June 21, 2009

Just dropping off some pictures (mostly taken with my new camera). Don't have time for a real update right now, but will try to later this week. Tomorrow J and I are going to Atlanta to visit one of my besties and her family. Can't wait. Katy and I have been really good friends since we were both brand new to Charlotte in 10th grade. Could that really have been like 17 years ago? We are SO OLD!!!

Also, Happy Father's Day to Dada, Poppy, Granddaddy and Great Grandpa! You guys are the finest fathers I know! Julianna and I are so lucky to have you in our lives!


Julianna has taken to wearing my shirts. I forgot to bring anything to change her into to the pool one day and ended up putting one of my t-shirts on her (with a rubberband at the neck in the back) for the way home. Well now she insist that she wears one of my shirts home from the pool EVERYTIME!


Doesn't she look like a little imp?!




Just cute.


This little contraption is called a "Puddle Jumper". It is the greatest. I was at Wal-Mart the other day buying her a new pair of swimmies, which she does very well with, and a lady talked me into getting this instead - of course the puddle jumper was about 15x more expensive but really is atleast 15 times better. It is actually a Coast Guard certified lifejacket and she can really get around in it! It really keeps her head out of the water. Love it!


My little fish!




In my sweatshirt.


Worn out after lots of swimming.


She's got the kind of eyes that really change colors with what she's wearing - blue, green, or gray. Isn't she a beauty?

June 13, 2009

Sorry for being MIA for so long. My camera broke :( Seriously, I have the WORST luck with cameras! I left the last one sitting on top of the photo kiosk in Target (it was stolen), and then left this last one on the kitchen counter to be kicked off by Jules. Now that I think about it, it seems less like bad luck and more like irresponsibility on my part both times... Anyway, I am still working on getting a new one.

We are really enjoying the summer! We are going to the pool as often as possible (It seems like it has done nothing but rain here for the past 2 months), and we have been getting together with Julianna's little friend at least once or twice a week. Oh that reminds me... A cute little conversation Julianna and I had on the way home from her friend's house:

Julianna: I'm tired.
Me: I'm tired too!
Julianna: I'm tired too, too!

She then laughed a bit realizing that she said too too and launched into something about Tutu being the name of the dog on the cartoon "Little Bear". It was just precious.

We had a big day today. We went out on a long boat ride this morning, including a stop at a lakeside deli for breakfast. Then after her nap we went over to the pool for a while. I hope she sleeps well tonight... I'm tired too, too!

Pics from today (using Ryan's camera until I can get one):


Just before going out to the boat. It was before 9 am and I thought it might be a bit cool (it wasn't) so I put this little shirt on her. My brother has one like it and Julianna said right away "Like Joey's!!" By the way, she has band aids all over, but no actual "boo boos". They have "Hello Kitty" on them and she LOVES them.


Can you believe this ponytail? I mean seriously, the kid is just barely (not even, really) 2.5! I have never even had one single curl my whole life! I'm jealous!












Silly Girl!


Sweet Pea!


I really only posted this one because while I was uploading these pics, Julianna saw this picture on the monitor and said "I felt sad". Ohhhhh, I could have cried! But really, she wasn't sad - just pouting!

May 31, 2009

We had a very busy and really nice week! Auntie (my sister, Stephanie) was in town last week. Julianna hadn't seen her since Christmas but remembered her instantly and ran up to her, gave her a big hug and put her head on her shoulder. It was so sweet, I almost cried. Anyway, Stephanie's visit was WAY TOO short and I am trying to convince her to come back for another visit before she starts teaching again in the fall ;)


Snuggling with Auntie on the porch.

Julianna and I spent Saturday with our good friends Louise and Bill. We went out on their boat, came home for lunch, and then J, Louise, and I hit their neighborhood pool. J just LOVES Bill. If he leaves her sight she starts asking "Where Bill go?". If you tell her that he left for a while, she puts her head down and pouts! On the way over, I told Julianna that we were going to Louise's house. She promptly told me "It Bill's house too."


Julianna and Bill playing on the computer a couple of weeks ago. He endlessly, patiently looks at pictures of animal after animal with her. He's going to be the greatest dad!

Quick story - While in the baby pool a little boy was relentlessly splashing us with a little kick board thingy. Julianna thought it was hysterically funny and laughed and laughed. She complimented him on his skills by telling him, "Good splashing, boy". Not sure if that came off as cute in the telling, but trust me, it was super cute!

This morning I took Julianna over to our neighborhood pool (That's where pics are from. I forgot my camera on Saturday, which was a real bummer because J was super cute in her baseball cap and lifejacket). Then this afternoon after her nap I took her over to Ryan's for the night. I am missing her to pieces!

Another quick story from Ryan - Julianna loves to play in the yard with the dogs at Ryan's. Last week she was continually asking Ryan to go play in the "ard". Ryan kept telling her repeatedly that it was a "y-y-yard not ard". This evening she asked Ryan if they could play "in the y-y-yard"! Hee. So now my kid thinks that's how you're supposed to pronounce it! She also evidently sat down and hugged our lab mix, Cally and said "Cally and Jewynanna are best friends". Awwwww!

Ok, enough rambling. Here are the pics from today.










Is it really fair for a 2 year old to have lashes like this?!? She will be thanking her dad big-time for them in a few years.

May 25, 2009

Oh my, do I ever love this girl! She is just getting cuter, and sweeter, and funnier, and chattier, and snugglier (I know, not a word), and smarter, and louder, and sassier, and becoming more and more of her own little person, every day. I am the most blessed mother alive.


At music class.


With her very best friend.

May 19, 2009

After all of my endless blathering about J last post, I will keep it short and sweet and just post of few pics.


What a cheeser!

Pictures, Finally!

Ok, get ready to start rolling your eyes - I want to brag on my girl a bit. She is so super smart (and absolutely the sweetest child on earth)! She not only knows her letters and their sounds, but she also can read about 15 or so words. She knows them by sight, but if you tell her to sound one of those words out, she knows what you want her to do - and does. She also has an impeccable sense of direction - which she definitely didn't get from me, or from her dad, for that matter. She can tell me where to turn to go all sorts of places. If I ask her where the grocery store is, she will say "this way" and point. She is ALWAYS right - even coming from different directions. Today, we were stopped at a gas station and she said "Mcdonalds is this way, and dragon (a little mechanical thing she likes to ride at the grocery store - see picture below) is this way" and pointed in opposite directions. She could see neither place from where we were, and by golly, she was right! Yes, it's a bit embarrassing that my 2 year old knows where/what Mcdonalds is - but she loves fries! She doesn't eat much (seriously, if it weren't for milk and multi-vitamins, this kid wouldn't have survived her first 2 years), so if she asks for fries, I find it hard to refuse. Oh, and there was a giant inflatable snowman down a side street in front of a tree stand at Christmas. She will still point down that road and say "snowman", even now. Its kind of nuts! Anyway, I have a hard time finding my way out of a paper bag, so I am amazed by this sort of thing!

You can all stop doing that pretend gagging thing now! I just want to remember these things, and since I don't do any sort of scrapbooking or baby-booking (just NOT crafty), I guess this blog sort of serves that purpose for me.

Here are the tons of pics that I have taken since the last time I posted. Julianna is finally feeling better and if I never wipe another snotty nose, it will be FAR, FAR TOO SOON! Yuck, I just hate snot! It actually makes me gag sometimes. I'm not sure what makes it so much more objectionable than other bodily fluids, but it just is! Anyway...





Jules is pretty cautious by nature, but she LOVES to climb! She is getting braver and braver, while I am getting more and more nervous and neurotic! Funny how that works, huh?


Sweet, sweet sleeping angel-baby.




More climbing.




Playing in sofa cushion tent at Weezie's. Who didn't LOVE a sofa cushion tent?!!




What a mess of a child!

Mother's Day Pics







The above-mentioned Harry the Dragon.


Getting a just-because present! To be honest this little teddy was like $2.50 on the 75% off table at Barnes and Noble - but if you put anything in a gift bag she thinks it's a great and wonderful present!




I think she likes him.


Julianna and her little friend on Thursday. They just waded around on the steps of the pool. When asked if the water was too cold (YES it was!), they kept saying "Not bad...". Hee.






She just loves to play in boxes. She took her pillow and a sheet and crawled right into this one. SO cute!






Pouty Poutwell.