7 Months Old

Julia, my dear, a few days ago you turned 7 months old. And 7 months old is apparently the time of your life!

You're a beautiful growing girl. It's amazing that so quickly you've grown from this:

To This!

Both beauties, of course, but it's just incredible how far you've come!

So, what does a 7 month old Julia do?

Well, she smiles:

She laughs:

She's contemplative too!

She tries very very hard to crawl, even if it means crawling off of a couch (which you haven't done, but tried very, very hard to do during our photo shoot):

She clearly doesn't mind if her brother crashes her photo shoot either:

She doesn't quite have teeth yet, but there's two suckers that have almost popped out. You can feel them, and see the ridges if you're up close. But, as evidence, there's no real sign of chompers yet.

She loves her Mama, and gets very excited when she's in the room.

She plays, and her favorite game is "Up Down" in which she tries to climb up on everybody to get to standing.

In fact, she even hangs out by standing up in the pack n' play, and can chill there for a happy, proud, long time.

She plays ball with her Daddy:

She eats pears and mango (popsicles) and spinach and avocado.

And chews on just about everything she can get her hands on.

She loves her family. And is quite happy being with everyone, but would much rather be down on the ground, working out how to get around.

Overall, a 7-month old Julia is just...a perfect little Julia! Okay, maybe not perfect. You don't quite sleep through the night, but we're working on that. Aside from that, little, one, you lead quite a life and make everyone you meet very happy...especially yourself!

We're so glad you're here, and so glad you're enjoying your 7th month even more than the previous 6 months. 

You are beautiful inside and out, and I can't wait to get home to see you and giggle with you again!

Big Weekend for Julia- 15 weeks and growing

Last weekend you may have been 14 weeks or you may have been 15 weeks. I think it was 15. I've kinda lost count. But that's only because there's so much more to keep track of now, like all of your accomplishments.

You're 15 weeks old, and you had a HUGE weekend for awesomeness.


All of a sudden, you're almost rolling over all by yourself! You can get to your hip, but just can't get it to tip over. (almost there!)

You're smiling, positively glowing with happiness.

You're Laughing...like seriously Laughing!

You're Holding Head Up Better than Ever!

But, you're not all grown up yet. You still have time to cuddle and curl up on your Mom and Me for a good long nap. Face-in...

Or Face-out: 

Or on-ward...

You're a beautiful dreamer, that's for sure. You're also a strong gripper. You're grasping things so well now, including my hand!

So, you're really getting a hold on us, and you're really getting a handle on big girl activities. For instance, you napped and spent the night in your big-girl crib for the first time!

And, you've started taking your baths with some company!

This next one isn't so awesome, but it was a first: you got sick for the first time. We went to the doctor and found out that you- at week 15- almost way 14 pounds ! (13 lbs, 15 ounces).

We also found out that you were fooling all of us- you weren't sick at all! Maybe you just weren't feeling good. But, no medicines, no ear infection, no nothing. So, by that point you were all smiles again, and back to your regular 15-week routine of smiling, eating, playing and sleeping.

Life's good when you're a gorgeous 15 week old princess.

And we're so proud of you and in love with you...even if we can't totally remember how many weeks old you are!