Sitting by herself

Happy Father's Day, if I don't get to post later this week, I want that there! You know me, I always put prayer requests on this page. Please pray for little Ben, his family, and the Doctors and Nurses at Memorial Herman Children's hospital. It's hard enough when an adult is sick, but it is almost impossible when it is a baby. I took off Friday and spent most of the day at the hospital with Kimberly and Russell. It was hard for me to watch them have to go through this. Juliet is now sitting by herself. She had been trying for a while and now has the balance thing down. If you can believe it on the 23rd she will be 6 months old. My baby is growing too fast for me.

All sorts of fun

How is it June already? Congratulations to Russel and Kimberly Pickett on the birth of their son Benjamin Lawrence. He was born June 5, 2009. Congratulations to Nathan and Nicole Lino on the birth of their daughter Chole Reese. She was born June 5, 2009. This is Uncle Derek and Aunt Jessie's 6th niece and nephew, three have been born in the last 6 months!!. After 10 days of forcing Amoxicillin down Juliet's throat for an icky nose, Juliet has to go back to the doctor on Monday because she is still stuffed up. This is not good for breathing or sleeping. We had pictures taken of Miss J in her baptism dress and her swimmy. She is such a ham, I love it. She was tired but smiled so big for the camera. I bought her a kiddy pool that we are going to try tomorrow if it is beautiful like it has been. Look for vidoes later for this experiment.

5 months old

Juliet is 5 months old, Mommy is sad. I want her to stay a baby a little longer. Sometime during the last update and today, Juliet started holding her bottle during her night feeding, if she wakes up hungry. She will tell you I am making it up but it has happened a few times now. If you have never heard the sound a stuffed up baby makes through a baby monitor, be glad, it sounds so sad. Juliet has a cold with a stuffy nose and a wet cough. She is back on her favorite pink medicine that mommy has to shove down her throat. We have also elevated her mattress and I sometime wonder if she thinks it's a toy because she moves around alot now that it is up some. Juliet was such a little fairy princess for her baptism. She was so good and only a little fussy after he poured the water on her head. She proved to be a little angel and got to see her family too, there ended up being 16 family members there, not including the 3 of us. Thank you everyone for braving the storm, it meant alot to us that you were there. We had an awesome lunch after that Mama and Papa treated us to. Jon's family stayed with us for the weekend so they could attend the baptism. I wanted everything to be perfect and right off the bat Juliet gets sick and wants to be a clingy baby. She was so miserable but got to spend some quality time with the grandparents and great-grandparents.

Long Overdue

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VICTORIA! May 22 Juliet is 15.9 lbs and is 26 1/4 inches long So much has happened in the last month it is hard to know where to begin. Nana had a very successful heart surgery, we know that God is watching over our family closely this year. Juliet is such the little person now. She has learned to roll from her back to her belly and claps her hands. There is no laying on her back anymore, she whines then rolls over to her tummy and sticks that head straight up. Video to be uploaded soon. We are going through the teething nightmare and I feel like such a terrible mommy because there is nothing I can do for her. We have the Raz Berry teether, the Sophie Giraffe teether, pacis, toys and what does she teeth on??? The flowers that sing to her... go figure. They are pretty gross when she gets done with them. I think I am going to have to take them back and forth to daycare with us because they seem to have one toy that makes noise and she likes the noise. I had a wonderful First Mother's Day. Jon made it very special for me. We spent the Saturday before Mother's day in Liberty seeing all the family. Then on Sunday we went to church and then to Benihahas where Miss Juliet got to try out her floppy seat. She liked it so much she fell asleep. Mommy really enjoyed lunch. Juliet had to get 4 shots and 1 oral vaccine on her last visit to the Dr. Mommy knows better but I sent her to school the next day and got a call about 10 that said she was running a 100.9 fever and I needed to come get her. We spent the whole day in mommy's arms. She was so pitiful. Laura and Jon celebrated their 4th wedding anniversary on the 14th. Too bad we both forgot!! We had a really great mother's day lunch so that could be our anniversary lunch too. Not gonna fly next year though, he has promised me Hawaii and family pictures on the beach. We helped John and Jessica (Ridley) Daigle celebrate their marriage this past weekend. They have an awesome connection and will have a wonderful life. Jessica is a special friend, I have known her for 12 years and know she is one of the kindest people. I have never seen her as beautiful as she was on Saturday. We love you both, Thank you for allowing us to share in your day, seeing as we did introduce you! BTW that was in the back of their wedding program, here I am sitting in the front of the church almost in tears reading that. And since Amanda Key was the photographer and I know her, she let me shoot some of her setups so I got to spend some quality time with the camera. This weekend is Juliet's baptism, this is going to go one of a couple of ways, she is going to be fine, she is going to scream, she is going to sleep, or she is going to try to stick the guys hand in her mouth and chew on it. Any takers? She is going to look like a pink fairy princess, I know white is customary, but this is me, you know me. Love to all, see everyone on Sunday... all 20 of us...

April Update

As I sit here listening to it rain, yet AGAIN, I realized it had been almost a month since I had posted anything. I know, I know, bad Laura. It has been a busy month. So much has happened in the last 20 days I don't know where to start. Juliet hosted her first bridal shower on the 18th and it was a huge success, well except that it rained so much the guests were flooded into the neighborhood. We had fun though. Something new is that she will lay on her tummy and scoot all the way around her play mat. She wants so bad to be mobile, but it is not happening fast enough for her. So she gets mad and rolls over. She reached her little arms out to hug me on Thursday the 23rd and to give me big, sloppy, open mouth kisses. It was great! Then when we picked her up from school on Friday the 24th I rode in the back with her and I started laughing and so did she, not those little laughs she does, real laughs. It was precious, but by the time I got the camera she puckered up and refused to even smile. It will happen. We went to Dallas this weekend for Uncle Craig's sister Lauren's wedding. She was a beautiful bride. We ended up leaving at 7 Friday night and since that is Miss Juliet's bedtime she slept the whole way to Frisco. Sunday was not as easy, but we had a first successful road trip. I think she really enjoyed watching the kids play. Sarah helped us by keeping Juliet while we went to the wedding. We would have been miserable if we would have had to deal with her. Especially since it was an evening wedding! Juliet got to play on the swing set in the back yard for the first time. She looked so big sitting in Gramma Sarah's lap with the other kids playing around her. We are starting to hear M and B sounds, of course they make no sense yet. But she talks to us anyway. Well love to all, I am going to bed early tonight. More as it happens!

Happy Easter and Happy 30th Mommy

Juliet celebrated her first Easter. She was such a sport about it when I put ears on her. She got lady bug shoes, a taggy book, a toy for her car seat, some pacis and of course eggs. She is also hosting a bridal shower for Miss Jessica on Saturday so Mommy and Daddy have to clean house. She is such the little social butterfly. Mommy celebrated her 30th birthday, she got a new laptop and Daddy surprised her with sushi.

Juliet

Juliet is 14.1 lbs and 24 3/4 inches long. She is a tall girl!!