Gettin' Some Apples...

We spent a very beautiful Sunday afternoon out at Carlson Apple Orchard.  We even had some yummy apple pie. 

 

Julia in the wagon with the apples.

 

Grandma and Grandpa Rudebusch enjoying the afternoon. 

 

Mom, how does this thing work?

Grandpa's little Princess.

 

Going on a hayride with Miss Serious.

Breakfast!

Mommy let Daddy feed me breakfast this morning and this is what happened!  Aren't I a cute mess?!? : )

Look Out, We Have a Crawler!

When did our little girl get so big!??!?!  She has been scooting around on the floor now for some time, but over the weekend she really enhanced her skills!  Of course, the remote control is a wonderful motivator and Gus' toys are, too.  The two things I don't really want her to have!  We have some video of it, but the file is so big it won't upload on here.  I'll have to snap some pictures of her!

We are so proud of our little sweetheart!  It is a good thing we put the baby gate at the top of the stairs of the weekend.  She discovered the little things behind the doors that prevent the doors from slamming into the walls, boy, are they fun to play with!  Mommy has been busy baby-proofing the house!

Speaking of the weekend, we had some visitors on Sunday. Mark, Brenda and Emilee stayed with us on Sunday night. Of course I didn't pull out the camera until it was bedtime, but at least I got a couple pics of Emilee and Julia. It was so nice having them here! Love ya guys! (By the way, Gus really misses Mark... he spoiled him with lots of walks.)

 Julia with a goofy face before bedtime and Emilee as cute as ever!

"Mmmm, these fingers are kinda yummy, but Mom, when do I get my bottle?"

Julia's 1st Day at Day Care!

Yes, we all survived the day!  Oh, I knew we would, but it is just so hard to leave that sweet baby girl.  I have been SOOOO blessed to be home with her for the first 7+ months of her life.  Tracy, her day care provider will be very good with Julia. 



Mommy dropped Julia off at 7:15 this morning with a pack of diapers, wipes, a couple changes of clothes, 2 bottles and milk.  Tracy and Mommy talked for a few minutes while Mommy gave Julia some more snuggles.  Mommy passed Julia on to Tracy while saying bye-bye to her baby girl.  No tears were shed by Mommy or Julia.  Amazing, I know! 

Tracy reported that Julia only took one 1 hour nap in the morning and a 2 hour and 15 minute nap around noon.  She played (but mostly watched and wondered) about the 3 little boys that are in the day care with her.  She played on the exersaucer, played with rattles, blocks, Little People and listened to stories and music.

Mommy picked Julia up around 3:15 after she was done with work for the day.  She was so happy to see her little girl and Julia even gave Mommy a big smile when she saw her.

Tomorrow, Daddy will drop Julia off and Mommy will pick her up after work.  That is how it will normally work.   Then Julia will be home with Mommy for the rest of the week.  Next week she goes to day care 3 days. 

Julia Goes Swimming

Julia went swimming on Saturday in the pool that our friends (the Anderson's) weren't using anymore.  We didn't fill it up very high because we knew it would be a short swim anyway!  She mostly enjoyed chewing on the sides of the pool!

Our bathing beauty enjoying some pool time!

This is soooo fun! : )

I'm gonna chew on Froggy's hand!

Hey there Mr. Frog!  What's new with you!?

Gus, the life guard!

"Cheese!"

Farm Girl

In honor of Grandpa Lee as he works hard to harvest the fields, Julia is wearing her bibs. She is thinking of the hours both her Grandpas are putting in during this busy time of year! Good luck with the harvest! 

"Let me read Old McDonald to you"

GO USA!

We have been watching the Olympics a lot at our house.  Actually, I should say that they are on all day and sometimes we catch some of the action.   Regardless, Julia has been learning to cheer for the United States!

 I'm sporting my USA shirt and a cute pair of jeans!!

 Yes, I may have a little drool on my chin, but make sure to take notice of my big beautiful blue eyes!

 Gus would be a GOLD medal winner in "couch balancing while looking out the window" if it were an Olympic event.

 I'm waiting for my scores from the judges.

 This is my uniform for my events... notice my diaper even says "USA" on it! : )

 Wow!  I'm very happy with my routine!

 Here I am doing gymnastics!

 I move around A LOT... mom and dad are going to need to get the baby gate in front of the stairs soon.