A Note from Mama about Juliet at School

About 1 I watched her crawl to the circle thingy and climb over the edge and in to it, then sit up..then she crawled around inside trying to get her leg over to get out, each time a baby in a crib set up or crawled close she would go to them, as discussing the best out of her situation, or wait a minute and I will help you out of that crib..it is so easy..just as soon as I figure a way over this silly wall!

YUCK

Juliet started vitamins with fluoride for her toofers last night. Boy does that stuff stink and apparently tastes really bad by the look on her face. Of course it is a once a day thing until she can chew the princess vitamins, so FUN. Of course she fights us the entire time!

Big Day of FIRSTS

Today was full of first for Miss Juliet. We had family pictures scheduled in the Woodlands at 1 today. We arrived at 11:30 and wondered what we were going to do for an hour and a half until picture time. That was easily solved as Mommy noticed Juliet watching the carousel intently. For only a $1 you can ride for a pretty long time. Juliet rode a giraffe and bounced and giggled the whole time. She loved every minute of it. Next it was time for pictures and the stinker wanted to cling to Mommy so we only got about 4 good ones. We came home and got on the Skype with Grandma and Granddaddy (Lynn and Denny) and talked to them a while. Juliet was scooting around the room playing with her baseball when I noticed her moving toward her learning table. She got up on her knees and was playing with it and all the sudden I noticed her starting to stand up. She stood up BY HERSELF for the first time tonight and was very intent to stand there and play with her toy until Mommy decided it was time to sit down. Hasn't figured out that one. We went to dinner with Mama and Papa and Juliet got to see fish in the tank for the first time. Lots of new things today.

Lots of Updates

Juliet went to the doctor today she is 18.6 lbs and 29 inches long. She is around the 75-80% in weight and off the chart in height. She had to have 3 shots and an oral vaccine and we are already creeping toward the 100 degree temperature. Mommy is working from home tomorrow because we expect a fever. Juliet started sitting up on her own today. She has been trying for a while now and while Mama and I were watching her on the video she did it and when we got home she did it for daddy. Jon just bought mine and Juliet's tickets to Hawaii (Maui) in January, he already had his because of something to do with miles. We will leave on January 25 and come back on February 8. We are going with Lynn and Denny so we will have help with Miss Priss. We are so excited for Auntie Jessie and Uncle Derek as they are buying a new house. We got to walk through their floor plan on Sunday. They are close enough that we can see them often. We are doing family pictures on Saturday. Still lost on what Juliet will wear. What I have is either wrong color or way too big. Sigh!!

Friends are Special

Juliet has a friend Emma in her class at school. They have been going to the daycare together since it opened. Emma was moved to the next class 3 weeks before Juliet and I could tell that Juliet missed having her friend to play with. Well now that they are back together, I can see a difference in both babies. This morning when I sat on the floor to tell Juliet bye and give her kisses, Emma crawled in my lap and tilted her head for a kiss too. Of course she got one!

Bye Bye Baby Bath Tub

Juliet has gotten to where she tries to pull herself out of the baby bath tub so I decided it was time to just put water in the tub and let her play. Let me tell you she enjoys herself. She splashes and smiles. We have also put 2 rubber ducks in the tub that she loves. I have to be careful though, she tries to crawl in the tub. I don't think she will like it much when she goes face first into the water!

Sweet 100

I am so proud of our little Juliet Claire. She visited the next class today and did so good. She is ahead a little because she can already move around so well. She is giving the Infant Sweet ladies a run for their money. They aren't used to a kid who is in to everything, and Juliet is that, into everything she can get her hands on.

No No

Juliet will sit in her highchair and shake her head no at me. When I stop giving her food she screams. Hasn't figured out what the head shake means but laughs uncontrollably when I shake my head no at her.

Chicken and Apples

Juliet had Chicken and Apple Dinner and Banana Yogurt for dinner tonight. It was out first experience with meats. Chicken and Apple tastes like apples in case you are wondering. She loved it. She does not like the little Gerber puffs though. I gave her one and she scrunched up her face and gave it back to me. Little stinker. I think once she figures out they are a treat she will like them.

She's a crawler

As of today she is crawling! She is getting where she wants to go in more of an army guy crawl instead of on her hands and knees, but it doesn't stop her. We were getting ready for work and school and put her on the floor to see what she would do. Not much. Then I put a coat hanger in front of her and she made a bee line for it. We were so excited and tried to get her to do it for the video camera. No such luck. She does what she always does and refuses to perform for the camera. More soon!

Astros Game

Today we went to the Astros game. It was an appreciation from the Safety and Wellness committee and we had some extra tickets so I asked if Jon could come and bring Juliet. Of course it was a great idea since we were in the Coke Corner and no balls were going to make it out there. She had so much fun. She got to meet Junction Jack, watch baseball, and meet some of Mommy's co-workers. I bought here a little I Love Astros shirt and she looked so cute in it, even though it was purple and her shorts were pink stripes. She even made it to the 7th inning stretch before she passed out.

Happy 4th of July

Boy has it been a whirl wind of a last couple of weeks. Juliet has not one but two teeth now (6/28 and 7/1)and working on the third one. We aren't lucky enough to have them all come in at once. She also gets so mad that she is not mobile enough to get what and where she wants. She is getting there. Give her a couple of weeks and we will have to look closely at child proofing. We spent the 4th with some friends and counting Juliet there were 7 kids in one house. Juliet made a new friend, her name is Lily and she is the Pennington's dog. Lily is wonderful, Juliet grabbed both ears and pulled and Lily just sat there while Juliet laughed. Congratulations to Jon on his promotion! We celebrated by having Sushi. Juliet is getting so good at eating out that we were able to have a nice family celebration. We continue to ask you to pray for the Pickett family as they start back to work and life.