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Posted on June 29th, 2008 at 9:51 pm by Derek/Shannon|no comments yet

Well, it has been over a month since our last post… too long I know. But, since Julia can’t actually type, she is on her mom’s schedule, which does not include blogging during the end of the school year crunch. But, summer is here, and so is baby, no wait, toddler blogging! Hopefully a new page design will be up soon, but that is Daddy’s domain, so you will just have to be patient for a while longer.

As for actual Julia news, her biggest feat as of late is peeling and eating a mandarin orange all by herself. No help whatsoever. That’s it. Well, maybe eating oranges on her own isn’t the only thing she is doing now, but I happen to think it is pretty great. She is home for the summer with me, her mom, which I have been looking forward to since September!

Her newest game these days is to have someone ask “Who are you?” and she will reply a variety of names (Mom, Dad, Grandma, Grampa, Ryan, Sharyl, Kayla, Paige…) to which we say no until she says Julia! She seems to enjoy this quite a lot. She loves puzzles, and completes them quite quickly. She knew the letter “Q” for some reason today, and knows most of the basic colours except for red, brown, grey, and white. Julia talks non-stop when she is at home, plays shy around strangers, and loves to dance! She sings along with the radio, and now has a skip in her run.

Check back for more posts this summer, as I will try to keep everyone a bit more updated on the life of our girl Julia. Also, feel free to check out the gallery, there are new pictures of June posted.

Adventures in Toddlerhood
Posted on March 2nd, 2008 at 8:22 pm by Derek/Shannon|wow - 3 comments

Well, our little Julia has been growing in leaps and bounds since Christmas. Literally. She can almost jump with both feet at the same time, and is bound and determined to have that skill mastered as soon as possible. Look out future baby sitters! Her teeth are still causing her pain, but two of the four eye teeth are most of the way in. We have survived her first bought of nighttime upset stomach. You know, the kind where you have to bathe your child at 2am, change all the bedding, and then hope to get some sleep before work the next morning. Her new favourite phrase is “where” or “go” to ask where someone or something went. She has regained her appetite and is currently eating us out of house and home! Once again, babysitters beware! She talks all of the time, we understand her some of the time, and often wish for a toddler-English dictionary to decode what she says. Who would have thought that in her mind “mommy” means “please” or “right now!” and “Ma” means “Mom”? Hopefully she will soon learn “please” to complement her already semi-proficient “thank-you.” Yes, we are the manner’s police.

My List
Posted on October 14th, 2007 at 2:14 pm by Derek/Shannon|no comments yet

Here are some of the things that have been happening in my life these days:

-I got another tooth
-I can say “ma” but it doesn’t mean “mom” yet
-I went to the zoo today after church
-I don’t like the toddler room at church yet
-I got two new pairs of shoes, and one of them lights up!
-Mom set up her I-POD to play all of my music!
-I love to dance
-Great Grandma sent me a purple hat and mittens in the mail!
-I can say socks, shoes, and bird
-I am much happier going to the sitter’s house than I was last month
-I have my very own baby
-Mom put new photos up in my gallery