Happy Father's Day!

Julia enjoyed spoiling her daddy today for his first Father's Day! She had a little photo shoot earlier this week to make a special gift for Daddy.  We framed these pics in a 3-photo frame to give to Daddy for part of his gift. 

We went to church this morning and then hung out at home.  We had planned to go to the parade in town, but the rain came pouring down just as the parade was supposed to start.  Oh, well. 
Julia and Daddy hanging out on the floor... oh, and Gus has to be close, too.

Daddy and his kiddos (yes, Gus counts, too!) relaxing in the afternoon.  What a great Daddy Julia has! We are so thankful for our dads (Grandpa Don and Grandpa Mike) as they are such great examples of wonderful fathers.  Happy Father's Day! 

A Little Sleepy and a Big Kiss

Julia is getting to be such a big girl.  She absolutely loves to sit up (she can't quite do it on her own, yet)... so she gets a little help from the Boppy, the Bumbo or Mommy and Daddy!  We weighed her the other day and she is at about 17 pounds and 26.5 inches tall (of course, these aren't super scientific measurements from the doctor's office though!)

"Oh, dear," says Julia. Gus is coming after me...

"and he got me... Mom, help!"  Actually she didn't care at all.  This is the first big slobbery kiss I have seen Gus give Julia. I just had to take a picture instead of push him away! : )  Too bad it wasn't in focus.

Julia must have been really bored with mom and dad's dinner conversation.  She was a sleepy little girl.  I decided to come into the office and update the blog while she slept.  I left the dishes on the table to be cleaned up when she wakes up.  NEVER WAKE A SLEEPING BABY! : )

Julia spent some time at our friends' house this week and last week while Mommy went to work for curriculum writing.  Daddy watched her on Tuesday morning last week so Mommy could go into work for the last staff day of the school year.  Otherwise, not much else is new.  Julia is still doing great with out her pacifier.  She sleeps for 10-12 hours at night... with one bottle sometime between 4-6 am.  One word: awesome!  We just love our little peanut and can't believe how big she is getting.  She misses her grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins and can't wait to see them again.  It has been too long! 

Loving Life...

We can't believe Julia will be 5 months old on Thursday!  We have been so blessed to have her join our family.  She is getting to be so much fun.  I miss the little infant we brought home from the hospital, but each day gets better and better with her!  I remember when she first started giving us smiles and now she is smiling and giggling all the time!  She loves her jumperoo or as we call it... her "jump-jump."  She likes to play with all the fun toys, and is so into exploring things now.  She spins all the spinny things and of course jumps a lot.  You can see that she is thinking about what she wants to do and intentionally will go after something. 

 I know this picture is blurry, but it is because she is hard to catch with the camera when she is so busy!   This picture shows just how much fun she is having (arms wide open, jumping and giggling/talking)!!!

 All smiles in her "Jump-Jump"

 She has been sleeping in her crib at night since May 10.  We stopped swaddling her on May 24 and the next day she had a really big change... no more pacifier.  We had to be the mean mommy and daddy at some point and take away the paci... we decided it would be nice if she wasn't attached to it (especially to the point that she needs it when sleeping).  She has done amazingly well without it. In fact, I am surprised how well she is doing.  We are all sleeping better at night when we don't have to go into her room in the middle of the night to put her "lost paci" back in her mouth!  Oh, and now she likes to surprise mommy and daddy by moving around in her crib, too.  She has often done a 90 degree turn, 180 or sometimes even a complete 360! This morning when I went to get Julia out of her crib she was sleeping on her tummy.  I guess she had rolled over! : )

 One of the newest milestones is rolling over from her back to her tummy.  She did it for the first time on June 1.  Since then she is a rolling machine.  She has rolled over from her tummy to back since Easter, but now that she can do both she is a mover.  She doesn't stay in one spot for very long when we put her on a blanket on the floor.  She is either rolling or scooting/inching her way to somewhere. 

Some other things about Julia at 5 months... she loves to sit up in the Bumbo seat, everything goes in her mouth, she likes to grab things, she is purposeful- knows what she wants, she wants to hold her bottle, she rocks herself in her bouncy seat (with her left leg kicking), she loves to touch faces and pull/hold mommy's hair. 

She is a wonderful and sweet little girl.  We are so thankful.