Journey with Julia

Just an update. :)

Sorry, no new photos really to add, but had to tell you all that Julia is definitely pulling herself up on the furniture now!! She did it that one time with Chris and Kylee and I think it actually startled her, so she stuck to working on her crawling and sitting up and getting better at that for awhile. This weekend she was really trying and trying to pull herself up, but couldn't quite get it. Guess the incentive wasn't right. Lacey tried to hide on the couch tonight and Little Miss Julia was determined to touch that dog tonight! So she hauled herself up there, using Daddy's leg as support. Then later pulled herself up to me in the recliner! So I think we're in trouble, time to clear the tables! LOL

Poor Lacey. She's running out of places to hide and still be in the same room with us. This hasn't been the easiest adjustment for her, she took it in stride though and went to lie on the cool kitchen floor instead.

I'm amazed every day at Julia's progress. She was really chattering away a lot today too. Not much that I could understand, but she's starting to understand me more and that's a start. She had a ball and a toy fish from the tub earlier today and I asked her where her fish was....she reached for the fish! She's beginning to try to say more too...just a little but ya gotta start somewhere. She says "pooh" (what a shock right?? my child learning to say Pooh right away??" and ball, and she's almost got "bear" down as well. She's definitely got "Mama" and "Dad" down....she got those ones right away, but it's so cute to see her face light up and say "hi dad" when he gets home from work. Makes his day, he was born to be a dad. And she's got the cutest way of saying "mama" when she's happy now, at least it not always when she's crying for me anymore! And it sounds just wonderful coming from her.

She still loves her musical toys. Especially that soft cube that currently plays classical music. She will tug and tug on it til it starts to play and then sit up and rock to the music...we have got to get it on video for you all. I promise SOON before she stops doing it. And I guess she must like it when I sing to her, we were going to sleep a couple of weeks ago (yes one of the nights she got in bed with me) and I was singing to her, every time I stopped, she would tap my arm (more like hit) and it finally sunk in....that's what she does with her crib toy....she was trying to turn me back on!!! It was really too, too funny.

Well, it's late here and I'm sure that's not going to change Julia's wake up time, so I better wrap this up tonight. Love to everyone and can't wait to see everyone in Maine in October!