okay, now friends, you may have to look real hard, but there are actually three trees in this picture.  the smallest one (just my size) is kind of hidden to the right and behind the big one.  and the medium one blends into the big one on the left side.  but it has a tree topper on it, so maybe you can see it.

my mama says she has always insisted to nana and grandpa that they get the biggest tree on the lot.  i think we got a pretty big one alright!

i wanted to show you the trees because i said i would.  i will share more after Christmas probably because there is not much time now.  we have to go make the danish pastry dough. 

merry Christmas!

who me?

for days now my mama has been telling me to put up a new blog post. i just couldn't seem to find the time. i didn't mean to leave you guys hanging, but my great-grandmother and my great-aunt came to visit, my uncle elias was home for two nights, we put some trees up in the living room . . . there was a lot going on! um, just out of curiosity, why do people bring trees inside sometimes? i thought they belonged outside!

i can't show you a finished picture of the trees yet because we ran out of lights and nana and grandpa are going to get more on thursday. so possibly by friday or saturday i can post a living room picture! we can't blame them, three is a lot of trees!!
i've been helping nana and mama in the kitchen a lot. they just keep on baking! they say there are still more cookies to be made! is that possible?
are you all baking too? do you have trees in your houses? i would love to hear how you're all doing!

all i want for Christ-mas is . . .

MY TWO FRONT TEETH!!!

yeah, i'm getting pretty big, folks. i have two little chompers, which are really enhancing my oatmeal and rice cereal eating abilities! from time to time as they are pushing their way through my gums, i get a little upset. i try to have a good attitude but sometimes it just hurts! also, my auntie em thinks i might be growing because i've been sleeping a lot the last few days. maybe i'm getting bigger or maybe i'm just getting another tooth! time will tell, i suppose. thanks for stopping by and checking on my progress!

mmm, mmm good

this evening my mama did something new. she put me in my chair (and i didn't really want to be in there) and then she took a spoon and put this white, mushy stuff in my mouth. now, i've put a lot of things in my mouth in my day, but nothing this . . . mushy. it was strange. it kinda filled my mouth. but i think maybe i liked it. i mean, i ate everything she gave me and i was actually a little upset that she didn't have any more.
i thought you might like to see some pictures. please don't judge me; my mom says all babies are messy when they first start eating. i'll work on table manners in a few years or so!

for lizzie :)

fourth:

i was tagged by miss lizzie.  i had to choose the fourth picture in my fourth file.  this is me and my nana in colorado.  we were getting ready to go to the cowboy show.  it was really fun.  in the picture i am wearing a cowgirl hat that belongs to bethany.  we were staying at her house.  

my mama says i don't have to tag anyone because it seems like most people have been tagged already!  hope you like my picture!  

baby, it's cold outside

   thankfully, target had really really cute clothes on their clearance rack!  

   my mama bought me these cute jeans and this adorable jacket for less than $12!  whoo-hoo!  (my mama said something about money not growing on trees.)

   i wish you could see my shoes a bit better.  they're from my aunt emily and i love them.  

   my nana bought me some other cute things so maybe i'll do another outfit post sometime soon.  meanwhile, i think maybe i'll work on crawling and see if i can master that.  if so, THAT will make a great post!  

when grandpa speaks

i listen. he tells me all kinds of things. he tells me to listen to my mama, and i try to obey. grandpa tells me about ice cream and he sings songs to me.  he has told me all kinds of great stories about yosemite.  three times now, he's taken me there and showed me beautiful sights from the Lord's creation.  

grandpa works on the computer and he shows me what he's doing.  sometimes he does the vacuuming and he tells me about that too!  he is full of wonderful stories and i love to hear him talk.  when my grandpa speaks, i listen.

all rabbit's friends and relations

when my mama was a little girl, her mama (my nana) and her papa (my grandpa) used to read a lot of winnie-the-pooh to her.  she knows many many poems by mr. a. a. milne by heart.  today she was reading some stories from "house at pooh corner" to me and we read about rabbit's many friends and relations.  i liked that!  sometimes i feel like rabbit; i have SO MANY friends and relations!
recently my mama and i visited southern california and it turns out i have a lot of aunts down there.  here, let me introduce some of them to you:

this is uncle bradley! he taught me a lot about basketball while i was there. he knows so much!

and this is miss ashley. ashley just had a baby of her own! mr. jacob matthew! he was born after i left so i didn't get to meet him.

and this is miss kellie. she is lukas' mom! lukas was a lot of fun! i was waiting and waiting to meet miss kellie!







oh my aunt shanley!! i had so much fun with her that my mama and i decided to take her home to auntie em's for the night! that was so great!

and this is lukas!

i got to see my aunt brendie again! that was so wonderful. i love my aunt brendie! my mama and i were excited because while we were there, she launched her new website!



and this is my uncle noah! it was his birthday and that is why my mama and i wanted to go down there to visit! we love our noah-san!

for a change, we stayed with auntie em instead of at aunt brendie's house. auntie em has chickens! this is her chicken coop. she and ryan built it themselves.

and she has turtles! three of them are hers and one is my mama's!




























i really liked visiting all my friends and relations. my mama didn't get a picture of my with miss shannon or miss jaime and that is just sad! i guess we'll have to visit again!

immune

i woke up this morning and my mama was being funny. she greeted me the same with kisses and love, but she said, "honey i am so sorry." a couple of times and i couldn't figure out why she was saying that. it was weird.
we just had a regular morning:
i slept in a bit.
i sat with my mama and nana as they ate breakfast.
i took a bath in the kitchen sink (two words: spray nozzle!).
i got dressed.
we went to town to do some errands (pretty sure i slept in the car...).
then something else happened that i thought was strange:
my mama squirted a little something sweet in my mouth that i have never tasted before.
it was pretty good, though, so i just went about coo-ing as usual.
but then we went somewhere i have only been twice before. a nice girl led us to a small room. she left us alone for a few minutes and my mama told me that she loved me and everything would be okay. what was going on? the girl came back in the room and talked to my mama. my mama held me over her lap and the girl STUCK SOMETHING SHARP IN MY LEG!!

THREE TIMES!!

yee owch!!!  i really didn't like that at all.  why did she do that?  and why did my mama let her?  

of course, then my mama let me eat for awhile and i got sleepy.  i think we went back to the car.  i can't really remember.  the next thing i really remember was waking up in the front pouch at the grocery store, so i guess whatever happened i survived.  there are funny little rounds spots of color on my legs now where that girl stuck me.  see?

i have flashes of remembrances of being in the bookstore and when we got home my mama read me a new book called i udderly love you.


yeah, i think i'll be okay.

so much to say

i, judah, would like to go on the record to say:

i went camping!

hey everyone!  i had such a great time camping!  we left california and the first thing we visited was the hoover dam.  

it was really dry all around the lake but this was quite an amazing structure!  when we left the dam, we headed to zion national park in utah.  this is how i passed the time:

before we got to zion, we stopped at a little apple farm and my mama wanted me to walk in the grass a bit, since we wouldn't be seeing any more grass for a few days!


the mornings at zion national park were cold!

but soon and very soon it warmed up and we went hiking!



the next day we drove to bryce canyon national park. this is what i remember of the drive:

bryce canyon was spectacular (that's a new word i learned!)!
another word i learned was "hoodoo." that is what all those pillar-like rock formations are called. that evening we went on another hike.



here i am ready to get on the road and head to colorado!

somehow i don't really remember how we got to colorado:

well friends, i think that should give you a good overview of camping. i'll post about colorado later! i hope you enjoy seeing my camping pictures! it is good to be back online!

busy bee, social butterfly, yep, that's me!

first i had my photo shoot with papa tob:

then i helped nana at the first aid tent at vacation bible school (soccer camp '08)!

next, i practiced "mutton busting" for when the rodeo comes to town. for those of you city folk who don't know what this is, i suggest you goodsearch
it.

after that i made lots and lots of cookies with my mom for the bible school/soccer camp banquet!





AAAAANNND i had a bath!



whew!! i'm exhausted! goodnight!

"how beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news of good things!" romans 10:15