the life of baby jude

As you may have noticed, I was MIA last week. Well, I was on quite the adventure. Mommy took me to Colorado to see her friend from NYU, Auntie Laura. We had SUCH a good time! We flew into Denver airport last Monday. It was my ver first plane ride, and I was a very good boy, if I do say so myself. Auntie Laura has a very nice apartment in Westminster, a lovely Denver suburb. I couldn't believe how new everything looked! I know I'm just a baby, but I could tell that this was newly devloped and certainly a lot different from where I live in NJ.

Auntie Laura has two very cute cats, T'Pau and Nami. Wow, did I enjoy chasing after them!!




On Tuesday, Auntie Marilyn joined us. I was really happy to see her!
We did lots of fun things together, all of us. We went to the Butterfly Pavilion, a butterfly conservatory and science museum. It was a little warm and humid in there, but there were so many beautiful butterflies to look at, I didn't mind. I loved watching them fly around and looking at the pretty flowers. It was so cool! After that we went to the Denver Zoo. It was quite fun! I've never been to a zoo before. And get this: we got to meet more of Mommy's friend from her internet board. We met Cheryl and her kids, Allison and Liam(whom I share a birthday with) and Kim and her baby, Maddie. I can tell that Mommy was really happy to meet them and I must say, they were pretty cool babies. And their moms were really sweet too! YAY, friends! Here's a picture of all of us. Auntie Marilyn tried to get us all looking at the camera, but like that would really ever happen!




On Thursday night, we went to a hockey game! We got to see game 4 of the Anaheim Mighty Ducks & Colorado Avalanche series. Sure, the Avanlance lost and thus got knocked out of the playoffs, but it was still fun. I ate a pretzel, drank some of my bottle and passed right out. It was noisy, but I really didn't mind. What can I say, I was tired! Plus, I realized that Mommy was not, in fact, going to let me dip my baby fingers in her beer. So what was the sense of staying up? To see mullets?? No thanks, I say. I already sort of have one myself.

My only complaint about Colorado was that the air sure was really dry. Me and Mommy came home with a nasty cough and my baby eyes got so dry that I got an eye infection. I'm on the mend now, so don't worry. : ) It didn't stop me from having fun, though! Even though my eyes were super crusty, I never let it dampen my spirits! I'm good like that! We came home on Friday and I did just as well on the flight home. I conked out for most of it and was even complimented by other passengers on how wonderful my behavior was. Mommy was very proud of me, I could tell, not to mention very relieved. Since I was so well behaved I hope to be taking many more trips!! I was very happy to see Daddy when we got to the airport. I really missed him and I think he missed us too! He looked really happy to see us.

So, thanks, Auntie Laura for sponsoring our trip and showing us such a great time! Love ya and can't wait to see you again!