Julia 18 months old
Julia reached that monumental 18 month mark this month {May 11th to be exact}. Yes, I'm a little late in blogging about it. It's just that SHE'S SO DANG BUSY!! Ok, that's not really the reason but she really is a busy body. And don't even get me started on the girls attitude that has started. I could write all the negative things she does that seems to really drive me crazy but a good mom would write all the great things about her.I'm just not a good mom.
She is so clingy lately. We let her go to nursery a few weeks before she was actually "legal" {one of the perks of serving in the primary presidency} and she did great! Now that she's really allowed to be there, she's awful! She cries and screams. We're hoping this phase is over soon. {not only my sake but for the nursery leaders sake} It's not just at church. If we go outside and then she sees me go inside the house she flips out because she wants me to be outside and watch her.
Ok, so that's really the only bad things about this girl that I can think of right now. She's soooo dang cute! She's turning into quite the little mother to her babies and she keeps up with the boys as good as any 18month old could. We have quite the neighborhood full of kids and Julia is just one of them. She jumps on the tramp, rides her wiggle bike, swings, plays ball, climbs hills, plays in the dirt {her diaper every day has been filled with red sand since we did the sandbox thing at our house}...anything the big kids are doing she is in the mix. The best part is they all love her too and don't mind her tagging along. She reminds me of the story "The Pokey Little Puppy" because she's always the last to get places but at least she gets there.
Some of her favorite foods are strawberries, chicken nuggets, grapes, peas, and nuts {you name the nut, she loves it--we even take a bag of peanuts to church now for her snack--forget the cereal and pretzels!} She loves babies {dolls and the real thing} and animals. Luckily we live around dogs that love kids so no bad experiences, yet. She thinks the neighbors houses are her own. She wanders from house to house not realizing the street is no place for her {another benefit of where we live.} She's just tall enough to open the doors now and comes and goes as she pleases. She loves the water, the dirt, the mud and the best is playing in any of those with her brothers. I should really take a picture of her in the morning. Her hair is EVERYWHERE! She won't keep her bows, clips or barrettes in her hair very long. She looks pretty straggly most of the time but that's how we roll. She loves balls, bubbles, helping mom with sewing projects, her blankie, her binkie and making other kids laugh with the silly things she does.
We love this cute baby girl and love that she's growing up to have such a cute personality {good and bad} but it doesn't seem so long ago that I was in a hospital bed trying to hold her back until the doctor could get there. Just goes to show, as hard as we try we're not going to be holding her back from anything she really wants to do. She'll just scream at us if we do! Must be a girl thing.
Ok, so that's really the only bad things about this girl that I can think of right now. She's soooo dang cute! She's turning into quite the little mother to her babies and she keeps up with the boys as good as any 18month old could. We have quite the neighborhood full of kids and Julia is just one of them. She jumps on the tramp, rides her wiggle bike, swings, plays ball, climbs hills, plays in the dirt {her diaper every day has been filled with red sand since we did the sandbox thing at our house}...anything the big kids are doing she is in the mix. The best part is they all love her too and don't mind her tagging along. She reminds me of the story "The Pokey Little Puppy" because she's always the last to get places but at least she gets there.
Some of her favorite foods are strawberries, chicken nuggets, grapes, peas, and nuts {you name the nut, she loves it--we even take a bag of peanuts to church now for her snack--forget the cereal and pretzels!} She loves babies {dolls and the real thing} and animals. Luckily we live around dogs that love kids so no bad experiences, yet. She thinks the neighbors houses are her own. She wanders from house to house not realizing the street is no place for her {another benefit of where we live.} She's just tall enough to open the doors now and comes and goes as she pleases. She loves the water, the dirt, the mud and the best is playing in any of those with her brothers. I should really take a picture of her in the morning. Her hair is EVERYWHERE! She won't keep her bows, clips or barrettes in her hair very long. She looks pretty straggly most of the time but that's how we roll. She loves balls, bubbles, helping mom with sewing projects, her blankie, her binkie and making other kids laugh with the silly things she does.
We love this cute baby girl and love that she's growing up to have such a cute personality {good and bad} but it doesn't seem so long ago that I was in a hospital bed trying to hold her back until the doctor could get there. Just goes to show, as hard as we try we're not going to be holding her back from anything she really wants to do. She'll just scream at us if we do! Must be a girl thing.
5 comments:
She is so dang cute! I can't believe how big she is, and how blonde her hair is! I love the singing too! You have a beautiful voice!
What kind of mom has a little 18 month old try blow kisses when they are holding on for dear life on the swing? Poor Julia has such a bad mom. Maybe she needs to come learn some good stuff from a bunch of other girls. :) I find it amazing how much she looks like your pictures when you were little. They grow way too fast!
She is so very cute! And I have always thought that the terrible twos start at 18 months with girls anyway. GOOD LUCK! And we all know you are a great mom.
She is adorable!! Bekah did the same thing with nursery, but Lizzie loves it. I just love her blond curls.
I love the Pokey little Puppy!! She is so dang cute! I need to get her back to my house so she can learn my name. I mean, she has no buisness saying Paton's name and not knowing mine.
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