This was our best vacation yet because Juliet loved every minute of it (minus the drive of course). We started our mornings out collecting rocks on a walk around the resort, then headed to the docks to throw them in the water. We ran around in the grass chasing Lucy, balls, and bubbles. We swam in the pool and lake, built sand castles and gathered wild flowers and sticks for Grandma. Juliet raced Lucy and Grandpa, roasted s'mores, and sucked on watermelon and raspberries. We stayed up late to watch the sunset on Jan and Larry's porch and read while stretched out on chairs in the sun. And as Juliet and our baby boy grow, it will only get better as we add skiing, bike rides, boat exercursions, trips to the candy store, and adventures to the waterpark. It is a scene we will all get used to, but never tire of.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Sandpoint 2012
This was our best vacation yet because Juliet loved every minute of it (minus the drive of course). We started our mornings out collecting rocks on a walk around the resort, then headed to the docks to throw them in the water. We ran around in the grass chasing Lucy, balls, and bubbles. We swam in the pool and lake, built sand castles and gathered wild flowers and sticks for Grandma. Juliet raced Lucy and Grandpa, roasted s'mores, and sucked on watermelon and raspberries. We stayed up late to watch the sunset on Jan and Larry's porch and read while stretched out on chairs in the sun. And as Juliet and our baby boy grow, it will only get better as we add skiing, bike rides, boat exercursions, trips to the candy store, and adventures to the waterpark. It is a scene we will all get used to, but never tire of.
This was our best vacation yet because Juliet loved every minute of it (minus the drive of course). We started our mornings out collecting rocks on a walk around the resort, then headed to the docks to throw them in the water. We ran around in the grass chasing Lucy, balls, and bubbles. We swam in the pool and lake, built sand castles and gathered wild flowers and sticks for Grandma. Juliet raced Lucy and Grandpa, roasted s'mores, and sucked on watermelon and raspberries. We stayed up late to watch the sunset on Jan and Larry's porch and read while stretched out on chairs in the sun. And as Juliet and our baby boy grow, it will only get better as we add skiing, bike rides, boat exercursions, trips to the candy store, and adventures to the waterpark. It is a scene we will all get used to, but never tire of.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Before we left for our vacation in Sandpoint we attended West Seattle's Hi-Yu Parade and had our annual BBQ at Donny and Megan's house. Even as an adult, it is one of those events that you look forward to all summer. Of couse getting to watch the parade through the eyes of your child makes it even all that better.
For as long as I can remember, the parade begins with the police motorcycles putting on quite a show, weaving in and out and high speeds. It is my favorite part of the parade and apparently Juliet's as well. She waved to them and kept saying, "More, more, more!"
And just because it is fun to compare what our sweet girl looked like, here she is at her first Hi-Yu parade last year. What a difference a year makes!
Friday, July 20, 2012
One of Juliet's favorite weekly trips is grocery shopping with her daddy. (On a side note, every time we drive by Trader Joe's, J excitedly points to the store and yells out, "Dada!") They go every Saturday, but every now and then I have to swing in to pick up a couple of items. At Trader Joe's she loves tasting samples, hunting for the octopus, and getting a little sucker for finding the stuffed octopus. But Brian doesn't have her actually eat the sucker-she just holds onto it. That is until today. I don't think she knew it was something you could eat and was sweet tasting. I unwrapped it for her and told her to lick it, which she happily did. So here it is: J's first sucker experience!
Thursday, July 19, 2012
I have been meaning to upload J's 22 month photo for weeks now, and here it finally is. When I started her monthly photos I only planned to take them once a month for a year, but when her 13 month rolled around I figured why stop. I have loved documenting her changes and hold this little blog/baby book dear to my heart. And to be honest it makes me a bit sad to think that I may stop her monthly photos in just two more months. Once her second birthday rolls around, our little family will have expanded from three to four, so who know what the future holds, but for now I savor these little moments documenting our sweet girl's growth each month.
Next to Juliet is a pile of books which is so appropriate for what she is currently obsessed with: carrying something or piles of things from room to room. She also is much more head strong now, so convincing her she does not need another pile of books in the car can be quite a battle. We used to be fairly organized by keeping the playroom toys downstairs, her room toys upstairs, etc, but now tears burst out of her eyes if I tell her the teacup needs to stay in the playroom. I learn to pick and choose my battles, and she is still easily distracted and calmed, but I still find myself crazily running around the house returning things to their rightful place or trying to convince her that we don't need to take five books with us to change her diaper. One of the joys of this age though is that I can hop upstairs for a moment and not worry about her. Although I only have a brief minute before I hear her sweet voice calling out for me.
Juliet adores her Daddy, our neighborhood kids, bubbles, chalk, the beach, Elmo, books, the library, gym class, diggers, garbage trucks, garbage cans, mailing letters, checking the mail, and writing her own letter J (although when she writes it she proudly says to us, "Me!")
Next to Juliet is a pile of books which is so appropriate for what she is currently obsessed with: carrying something or piles of things from room to room. She also is much more head strong now, so convincing her she does not need another pile of books in the car can be quite a battle. We used to be fairly organized by keeping the playroom toys downstairs, her room toys upstairs, etc, but now tears burst out of her eyes if I tell her the teacup needs to stay in the playroom. I learn to pick and choose my battles, and she is still easily distracted and calmed, but I still find myself crazily running around the house returning things to their rightful place or trying to convince her that we don't need to take five books with us to change her diaper. One of the joys of this age though is that I can hop upstairs for a moment and not worry about her. Although I only have a brief minute before I hear her sweet voice calling out for me.
Juliet adores her Daddy, our neighborhood kids, bubbles, chalk, the beach, Elmo, books, the library, gym class, diggers, garbage trucks, garbage cans, mailing letters, checking the mail, and writing her own letter J (although when she writes it she proudly says to us, "Me!")
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While getting ready today I turned around to see what J was up to and found her reading on Teddy's lap. She usually will prop him on the end of her bed and position herself so that she can read on top of him, but today she moved him, her baby, and a bunch of books into our room. This scene always makes my heart melt and luckily today I finally got a little snapshot of it.
Sunday, July 15, 2012
We took Juliet to the street fair this weekend and found that she is still not a fan of bouncy houses. She would direct us to a ride, start to enter, and then point to the dirt on the floor and say, "Dir, dir, dir" and refuse to enter. Brian bought her an unlimited bracelet in hopes that she would love to go on the rides with her cousins, but that didn't happen. Luckily we found one that we rode over and over again to make it worth it.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Juliet and part of baby boy's bedding arrived this week! I am starting to finally get a few things ready, one of which is deciding how to redecorate Juliet's soon-to-be-shared room. I have seriously not done a thing for this baby besides make a couple of to-do lists and pick out bedding.
It is a bit sad to say goodbye to Juliet's bedding and drapes, all sewn by Brian's mom, because the print is dear to my heart as it is her nursery fabric, but I am hoping to somehow use it again in the future.
Here is a little peak at the new look!
It is a bit sad to say goodbye to Juliet's bedding and drapes, all sewn by Brian's mom, because the print is dear to my heart as it is her nursery fabric, but I am hoping to somehow use it again in the future.
Here is a little peak at the new look!
And here was J's bed before she even arrived.
This week Vickie and I swapped our 0-3 months baby clothes while our babies went for a swim.
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While watching them swim we reminisced about how last summer we thought that our babies were so big and grown up, which just seems so silly when looking at them now. And I am sure that with each passing year I will look back and think the same thing, especially when I look at old photos. The one below is from almost exactly one year ago today. I love watching these two grow up and can't believe that we are both about to do it again in six weeks!
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