Julie

I sure hope this stage Julie is in passes quickly, at least some parts. She takes toys away from Melanie, and her cousin Mason(even when they are HIS toys), and will give Melanie a toy and once she has a hold of it she will rip it from her hands. She will pull Melanie's hands out of her mouth if she is sucking on them. She will be so nice to Melanie and give her kisses and then out of no where, she will whack her. Argh she is driving me nuts, or she will push her cousin down, and the list goes on. Many time outs are taking place around  here.

-One funny thing she has started saying the past few days is "WHAT, what Mommy", very matter of factly, and so I will say, "What" back, and she will just keep saying, "What, what, what Mommy, what". I need to get this on video, because the way she says it is just so cute. 

-I think she has figured out how to answer my questions now, before I would ask her a question and she would just repeat the question back to me, and then I would ask the question again, and it would go back and forth like this for a while. And so, today, I asked if she was done eating, and she flat out told me yes. We had some eggs for dinner, and she is usually not a huge egg eater, so I just put a little on her plate, well, she finished hers and asked for some more so I put some of mine on her plate, and she says, "Thanks Mommy, for putting the eggs on my plate", it was just so polite. I cut up an apple today for her lunch, and she told me, "Thank you for putting and apple on my plate" and she told me that one twice. Or she was sitting with me and dropped one of her play eggs on the floor and I reached over and grabbed it and when I handed it back to her she said "Thank you", she has done this on other occasions as well, and it just makes me smile.She is turning into a little girl, and I just love it. 

-She is acting like she is getting a little bit shy, when we first go places it takes her a little bit to warm up. She is starting to talk to other kids her age more.
Eating better.
-Giving Melanie kisses on the forehead. After I put Melanie in her car seat to leave for home from Grandma and Grandpa Taylor's, Julie stuck her head next to Melanie's in the car seat and then sat in front of her and just was kind of in her face, but Melanie was giving Julie the sweetest smiles and giggles, it was the cutest thing EVER. So fun to watch them interact and Melanie getting so excited. Also, in church today, Rob had to take Melanie out, and after they left Julie came up next to me and got right in my face because she wanted to give me a kiss. So, I gave her a kiss, sometimes she is so sweet and I love it.
-Loves to sing, lately she has been singing, "The wise man and the foolish man", and she knows the whole song.
-Loves Grandma and Grandpa Taylor's bounce house, LOVES it!
-Loves to do knuckles and give us fives.
-Loves to watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse or Thomas and Friends, while I get ready in the morning.  
-Loves to be helpful with Melanie, although sometimes it is not really that helpful. One thing she loves to do is stick Melanie's binki in her mouth if she is crying, although sometimes she is just being content and she will stick it in her mouth anyways.

Loves this muslin blanket and likes to wrap herself up like a burrito.

 -Must have been worn out from destroying the front room, haha. This isn't even nearly as bad as it gets sometimes.

 Love her outfit, mommy's shoes, diaper, and a bib, that is all you need, right!

This girl loves to swing, it can be very relaxing for her, I wonder how long she would have slept if I had just left her like this.

 Super dry grass, it looks much better now!

-Julie got right in Melanie's face the other night while she was in her car seat, and Melanie was smiling and giggling.
-This kid loves to be outside and she loves to take her shoes off as well, which means her feet get sooo dirty. This particular day, she was in the garage helping Daddy with no shoes, and she came in so dirty. Dirty on her face, and her feet were black, the dirtiest they have ever been. So nasty.

My sister came over to help my other sister pack the day before leaving for College, they found this dress that was Katie's baptism dress, and put it on Julie. Don't you just love those puffy sleeves, don't worry, we did not bring it home with us.

Julie was eating some of her old puffs, and this container had a good amount of crumb dust in it. I found her with it on her eyelashes and covering her mouth.

-Gets all shy when she talks to people

-Is starting to chat more with kids her age

-First thing she says when she wakes up is, "I need to swing on the swing set" and "The slide is probably hot", she sure loves that swing set.

-Loves to sing, her songs right now are, The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Singing a song is fun to do, or Riding a bike is fun to do, Popcorn Popping, Bringing home a baby bumble bee.

-Getting fast on her bike, won't be long before she is lifting her feet up to cruise along. She has a strider bike with no peddles and she is really getting the hang of it. She just needs to keep the front wheel straight, and watch where she is going!

-"No" is her favorite word right now.
-Thinks everything is hers, and will grab anything Melanie is holding onto.
-Loves to swing
-Loves her back, belly, arms tickled before bedtime.

Love this kiddo!