Julia True is 1

Julia is a happy baby.

She was sick this week but you would never know it. When changing her second diarrhea diaper of the night (after three episodes of vomit), she ran away from me laughing. This is at like 1 in the morning. What a crazy girl. The only times she cries is when she is stuck in her crib or when she is really really tired.  Those two often go together.  Oh and she also cries when she wants me to save her from anna.  Anyways, as long as she is safe and able to romp around she is happy.

She had blue eyes at birth, but they are turning hazel green.

Her hair is brown but turning blonde at the roots. It is so fine and soft. So so so so soft. People often comment on how soft she is.  I love to rub my cheeks over her hair.

She looks like my baby pics I think. Just a little chipmunk with cherry cheeks.

She is a tease, she loves to take things away just to get a rise out of people, meaning adults too. She teases her sister all the time. the worst is in the car, she pulls Anna's hair and touches her hand just to make her cry.

Her fav game now is to put things in other things. She puts rocks and toys and socks in Anna's boots. Anna gets mad. She puts things in cupboards, bowls and down her shirt. She loves to put her dinner down the side of her chair and on the floor.  She loves to feed other people at meals too.

She is not a good eater unless its tortillas and cheese or blueberries. She can down a whole pint of blueberries. She mostly likes fresh fruit. She loves to feed herself, which can be frustrating because not everything is a finger food! But oh well, she tries to cure the hunger she must feel from skipping meals by putting everything in her mouth. Rocks, shoes, socks, money, toys, pens, markets......you name it.  Really Julia?  Still?  Hopefully now that she walks that will lessen as she's not a ground level so often.

Oh yeah, she started walking a few weeks ago.  She started crawling army style at 6 months.  she continues this way until January this year.  Right before we moved to Utah she picked up the idea of real crawling from her friend Olivia.  but she didn't accomplish the feat until she had plently of practice getting around on grandma heiners hard floor when we lived there.  Anyways, she walks pretty good now but falls down a lot.  can go up stairs but not down.  Can climb on the couch and climbs into weird places too.

She likes to copy you and loves to wave to anybody and likes to blow kisses. She will give you the biggest smile if she has not seen you in a while. When you hold her she will snuggle up to you but she loves to suck her thumb and it looks so cute.

She will go to almost anyone. She has minimal stranger danger unless she has just woken up.

She loves music and does squats to the beat of any song. She is a cute little dancer. She loves to shake rattles to music.

She likes to do everything her sister is doing and follows her around. She just started to look at books with Anna in her library but doesn't like to sit read a book with me. I think I've only been able to strap her down to do that once or twice.

She is so cute to look at with her olive skin, teasing eyes and messy hair. She just makes you smile to look at her.

She screams for a second almost every time we put her in her carseat. But she Gets over it quick and often falls asleep in the car.

Julia has a sweet tooth.  She loves the junk food.  There have been many times that I can't get her to eat dinner, but then someone eats a cookie and gives her a bite and she just can't get enough!

She usually takes a nap at 8am and 11 am everyday.  Sometimes she still takes a 3 or 4 o clock nap, but not often.   But because our life is busy i haven't been able to stick to a nap schedule like I did with one kid.  So sometimes she revolts and has no naps.  Sometimes she doesn't go down until 1.  She does this painful thing where she wakes up at 5:30 and moans.  We call her mona lisa sometimes.  If we let her cry it out she goes back to sleep until 7am.  But if she is sharing a room with ana we can't do that.  So we were getting up that early.  Hopefully we can hold out strong and get her back to sleeping in.  She goes to bed at 7 each night without any problems.

She is weaned.  Just this week really.  It's exciting.

Not sure what else to say except that I can't get enough of her.  I love to snuggle her and hold and rock her.  I love to play with her.  I love her expressive eyebrows, its like she can have a conversation with you just with her eyes.  She is such a blessing in our life and in the life of our family.  She brings joy to so many people it's just unbelievable.  I'm lucky to be able to be called her momma.  happy bday julia! we love you!