Helping Daddy Make a Bean Bag Toss (or "Corn Hole" if you're from the midwest...)

Princess

I can never resist taking pictures of Julia when she is sound asleep...I think because she is SO active during the day, it just melts my heart to see her so peaceful. She's been growing up so fast lately! Here are some of her recent doings:

• Potty training is going very well! She can stay in underwear most of the day, except for long car rides and Mass, and nighttime. We've had few accidents, so I think she's just been waiting until she was really ready.



• She's learning how to ride her tricycle - we're still working on pedaling, but she is eager to learn!



• She asks lots of questions: "What are you doing?" What's that?" "You ok?"



• She can dress herself, but we're still working on matching clothes, and next shoe tying :)



• Her vocabularly has grown so much, I can't even type out a full list of all her new words!



• She's very compassionate - whenever she sees or hears anyone else crying she wants to know why they're upset and if they are ok.



• She goes to a gymnastics class once a week, and really loves do all the rolls and hanging from the bars!



• She loves to sing! She can sing the Happy Birthday song, part of the ABC song, Itsy Bitsy Spider, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (and she makes her own songs up as well...).

Recent Projects

Pillowcase to match Julia's quilt

Curtain for our front door

Lunch bag and cloth napkins for Mom

Henny Penny and Six Chicks for Julia

Baby booties for a friend's soon-to-be-here baby!

Memorial Weekend Camping

Making s'mores with Daddy

Lunch time!

Julia in her very own chair :)

For Memorial Day weekend this year, we decided to go on our first camping trip with Julia! Tom and I have both been camping since we were very young, but we weren't sure how Julia would handle it. She LOVES being outside, so of course, she had a blast! She was very entertained by all the insects (at the same time, I was spraying her down constantly with bug spray!), and we had fun just relaxing together. We only stayed for one night, and I'm glad we did. Julia didn't sleep very well, so I think we need to use an air matress next time. She has always been very sensitive to the sleeping surface she is on, even when she was a newborn. We really had a blast though, and hopefully we'll get in a few more trips this summer!