1Year Well Visit

Julia had her 1 year well visit. This is where the pediatrician checks her out and makes sure she is healthy, and developing on schedule. This is also the time for her vaccinations. Her check up went very well and Julia is on the right track for development. Of course she did not like her shots, 3 total, ouch!!! She weighs 20 lbs 4 oz, and is 28 1/2 inches long. She sure has come a long way in 1 year, with her birth weight being 7lbs 11 oz and 19 inches long!!!

Julia's First Birthday Party

Julia's first birthday party was a cupcake theme. We had it on Saturday the 19, just a day after her actual birthday. There was a little over 70 people at the party, 17 kids under 8!!! We had it at Nona and Grandpa's house since their house could accommodate everyone. Everything went so good, I would actually say perfect. The weather was awesome with no rain. I set up an area for the kids to play inside and a ball pit outside, we also had the neighbors play set and my parents have a paddle boat that some took out.

It was hilarious on how she went for her cake. At first she wasn't sure what to do so I gave her a little taste with my finger and then put her finger in it for her to try. After that she just decided forget her hands she's just going to go for it with her mouth. So she just kept bringing her mouth to the cake. So very cute. Then she got her hands in it a bit more and then the cake was all over her face. And at one point she brought the cake up to her mouth. I'm so glad that she was able to get into it, it was so funny just watching her go for it.

Julia got so many nice presents, everyone was soo generous!!! She got a lot of clothes, some toys, a lot of big outdoor toys: a cozy coupe car, a picnic table, a slide, a sandbox and a water table, and she got lots of money.



Thanks Everyone for making our daughter's first birthday so much fun!!!

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Happy First Birthday!!!

Happy Birthday to our little Angel!! We can't believe that our baby is already one. This year has gone by so fast for us. This year has been amazing. We have learned so much and have never laughed so much. Julia is the joy of our lives!!!

We sure did have a busy day. We woke up early and started celebrating right away. We have been really conservative with Julia's diet, all nutrition food, and basically up until now still baby food. But today was different it was her birthday. So Daddy made us pancakes and sausage....yep pancakes with syrup! Julia enjoyed them very much. She was smacking her lips together as she was eating. After she woke up from her first nap we went to the zoo. It was a beautiful day today, in the 70's and sunny. Julia was so excited to be at the zoo. She didn't know what to look at first and was pointing and waving at everyone. She did not sit back in her stroller at all, she just sat straight up...not wanting to miss a thing. Besides her bottle for lunch she had french fries and I threw in a little nutrition with some yogurt. By the end of our little adventure to the zoo Julia was so exhausted her eyes looked so heavy. She crashed as soon as she got in her car seat. After her second nap we took another adventure out to Chuck E Cheese's. We played and had pizza, jello, and some cottage cheese. Before we left for Chuck E Cheese's Julia was toddling around the house and bent over to pick up a book (lately this is her thing to get a book and bring it to us and have us read it to her...so cute). Well, as she was bent over picking up the book she must have lost her balance and her face hit the wood floor. Of course she cried, I wanted to cry for her, I mean it could not have felt very good. So I picked her up and we went outside. As we got outside I noticed blood on my shirt. Yep, blood. Julia got her first bloody nose. My poor baby. Another new thing that is new for Julia now that she is a year old is that we were able to change her car seat from rear facing to forward facing. She has always loved car rides but now is seems to really like it. She can now see us and when we look back at her she is just all smiles!!!

Needless to say we had a great day. All day I kept remembering what we were doing at this time last year and at some points I got all choked up remembering back. Julia was born at 2:35pm, so I set my cell phone alarm to go off at that time so we could really wish Julia a Happy Birthday!!! I still can't believe that my baby is not a baby anymore but a toddler....awhhh she will always be my little baby!!! Happy Birthday to my little cupcake!!!

Here are some pictures from our day!!

Steps - Backwards and Sideways

Most of you know that Julia has been walking since the end of Feburary. And at times she is almost running. For the past couple of days she has been taking steps backwards and sideways. It's so cute when she goes sideways because it seems like she knows she is doing something different. I love her little steps!!

Teething

My poor baby has been teething really bad the past week. But I think they finally broke through. Julia has not really showed to many signs of teething with her other 6 teeth but for the past couple of weeks I have noticed 2 upper teeth trying to break through and the past week she has been so cranky, and whiny. One minute she is all happy, laughing and playing and the next minute she is crying so hard. She was wanting to be held all the time too. And of course I did, I just felt so bad. She let me take a breif peek at her teeth and I think they did break through. Her mood has definatly changed and she is back to her normal loving self!!! My cousin and I were laughing and joking and he said couldn't babies come out with a full set of teeth. Now that is a funny image!!

Let's Catch Up

I've been having more problems with my computer downloading my photos. I just took my camera to Meijer's and had them downloaded onto a CD. Not sure if I had to many pics on my camera to download (over 300) or just that my computer is getting old and needs to be cleaned out. Anyway, we have been very busy with Julia. She gets into EVERYTHING. She is walking so good now and does not crawl at all. I miss the crawling! Well, I can't hold her back from growing up. She has such a personality and is so fun to be around, its additive. She is so social, loves people and people love her. Whenever we go out (which is almost everyday) and she sees people she is always waving at them with a great big smile. She gets quite the reaction out of people too. Everyone always stops and waves back, says hi, and compliments on how cute she is. She always gets so many compliments. And she sucks it up.

ST. PATTY'S DAY
For St. Patrick's day we played dress up with all of the green I had saved over the years. I had hats, bows, tons of beads, noise makers. She had a ball dresses up with did it a couple of times.


















VISIT WITH THE EASTER BUNNY
We visited the Easter Bunny at Macomb Mall. The line was not to bad but since we got there at 11 and the Easter Bunny did not arrive until 11 there was a little back up. When we first put Julia on the Easter Bunny's lap she just looked and him and didn't seem to mind. Then after a few minutes she started to cry. We got a very cute pic, but no smiles.

EASTER
We all had a great Easter, Julia's first. We started the day over Scott's parents house with all of his brothers and sister and all the kids. Then we headed to my parents house where we had my sister and brother-in-law to be, along with my cousin Paolo and Sherene and Lucy and Dante. We had a fabulous dinner!!! Julia got to enjoy some too!! She had cannelloni, soup, peas and a little bit of whip cream.

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SICK
I jinked us. I was saying the other day that I think we are going to make it to Julia's first birthday without her getting sick, then I knocked on wood. Well, needless to say she ended up with a cold. Her poor little nose was runny and she had a little cough. After that was over about a week later she ended up with a fever. That morning she tossed up some of her breakfast. I really didn't think much of it, babies do that. Then we went to my parents house and right when we were going to leave my Mom said to check her temperature when we got home because she felt warm. We got home and I checked her temp., 99. Not to bad but a little high. I gave her a little Motrin. Then when I was putting her down for bed and giving her a bottle. She ended up pooping (yeah I know you really want to hear this right), so I changed her and sat back down in the chair to finish. Then all of a sudden she threw up, poor baby all over herself and me. So Scott came in and helped clean her up. She ended up sleeping through the night. The next day her temp. was up to 103 at one point. But it came down with the Motrin. She was not a happy girl that day. The next day she seemed better, no temp. I just hated to see her sick. Scott just wanted to suck all the bad out of her (don't you wish we could do that)!!!

Baby Sign Language

Julia started using her baby signs. The first sign she used was "all done". Which she uses all of the time. She tells me she is all done with eating, with changing her diaper and any other situation that she is finished with. It's hilarious. She has also used the sign for milk and more!!! It's so cool to see her using the signs. Its a great was for her to communicate without getting frustrated.

WIGS
So our niece Gena has these Hannah Montana wigs, a blonde one and a brunette one. My MIL ended up putting them on Julia to see what she would look like with hair. It is the funniest thing. And once you put the wigs on her she doesn't seem to mind to much. Her are the pics of Julia with blonde hair and brunette hair.

















METRO PARENTS COVER KIDS CONTEST
We entered Julia in a contest to be on the cover of a magazine. Over 1000 kids entered the contest. I don't know what the results are. We had such a fun time doing it. It was at Oakland Mall and we had to go on stage with about 10 other kids. Someone came around and the kids said their name and their age. Obviously I spoke for Julia. Everyone was supposed to dress casual. The judges are supposed to base the contest on the kids personality, but I don't know how they could do this because they were not even listening to the kids. They are also supposed to judge on a photographer that was taken after the interview. Here is a commemorative photo that was taken (this is not the photo she is/was judged on).

OTHER PICS

Caught in the act

Playing in the kitchen

She is not always happy

Playing with Alexander