Journey with Julia

Home again, home again jiggety jog


Playing peek a boo with Allie


Julia enjoyed Tyler's rocking horse :)


You would think she knew just what she was doing with the Leapster... not really, but she enjoyed watching it all the same LOL


Julia, Ray and Allie


Riding in the car....












We found that when riding in the car Julia prefers to get completely comfortable... for example: hair down, shoes and socks off, movie on and pass the snacks Mama. lol. That pretty much sums up our trip up to Ohio and back. It seemed to go so much faster on the way up, maybe because we all just wanted to get there and coming back was something we just weren't looking forward to as much. I suppose that must have been it.

We had a great time as always and Julia really had fun with her cousins. Our camera was not working properly after being left in the car the first night there, so we don't have nearly as many pictures as we would normally take, but we did manage to get a few. I can no longer guarantee any ones safety around Julia. Tyler taught her how to wrestle and she was tackling him and taking him down by the end of the week. So watch out. We have tried to impress upon her that it is only okay to play that way with Tyler but she's only 2 so we'll see. The two of them are very hard to say "no" to when their play is accompanied by gales of laughter and squeals. And they are both so darn cute and they each know it too. I think we are all in trouble when it comes to these two. LOL

Julia was equally happy to see Ashley and Allie as evidenced in a few of the pictures. She was watching me load them onto the PC and exclaiming "that's Ashley.. that's Allie"... etc.. I think they all made an impression this year. :)

Now we are back and getting into the full blown Christmas spirit with the squadron kids party kicking things off this Saturday, then our Adult party the following Saturday and somewhere in there we have to finish our Christmas shopping, get things mailed and with luck even manage to decorate the house sometime this week. So we'll be busy around here for a bit. Nothing new about that, it seems we always have a few irons in the fire at the same time. We'll have to see what else we fit in for Ms. Julia this Christmas season. Lots of lights and holiday spirit for sure, and reminding her and us of the reason for the season as well. :)