Today Jude had his 6 month check up (he's 7 months, we were a little late). I got the idea from Amy Andrus's blog to post his percentiles. Even though we were late with his appointment, they compare him to other 7 months old so they're accurate.
Here they are:

Height 27.75" - 75%
Weight 16 lbs 3 ozs - 14%
Head 18 inches - 86%

I'm not sure why I love finding out my children's percentiles, but its really fun for me. I guess staying home so much makes things a little more exciting than they really are. And I'm a nerd. So he's tall and slim and has a big ol' Campbell head. And like a Campbell boy, he was flirting with the doctor (don't worry, our doctor is a woman).
Jude is sitting on his own but is still a little unsteady. He's not crawling, I'm not sure what to call his style of moving around. Sliding? Anyways, he moves around. He's eating fruits, veggies, and rice cereal (and minute maid limeade pop-cycles). He smiles more than I've ever seen a baby smile and he hates to be alone. He laughs the most at his big sister. He is not sleeping through the night, sadly. And just yesterday his bottom teeth are showing through.

For you viewing pleasure I have included a video of my 2 cuties. Violet loves her baby brother.

House anyone?

We are currently trying to sell our house. We have outgrown our house, mostly because of our two home businesses. Also we have remodeled this one and we are ready to move onto the next fixer- upper. If you know anyone who's trying to find a house, please let them know about ours. Here is the website to look at our house:
http://hfsgroup.idxco.com/idx/2366/details.php?idxID=037&listingID=8060774

BYE BYE KINKY

The last time she had her kinky
Right before her shopping spree

Yesterday Violet made a major change in her life. We took her to Toys R Us and we told her she could pick out a toy, but she had to pay for it with her "kinky" (thats what she calls her pacifier). She said okay and was looking at all the toys. She looked at Barbies, princess stuff, kitchen play dishes, but when she saw a lawn mower on display, she ran, grabbed it, and started to push it around the store. After about 10 minutes of her mowing the Toys R Us aisle, it was clear to Paul and I that that is what she wanted. We showed her the more deluxe, bubble blowing version and there was no turning back. We took her up the cash register, a long with her toy and a small pool we decided to get her. We explained that she had to give the cashier her bag of kinkys in order to take her lawn mower home and she happily handed over her bag.
She has been doing really good without her kinky. We do have to explain what happened to it when she asks for it. And a couple of times she has asked for "baby brother's kinky", but we tell her he needs his kinky. We have been dreading doing this for so long, but it has been a lot better than we anticipated. But as long as we have babies in our family, their pacifiers will be called "kinkys".