Explains some of it

Tooth #10 made it's appearance.  That explains some of the crankiness.  This is 2 in 5 days and I think I would be cranky too.  Might I suggest not putting your fingers anywhere near her mouth!!

Growing up

Tooth number 9 made it's appearance on the 27th and there are 2 more trying to come in!
Juliet has very much become the independent little girl.  She gets up and puts diapers in the trash can after we change her.  She knows how to climb on the commode and sit and watch you get dressed in the morning.  Makes us be diligent about having the lid down.  She loves the scale, I think because when she turns it on it beeps, and when it is finished weighing her it beeps again.  It is a constant thrill that brings many delighted laughs.  She now puts herself to sleep every night in her own bed by herself with little to no fuss. 
Mama bought a bubble machine for their house and Juliet loved it so much that I had to get one for here.   I am going to try tomorrow to get pictures of her in her flag dress at the park.  Hopefully the rain will be gone by then and we will be successful and will be able to get some of her with the bubbles too. 
We started her new class last week and I think that after next week we should be ok.  If she will eat all will be good. 
We continue to pray for Drew and it looks like as we all know, God is good and is blessing his family with good reports. 

Love to all

Drew

We are praying for Drew and his parents as he is in the hospital with an infection in his knee that required surgery.  His parents were told today they would be there at least two weeks before they got to come home and he would have to have a central line put in to administer antibiotics.  We are getting updates from his mommy via Facebook and her blog http://vargasvindicator.blogspot.com/.  We love you Drew!!  Here is a pic of a smiling little boy, this shows you what a tough little cookie he is!!

Love to you all,
Laura, Jon and Juliet

17 months

Today Juliet turned 17 months old, wow time is flying fast!  We got up, played in the scale, which said she is 25 lbs, played with our toys, watched Handy Manny and Mickey Mouse and ran around in our new squeaker shoes!  She doesn't like them at first, but then gets this look on her face and takes off.  Then we were so cranky that we went down for almost a 3 hour nap.  After she got up we went to look at bedroom furniture for the master bedroom.  We found some and are really happy and we got to see what Juliet would look like in her big girl bed.  To me she looks so tiny in that bed.

We had dinner tonight with our friends, the Pennington's, and on the way we would say hands up Juliet and she would raise her hands over her head and laugh, she also gives high fives and tens a lot now!  It is precious, check out Flickr.
Yesterday we spent in Liberty with Mama, Aunt Jessie and Stanford.  We were celebrating Mother's Day a little late.  You get Juliet and Stanford together and those two are loud, they would stand in the kitchen and bark at each other.  They are also both very jealous when the other one has Mama's attention.  They both wanted to be in her lap or around her at all times.  We had such a good time just being together, we never get to just hang out and just relax.  I really think Juliet was saying Bubbie, which is what Aunt Jessie calls Stanford and I know she said NO, because she was looking right at me when she did.  More later!

Love Laura

Official Notice

Today Juliet and Mommy were given the official notice that Juliet will move to the next class starting on Monday.  It is a staged transition with a few hours on Monday then more as the week goes on and then a full day on Friday.  Please pray for us that the transition goes smoothly.  We love Mrs. Rosa and Mrs. Kinicki and they love Juliet.  It's always hard to change your routine.

Choo

Juliet thinks it's very funny when daddy plays sneezing.  She will giggle loudly at him.  She will say "too" for choo when he does it. 

Growing up

For mother's day jon made blueberry muffins for muffins with mommy and Juliet ate some with me.  I was really surprised because they have the same consistency as cake and she will not eat cake.
We had some strawberries and blueberries and she decided that she wanted to try them.  She really liked the blueberries, she ate the strawberries, but didn't like them as much.  Then she decided mommy needed to eat them so she force fed them to me until she got bored and started smashing them in her hands.  When I got up to put them away, she tried to get off the chair and ended up doing a header off the chair, made it look more like a flip.  We all laughed at that one, even though I think my heart skipped a beat. 
The other night I made a stubby pony tail out of Juliet's hair, it was so precious.

For our 5th anniversary, Jon and I ate lunch together and he got my windows tinted.  He also bought me tulips, which are my favorite flowers.
 

Saturday before we went into Liberty she ate yogurt, eggs for breakfast then ate alot of Fruit Loops.  Saturday night she ate Mas Amigos fajita chicken and tortillas for dinner and tortillas, chicken and cheese for lunch Sunday.
We went to a birthday party on Sunday, she still will not even try cake only wants the ice cream.  She got to play with a kitten after she chased them around the yard.  It was so funny to watch her yell at and chase them around the back yard.  I was so proud of her for jumping in and playing with all the kids.

If you ask her what she has in her mouth she will open it and show you or stick out her tongue as to say Nutin.

An update to the stand: We put her in her bed and she cries for just a minute and then lays down.  She is usually asleep in around 15 minutes and is doing so good with going to sleep on her own.  I think she has realized this is not an option and she feels better in the morning after a good night sleep.  

Lots going on in our world!
Love to all!
Laura, Jon and Juliet