9 months old

Julia had her 9 month check-up last Friday. She now weighs 17 lb 7 oz, and is 28 3/4 inches long. She continues to ride right along that 25%tile line for weight and around the 90%tile for length. We also found out that she should have a couple teeth coming in in the next couple of weeks! Julia's doctor showed us the transluscent outlines of her teeth along her bottom gums. That was pretty exciting. After all these months of a toothless baby girl, it will be interesting to see her with some teeth. Stay tuned...

We also had the "joy" of taking Julia to get blood drawn to test for anemia. Andrew and I both thought initially that it would be a heel prick. Nope! I had to sit with her in my lap in the big chair grown people usually sit in to have blood drawn, they tied the rubber band around her arm to find her vein in her elbow, and drew two tubes of blood! It was a little scary. I couldn't believe they took blood that way from babies. Julia was good, but had tears streaming down her face the entire time as I held her down and still for the nurses. Andreww usually gets to be the one wwith her when she gets shots, but I felt like I needed to go through that with her as well. I'd hate for her to grow up remembering her mommy sitting in the corner with tears in her eyes as her baby was being given shots. The two nurses who were at the lab were wonderful with Julia and were quite gentle and sweet to our baby girl.

Julia continues to amaze us everyday. Recently, it seems she is doing so many new things. She is waving , talking up a storm with what seems like strings of babbles, holding her bottle herself, recognizing people's names, and being an all-around wiggle worm. She has decided she finally really likes rolling around and turns herself around on her tummy 360 degrees. Before we know it, she'll be crawling around. What a precious baby girl!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Happy Halloween everyone!

Pumpkin Patch

A week before Halloween I took Julia to a pumpkin patch set up at a church across the street from my work. I got some cute pics of her, but had a hard time getting her to look up at me. She was quite fascinated with pulling the grass up, a leaf she found, and looking at people walking around and the cars driving by... lots of competition for her attention. Here are some cute pics I took of her.

Halloween is coming

I decided to try on Julia's Halloween costume this past weekend to be sure it would fit her and so I knew how to get it on her. Halloween costumes for babies are not the easiest to get them into! Someone needs to make them more like onesies... Anyways, Julia will be Tigger for her first Halloween. It was an obvious choice given my love for Tigger. Here's a sneak peek... (I took these with my cell phone)

More Baby Love...

A couple of weekends ago, one of my best friends (Lizze) came down to Austin for the weekend. Her sister (Katherine) was also in town, so we all got together for lunch one day. Katherine has a baby, Jayden, about two months older than Julia. Boy did Julia and Jayden hit it off well (see picture below)! Julia is into giving kisses these days, although she is selective as to who and when she gives them. It's pretty cute!!

Goodnight Moon

Julia loves looking at books! I swear she looks from left to right on the pages. She seems to enjoy our nightly storytime before bed, touching the pages, and sometimes even tasting them. Here are some cute pics I took one night. I love how she's holding the book.

Sweet Potatoes!!

Julia had her 6-month appointment this past Friday. She continues to grow like crazy. What she lacks in weight, she makes up for in height. Julia now weighs 14lb 14oz and is 26 1/4 inches long. She's in the 25th
percentile for weight, but in the 90th for length and her head is in the 98th percentile... that's courtesy of her daddy!! Thankfully, she doesn't look like she has a big head, but if she did we'd love her just the same!



We also started fruits and veggies this weekend. We decided to start with some sweet potatoes. Initially her reaction was more like this first picture, but once she got the hang of it she seemed to like it and enjoyed sticking out her tongue for the camera...