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Judah-1 year in 6 days

My whole world was turned upside down (or so it seemed) when Judah was born. I experienced so many things with the birth of this little guy that I didn't with Olivia (a terribly painful labor, some post-partum depression, and all-around confusion of how to balance being a mom to TWO now).  After those first couple of weeks though, things began to settle a little (or at least we started to settle into a new routine), and after SEVERAL months I finally felt like I had this whole "mom of 2" thing down.


That first month I went almost nowhere. I spent my days in pj's, holding Judah almost constantly. I just couldn't put him down! I knew it wouldn't be long til he wouldn't want to cuddle much, so I was soaking it all in as much as I could. I'm thankful though, that I have a little cuddle buddy in Olivia, and probably Judah again sometime in the future!


Before I knew it, Judah was 6 weeks old, and we hadn't done newborn photos. Our church family blessed us with what was probably my favorite shower gift. They gave us a gift certificate to have family photos done, and here's one of my favorites of Judah. He had such CRAZY hair!

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  1. AnonymousOctober 18, 2011 at 4:08 PM

    That picture is amazing.. What a cutie :)

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