Trouble Man

Our Jude has graduated from cute baby to Mr. Trouble Man (well, he's still cute). Jude has an uncanny ability to find markers around the house. He takes the cap off the marker and then bites the tip with his teeth, pulling the tip from the marker. He then mouths the tip until his lips and tongue are a brilliant blue--or green or red (that color sure triggered my mommy alarms).

Once we found that he had swallowed a small sea shell (don't ask how we figured it out). Today he took a bite out of a small Nerf ball. Yesterday Jude helped himself to a loaf of bread I had just baked. He pulled it from the table and sat down on the kitchen floor and dug right into the loaf. A little while later, Grace heard a suspicious sound coming from the dining room and found Jude sitting next to a huge pile of Rice Krispies. He was just having a little snack.


I know what you're thinking, "That kid's not a trouble maker, he's just hungry." It's true, he is hungry--all the time. The little guy has quite the appetite and it's a rare occurrence when he turns down anything that's offered to him to eat. I guess he needs the energy to fuel all the bookcase climbing and table top dancing he's been doing lately.