Grandmother Hearts Beware

Juliet is now a professional stair climber, as long as Mommy or Daddy is right behind her on the stairs. My heart stopped the first time I looked over and she was up 4 out of 5 stairs and there was no one around her. She had the biggest grin on her face and was climbing really good. I also noticed that a spanking did nothing to keep her off the stairs so we decided the best way is the safe way. We are teaching her to be safe on the stairs. We have really good gates on our stairs we just have to be very diligent about keeping them locked. She loves climbing, I should have known since the toy at school allows her to climb.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving to all! We spent the holiday in Frisco, TX with Juliet's grandparents and aunt and uncle. We drove up on Wednesday and it was a 4 1/2 hour drive. When we got here the kids were so excited to see Jon. They have a dog and 2 cats. Juliet did not want to have anything to do with the dog or Christy cat, but Walter, the black, doesn't like people cat, Juliet and Walter seem to want to study each other. Walter will come around the corner and stare at her and Juliet will giggle out loud when she sees him. Thursday we had lunch with family and some friends. We spent the day getting food ready and playing with the kids on the Wii. We ended up at Michael's for their shopping. Friday we went shopping and bought Lewisville out for the kid's Christmas. Madison and Sullivan are going to be so surprised at Christmas. We visited Grandma and Granddaddy and Aunt Hazel. It is always fun to visit with family. We went shopping at Garden Ridge and I put Santa hats and Reindeer antlers on Juliet. She really hates it when I do that.

Checkup

I took Juliet in to see Dr. Ori today because she has a cough and everyone that keeps her tells me that she constantly pulls on her ears, which is teething and habit, hope she breaks that one soon. Mommy on the other hand has a sore throat and cough, 10 days of meds for me. She is healthy and ready to start on whole milk, well half formula and half milk. Should be interesting, have heard different stories from different people on this. She loves food too, anything I give her she will eat. I have to watch her or her hands are in my plate grabbing food if I am too slow. She is 21 lbs 11 ozs and 30 inches long. He is very happy with her growth!

11 Months

Can you believe it? Juliet Claire is 11 months old today. Seems like it was last week we were bringing her home. We put up the Christmas tree last night and she really did not want to have anything to do with it. She really loved the Frosty that I have that sings and daces and twirls snowflakes. Yup, you guessed it, she dances along with him. She did like one thing about the tree thou, the box it came in. She played in it by herself for 15 minutes straight. At least I knew where she was and that she was safe. She was into everything last night and did not go to bed until 10. For the first time this last weekend we put Juliet in the nursery at church. You know how big of a step this is for me. I cherish all the time that I get to spend with her on the weekends so leaving her again is tough on me. After missing the entire sermon last Sunday, and I get alot from Nathan's sermons, (www.nehbc.com), we decided it was best that we take her to the nursery. I felt like they wanted her there and knew they would call if there was a problem. They held her and loved on her when she cried, that helped me alot. We have Thanksgiving this week in Frisco, then it's Aunt Jessie's birthday, good luck Uncle Derek on your last test on the 30th, then Juliet's birthday pictures, then her party!!! Lots going on!!

*Muah*

When I walked into her classroom at school today, Juliet blew me a kiss. We have been working on this, well I will do it, she will stare at me, so this was exciting for me. I like it that her teachers get excited when I get excited about something she does. They had a parade that Jon and I missed. I got pictures of her in her hat though, look for those later this weekend. Love to all.

Juliet's bump on the head

As I walked into the daycare yesterday, Tuesday, the lady at the door says, "I was just about to call you". Uh-o I think what now. Apparently while standing at the toy box that has all the books in it, with the mirror behind it, surprise surprise, she slipped and hit her head on the toy chest. She has a small red mark above her eye and that is all. I had to check the chest to make sure it was fine though. That kid has a very hard head.

Dress Up

I think Juliet likes playing dress up as much as I like dressing her up. She doesn't complain when we put clothes on and if she is in a good mood I can even get pictures. Proof is in the pictures, here they are.

Big Weekend

Juliet had a big weekend. Anything that remotely sounds like music she will dance to. Her teachers told me on Friday they counted to 10 and she danced to that. Silly goose. We spent the night with Mama on Friday night so she and Juliet got to play. Then on Saturday Juliet got to stay with Meme and Poppa while Mommy and Daddy went to the Renaissance Festival. It was so nice knowing that she didn't have to be out in the heat and bugs and "grossness" that is the ren fest. I have to say that she really enjoyed her visits. She also got to play with Auntie Angie and Drew. Juliet and Drew are so close in age that they are doing all the same things. I am glad though, that Drew holds his own. When Juliet would steal his toy, he would take it back. They are really cute together. Poppa told me that Meme would tell her to get out of the cabinets and JC just looked at her, he would tell her to get out and JC would start shutting doors. It is the way he says it. Never raises his voice, you just know he means it. Juliet has a runny nose and a cough now, fun, weather changing. We are watching that and the way she is pulling on her ears all the time again. Could be teething, could be something else, gonna watch it and start her back on the Zyrtec. Today we went to church at Aunt Jessie and Uncle Derek's church. We really like to hear Nathan preach. Juliet was fussy so she and I went outside during the sermon, not that I missed anything, big monitors that I could watch and hear. We got to see Nicole and all the kiddos too. That is always nice, they are such sweet kids. Not much going on this week, birthday invites should go out on Monday!

Curiosity got her fingers

Juliet smashed her fingers in the door in the bathroom this morning. I have been waiting on this to happen it just took longer than I thought it would. Also this morning Juliet learned how to open drawers, Thank You Dada. She watched him get a Q-Tip from the drawer and it didn't take long before she was sliding it open and closed. She doesn't like anything to be in it's place, no puzzle pieces in the board, no animals on the stack, no toys in the basket, nothing. She is getting too smart for us.

Smarty Britches

Juliet woke up before 6 this morning ready to play so we brought her into our room and I shut the door because our room is right next to the stairs and I didn't want her to crawl out the door. When the latch clicked, she looked at me and said Bye-Bye and started waving at me. She is such the smart girl. BTW Dada got to experience her walking to Elmo this morning so I didn't make it up.

Smarty Britches

Juliet woke up before 6 this morning ready to play so we brought her into our room and I shut the door because our room is right next to the stairs and I didn't want her to crawl out the door. When the latch clicked, she looked at me and said Bye-Bye and started waving at me. She is such the smart girl. BTW Dada got to experience her walking to Elmo this morning so I didn't make it up.

ELMO

A first since the ears, Juliet slept from 8:30 - 6:30 last night only waking up at 4:30 to be rocked. She didn't eat last night!! Last night as I was putting an entire basket of clothes away in Juliet's room, she found her closet, and what did she find in her closet??? ELMO! Daddy's favorite. This is one of those toys that is supposed to move and flip, has never worked, but he does stand on his own. She hugs him and tires to eat his eyes, and she will take steps to him. So I held him away from her and she took 3 steps toward him before she grabbed him and collapsed under his weight. He is pretty heavy. This is the first time since Sunday she has shown any desire to walk again. We are not pushing her, just letting her go on her own. Juliet has also started giving huge hugs. Last night she crawled into my lap and put her arms around my neck and laid her head on my shoulder and stayed very still for a good while. It was so nice. She has gotten where she doesn't need us to play with her, just be in the same room. It's nice to know she wants me still.

Thinking about a year ago

Do you remember what we were all doing a year ago? We were planning for 2 babies, I had been on bed rest for about a week, and we were getting ready for a wedding. This time of the year was so on fast forward last year that when I look at the calendar this year, I wonder what we are supposed to be doing. A summary for you, if you have forgotten 10/4 - Jessie and Derek Party 10/11 - Angie baby shower and Jessie Pre-Bridals 10/18 - Jessie bridal shower 10/25 - My baby shower 11/1 - My luncheon 11/8 - My prego pictures 11/15 - Jessie and Derek Wedding we had a week off then Thanksgiving... That was every weekend!! Hope everyone has a nice relaxed holiday season this year!

5 STEPS

Juliet just took 5 steps in a row to me!! Jon got it on camera!!

First Step

I am calling it, Juliet took her first step!! Jon calls it half a step, but she moved one foot forward while standing on her own, that is a step!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween 2009 is over and we survived. We started the day shopping in the Woodlands with Mama. We ended up getting Juliet's Christmas dress, she is precious, and her a coat. (Mommy got a pretty coat too) We did not go Trick-or-Treating this year, not something I felt comfortable with. Instead we attended the Fall Festival at Northeast Houston Baptist church. They went through alot of trouble to make a safe and fun place for kids to be. Juliet was so cranky it was not even funny. She did pick a duck from the pond, played pachinko, made sand art, spun the wheel of prizes, did the cake walk and jumped in the blow up castle. She fell asleep on the way home and I almost had her in bed when some kid rang the doorbell, (don't get me started on the safety of Halloween and not going to dark houses), and woke her up. Oh-Well Juliet is now sleeping in her high chair (5pm) because she would not take a nap today. A little funny, Juliet was wandering around where she was not supposed to be this morning and she fell and hit her head, on a pillow, you would have thought she hit the ceramic tile. We are sooo melodramatic when we are tired. Check out flickr for pics.