Wow I have been slacking.....

So I have been totally slacking on keeping everyone updated on Julia and I apologize. Believe it or not I'm super busy with Julia all day and don't really get a chance to get on the computer.

So where do I begin...

Julia is 21 months old and has been in the "terrible twos" for the past month. Don't get me wrong we have good days but the bad days are BAD DAYS. She talks so much and is starting to do three worded sentences. The other day I was walking away and she said "Mama, where are you going?" I had to stop in my tracks because it was so awkward hearing her talk like that. She is a very smart little girl. She can count to ten in both English and Spanish, she knows her shapes, ABC's and like I said talks A LOT. We are so excited for the holidays because we know she will love them this year. She was a cupcake this year for Halloween and she's starting to really love all the Christmas decorations that are starting to go up in the stores. On Tuesdays and Thursdays she goes to Preschool and Wednesday she has gymnastics, a busy little girl but love every minute of it. I don't know how I missed so much from her first year of life!! Below are some current pictures of her as preschool, and family/friends. I will make a better effort to keep this blog going...PROMISE!!

Stay-a-Home Mommy

Hello-
So as of three days ago I'm officially a stay-a-home mommy! Rob and I decided that I would quit my job and stay home with Julia for a while. The past three days have been nice and relaxing vs. the the 4:30am-7:00pm schedule. Since I will have more time on my hands I will be updating this blog to keep family and friends updated on our little girl. Below are some fun recent videos for you to enjoy.

Snowman

We got over 24 inches of snow so we took Julia out to make her first snowman!

Misc. Videos

One is of Julia going crazy on her walker and the other of Julia stealing Dads cereal (ALL THE TIME)!!

Julia at the park

We finally got some sun last week so we took Julia to the park for the first time. She was finally big enough to ride the swing but she had this look on her face like "Am I suppose to like this" the entire time. We took a walk by the river and got some Vitamin D for the day!

Julia taking her 1st few steps!

Our little Julia took her first few steps. She is walking more and more everyday.

Valentines Day

Julia is all in pink for her first Valentines Day Party at daycare. She got a few Valentines and brought fruit for her classmates. When I got home Rob suprised me and Julia with matching Crocs as our Valentines Day gift! It was so cute!! Julia's were so small

Happy Birthday Jules!!

We celebrated Jules 1st birthday this past weekend at our party room. Her theme was Mickey Mouse of course! It took her about a good hour for her to warm up to people but after that she was all laughs and playing with her friends. She got a lot of clothes and around 20 people showed up.  Instead of a big cake daddy and mommy made a personal Mickey cake and everyone else had ice cream cones with all kinds of yummy toppings.We would love to share a few photos from the personal Mickey cake that mommy and daddy made, Jules wearing her birthday hat they made her at daycare, her playing with friends to a video of singing Happy Birthday! Goals that she achieved by 1 are sleeping through the night, NO MORE BINKIE (woo hoo), standing for a few seconds by herself and the most amazing one of all is starting to recognize words and read!! We have been showing her "Baby You Can Read Videos" since she was 5 months and just two weekends ago we showed her flashcards and she would act out what the flash card said recognizing the words!! We are so proud!