Julie Girl

Asked her if she was awake, and she said "Yes, see, my eyes are blinking"

-Sound sleeper

-Loves to play at the park

-Always says, "I will sit on the potty next time" and just goes off on these elaborate descriptions of getting her poop out in her diaper and pushing really good. Potty talk deserves its own post for sure. This child has sure been a struggle.
-Last week she seems to be all over Melanie, taking toys, sitting on her or just invading her space and Melanie did not like it and would let me know. And this week since starting her on the Primary Childrens Cleanout(again, another post), she has been nicer to Melanie, just all around different. It is so amazing. And to see her not sitting on the floor holding her poop in is lovely also. She will share things with Melanie that she wouldn't before, man, it is just great.
Since I haven't posted anything about Julie in forever, these pictures are kind of random.
-Julie making a wall around Melanie with the bumper.

 -We still love using curlformers.

 -Here is one of Julie using Melanie as a pillow, sometimes Melanie doesn't mind or just tolerates it, but other times she starts squealing.

-A picture we took after church.

-Enjoying Mickey Mouse clubhouse together one morning.

 -She has been starting to take naps every once in a while again, usually when I lay Melanie down, she will tell me she wants to take a nap to. Makes it nice when both kids are asleep.

 Wedged the bouncy ball inbetween the couch and coffee table and was having fun bouncing on a ball that wouldn't roll away.

 She has been sleeping on the couch for a while(this is what worked for us at the time), and sometimes she would end up in the oddest places, she was totally flipped the other direction on the floor.

 She is now big enough to climb the wall on her swingset.

 Is into lining things up.

She wanted to cut her own fingernails, and she did a really good job to. I just had to trim the edges. Now she just wants to do it every time.

Having a picnic.

Playing with her cousin Matthew, they play so well with each other. Julie will share toys with him and let him play with things that she won't let Melanie touch.

 Sharing some bread on one of our walks.

 Showing off her blanket that Grandma Taylor made for her, she loves it. Melanie also got one.

 I usually cut her sandwich into strips, but she wanted it whole today.

 Princess girl.

 Wanting to do what Melanie is doing.

 These two love to swing,

Painting fingernails with crayon. She did this all on her own, she came and showed me her fingers and then wanted to do mine also. So fun, I remember doing this as a child.

 Cheerios

 Got some local corn on the cob and it was yummy. Julie was loving biting it off of the cob.

 Silly kid, love how her hair ends up whenever she wears these sunglasses.

Another crazy place she ended up when we found her one morning.

 Snuggling on the couch watching a video.

She wears sleep sacks to bed, and she has fun sticking both feet in the same hole and trying to walk around.

Wanted me to take a nap with her, I told her she could fall asleep and I would finish the laundry, she said, "I will wait for you Mommy, I don't have the yawns yet", so after finishing folding a bunch of laundry, I laid down with her. She fell asleep but I didn't, but I got a half hour of relaxation time anyways.

 Green beans, she loves them.

 6 bee stings, went to pick beans, and when we were done we were over by the car, and Julie had a wand that she was banging on the basketball standard that was laying on down. The bees did not like that, all of a sudden we hear Julie screaming and all these bees flying around her. Rob grabs her and we head for my grandmas porch. She was a little freaked out as were we and my parents. She got stung 3 times on her belly, two on her arm, and one on her finger. She didn't want anything touching her that night, so she slept without her jammies and no blanket. Her finger got a little swollen.

Her hair is getting longer and I love it, was able to put a braid in it.

 Loves playing on the swingset and she has been carrying her baby around with her lately.

 Enjoying a bag of fresh green beans, while I was cutting beans to can them, she kept coming over and snatching them and eating them.

 Reading to the kids before bed, Melanie was loving it. She loves to turn pages right now.

Finally got her bangs cut, it takes me a few days to get them totally even. This was right after I did them and you can tell they were not totally even.

 I just love how this kid sleeps sometimes.

 She got curious george from going on the potty, and she has been carrying him around everywhere. He is so well made and soft.

 She wanted to have a picnic with cheerios, and wanted me to join her.

 I can't believe some of the things that come out of this kids mouth, she just amazes me. She is so smart and talks non stop. We love her!