These are a few of my favorite things...

Ok, I know we owe everyone a real 12-month update and pictures, but I was watching Julia play this morning and thought that in the meantime I would write a quick post about some of Julia's favorite things:

1. Baby (of course!)
2. Orange block (Julia got a tractor with Mega Bloks for her birthday from Cousin James, and for some reason, she's developed a special love for the orange one)
3. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (we read this book at least 10 times a day... how can you say no when she walks up to you and hands you the book?!)
4. Tea set (especially opening and closing the lid [there are sound effects], pretending to eat treats and sip out of the cups and putting the treats inside the tea pot)
5. Beach ball (loves to throw, kick, roll, and carry around)
6. Books with textures (especially the dolly book and the big textured book she just got from Uncle Dan and Aunt Molly)
7. Bee bath toy (Julia's favorite bath toy... the bee floats inside the toy when you fill it with water, and she likes to push the bee up/down in the water and hold during her bath)
8. Kindermusik CDs (likes to open/close the cases and just learned to take the CDs out of the cases; also LOVES to listen to them, even when she's crabby [sometimes even fixes the crabbiness])
9. Post-it notes (for some reason, Julia is fascinated with post-its... she likes to take the pads of notes apart, carry them around, share them with Mommy and Daddy, and take them in/out of the end table drawer)
10. Turning pages (while this is not exactly a favorite item, it is most definitely a favorite activity, especially if it's a "big girl" book, such as her scrapbooks and Daddy's organ music)