The adventures of Jude

For those who are unaware, Jude is real busy-body. He is into EVERYTHING! At times it is funny and other times it is just plain exhausting. Here he sitting in a side table we have next to our couch. I have told him no at least a million times and he just happily does what he wants anyway. Notice the look of real pleasure on his face:

The only pleasure I can get in return these days is the fact that I will have many pictures with which to blackmail him with when he is older. One of many that I am saving for the future is this one of Jude in the "hair salon" getting his hair cut and dried.

A couple of weeks ago we put shoes on Jude for the first time. He acted like they were made of cement and he could not possibly be expected to walk!

He just stood next to the couch for about 45 minutes, but eventually he learned that if he was going to get anywhere he would just have to learn how to walk in those things.

I wish the novelty would have lasted 3 weeks!

The train

Since we are beyond stir crazy at home, Morgan decided to make Jude a "train" to ride in. He loved it so much that he wouldn't let her stop pulling him around. Good thing she didn't have anything better to do...

Morgan Hatch Tooth

Last night was a big night at the Burton home. Morgan lost her first tooth. It has been exteremly loose for about 2 weeks but she was hesitant to have anyone pull it out. Last night John asked to see it again and he twisted it and it popped right into his hand and Morgan didn't even know it came out until she put her finger in her mouth and her tooth was gone! She was giddy for the rest of the night. She promptly grabbed an envelope and labeled it like any good Kindergartener does, right?

And here is a picture of toothless Morgan

Ideas needed

John and I are in charge of the Burton Family reunion this June and need some fun ideas for games we can play. We came up with a fun Family Feud night idea but that is as far as we have gotten. Anyone have suggestions for games for adults and kids to play together and/or separate? We estimate about 50 people will be there.

Not-so-little Jude

I took a picture the other day that sums Jude up perfectly these days....

Here he is leaving the scene of his mess and moving on to the next. And he is also walking! 9 months old and walking! He sure has a lot of energy. I have to keep this post short because he is emptying out my pots and pans cupboard as I blog.

Primary presents

As the Primary President I had to come up with something to give out for the birthdays next year. I put a lot of thought into it and came up with a picture of the resurrected Jesus in a frame. Our theme for Primary in 2010 is 'I know my Savior Lives' so I thought these pictures would correlate with that quite well.

Here is a picture of the teacher/worker gifts. The frames were $2.99 at Michaels. I painted them and my awesome neighbor Megan did the vinyl for me. I found the picture online and just printed them from my computer. They were super easy and I am so proud of how they turned out.

The pictures for the kids are much smaller. I found the frames at Dollar Tree and the picture is different, but I found it online as well and just printed them too. I don't have a picture of them, but I really hope the kids like them and will put them in their rooms.... I tested it out on Morgan and she thought they were really cool, but Morgan is such an unusual child that its hard to know if other kids will like them too.

Christmas 2009

Well, Jude's first Christmas came fast. He was the happiest once he found the big yellow truck under the piano, his favorite place to hide and pound on the pedals. He pushed it all morning peeking each time around the room at his olders sister's gifts.
Morgan picked up one of her small gifts and said, "what if this is a ring box from Santa, because Mrs. Clause is being mean". Where does a 6 year old come up with things like that? The whole family had a great Christmas!