Our Little Judah-Bean

OK, I just realized this blog is becoming Judah's blog instead of Noah & Krista's blog! That's okay though. We enjoy showing him off... ehem... I mean, bragging about him... er... sharing our memories with everyone! haha!


Nevertheless, the 3 of us are doing well. I went back to work last week, which was quite a challenge, and a change from being at home every day. The challenge was getting any work done in between diaper changes, feedings and Judah wanting someone to hold him! We are doing much better this week. Judah is getting used to sleeping in his little bouncy seat and entertaining himself with toys and being okay with me looking down at him from my chair and talking to him instead of holding him. We have a pretty good routine down...

6:00am - mommy wakes up, gets ready for work

6:30am - wake up, eat & diaper change

7:30am - mommy breakfast/Judah playtime

8:30am - pack up and leave for work

9:00am - get to work, eat & diaper change; usually a little nap or play time after this

11:00am - eat, diaper change

12:00pm - mommy's lunch time, Judah nap

12:30 - 2:30pm - mommy's work time

3:oopm - eat, diaper change; then nap or play time

4:30pm - eat, diaper change; pack up

5:00pm - leave work; Judah cries all the way home

5:30pm - Daddy takes over; eat, diaper change

7:00pm - mommy & daddy eat dinner

7:30pm - eat, diaper change

8:00pm - Judah's bedtime!



A lot of people have been asking us if he is sleeping. He's been really good about sleeping for the past month or so. Judah likes to be swaddled when we put him to bed, and he will sleep from about 8pm until 1:30am, then eat/diaper change, and back to bed until about 4/4:30am. Eat/diaper change, then back to sleep for another 2 hours or so. Last night he didn't even get up at 4am and slept another 5 hours until 6am! We're hoping this is a new trend! :)


A little over a week ago, we weighed Judah and he was up to 11 pounds already. I am not sure where he is right now, but I know his car seat is getting pretty heavy!!! Good thing I'm starting to lift weights again! haha


Noah started his Master's classes again this week (which he was sooo excited about). He is only taking one class this semester, fortunately. His brother Paul is actually taking it with him, so they can compare notes and help each other with homework. That will be nice and hopefully make things easier for both of them. Noah only has this class and one more to go until he's finished with his Master's Degree!!!


Other than Noah's class and Judah just being his adorable little self, we really don't have much else going on here in St. Peters, Missouri. The weather has been wonderful this summer and we are trying to take advantage of any opportunities we can to see family and get outside. Last weekend we went to the wineries with Eric and Melissa (my brother & his wife) and Madaline & Gabe (Noah's cousin & her hubby) which turned out to be a very fun time. Judah was great and slept a lot that afternoon while we tasted some wine and had lunch out on a nice covered patio at one of the wineries. Judah started to get a little fussy at the last place we stopped at, but that just got him some nice attention from people passing by... "oooh what an adorable little baby! he is sooo cute! aww!!!" haha! He liked that!


We have been introducing him to a lot of new people lately. August 14-16 we took Judah up to Wisconsin to meet his Oma's (grandmas) and aunts and uncles, and cousins! We were really blessed that a bunch of people could come over to see him on such short notice. We'll be up there again over Labor Day weekend - hope to see more of you then!


I also took Judah over to our State Office to see some of the people I work with. They were all excited to meet him. He got passed from one person to the next and was happy as a clam. He even gave Jennifer's boss's assistant a big smile! (Jennifer is my boss.) I think he enjoyed the hour of oogling and baby talking, but not as much as the big people!


Judah is growing so fast, and learning so many new things. He is starting to make more sounds and be more vocal, smile at new people, and is discovering his hands and feet! He is starting to smile big when you kiss his feet or give them little raspberries. I don't think he quite gets it when you do that to his tummy yet though. He just looks at you like, "what in the world are you doing to me?" He loves looking at the ceiling fans, and studying faces. I don't think Judah really likes baths yet, but it helps when we turn on some music and sing to him while we clean him up. His newest thing is trying to suck his thumb. We thought this was really cute at first, but realized that it would be much easier to wean him from his pacifier instead of his thumb!!! So we're trying to discourage the cute little thumb sucking.

I've posted some new pictures for everyone. Enjoy, and we will try to keep up the blog for "y'all"!!!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2029748&id=1075628199&l=2b738a3313

Love,
Noah, Krista & little Judah-bean

The Adventures of Judah Brown

It's been a few weeks since our last update, and a while since we last posted any new pictures for everyone, so here goes!

We have been doing very well, and are slowly developing a schedule. Judah has started sleeping 4-5 hours at a time during the night, which is giving us more sleep - which is wonderful! He usually wakes up around 6am and stays up most of the day and takes a good nap in the afternoon. Judah is definitely a morning baby! He is most smiley and happy in the mornings and we enjoy playing with him and talking to him.

He loves his little ducky toy and still seems to really like music. I have been starting to play piano and set him next to me in his little bouncy seat, and he just waves his arms happily, makes little cooing noises and seems very content the whole time. It's so cute! Judah is generally really good in the car. Most times he will fall asleep in the car seat and just relax, which is nice for us!

Noah has been back at work for 2 weeks already, but Monday is my turn to get back to work. I am not very excited about it, but am thankful to have such a nice manager who will allow me to bring our sweet boy to work with me. My manager already has a crib, changing table, swing and bouncy seat at our office for us. Our back office has officially been turned into a nursery for our babies! Now, hopefully we can find a way to care for them and still be productive!!! :)

Just a note to our family in Wisconsin - we will be making a last-minute trip up this weekend. We know my mom and dad will not be home, but hopefully we will get to visit with most of you while we're there! Give us a call - we'd love for you to come over and meet our new little guy!

Ok, now for the fun stuff... here are some of our most recent pictures of our little cutie pie! Enjoy!

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2028137&id=1075628199&l=f68823504e

Love,
Noah, Krista & little Judah

Week 3

Happy Birthday Judah!

Monday marked Judah's 3 week birthday. Things are going well and we seem to be making some progress with understanding night and day now, which is wonderful. We're also doing better during the day. Some days are still a little rough, but for the most part Judah is taking a few naps during the day, still eating lots and growing fast! We haven't been back to the pediatrician's office since he was a little over a week old, but he's definitely gotten cheeks since then!

We are definitely enjoying being parents. It is a lot of work, but also fun to watch Judah slowly grow and start to do different things. He makes a lot more eye contact now, and is able to turn his head to the other side by himself when he's on his tummy. He also is making more different noises now - starting to coo and "ahh" and smile more (involuntarily). We are also slowly getting used to diaper changes and being more cooperative and less crabby during them (yay!).

Noah went back to work on Monday, which was tough for him I think. This was the first time he had such a long time off work since he started working at Boeing over 5 years ago. He was very happy to get home on Monday afternoon, needless to say. I think Judah missed him too :)

We have updated our pictures... take a look! Hopefully we'll have some more for you soon.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2025068&id=1075628199&l=eae8d67cf2

Blessings!
Noah, Krista & little Judah

Day 11 and Growing

Can't believe it's already the middle of July and Judah is 11 days old already! This morning we went to the pediatrician's office for a quick weigh-in. The nurse said he should be gaining 1/2 - 1 oz. per day. Well, Judah has gained 10 oz. in the last week! The doc peeked his head in for a second and said Judah is doing great.

Noah and I have also been doing well, trying to adjust to all of the new changes and challenges of being parents of a newborn. We have actually been averaging 5-6 hours of sleep per night (not counting a nap or two during the day). It's been a little tricky getting him to sleep when we're ready to get to bed, but that seems to be getting better in the last several days. I think we're slowly getting the hang of this "parenting" thing. :)

We have REALLY appreciated everyone checking in on us, and some friends and church people bringing by meals. Those are a huge help! It's kind of funny being on the receiving end of the meals after being on the coordinating end for a while. I think God is teaching me how to receive. It's been a good opportunity for me to grow in that area. Pretty neat how that works.

Noah has one more week off from work after this week - time is flying by. I go back to work in mid-August (I have 6 weeks total off). Then I'll be bringing Judah to work with me. Hopefully that will work out well.

Here are some more videos and pictures for everyone to enjoy... hope to see you all soon!

Love and hugs,

Noah, Krista & Baby Judah

We have more pictures on the way... keep checking back! :)