It's Been Awhile, so let's catch up.

Julia has been such a little stinker lately. If she's up she is moving. She is almost about to crawl, she tries really hard. She gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth and when she tries to move she just falls on her belly. It's so funny when you tell her "no", she shakes her head back and forth and smiles. It's the cutest thing!! There is just something about this baby that people are so drawn to her. Every time we are out someone has to tell me how cute she is or how good she it.

My cousin Paolo got married to Sherene on the 9th!!!! Sherene looked gorgeous!!! I couldn't help myself but I had tears when she was walking down the aisle. I'm so happy for my cousin that he found such a good person. We brought Julia to the ceremony. I had a reading to do. I went up there and did the reading without Julia making a peep. But as soon as I was finished she let out a big yell. It was perfect timing. It was kinda like she was telling me "yeah good job Mom".

Okay, last time I talked about this I jinxed myself. But I feel confident enough to say it now. JULIA IS SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!! It only took 6 1/2 months but we have arrived!!! At her 6 month check up our pediatrician told us that by this age she could go 12 hours without having to get up to eat. It was going to be tough but we needed to teach her that. She also stated the longer that we let it go on the harder it was going to be to break. So the first night we "let her cry it out" she cried on and off for 2 hours. The next night it was 1 hour. After that it was maybe 10 minutes. It was very hard, Scott and I supported each other in not going to her (gosh it broke my heart). But we wanted to deal with it now instead of later. I'm just glad it's over.

One other thing is that Julia is completely on formula now. We transitioned gradually to formula. My goal was to breastfeed for 6 months. Which was reached. At times I thought that I wouldn't make it but I did it. Breastfeeding was harder than I thought it would have been. Maybe it was because I pumped all day and feed her from the bottle.