Mom and Dad went on a holiday… and didn’t take me! I got to go to Grandma Kathy’s and had a lot of fun while I was there! In fact, I wanted to take Grandma home with me when Mom and Dad came to pick me up. We did all sorts of fun stuff while Mom and Dad were on holidays. Grandma took me to Bower Ponds to feed the ducks and ride my bike, we went on lots of walks and to the park. I helped Grandma bake cookies…. mmmm good. We also visited Uncle Ryan, went shopping, I got a new doll, and Uncle Louis and Bella came to visit! Auntie Sharyl took me swimming, that sure was fun too. Grandma took lots of pictures, but mom does not have copies of those ones yet. However, she did post some pictures of her and Daddy’s trip in my gallery, so take a look!

Hi Everybody! It’s me again, your resident cutie pie. Here are some tidbits about my life these days that I would like to share…

Guess what my favourite food is… I bet your guess is wrong! These days my favourite food is tomatoes! Yes, tomatoes. I love them. Mom and Dad say I cry for them like they are candy. Big ones, little ones, I like all kinds. I can hardly wait for next month when we can eat the ones growing outside!

I can stand up all on my own now, pretty soon I will be walking all on my own, just as soon as I am not so scared of taking that first step not holding onto anything. But in the mean time there are enough pieces of furniture in my house that I can walk almost anywhere without holding onto Mom or Dad’s hands.

I went to the zoo today and saw the new elephant house. It is pretty big, and in the fall there are going to be stingrays in there that we can touch! That should be pretty neat. They also had all of these pictures up of penguins and polar bears; Dad says that in a few years they will be living at the zoo too like the elephants. That should be fun since I like watching them on tv.

I visited my grandparents this past week in Red Deer. I got to go to Grandpa’s and Grandma Kathy’s work! I think that I was the cutest one there! I also went shopping with Grandma Shirley and tried to give her some ideas for my birthday, but it was hard since there were not a lot of big girl toys at the store we were at. Oh, Mom wants me to tell you that big girl toys are ones for 1 year or 18 months and up.  I also saw auntie Sharyl for a little bit too; I didn’t recognize her with a towel on her head — she looked funny! Mom and I also went out for supper with Grandma Kathy and I got to eat off of a plate at the restaurant. Mom was so happy that I did not throw my food around (or the plate).

But, I should get back to playing. Talk to you all again soon!

 PS. I would post pictures but Mom has not put them on her computer yet… something about it being full and needing to burn something. I hope she is careful, I don’t want her to get hurt!

Dear People Who Read My Blog,

Julia here, well, my mom is typing, as I dictate to her, since I do not know how to type yet, but it is me! I have been very busy lately, with lots of fun things happening in my life. This weekend I got to go to my friend Graeme’s third birthday party. There were lots of kids, and I really had fun getting to play with some new friends.  Graeme’s daddy cooked us chicken, and it was good! I gave Graeme a hat with Thomas the Tank on it, and he really seemed to like it. Then, after the party we visited my Grandma Kathy and uncle Ryan. Grandma had some new toys for her house for me to play with, and uncle played with me lots! 

But, that is not all… Last week I got to go away with Dad and Mom for a few days. We stayed in a big hotel, and everyone told me how cute I was! Mom took me to this “market” that had lots of fresh food, and I got to the library and see some new friends there too!  I finally got to see Auntie Karin and Uncle Brad this past week too. I hadn’t seen them since February! But, one thing I don’t understand is where was my cousin?? My mom said that Auntie and Uncle were giving me a cousin, but I didn’t see one… We also visited Great-Grandma Gertie, which was lots of fun. Daddy took us all to Swiss Chalet and I ate lots and lots of chicken and broccoli! The best part of the trip though was when Daddy bought me a new doll! She is purple and is a ballerina… I smile everytime I look at her.  But, the fun must come to an end sometime, and I got loaded back into the car seat for another long drive home. I did not get to visit everyone I wanted to in Edmonton, but mom says next time we will see some different people. On the way home we stopped at Grandpa and Grandmas for lunch, and I got to take a break from the car seat.  Grandpa and Grandma gave me a new outfit and some socks,  but I don’t quite understand the whole socks thing. Mom keeps  telling me I have two feet, but Grandma gave me three socks! I think someone’s mixed something up somewhere.

This week I get to do some fun stuff too. Today we played outside and went for a walk. It was sure nice to be outside and not be all bundled up! Then, tomorrow we are going to the zoo, and on Wednesday Tristan and Ethan are coming over! I sure am a lucky girl to have so much fun stuff to do. Daddy is working in lots of different places this week, so I miss him already, but he will be home soon and then we can play play play! I am going to try to be really good for mom so that she doesn’t say that I am “driving her crazy.” I don’t want a crazy mom!

But, it is time for some playing and then I have to put on my PJ’s, so I better go.  I hope everyone has a great week and comes to visit me soon!

Love,

Julia

It has been a couple of busy weeks for our little Julia. She has had many weekend visitors; Grandpa Marv, Grandma Shirley, and Grandma Kathy, and she has travelled up to Edmonton to visit her Great Grandma Gertie, Uncle Louis and Auntie Erin, Auntie Sharyl, and Uncle Brad and Auntie Karin. During these visits we visited the Calgary Zoo Lights and the Edmonton Bright Night lights. This week Julia gets to go for her four month shots (not so much fun) and will probably go and visit the people and Brentwood (a bit more fun). As for the rest of the week; wrapping gifts, playing, and visiting with friends will be the order of the day!

Note! For pictures from the Zoo Lights and all other Christmas related activities, please go to Derek’s and my gallery (the link is on the side), non-holiday themed pictures of Julia will still be posted in her gallery.

These past weeks have been busy ones for our family. We have had many visitors: neighbours, Grandparents, and of course, Auntie Sharyl, and we have travelled up to Edmonton where we visited Uncle Brad and Auntie Karin, Uncle Louis and Auntie Erin, and saw most of my extended family. Julia even met a great-great auntie!

Julia has been eager to sit up, but since her muscles are not yet strong enough, she just plops over after she pulls herself upright from a semi-sitting position. She is continuing her attempts to move herself about, but does not get very far… she has yet to figure out that if she were to use her arms as well as her legs, she would be much more successful! But soon enough I am sure that she will have the run of the house.

Hopefully I will soon have some new pictures posted in the gallery… but you may want to give me at least another day or two. Our little girl has been an eating machine as of late, and thus I do not have much free time to devote to her websites these days. Right now she is having a little nap… probably tired from all of that eating!