in September.  Melissa is bringing her camera and wants to take pictures.  It has been great seeing our of our friends interacting with Jude.  Besides Sarah Rosaen and Mike Kuz we don't really have any friends with kids yet.  Jude is so awesome I believe he has inspired a few to start trying.

We had our Memorial Day celebration and Jude got to meet little man Logan.  April and Patrick are a couple that I went to high school with.  We recently got back in touch with each other via facebook and they came over.  They adopted Logan just a few weeks ago. He is two months younger than Juderbug but not much smaller.  He is 13 lbs to Jude's 17.  April is thinking of starting up a Mommy group and I may join.  It would be nice for Jude to make friends now especially since I don't have him in daycare.  Most of his interactions have been with adults. It is time we start up some play dates!

Juder Laughing

Last night I was sitting in Jude's room with him in the chair.  I had him sitting while facing me and rocked and he loved it.  He first started smiling and then laughing!! This was the first time I have heard him laugh and it totally cracked me up.  Here is hoping I can make it happen again tonight!

Jude vs. The Octopus!!!

This is little Jude wearing his super hero onesie attacking Stanley the Octopus.  He actually got to be pretty interested in watching the hockey games.  It is a shame they are over so soon.  The only TV he gets to watch is my P90x videos and usually he doesn't last too long before I have to stop working out and pay him more attention.  Occasionally he does let me do the entire video.

This Mr. Jude outside with me Mother's Day while Nick was planting my new Lilac tree. 

The little man has just started liking his Exercise toy.  When he first started out he kept scaring himself with a couple of the parts that make loud noises. 

I made myself a nursing necklace to try and keep Jude's attention while nursing. He has just started to get distracted and pulling off which of course leads me to squirting him in the face. This morning at about 5am he was nursing and pulled off.  I went to burp him and he started yelling and then suckling my face. 

We went to Jude's 4 month appointment this past week.  As you may recall he had a horrible reaction to his vaccines last time around.  We talked it over with his pediatrician and we are only doing one shot at a time.  He ended up getting one shot that did have multiple vaccines in it but we stayed away from the Rotovirus vaccine which is the one that really screwed him up last time.  We are not going to ever give him that one again. She did not seem to thrilled about it.  The vaccine is suppose to prevent him getting diarrhea and instead it gave him diarrhea.  What is the point?

 Nick and I are actually looking into switching up Docs.  Not terribly impressed with the process we went through to get a pediatrician.  We received a packet from our Midwife outlining the various Pediatricians they had at their clinic but they would not let us set up appointments to meet the doctors and told us to wait until we got to the hospital.  We got to the hospital and they wanted to know which doc we choose. We gave the name of the nurse practitioner but then went we got out of the hospital she did not have any appointments available so they randomly assigned us a doc and we have had her since.  Don't get me wrong she seems perfectly nice but she was not one of the ones I was considering when choosing.  We are now thinking of moving to the Livonia clinic because it is much closer to our house.  I am sure we will once again not be able to meet with the doc but who knows, they may surprise us.

p90x

I am determined to get into shape.  I want to be in better shape than I was pre-Jude.  I have done many things to try and get into shape- diet changes, ran a marathon.. nothing has worked so far.  Sean dropped off P90x which is a crazy 12 disc 90 day workout routine designed to confuse your muscles so that you  never platue.  One day you are doing a million chin-ups and push-ups the next you are jumping and squatting.  It is crazy intense. I sweat like a pig and smell like a skunk by the time I am done.  You can tell that many people complained about the main motivator is a complete douche canoe because you can actually mute him out.  All he does is constantly talk.  I personally don't have a problem with his rambling but I can see how it could get old after watching the video over and over.  So far I am on week 2 and I have lost 4lbs.  I am trying to set small goals for myself that will add up to my larger goal.  My current goal is to weight 200lbs and after that we will do 15 lb increments until I get to 160 lbs. 

I am starting a new job!!!  It starts on the 17th and I am super excited.  Sadly I will be getting less $ but the amount that we will save on childcare evens it out.  The bummer is that I have to get all new clothes.  I have been wearing a uniform for the last 3 years and I no longer fit into the clothes I had pre-baby.  I weight the same but my body has completely changed.

As for the little man.  He is getting the hang of grabbing things and sticking them in his mouth.  The blue wand in his hand is made to stimulate baby gums.  We have to be super vigulent about washing our hands because he is constantly grabbing fingers and stick them in his mouth.

We went on our first family road trip this past weekend.  Jude got to see Nick play in a band for the first time, he got to meet Simon (Simon is a month older than Jude and belongs to Joe Short and his wife Leah) for the first time and got to see a lake for the first time.

It was Short's Brewery's 6 year anniversary and they specifically requested Nick's former band to come and play.  Jude was amazing Friday night.  He stayed up until 11pm and listen to the music without a fuss.  Saturday night it was quite a bit busier and louder which Jude did not like quite as much.  I ended up leaving early with  him and he passed out 20minutes after getting to where we were staying.  He slept for 12 hours with just a few feeding times that he barely opened his eyes for.

It was incredibly windy at Torch Lake but Jude seemed to be really interested in both the wind and the water.

Below is Jude looking at himself in the mirror.  I was putting on my make-up in front of the mirror and he suddenly took interest in what he was seeing in the mirror.  It was adorable!