Alec's Birthday Party

While celebrating Alec's birthday party Julia went for a walk with her Daddy and her Mommy. Here she is racing through the displays, after she had already ate cake. With the cake she drank juice, which she doesn't usually get. I think this explained her surge of energy half way through the party. Mama and Daddy could barely keep up.













Mama and Julia are giving the weather forecast for the Houston area. "We predict plenty of sunshine, and high humidity" like that's a shocker!

HOORAY, a person volunteered to take our picture of the whole family. We didn't even have to ask.











Mmmmmmmm! Cake!

Day at the Museum

No, this is not the sequel to Ben Stiller's awesome movie, Night at the Museum. But it is where Julia's friend, Alec, celebrated is fourth birthday party. The party was at the Museum of Natural Science.



At the museum, Julia saw lots of cool things. For instance, here she is petting her new friend, Spike. Although Spike is a bearded dragon, he a Julia seemed to hit it off pretty well, especially when she scratched those hard to reach places, like his tale.

The other reptile that was brought out for the kids to touch was a cornsnake named Slither.
I wish we had a picture to share, but Slither was very energetic and felt like crawling around on the table with us. This REALLY, made Daddy a tad bit nervous and forgot to take the picture :)


Here is Daddy after Slither went back to his cage.

The party was so much fun and Julia loved running around through the museum. She looked at the dinasours and the stuffed animals that were on display. One thing that she really liked was the brown bear that was there. I think it reminded her of "Brown Bear, Brown Bear."

"I Don't Need No Rocking Chair" (Singing Voice)

Or, maybe I do. Our outdoor baby seems to have finally discovered that those big green things, known to us adults as rocking chairs, can actually do something. We climb on them, rock them, push them, try to stand in them (but Mom is a party pooper and will not let me) and sit on them. They are too much fun.

However, the down side to this is that Julia's teacher at daycare wanted to know if she had been climbing in chairs at home, because she had been trying to climb in the daycare rocking chair. Ooops! Bad Mommy! I guess I need to plan ahead a little better.
What do you think about the pig tails today? Pretty cute huh? She is of course too preoccupied with watching the puppies play chase. Go Howdy! Go Dolly!

What is Yellow and Has Eight Legs?

If you answered Julia, then you would be suprisingly correct. Have you ever seen such a happy octopus? Well, now you have. Julia has been extra silly these past few days and has felt like playing with the face book that Cooper bought her. Which reminds me, Julia wanted to send a shout out to Cooper,"Thanks Coop!"





Lately, one her new favorite things to do around the house is play on the couch! Back and forth, back and forth. . . But the one thing that makes playing on the couch even more fun is playing on the couch with Dolly. "DOLLY!"








"Julia, you are not being a very good pillow." Julia really loves Dolly and is always wasting her precious kisses on Dolly. Mom and Dad are sooooo jealous. :(







Mama, did you say "CHEESE?"

Birthday Bash!

This was a fast and crazy weekend. Saturday after Julia's gymnastics, we went for a quick trip to San Antonio for a suprise birthday for Lawson's Uncle Brett. We have all been sick this past week, so when we got in Sunday, pretty late, we went to bed as fast as we could. Julia had fun at the party and played in a sand box for the first time. But her favorite so far is still the slide.

When we first got to Great Grandma Nelly's house, I took Julia over to the trampoline and we bounced and bounced. She giggled and thought that it was pretty neat. So neat that she had to yell for her "Da-Da" to come and watch her. Then she wanted to jump with Daddy too.

That evening we went to the suprise party, where Julia not only played in the sandbox and slide, but she also played fetch with a puppy, who she named "Dau-y." In fact, she named all the dogs at the party "Dau-y." She was a cutie and acted like a little angel the whole trip, even during the 12 hours (total) spent in her carseat. Who could ask for more?

All Done!

Hey, look at me, I am all done. No, I am not asking Mom, "What in the world are you doing?" I am finished with my ravioli and I am ready to let Dolly clean me up. This is Dolly's favorite time of the day.

Who would wouldn't "Be Mine" with a face like this? Amazingly, I didn't seem to get my bib very dirty. This took a great deal of effort.

My New Chairs, Plop!

Yesterday Julia got her new chairs. At first she didn't know what to think, but she figured them out pretty quick. Climbing into her new chair and then moving to her bean bag was a fun sight to watch. Back and forth, back and forth, and back and forth...She definitely wore out the carpet between the two chairs. Then she of course had to try out all the different ways to sit in her new chair: backwards, forwards, sideways, upside down, standing...and my favorite, the "plop" onto the beanbag. Too much fun!

Fun at Gymnastics

Saturday was Julia's first day at Little Gym's, the place where she has gymnastics. She is officially a "Bird." This is the name of the age group that she falls under, and she absolutely seems to enjoy it. We all had a great time watching Julia do forward rolls and her attempt at a cartwheel. The best was probably the warm-ups, the "jogging" around the big mat. Her little feet could only take her so fast and she could not smile big enough. This place was a hit!

On the following morning, Lawson and I are down stairs playing with Julia, when she seems to be doing something weird. She would put her face down to the ground and scoot forward with her butt in the air. While pushing herself across the floor was pretty funny to watch, we suddenly realised that she was trying to do a forward roll. So, here are some pretty fun pictures of her practicing what she had learned in the gym. What a dedicated gymnast! :)

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do I See?

If you could be a fly on the wall in our house, these are the words that you would here over and over again. Every night after our bath, Lawson and I read Julia a bedtime story and then place the book on the nightstand. Well, this week we read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do I See? twice. Last Saturday, Lawson's mom and dad came to visit and while they were here, Terre, asked about the books on Julia's nightstand. I told her what we had been reading, and when I said Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do I See?, Julia crawled as fast as her little legs could take her to the night stand, knocked off all the books that were on it, and found Brown Bear, Brown Bear... and said, "Brow Beah." WOW! We were in awe. Of course, I immediately ran over to her and read it about a million times to her, and she listened to every word, turned the pages, and wanted it read about a million more times. I was so proud, of my little Ju Ju Bean, and now it seems to be all we hear. All moms out there would definitely understand why I immediately had to run to the bookstore and buy Polar Bear, Polar Bear..., and Panda Bear, Panda Bear..., it just makes sense. LOL. Julia really seems to be into reading now and insists on bringing it with us everywhere we go (in the car, during breakfast, before nap time, at bedtime, during playtime, to Fry's and at 3:00 am). She is a very persistent little girl. She absolutely loves Brown Bear and when we get to the last page, she becomes a very sad little girl. She even has found a reading rhythm to the book. I cannot tell you how funny it is to watch her pick up this book and start bobbing her little head. Too funny! And now that we have this book memorized we say it to her in the car, even when we do not have the book. Needless to say, that even though it has become a family favorite, Lawson and I find ourselves wishing that there was a little bit of plot twist to this classic tale.

Blue Bonnets or Bust

We took Julia to see the blue bonnets for the first time this past week. Ju Ju Bean loved the flowers and despite the crazy wind, we got some great pictures. Her Daddy picked her a flower and she thought it was pretty cool, reminding us all how important it is to stop and smell the "blue bonnets." :)















Smiling at Mommy and Daddy, who unseen, are dancing around like a bunch of monkeys.












"My Daddy said that all of these are just for me. "






One, Two, Three, Swwiiinnnnggg!