Sibling Love

Amelia & Julian love each other so much! Amelia dotes on him, and always wants to see him. Check out the pics.

2 Months Old!

Julian is 2 months old already. Where is the time going?

He's [mostly] a very content, happy baby. He laughs, coos, "talks", and smiles the biggest smile ever. Julian loves Loves LOVES his big sister Amelia! He seeks her out, and follows her when she walks around him. I love to watch them interact...it just melts my heart! Amelia adores Julian, too.

Although Julian actually turned 2 months old on Saturday, we had his official check up today. He's a big boy! 13 pounds, 3 ounces and 23 1/2 inches long! Everyone is thrilled with how he's growing. He put on quite a show for Dr. S. -- talking, cooing, and being an all-around happy baby. Not surprising to us, the doctor commented on his excellent head/neck control. Dr. S. did some general check up stuff (all good) and talked vaccines. Shots are never fun. Julian took it worse than Amelia did (as far as I can recall)...he was extremely hurt and upset that we put him through that. He kept giving us this pitiful look and whimpering, as if to say "how could you do that to me?" Poor little guy.

He slept really well the rest of the day. We had a few hours around (our) dinner time where he seemed generally pissed off. He's sleeping now, thanks to some Tylenol.

Just for funsies, I went back and read Amelia's 2 month post. HOLY MOLY!!! I can't get over how much Julian & Amelia look alike. Check it out:

Some Pictures and a Pair of Videos

We had Little Caesar's pizza for dinner the other night - Amelia was excited.

She helped herself to the WHOLE pizza! :)

How Daddy & Amelia paint - Daddy takes over and Amelia plays with her princesses.

I was FINALLY able to get these 2 videos of Julian to load!

Julian meets Mr. Panda...the ending is the best part of the video, in my opinion. :)

Julian talking & Amelia cracking up at him. [sorry I couldn't rotate the video]

Mother's Day 2011

Mother's Day 2011. AKA - BEST MOTHER'S DAY EVER.

This was my 4th Mother's Day. Celebrating this year with 2 kiddos definitely made it the best one. I didn't get to sleep in, but who does these days? I enjoyed the morning in bed with my family, and then we made our way out to the family room. 2 presents and cards were on the table - Amelia was more excited than I was!

I let Amelia help me open the big one. It was the Keurig coffee maker I'd been coveting! Amelia's reaction was the best - as soon as she saw what it was she said, "That's not princesses!" She's so used to getting everything Disney Princesses, that she couldn't understand why anyone would get anything else. :) Cute. When I explained how much I wanted the coffee maker she said, "This is the best gift EVER!" I agree. My husband also got me the attachment to brew my own coffee in the Keurig. My kids gave me a gift certificate to Beauty Brands (a very popular and USEFUL gift this Mother's Day - my sister & mom got me one as well.). The best gift (even better than the Keurig) was the card from Amelia & Julian. It was a recordable card, and Amelia wished me Happy Mother's Day and told me that she loved me. I could listen to that card ALL DAY. *love*

Helping me

Heaven in a cup!


My whole world.

Sleeping in his crib for the 1st time.

After having a lazy morning at home, we spent the rest of the day with my parents at their house and had a yummy dinner! It was a GREAT day.

Julian in his adorable outfit.

My mom & Julian

Me & Amelia

My little sunshine.

A nap

Natalie's Birthday Party

Natalie had her 2nd birthday (2 already?!?) party this past weekend. Amelia was SUPER excited about going, and played "birthday party" all week to get in the mood (I guess).

We had a great time! It was fun to see our friends - let's face it, we haven't seen too many people since Julian was born. We've been battling illness after illness, and of course Julian had surgery. It was our first appearance as a family of 4 (other than at my parent's house).


Everything went well. Julian slept through most of the party in his carseat. Amelia had fun interacting with other kids and playing with Natalie's toys. She was too excited to eat anything - she didn't even want cake or ice cream. The only not fun moment was when Amelia threw a fit because she couldn't open Natalie's presents. We had tried to prepare her for that, but all rules went out then window when she saw bows and wrapping paper! She didn't actually unwrap any of Natalie's presents, thank goodness.

It was so nice to get out & we can't wait to see Natalie & her parents again!

Julian all dressed up for the party

Amelia all dressed up for the party




Trying out Natalie's bike & helmet

Safety first!

Natalie's Dora the Explorer cake

Natalie's cake

Julian sleeping

Natalie feeding her Mommy

The Many Faces of Julian

Shocked:

Slightly amused:

Happy:

Enthralled:

Confused:

I have 2 hilarious videos of Julian that I tried uploading to Blogger for approximately 4 hours. Apparently Blogger hates me because they just wouldn't load. I will keep trying to add them - they're golden!

New & Old Toys

Just a picture-heavy post about what we've been up to.

Alex cutting the lawn for the first time at our house

Amelia liked watching Daddy cut the lawn.

Julian's favorite bed.

Amelia modeling Babcia's poncho and shoes.

A very alert Julian.

A smile/smirk!

Julian trying out Amelia's old swing for the first time.

Amelia thought it was HILARIOUS.

I had to make special spots for both of my babies.

Someone wanted to try out Julian's carseat.

We brought out the jungle play mat for Julian and Amelia took over.

When he finally got a turn at it, Julian liked the play mat.

Amelia playing with all the stuff we "hid" on the other side of the couch.

Julian, unlike his big sister, seems to be a fan of the swing.

Yep, he likes it.

My babies.

Sharing the play mat.