Judah-1 year in 3 days

One of my favorite things that Judah does now is give kisses! It is THE cutest thing! I've been practising with him for a couple months now, and just yesterday he surprised me and another woman at our church. She picked him up and did the "kissy" sound to him, and to her surprise (and mine), he leaned right in for the kiss! Laid a big, wet one right on her cheek and smiled so big! Ah, I could have died! Another thing we do with him if he won't give me a kiss I pretend to cry and guilt him into coming over to see what's wrong (yes, I do this!). He will smile big, and then plant a big one on me! It's so cute!

This was him in April. Look at that sweet smile!

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