We have not posted in so long. Our precious baby girl has grown so much in the past couple of weeks and months. She is smiling all the time. We can even get her to laugh and giggle, unless her teeth are hurting. Yes I said teeth. Julia is getting two bottom teeth which have already pierced her little gums. She is reaching and grabbing things in arms reach. Whether that be hair, blankets, toys, your nose or glasses, it all looks like a good teething object to her. She has rolled over many times but now seems to have forgotten how. She rolled over in her sleep one day and did it automatically for 3 days. Now she just cries when we put her on her stomach, like she doesn't know what to do.
Boy has she found her feet. She thinks those little toes are the best and sucks on them constantly. She eats them in the tub, while she's being changed, watching TV, or any other time of the day. She just recently started sucking/gnawing on her thumb but still prefers her big toe. Julia is a talker and singer. She just discovered she can sqeal. It is so funny to listen to. She opens her mouth to get the highest pitch possible, squeals, and then makes herself cough it is so loud. And sometimes she cracks herself up over them. Speaking of laughing, we got her halloween costume and put it on her the other night. She loves looking at herself in the mirror, so we stood her up and she got giddy at how cute and funny she looked. We will send pictures of that later.
Julia has also learned how to play with her toys. We put her in her johnny jump up and she will make the wheel spin and sing. She doesn't jump yet, but she enjoys when I swing her in it. On her bouncer are little spiders that go up and down. And she can lean forward and pull them to make them sing too. Although she is not quick or precise with her movements, she is still making it happen.
I had to put a picture of our puppy on here too. This is Darby and we got her 2 wks before we found out we were pregnant. So sometimes it seems we have 2 babies. She and Julia don't really pay much attention to each other, except when darby tries to lick her toes. There must be something about these toes!
Ryan has handed the blog over to me now, so hopefully I can post more often. So keep checking!
claire
