- Waving "hello" and "good-bye" is one of Julia's latest accomplishments. She's been working on developing this skill over the past month or so. At first, waving her arms was not exclusive to saying "hi" and "bye-bye" but now if she even just overhears Jonathan or me say it, she will start to wave. It's so adorable!
- Julia is becoming super affectionate! She will kiss her stuffed animals (especially Jamaica Monkey, her puppy, and "Rosebud Bear") and then bury her head in them and go "aaaaaahhh" and "mmmmm." She will sometimes hug and Jonathan and me and she loves to give us "kisses," which means opening her mouth up wide, smearing her slobbery mouth on us and going "mmmmm." It's the most precious thing ever!
- Julia's new tooth is coming through more and more. Hoping we can get a good picture soon. Hard to tell if anymore are on the way. It feels like there might be another one on the bottom, but she doesn't let you feel for long before she starts biting (and boy can she bite! I'm so glad she hasn't taken to biting me while she's nursing!)
- Despite her lack of many teeth, Julia is doing a lot more "chewing" rather than "gumming." She loves eating pieces of ground meat and cut up pieces of what Jonathan and I are having. This past weekend, I made beef stroganoff in the slow cooker, and Julia devoured it every night. Still loves puffs and applesauce, adores her Yo Baby yogurt, and pieces of banana are probably her favorite food right now. She's also finally developing a taste for peas and enjoys them as a finger food. Julia's also starting to learn to use a sippy cup. She had a hard time figuring it out at first, so we took the valve out of the spout and let it just pour in her mouth. Now she has learned to suck out of it and will drink at least some water with each meal.
- After Julia not being a good sleeper for so many months, it still feels so surreal that she is such a great sleeper now. Ever since she started sleeping in her crib back in February, she has been sleeping 8-10 hours every night and usually goes right back to sleep if she wakes up. There have only been a couple of times we've needed to go get her because she wakes up so sad and upset and she always settles right back down. She also continues to nap 2 times a day for 1-2 hours. Pretty amazing.
- Mobility: This kid doesn't know the meaning of still! Diaper changing and "after bath time" has become a wrestling match. Of course, the only time she's ever still is after we're done... then she just sits and looks at you! LOL She can crawl REALLY fast, but you always know she's coming because she makes this adorable panting laughing sound as she goes. Wish I could describe it better because it is so heartwrenchingly adorable! She also stands up on everything she possibly can (furniture, fireplace, refrigerator, patio door). She's also learning to cruise. Her favorite place to cruise is around the coffee table.
- By far, her favorite activity is "displacing objects," whether that means pulling everything off of a piece of furniture or pulling all her toys out of the basket. It's hard to get her to actually play with her toys most of the time. She has learned how to play "roll ball" with her little balls from Great Grandma and Grandpa Wessler -- both with Mommy and Daddy or chasing after them herself.
- Spring is finally thinking about coming to Rochester, and Julia loves it! She likes having the windows open and being able to go outside. She enjoys her daily stroller ride and it's even been warm enough to sit outside on a blanket, watch the world go by, and discover the wonders of grass. It is so fun to watch her seeing so many things for the first time. She's seeing flowers, green grass, the leaves coming out on the trees, and the many birds coming to her bird feeder (from Marmee and Pops). So neat. :-)
That's everything I can think of, and she's about ready for her lunch. I will plan to post pictures later this afternoon (if I can remember how to use Picasa!). Otherwise, I will get Jonathan to help me when he's home for dinner.
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