At two, Jude is a riot. He's stubborn, opinionated, often irrational, fiercely independent, totally whiny, seriously clingy, entirely imperious. So, yeah. He's two. The amazing part is that I love this little monster so much. He gives the widest, sweetest smiles when he does the naughtiest things, and loves nothing more than to tease me. He often chases me around shouting, "Pinchy bum!" and attempting to follow through. He giggles like a maniac when he wrestles with Eden. He shrieks with joy when Daddy comes home. We're all putty in those small, Machiavellian hands.
After refusing to make much noise during the first year of his life, Jude's turning out to be a little smarty pants. He loves to be read to and usually repeats everything I say when we're reading. He's already learned several letters of the alphabet and can often be heard "counting" things in imitation of Eden, reciting the numbers in order. He's very observant and seems to pick things up pretty quickly. He loves to tell stories too, though his best efforts there involve shouting a few key words over and over again until we fill in the gaps for him. Ask him to tell you the one about elk sometime; it's a real scream.
Jude is definitely an introvert and a mama's boy, but it's really fun to see him play with other kids once he's warmed up. He's also a total daredevil, as long as he's in charge of the daring (e.g. he will hate it if you swing him around or drop him on the couch, but he has no problem climbing the tallest thing at the playground and jumping off of it). He loves swimming, swinging, and Flinstoning it on a bike.
We love this zany little dude and look forward to the third year of his reign :)
