2005-07-28 Girl Talk

2005-07-27 Losing teeth

And another one this afternoon.

I told her that wasn't allowed, that Mommy could only handle one milestone at a time...kidding. I did think that though.

Anyway, this afternoon, when the second one came out she laughed, was all excited, looked in the mirror...and promptly burst in to tears.

When I asked her what was wrong she tearfully said, "I look weird."

Emily responded, "No you don't you look beautiful."

Just how cute are they?

2005-07-27 Stuff

IE called this morning and rescheduled our appointment because Jen (the specialist that was supposed to come) went home sick. So, she will be coming tomorrow instead. I am looking forward to getting this started but hey, what's one more day right?

Anwyay, I am going to spend the afternoon at the pool and then head out tonight for a meeting and some shopping. Julia got some money for her birthday so I am going to use it to purchase some fall clothes for her. I am hoping to get just a few outfits, to add to what she has already. When all is said and done, she should be all set for the fall/winter.

Anyway, that's it. I probably won't be back today but you never know.

2005-07-26 Food

Yikes.

Anyway.

We ate outside on the deck tonight. Believe it or not, it was actually cooler outside than in. The house was stuffy, in part because I used the oven. I try to aviod using the oven on days like these but I cooked the zucchini and squash in it today, because I forgot to buy a disposable pan so I could cook it on the grill. Oops.

I like eating outside. It's such a summer thing. I mean obviously it's a summer thing...eating outside in January just isn't as fun...but yeah, you know what I mean.

I love cooking on the grill too. Tonight we had terriaki chicken with the above mention veggies, and potato salad. The chicken was cooked to perfection I must say. It was juicy and you almost didn't need a knife to cut it.

Julia loves loves loves chicken by the way. Have I mentioned that here before? Don't know. She has had it cooked numerous ways(one of the best things about chicken...it's so versatile)and has devoured it no matter how it was cooked.

2005-07-26 The Difference Between Emily And Katherine

Emily screams bloody murder, cries, yells, tells me I am mean blah blah blah.

Katherine says, "At least she's giving us water, after the way we just behaved."

Heh.

2005-07-26 Julia's 1 yr

She weighed in at 19lbs, 9 oz, and was 30 1/4 inches tall. For those keeping track, that's the 22nd percentile for weight, and the 85th for height. In the doctor's words, she's long and lean.

He was impressed with her progress in regard to her gross motor development and is glad that we will be getting underway with IE tomorrow. He did reccomend that she see Emily's neurologist given the situation(Emily's TS diagnosis, Julia's delay, and the insurance company not paying for genetic testing for Ryun and I). I plan on calling Em's neuro next week (he's on vacation this week) to get that underway.

All in all, it was a good appointment. Barring any problems, she will go back for a well check at 15 months.

2005-07-25 And in the "Look What I Can Do" category we have...

Julia's newest "trick."

2005-07-25 Weekend, Julia

We had a nice weekend. The cookout here was really nice and it was good to get everyone together. I saw my nephew for the first time too. He's so tiny...and so cute! The cookout at my parents was good too, but for some reason I wasn't really myself. Nothing was wrong really... I was just blah. I was dead tired so that might have been it. I came home, helped get the kids settled and went to be around 9! I am feeling much better today.

Julia is enjoying this being one thing immensely. She is all over the place now...crawling backwards and getting up on all fours like nobody's business. She also gets in a crab walk type position. A few times she has been in a sitting position and put her hands up on the table as if she was going to pull herself up. She hasn't quite done it yet but she's gettin there.

Tomorrow, she has her 1 year checkup. I am anxious to see how she is developing!

2005-07-23 Cookout!

Anyway, I don't plan on being on line much (if at all) until later or perhaps tomorrow when I will no doubt post pictures!

2005-07-22 Julia

Oops, I just did. Heh.

Time goes at warp speed when you have children, doesn't it? An entire year has passed since we were blessed with such a wonderful addition to our family.

It's funny. I remember sitting at the dinner table a few weeks before Julia was born and saying to Ryun and the kids, "This is going to be one of the last dinners that will just be us." Strangely at the time, it made me a little sad, not because I didn't want to have a baby, but, but I don't know. It was just going to be a big change.

I never in a million years thought I would ever love someone as much as I love Emily.

Then Katherine came along and I thought, "This is it. My heart can't get any bigger."

And then, Julia was born...and my heart swelled again.

She brings a joy and happiness to everyday that I can't even beginto describe.

Happy Birthday Julia May. You are a blessing beyond words.

2005-07-22 Happy Birthday Julia!