Julia Update and Videos

Julia is 9 months old and is doing SO much more these days.  She is crawling but wants to be running!  She'll crawl to you as fast as she can, then climb up your leg and just stand there or walk around you or walk on to the next thing in reach.

She wakes up every 2 hours, every night. Yep, you read that right.  So if I don't update my blog that often, it's probably because I'm laying on the floor with babies crawling over me in zombie mode most days. :) I have serious respect for working moms.

She is a very happy baby and loves discovering new things.  She loves dogs (Lucy and Sonny...), playing outside in the dirt and rocks and wood chips.  She loves taking whatever toy Sophie has from her.  Which she probably learned from Sophie. :)

She doesn't nap great, but again, she's happy, so it's no biggie.

She's eating a lot of regular food now. Just little bits here and there.  She LOVES cheerios and bananas and strawberries.

She loves Sophie so much.  Sophie doesn't really love for Julia to crawl all over her.  But they're best friends.  And I think they'll always be best friends.

Julia has 3 teeth.  Two bottom middle, and one top right (not one of the middle ones--Sophie's teeth came in like this too--silly girls).

Okay, now to some videos.

Sophie and Travis on an intense Easter egg hunt.

Usually I run on the treadmill when Julia naps.  But some days she just doesn't want to nap.  

So this is what it looks like.  No judging, please. :)

Hanging out at Grandma's.  John, Ally, and Brayden were over there, too.

Travis took this video of Sophie reading bedtime stories.  

I wish I had washed her face before bed.  Oh well.

Julia playing with Daddy.  And Sophie is watching the end credits of Frozen. :)

AJ and his girlfriends.

Still Catching Up

This is Aiza getting ready to marry Max (with Hannah's help).

 Beautiful!

 Sophie ate lots of yummy food at the wedding.

 Haley!

 We went for a walk on one of our favorite trails.

 Had to stop to skip rocks.

 Seriously, like father like daughter.

 Coloring at Grandma's house.

 She was asleep with the windows down.  

I went to get my camera to take a picture, but she was wide awake when I got back.  

 Helping Grandma in one of her gardens. :)

 Sophie dresses herself most days if we're staying at home.  Yeah.

 At the big pool!

The girls LOVE Uncle AJ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Catch Up...

We got a new camera.  

I was playing with the different settings one night after the girls went to bed.

 AJ happened to be here. :)

 Big, blue eyes

 Ward Easter Egg hunt

 These are our friends Lizzie and Isabelle (Sophie calls her Lizabelle).

They lived two doors down from us, but they just moved to St. Louis. We are really going to miss them!

Hanging out at Grandma's.

We go to my mom's usually twice a week.  The girls LOVE it there!

 Lucy brings the ball to Julia. Julia tries to eat it. :)

 She is walking along everything. She does NOT want to crawl. 

She wants to be as fast (or faster) than Sophie, so she's really working on walking.

 Pop and Julia Rose.

 Julia fell asleep on the swing, as she often does.

 No one wanted their picture taken. :)

 Then they both fell asleep.

 Easter morning!!!

 Uncle John

 Ready for the farm Easter Egg hunt!

 Sooo.... she burn easily.  Oops!

 Playing on Mom and Dad's bed!

 I snapped this picture in the middle of the night.  I wonder why I couldn't sleep...

This is not a usual occurrence, but it does happen on occasion.

We need a king size bed.

We got to go to the San Antonio Temple.  

I took these pictures while we waited for Travis.

 Hanging with Uncle John and Brayden

 Love those eyes!

Just playing with friends.