Medical Emergency

I had quite the scare on Friday morning! Before I describe it, let me start by saying this is something I'd actually read about happening before Judson was even born, so I've tried to be really careful about it. (Most people we've told have never heard about it happening before. ) Anyway, on Friday, I put Judson in his little bathtub and started to wash his leg. I noticed a hair (of mine) caught on his toes, so I quickly tried to yank it off. Well, he started screaming and then I looked closer. The hair was TIGHTLY wrapped around the toes and had been for quite some time. I couldn't even tell if I'd gotten it off, because his two little toes were dark red and extremely swollen! I finally determined I had, but I called the on-call nurse just to be safe. The hair must've been in the toe of his sleeper, so I had no idea how many hours it had been cutting off circulation. The nurse had me come in and the pediatrician (not our regular one) put on a special magnifying headset to make sure the hair was off. Sure enough it was...it had just cut into the skin so it was hard to tell. He was very nice and said it happens. He also assured me the toes would heal. Phew! Thank you, Lord!

These pictures were taken after the hair had been off for about three hours. (Today, they're looking much better, though they're still much bigger than his other toes and the second-to-last toe still has the cut clear around it.)

Judson's First Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas! I may or may not write more later, but wanted to get some pictures posted.

Helping me wrap gifts

Morgan and Anna at Shore Acres on Christmas Eve

The stockings and overflow bags

Getting dressed in his sweater vest outfit from Jack

Funny face! =)

Oh, Christmas tree...

Sunday was our day to get a Christmas tree. We weren't able to make it to early church (go figure!), so by the time we did errands and came home to eat, it was already after three o'clock. We had originally talked about going out to Nate's grandpa's tree farm near Silverton to get a tree, but knew we didn't have enough daylight left for that plan. So we bundled up (it was below freezing) and headed out to find a u-cut farm. We didn't want to go to the one we used to go to, because it's gotten really expensive. Anyway, we didn't have to go far. There turned out to be a place just about 300 feet up the road from us. It's never been opened before and there weren't really signs for it, so we just drove past, but then decided to go back to investigate. It turned out to be perfect, especially since we had less than an hour of daylight left. We found a beautiful tree in about ten minutes, and then I just walked home, because Judson was asleep in the Bjorn (front pack) and that way I wouldn't have to get him back in his carseat.

All bundled up and ready to begin our search...as the sun goes down

Our tree

The Bjorn had its usual affect on Judson...he got cranky for a minute or two and then conked out.

Funny story about this picture: We asked one of the guys working there to take our picture and he acted pretty unsure about it. Our camera, like many (or all?) digital camera requires that the user push the button down part way while it focuses and then push harder to actually take the picture. Well, this can be tricky for some people if they're not used to it. The guy kept pushing the button really fast and the little light we can usually see wasn't going off and neither was the flash. So, we didn't think he was taking any pictures. In fact, at one point, Nate checked to see and didn't think he'd taken one yet. Eventually a lady offered to do it and that's when we realized that battery was about dead. Oh, well...or so we thought. When I checked at home, I realized the guy had actually taken NINETEEN pictures. Some were blurry, but a few were pretty good. Poor guy... =)

First Walk in the Stroller

JuliAnn invited us to lunch at her house yesterday. After lunch (and a lot of chatting), we hit the streets of Stayton. It was fun to see some neighborhoods I haven't seen before. I love small towns! It was Judson's first time in his BOB stroller. (Wow! What a nice stroller! It handles so easily.) He stayed awake until the very end. (Staying awake was yesterday's theme. He slept a total of about two hours for the entire day and didn't go to sleep until 11:30. Unfortunately I'm not exaggerating... Thankfully, he was never fussy!)

Judson and Madi in their warm outfits. His is way too big, but did the trick.

Mission accomplished: two sleeping babies. It just didn't last long. =)

Growing like a weed!

Judson is four weeks old today and I can't believe it. Time is going SO quickly and he is growing at an equally unbelievable rate. (In ten days, he gained one pound, thirteen ounces!) Anyway, here's proof of his growth... The cute monkey outfit now fits more like a muscle shirt. =)

Two days old

Three weeks and two days

Little Friends

We know so many people having babies right now! (At our cider party, there were EIGHT babies under the age of one!) It's such a blessing to be sharing this experience with so many friends. It's been fun to take pictures of the babies together. Unfortunately, we didn't take any at the cider party.

Micki's son Taevin (one month) and Judson (two days)

Emilie Andrewjeski (almost three weeks) and Judson (two weeks)...she was born five days before him

Janelle's son Bryson (two months), Judson (three and a half weeks) and JuliAnn's daughter Madelyn (six months)

Judson James is here!

We are thrilled to announce the birth of our son, Judson James Moody. He was born on Saturday, October 24th at 9:23 pm. He weighed 8 pounds, 2.5 ounces and was 20.75 inches long. My labor and delivery went very smoothly and quickly (and without drugs!). Judson is a great eater and we are so happy that God has entrusted him to us! Here are some pictures we had taken when he was twelve days old.

The front of our birth announcement