J & J Singleton Chronicles

Lucy... Walking and Talking!

2012-12-06T23:08:00.000-06:00

Here's our girl! Taking some of her first steps after just recently turning a year old. (I wish Jordan's face was in this video a bit more.)

Jordan wanted to turn on the fireplace and have Lucy walk there - for a more classy camera shot - but Lucy was completely excited and much too distracted by the fire (since we seldom have it on here in old Arizona!). Her enthusiastic little voice is so funny. (:

A bit of talking... She has long since learned to say "no" so I am trying to teach her "yes" to balance her out.

"Patrick's Dinosaurs" told by JUDE!

2012-11-14T18:04:00.000-06:00

Ever read the book Patrick's Dinosaurs? NO? Well, don't worry, Jude is going to tell it to you (the latter half anyway). I can understand everything he says because I'm his mama (and I know the book by heart), but if you need a translation, read this first...

On the other side of the street, Patrick thought he saw a triceratops waiting for the traffic light. When Patrick and his brother climbed down from the bus, the hot dusty street became a prehistoric forest. Tropical birds screamed their warning! Too late. A dreadful tyrannosaurus crashed into the clearing! The triceratops lowered its huge head. It's horns pointed ahead like 3 enormous spears. "RUN", yelled Patrick! He headed for their apartment building. Patrick didn't feel safe until the front door of their house slammed shut. He wanted to look out his window, but first he had to ask Hank something. "How big was a tyrannosaurus?" (BIG.) "Up to the second floor maybe?" (At least!) "That's what I was afraid of", said Patrick. He peeked into his bedroom and sure enough, the ugly head of the tyrannosaurus almost filled his window! The dinosaur opened his mouth to show teeth like daggers...(He skips the important part where he finds out that there are no more dinos...) Patrick gave a sigh of relief... And the dinosaur disappeared!

Isn't he something?? This boy LOVES his books! He enjoys hearing them again and again so he can memorize them. He already loved this story when we found a great book on tape at the library. Some books on tape are dull... (just has someone else read so the adult doesn't have to.) But this one is GOOD- with jazz music added to it as well as sweet sound effects!) I think Jude gets his auditory memory from me... I generally remember the things I hear and can recite it back later. Provided that it interests me, of course... (:

Happy Birthday Lucy-loo!

2012-11-09T18:38:00.000-06:00

Time for me to get back on track with the old blog and what better reason than to spotlight our little birthday girl? Lucy is turning 1 and I must admit to feeling a bit emotional about that. I love this little lady so much and it really can be a heartbreaker to sit down and think about just how quickly time has flown. I often find myself getting philosophical about motherhood/ childhood... And I think, if this life is so fleeting, even like "the blink of an eye", then how much shorter is this state of childhood, no- babyhood! It truly is a special time, spiritually speaking.
I want to do my very best each day to truly enjoy and love my children in spite of life's busyness and distractions. And to give my best effort in teaching them the things that are most important while they are still so eager to learn from me. Being a mom is not for wimps (especially when racked by the flu! Ugh, don't ask...), but there is nothing more satisfying or joyful!! Alright, enough reflection... let's see some picks of our birthday girl!

Lucy Virginia Singleton - 1 Year Old!

(Can you tell she's teething?)

The smile is slowly fading...
(Love those chubby hands!)

And here come the tears...

In the end, Mama's sunglasses did the trick in cheering her up!

Everywhere I go with this baby, we get delighted
comments about our mother-daughter redheadedness!
I must admit I love it and

I LOVE MY GIRL!

Happy Birthday, Yoo-see!

Thanks a bazillion to my dear friend -Emily Clark- for taking these photos! I hang with her a lot in hopes that her sweet "mom skills" and "on-the-ball-ness" will rub off on me...

Wrestle Mania!

2012-08-07T16:18:00.003-05:00

This is a long clip for the grandparents (and anyone else who REALLY loves Jude and Lucy) to enjoy...

It makes my heart so happy to see that they love to be with each other! I spend a good chunk of every day just observing my adorable kids (instead of getting stuff done)!

kiddo movies!

2012-04-18T10:24:00.000-05:00

My mom (aka: Grandma Huish) once said she wished there was a camera constantly rolling in my apartment so she could just peek in on her grandkids whenever she wanted to. Well, this first little clip is a lot like that... nothing much happening except Lucy chattering away in her swing... (this may be very dull to anyone who is not a hard-core Lucy fan!)

Jude seems to enjoy Lucy more and more these days. It's so cute to see that they already love each other...

The boys playing ball out front...

Someone needs a nap...

Some Lucy-loo for all of Yoo

2012-04-17T16:21:00.000-05:00

5 months old now and cuter than ever...

A little bit of Lucy movie...

2012-03-13T13:45:00.001-05:00

Here's some adorable clips of Lucy learning to use her little voice on a Sunday afternoon (2/5/12). The grandparents will love these! (: We all love this little baby girl so much!

Cupid Strikes Again!

2012-02-16T09:57:00.008-06:00

Here's Cupid at our house back in February 2010...

...in the form of a chubby 6-month-old Jude!

And this February (2012) Cupid visited again...

...starring the lovely 3-month-old Lucy!

I'M IN LOOOOOVE!

skipping ahead...

2012-02-13T00:08:00.000-06:00

First off, let me just say that we miss you - dear family! I think these sad faces speak for themselves...

Now, I know it might feel like I ought to go in chronological order by recording Lucy's birth story etc, but I'm not going to! (Maybe later on). Since our biggest fans (Grandmas and Grandpas!) just want to see the kiddos, I'm not going to worry about "catching up" the blog right now. Instead, we'll give the people what they want... PICTURES! So... we'll just skip ahead to some random recent pics of the lovely ever-changing Miss Lucy and of course that crazy big brother, Jude!

Stay tuned! More to come in the near future...

Shane and Brittany's Wedding Day: August 20th, 2011 (and another Jordan performance)

2011-10-12T19:30:00.009-05:00

First, a few pics taken outside Logan Temple...
Mom and Dad with the newest "Mr. and Mrs. Huish"!

Shaners and his sistas: Marie, me, and Allie.

Jude and Jane (the smiles were gone by the time the camera came out...)

Later, at the reception...
Shaners and Juders (who wanted to be running around instead of posing).

Jude and Jaxon (my best childhood pal Ashley's son). It was so fun to see these two together! They have no idea what good buds they are destined to be!

Shane and the lovely Brittany, cutting the cake.

Jude - hating that top collar button.

Shane and Brittany definitely had the coolest reception exit I'd ever seen... They flew away on a zipline! Awesome. They both looked crazy happy all day! It was truly a wonderful day for the whole family.

Welcome to the family, Brittany! We love you so much already! (I'm glad I have this video to add, since I don't have my big bro Dave in any of the pics...)

This performance was hilarious! I love my crazy, songwriting hubby.

"Hey, Jude! How old are you?"... "TWO!"

2011-09-07T14:25:00.001-05:00

We had a cozy little party on Jude's birthday consisting of simply: pizza in the park with his parents and grandparents and his aunt Allie (actually, Grandpa Tom had a meeting to attend, but Grandma Lynne was there). And of course there were cupcakes, candles, and presents. It was totally low-key and enjoyable and my little brown-eyed birthday boy was so darling. Turning two has to be one of the cutest birthdays... He's old enough to "get it" and to enjoy the festivities, but he's still so sweet easy to please.

Chowing down on some pizza with aunt Allie...

Here's our little hero blowing out the candles...

Opening gifts with Daddy...

Trying out the new train set...

Jude and Mama (and the dinosaur cupcake).
Jude's got his eyes on the prize...

My absolute favorite picture of them all!
Look at those chocolatey brown eyes...

We love you, Juder-boy!

Easter 2011

2011-06-05T19:19:00.003-05:00

Here's Jude and some of the other neighbor kiddos - anxiously waiting for the green light to start egg-hunting!

He's looking at me saying, "An egg!"

He loved adding eggs to his stash.

Enjoying his Easter loot...

Notice the blue sugarlips...

Me and Juders

It was a Happy Easter!

Lastly, here's a little clip of Jude opening his little Easter package from Grandma Huish...

Visiting the fam - April 2011

2011-06-04T09:31:00.003-05:00

Due to the rigors of med school, poor Jordan had to stay behind while Jude and I spent a week in Utah. I felt so guilty leaving him all alone. I don't know what I'd do without my little family for a whole week.

I love this picture -Daddy's missing his boy already. Jordan was trying to soak up all the cuddle time he could before we left (this was the night before)...

Hanging out in the airport,watching the "choo-choos" pull the luggage to the planes...

Here he is, watching a plane take off! I thought Jude would LOVE flying since he loves reading about, playing with, watching, (etc.) airplanes! It all seemed to be going smoothly until about 30 seconds after take-off when Jude panicked! He was crying and trembling, frantic for a way out! It broke my heart, but I guess it's somewhat of an intelligent thing to do, right? I figure it takes a certain level of intelligence to be afraid of flying. It took me a minute to calm the little guy down (it helped to shut the windows) and he got better with each flight - thank goodness!

Reading stories in the morning with Aunt Marie, Kellen and Janers!

Cuddling with Grandpa Tom! Jude loves his Grandpa... makes me wonder if it's in part due to the similarities that Tom and Jordan share?

He loved playing with Grandma Huish!
"This is the way the gentlemen ride..."

Jude was obsessed with this set of cars at Grandma Lynne's! Here he is playing with cousins Kessa and Taya.

Visiting with some of my gal pals... Rachy, Sammy, and Ash (with her adorable new baby Jaxon!)

Playing with the cousins... A typical shot of crazy Kellen in motion!

Jude loves messing with his Uncle Petey the Pug (especially pulling on his curly tail). Fortunately, Pete is a patient, kid-loving pooch.

We took Jude to an Easter egg hunt (sort of... he got one egg!) up on USU campus. I thought I'd turn him into a "True Aggie" while we were there (despite all his squirming)!

My little Aggie!
You've gotta love this little grin with the tongue out. (I'm pretty sure I used to draw smiley faces that looked a lot like this on all my notes and stuff back in sixth grade...) I realize now that I wasn't all that great about taking photos, but we had a wonderful trip! It just flew by too quickly.

Shy Boy...

2011-04-03T19:11:00.000-05:00

Jude has been singing his ABC's to himself while pointing his little finger to our alphabet fridge magnets. It's so adorable. I try and try to catch it on camera, but my shy boy is just not much for performing. But it's okay, because the footage I got is classic Jude and is therefore, probably more precious to me anyway...

5 minutes of Jude

2011-02-28T16:31:00.000-06:00

Okay - these 3 movie clips are mainly for the folks back home that don't get to see Jude "live" in action.

In the first movie, we find our hero going down a big slide at "Monkey Joe's" - an inflatable playground for kids. It was a little intense for a lad as young as Jude, but he had a good time anyway - mixed in with moments of terror as illustrated in the following movie... (Notice how he spreads his legs and arms out as wide as he can in an effort to slow himself down. I laughed my head off when I first saw this footage - he looks like a little starfish coming down!) ps. He's the 3rd slider to come down - some pushy little gals cut in front of us. ( :

Next is a short clip of young Jude lifting weights along with Daddy. (Be sure to have the volume up enough to hear Jude's classic weight room grunting.) Love it!

Lastly is a clip of me and Juders just horsing around. We pretty much go through this routine every time I try to make our big bed... I guess because a big bed is even more fun to play on when it's being made. This clip is pretty uneventful besides Jude's adorable facial expressions. Watch for the part where he goes from staring kind of expressionless at the camera to grinning at Mama - so cute!

We miss you all - grandmas & grandpas, aunts & uncles, cousins, and friends who are far away! This is the best I can do in giving you a "visit" from Jude for now. Stay tuned for more Jude dude movies to come!

Tough Guys Wear Headbands... Apparently

2011-01-22T14:27:00.001-06:00

If these pics crack you up (like me), it's because experience has taught you that a headband is a gender-specific accessory. But little Juders here doesn't know that. As far as he's concerned, a headband is no different from say, a pair of sunglasses. So when he saw me putting one on, he wanted one too- which I found most amusing.

I remember Jordan calling me once while Jude was sporting the aforementioned headband and I said, "Hey, would it bother you if I told you that your son has been wearing a headband all day?" Without skipping a beat, he replied, "Nah. Medieval warriors wear them too." Hmmm... I'm not sure they ever wore this particular style, but never mind that.

I suppose when you're so obviously masculine as the Jude Dude, you can wear whatever you want, however you want, and still look cool. (As we see here...)

Pretty sweet, huh?

Christmas with the Jude Dude (movies!)

2011-01-16T00:30:00.003-06:00

Jude was such a fun age to have around this year (15 months). Old enough to "get it" and really get caught up in the wonder of Christmas, but still young enough to revel in the simple pleasures of the season (ie: wrapping paper!!!). Love this boy! Kids make Christmas so joyful! What a blessing he is.

Alright, so here are 4 short clips of our little hero in action -Christmas style! The first two are of Christmas Eve, and the last two are Christmas morning. I thought the grandparents and folks back home might get a kick out of these since it's sort of the closest we can get to feeling like we were together that day....

Christmas 2010

2011-01-11T21:22:00.000-06:00

Here's a summary of Christmas 2010 from the life of the 3 J's...

First off, in mid-December, we attended the annual Christmas concert hosted by my dear friend Robyn. It's always so fun to celebrate the season with our friends we love, and to see some of their musical talents displayed. There's always a mix of silly and fun performances, along with more worshipful music that brings the Spirit of Christ into our party. We "Jingleton's" were in the silly category... Jordan played a jazzy sweet Jingle Bells on the piano, and talked me into grooving along (and of course, Jude did too).

"Fa-ra-ra-ra-ra, ra-ra-ra-ra!" On Christmas Eve, we went to Cedarburg and enjoyed dinner at pretty much the only place open, "New Fortune" - a little Chinese restaurant. While it may not have been my first choice for Christmas Eve, I actually ended up loving it! Good atmosphere, service, and excellent food! Jude was cheerful as ever, happy to be eating out with Mommy and Daddy. So adorable. And because it always amuses me, I've included our mystic fortune cookie messages...

Jordan: Your respect for others will be your ticket to success.

Jenny: Focus on the color purple this week to bring you luck.

Jude: Don't worry about the stock market. Invest in family. ( :

Then we took Jude to see the great big Cedarburg Christmas tree up close. This picture is too far away to tell... so let me just tell you that Jude was staring up at the tree, eyes shining with wonder, and whispering again and again, "Oh, wow!"

Then we came home and opened a present or two before putting Jude to bed. Then Jordan and I read some classic nativity accounts from the scriptures and watched a few short movies about Christ.

And now, a few Christmas morning shots... Here's our hero, opening presents with a little help from Daddy.

This face says it all - he loves his new puppy backpack from Grandma Lynne!

"Oh wow!" Jude's new Thomas the Train play tent!

Jude loved the little squirrel that Kellen and Jane sent us! It's blurry, but he's squirming with joy after the squirrel gave him a little kiss! (Thanks, Marie! I'm not sure who loved this more, me or Jude.)

Jude's Grandma Huish sent some new books! Yaaaaaaaaaaaay! Nothing better for my Juders.

Another shot of the Jude dude in his new tent amidst the post-Christmas messiness.

Later that day, we met with some of our close buddies who were still in town for the holidays. Our charming hosts: Ben & Sarah (and little Elizabeth) Eckstrom, Isaac & Marcy Lloyd, and Brad & Kjirstin Roberts. We had a wonderful time! The combined efforts of everyone made a seriously delectable Christmas feast. We had fun visiting and laughing and playing "Quirkle" afterward.

Jude enjoyed the delicious Christmas dinner, but got extremely sleepy while eating it...

Thanks again to the Eckstrom's for inviting us (in case you are reading this)!

Anyway, this was the first year that Jordan and I decided to stay here in Milwaukee for the holidays instead of flying home. We missed family, but it was a cozy, sweet little Christmas for us. I found that the quiet moments gave me more opportunity to reflect on my life, my big tall husband I love so much, and my darling little son. And for the gospel that brings me joy and peace. The simplicity of this Christmas gave me more time to think of our Savior. Do you remember when Thomas S. Monson said - during the Christmas devotional- that he reads 3 things every Christmas season?

1. The Scriptures (specifically, Luke 2)

2. Dicken's "A Christmas Carol" and

3. "The Mansion" by Henry Van Dyke

Well, I decided I wanted to do that too. I had seen the play of "A Christmas Carol" loads of times, but never read the book till now. And as for "The Mansion", I had never even heard of this one until the prophet mentioned it, but it became an immediate favorite. Simple, but beautiful. Makes you look a little deeper into your own heart, which is always a good thing. Anyway, I think I might just copycat President Monson on this tradition from now on. Very inspiring.

Some of you know that this Christmas brought our little family some heartaches - and while I often don't understand why things happen the way they do, "I know that God loveth His children." I can always see good things that come from enduring trials. Our home was filled with love this Christmas and for that, I am truly grateful. In the (practically cliche, but still beloved) words of Tiny Tim, "God bless us, everyone!"

ps. I have some adorable footage of Jude opening gifts, playing in the wrapping paper etc. but I'll post that later when I have Jordan (computer genius) with me to sort out my technical difficulties.

Performance by the "Jingletons"!

2010-12-14T13:08:00.000-06:00

My dear friend Robyn hosts a Christmas concert at her house every year. Jordan put his own cool flavor into a jingle bell type of boogie (and roped me into doing the actually boogying)! And can I just say that I love my big man Jordan? Life is pretty cool when you're married to a cool cat. Check it out on the following youtube link...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DA8Ph7uwRnE

ps. This has been on Jordan's facebook for a while, but here's for the folks who haven't seen it yet! And by the way, my dance solo doesn't happen right away... patience.

Student Surgeons of the World.mpg

2010-11-07T14:48:00.000-06:00

The Milwaukee Zoo

2010-10-26T09:13:00.001-05:00

My dear friend Necia invited Jude and I to a day at the Milwaukee zoo with her sweet new baby, Ellie. I was so excited because Jude was finally at the age to really notice and appreciate all the animals! I was certain he'd just LOVE it! We have a great zoo here in Milwaukee.

We saw tons of great animals - but I only took pics of a few.

We saw monkeys...

Big cats...

An up-close look at a troop of female peacocks

(going after my pretzel crumbs)...

Big lazy bears...

But did Jude care about any of these wonderful animals? NO. Not really even a litte bit!

Why, you ask? Because all he wanted to do was this...

That's right. Apparently it's much more entertaining to push your stroller around the zoo.

Yeah, I know it's funny, but I was annoyed! He would cry and arch his back if I

tried picking him up to hurry him along or point things out.

Once, I was holding him, doing my best to get him interested in the giraffe... "Wowww, Jude! LOOK! A giraffe! See his loooong neck?!" And when I look at Jude's face, he's just staring at his stroller with big tear-filled eyes and trembling lips. Seriously? There's a live giraffe five feet away from you and you only care about pushing that dumb stroller!? Sheesh.

Wishing he were pushing instead of riding...

But on the bright side - I love animals and I always enjoy a trip to the zoo

(even if Jude was being a skunk). Plus, the autumn weather was gorgeous! I snapped some lovely fall pics while we took a break for Necia to give little Ellie her bottle...

Playing in the leaves ranked 2nd place with Jude (after pushing the stroller around)...

My handsome little guy...

Me and Juders amidst the beautiful fall colors...

Necia and Ellie (looking adorable in her little red suit!)...

Thanks for a fun day, Neesh! We'll have to do it again (after Jude's nap)

and maybe this time he'll care about the animals instead of the stroller!

I know it's sweet that kids enjoy the simple pleasures so much (like pushing the stroller),

but this time I really just wanted him to appreciate the amazing, exotic pleasures of the wild animals at the zoo! Maybe next time.

Little stinker. ( :

Jude's first steps

2010-10-22T21:40:00.000-05:00

Looking in on our little hero once more, we find him in his pajamas, all ready for bed, and... What's this?... Taking his first steps! Hooray for little big Jude!

p.s. If you're annoyed with the smallness of the window, be sure to click the icon below the video (bottom right corner) to enlarge it! Yes, this tip is for certain "technologically-challenged" individuals who shall remain nameless... If you thought "duh, jenn" when you read it, then don't worry. It's not you. ( :

Just doin' my job!

2010-10-21T10:01:00.001-05:00

The other night, after laying Jude down for bed, I started cleaning up all his toys and little messes around the house and I had to smile as I thought to myself that I don't even do it (clean up) so much to keep things tidy as I do to provide more fun for Jude when he wakes up. Because it's no fun to sit in a mess of toys already strewn around the floor, as if the good times have already been had! I imagine it must be overwhelming too; you wouldn't know where to start! Much more fun to crawl over to a brimming basket of toys- just waiting to be played with - with the happy decision of what to enjoy first. With a clean, tidy play area, young Jude is like a little artist approaching a fresh, blank canvas.

He's so adorable these days - crawling around the place doing his "baby job" as I call it... tearing into everything that he can reach and then exploring it fully by turning it over in his pudgy little hands, banging it against the floor or some other surface, tasting it, biting it, pushing buttons (if there are any), etc. And all the while developing that brilliant little brain, mastering the use of his fingers and hands, gaining a better understanding of this world. It might look like mischief or just rough play - but look a little closer. The truth is, he's just doing his important baby job.

If there's a bin of dvd's or nintendo games within his grasp, it's his solemn baby duty to dig them out or dump the entire thing on the floor and then explore them more fully (as previously described).

If I have a basket of laundry out, he has to hurry over so he can quickly empty it by pulling items out one at a time - setting them no place in particular, just casting them aside as he feverishly works to empty the basket. And it might look like fun, but he's working hard! Sure, socks and small items of clothing are easy... he simply tosses those with a flourish! But pants or one of daddy's t-shirts (the big stuff) are more work because they are much longer than Jude's little arms, so he has to flap his arms wildly and pull several times before he finally gets them out and onto the floor. Whew!

And I guess I can see why he feels like he needs to be so busy. After all, he sees Mom moving around the house all day- seemingly making messes. It's like he's watching me, thinking, "Oh, there she goes, tearing stuff out of all those cupboards again. I'd better get busy too!" And he does!

I love watching him - observing all his little mannerisms and listening to his sweet voice chattering to himself. Such a happy, busy baby. Loves "helping" his mama.

p.s. Isn't it a cruel irony that by the time Jude is old enough to actually be helpful, he won't want to help anymore?

Jude's First Birthday + First Haircut!

2010-10-07T09:21:00.000-05:00

Haaappy birrrthdaaaay, deaaarrrr Juuuuuu-uuuudddde,

Haaappy birrrthdaaaay tooooooooo youuuuuuuuu!

Can you believe little Jude (aka: Big Jude) is a year old already? What a joyful year it's been for us! Jordan and I love this little guy so much. People in the grocery store (or wherever) often tell me, "There's a future linebacker right there!" and I just laugh and think to myself, "Yeah, right." Jude is my big softy! He's gentle and mellow and cuddly and agreeable and shy and so so sweet! But then again, who knows what the future holds, right? ( :

Jordan's work schedule has been so rigorous lately that we didn't want to try to make any big birthday party plans. But we had a cozy little family celebration for Jude... We spent another fun day at the lake (I'll post pics later), had cupcakes, and opened presents!

If our camera battery hadn't died, I'd have some cute shots of Jude crying... He reached out to touch the candle (shortly after this last shot was taken) and ended up being too upset to eat his cupcake! I guess he figured it was all a big conspiracy against him... You know, kind of like when grown-ups gang up on you to give you shots and stuff like that. He didn't trust us or the cupcakes for the rest of the evening! But I tried again the next day (without the candle) and it turns out Jude LOVES birthday cupcakes! ( :

Here he is opening one of his presents...

What a fun birthday! I just wish grandmas and grandpas, aunts and uncles, cousins, etc. could have been here to celebrate with us. We miss you guys. Thanks to the grandparents (and great-grammy!) for the cards, gifts, and birthday money!

Alright, now for the second half of this post... Jude's first haircut! First off, we'll begin with a few "before" pics. Here's one that illustrates the fact that the hair was getting too long and out of control. (ps. Jude likes lasagna.)

Here he is at the salon, waiting his turn for his haircut. You can see that I'd been doing my best with the scissors at home to keep it out of his eyes, off the back of his colar, etc. Unfortunately, it was resulting in a nerdy-looking "bowl cut" - which, let's face it, is not the best look for a kid with a large head. (Yes, Jude does have a large head, but he's well proportioned so it's okay!)

And here he is in the chair! Looking a bit stunned. ( : I really like the lady who did it (her name is Jasmine). She was patient with my centimental picture-taking, hair-saving, etc. She kept raving about what a GOOD baby he was - which is true- but I think Jude may have just been too shy to show his true feelings.

This is my absolute favorite picture! I love how he's watching it all in the mirror and how his cute little bare piggies are sticking out from under the smock! She had him sitting up on 2 boosters to get him high enough. Adorable.

And heeeere's the "after" shots! Doesn't he look sharp? He's holding his prize that I bought him afterward at the dollar store for being such a good boy (a little ball that lights up when you throw it).

Although it definitely makes him look older which is kinda sad, I wish I'd got it done sooner! He looks so handsome. It makes him look even more like his daddy, don't you think?

Kellen, Janers, and Juders

2010-08-22T18:02:00.000-05:00

In early June, Jude and I made a visit to Idaho to visit my big sis Marie - plus Taylor and the little cousins, of course! Unfortunately, my camera broke on this trip, so I don't have as many pics as I'd like. (Plus, no pictures of Marie or Taylor! Sheesh.) But here's a few of them anyway...

First off, here there's the kid clan enjoying a little tub time! Jude is my little observer... He loves to just sit and watch/listen to what's going on. He was especially observant on this trip... totally in awe of the "big kids" (as his face here illustrates).

Here, Kellen is showing Jude the picture (of a robot) he drew for him. Kellen is quite the artist- he spends a big chunk of each day drawing pictures!

A little pool party in the backyard (Jude was not a fan of the chilly water!)

Jane was ever the "mini mom" to Jude which is a crack up since she's still practically a baby herself! She made sure that Jude kept his hat on (to Jude's dismay)...

This pic makes me laugh... Jude had just ripped off his hat and is still glaring at it and heeeeere comes the ever-watchful Jane to put it right back on again! (And isn't Kellen a cutie, smiling away?)

And, saving the best for last... You could sum this one up in just 2 words - "nap time".

Thanks, Marie and Tay! We had a wonderful time- we love you guys! I only wish we had some pics of Jude with his cousins on the Singleton side! Dumb old camera.

*But don't worry, we've already purchased a new one that should be arriving in the mail within the next few days (so there will still be Jude pics for all you fans!).