We have hair!

Not much of it, but Juliana is realizing more and more that it's there. She picked up the baby brush today and started brushing her own hair. I couldn't help but try to snap a few pictures.

I'm like the paparazzi following around a celebrity that doesn't want her picture taken.

I did finally get her to face me for a few seconds.


Please pardon the cookie all over her face. :-D

Party!

Sunday, we went to Lana's birthday party. Jules was probably the youngest kid at the birthday party, except for Lana's sister Calli. She seemed to keep up pretty well.
Lana really enjoyed her princess ice cream cake. Jules did too.


















Jules really had fun in the backyard at Lana's house as well. The playhouse was great... especially when nobody else was around!









And even though she loved the cake... she could not leave the fruit alone. She knew right where it was and kept going back. How do you tell a 14 month old that she's had too much fruit and her tummy is going to hurt?!?

Thanks for inviting us!

New Fence

My parents have been talking about putting up a privacy fence since they put in their sunroom last year. Jeff and Meredith's boyfriend, Brian, offered to put it up (really I offered as well) a couple of months ago and today was the day. It just happened to be 5 days after their house got broken into.

7:30am: Jeff and I are already running late because we just hopped out of bed and were supposed to be there then. But we stopped at Starbucks anyway. Jules had spent the night with Grammy and Gramps Friday night... so we met her there. Brian and Meredith had already taken the chain link fence down when we got there.



Jeff went to Home Depot with my Mom to rent an auger. This is what they got. It wouldn't cut through roots and the roots were a bear... so they upgraded. Nice!



Jules played inside and outside all day.












She took two really great naps. All that playing is hard work!
Jeff and Brian really deserve props. They were out there for almost 12 hours, with barely a break for dad's great cook out lunch. They were motivated.
almost finished product (lacking gate and clean up):


And here is a picture of me, Juliana, and Aunt Meredy (Meredith) toward the end of the evening. Jules had just poured her daddy's tea all over herself, so she's a little damp.
I'm convinced that Jules is this generation's Meredith.

tagged

You know you want to do it to! (but I really don't... which is why I'm going to follow it up with a real post)

A - Attached or Single: Attached
B - Best Friend(s): Meredith, Jeff, Mom, Kelly
C - Cake or Pie: Cake...?
D - Day of Choice: Sunday
E - Essential Item: cell phone
F - Favorite Color(s): blue
G - Gummy Bears or Worms: Neither
H - Hometown: Keller
I - Indulgence(s): Starbucks, shopping
J - January or July: January
K - Kids: a 14 month old!
L - Life is incomplete without: Family
M - Marriage Date: February 28, 2004
N - Number of Siblings: 1 sister
O - Oranges or Apples: Oranges when they're sweet and juicy. Apples are good too.
P- Phobias or Fears: don't like rodents
Q - Quote:
R- Ring size: 7
S - Season: Fall... all sports!
T- Tag 3 Friends: Mer, Kris, Jessica J
U - Unknown fact about me: I played trombone in high school.
V - Very favorite stores: Target, Kohl's
W - Worst Habit: being grouchy too easily
X-ray or Ultrasound: Ultrasound if you're seeing your bebe!
Y - Your Favorite Food(s): Italian... unless I'm on a diet!
Z - Zodiac: Aquarius

Life

Man, sometimes life throws you curve balls. My parents' house was broken into today. They opened the outside storm window and threw a brick through the inside window. A neighbor apparently noticed and called the police, which cut his time short. The neighbor also gave a description of the person. Yikes! And I was considering going over there this morning to do laundry!

My parents aren't materialistic people... therefore, they don't have a lot of valuable belongings. The only thing that was taken for sure (except maybe identity stuff) was my sister's old laptop that she has a hard time getting to work and her work laptop's bag. It makes me thankful that I don't put a lot of value in material things. I was also grateful that Jeff immediately wanted to go help them out. Makes me appreciate him.

Playdate

We had planned to have Phoenix and Jett over Sunday evening for some fun at the park. Jett decided that he just HAD to continue swimming, so Phoenix was the lucky play buddy of the night. We rolled over to the park at the church behind our house in the wagon. The kiddoes had a little picnic while we were there.
Then we decided to roll on over to the grocery store to pick up a few things.

At the park, Jules was all about the climbing and sliding. She's getting quite adept at getting up stairs. One of us always follows behind her to make sure she doesn't crash.


By the time we were finished, these two were exhausted. Phoenix just had to touch the wheels as they were riding around, so he desperately needed a bath. Quick bath and then off to bed for those two!


I think they really enjoyed themselves.

Published Again

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/collin/opinion/stories/DN-west_young_15edi.ART.West.Edition1.46c2b09.html
This is a link to Jeff's DMN article that's in print today. It's the one I was talking about a month ago.