camping pictures

last week, mommy and daddy took me camping with grandma, grandpa, uncle matthew, auntie rachel, and marty. we did lots of different things all week...it was so much fun!














































...i went biking for the first time! wee!























...we went for walks and hikes























...we went to the beach almost every day! one day, mommy, daddy, uncle matt, auntie rachel, and marty built a really cool sandcastle.






























...and i got to see the campfire again! it is SO cool! how do they make that stuff? i wish i could touch it...

mommy says that i was a very good boy while we were camping. i had fun just being outside and playing. and i got to be with daddy and mommy's family all week, which was pretty cool!

pics of the week: 26 weeks

no, i don't think that
he looks like a girl in
that white hat.

pics of the week: 25 weeks

judah ate solids for the first time today!
brown rice cereal mixed with breastmilk...yummy!
he didn't eat too much and ended up spitting out a fair bit, but i'm sure he will get better with practice!

happy half-birthday, judah!

judah is 6 months old today! where did the time go?

my baby is growing up!

as i, karen, am writing this post, i am amazed at the fact that judah will be 6 months tomorrow. it seems like just yesterday that we brought home our GREAT BIG BLESSING in a TINY LITTLE PACKAGE. he has come so far! i am so thankful that he is so healthy and happy. the Lord has truly blessed us with this precious babe! our prayer is that we can raise him to know and love the Lord.

---------------Father, thank you
---------------for this beautiful baby boy
---------------with whom you have blessed us!

---------------Each moment with him
---------------makes us more in awe of you.

---------------Please help us raise him
---------------to know You
---------------to serve You
---------------to love You
---------------above all else.

---------------Help us be
---------------understanding
---------------patient
---------------empathetic
---------------parents.

---------------Help us
---------------encourage
---------------discipline
---------------love
---------------him.

---------------Make us examples to him.
---------------Examples of You.
---------------Examples of Your Love.

---------------Lord, equip us,
---------------for we know
---------------it is not an easy task.
---------------We accept the
---------------responsibility
---------------that this blessing brings.

---------------Thank you, Lord,
---------------for this opportunity.

---------------Lord, bless Judah!

an update

i have been keeping mommy busy these days, learning how to lots of things and wanting to get into everything! some recent accomplishments:

[!] i am rolling all over the place now. it is so much fun!

[!] i am also getting better and better at creeping...mommy and daddy better buy a baby gate soon!

[!] on august 12, i learned how to sit up on my own! i had been working on this for a while, and finally learned how to
[!] sit all alone for a few minutes.

now i'm just looking forward to saturday, when i turn 6 months old! mommy says that then i can try some big people food! i can't wait!

ottawa pictures

we had a wonderful time in ottawa, and are so thankful the hospitality of karen's uncle albert and aunt eveline!

camping

i'm sorry that i haven't written in a while, but i've been away...mommy took me camping! it was SO much fun! i got to see lots of her cousins and aunts and uncles, and everyone oogled over me! i also got to go swimming in the lake for the first time; that was fun, though much colder than the pool i swim in at swimming lessons!
i will post pictures of the trip soon!

pics of the week two: 24 weeks

judah learned to sit up on his own this week! he had been coming close for a while, but on friday, august 12, he stayed sitting for longer than 20 seconds! way to go, judah!

pics of the week: 24 weeks

we have this new game that makes judah giggle like crazy ... it's peekaboo to the point where it actually startles him! it's so funny to watch him jump and then smile and giggle. he ESPECIALLY loves it when you throw in a fake-sneeze instead of saying "peekaboo"...