Random

Julie loves going outside. Unfortunately, the only time she gets to go outside without her carseat is to walk the 10 yards to the mailbox and back. This entails getting her all bundled up in her Carter's bear outfit, which she suprisingly never fusses about getting into. It's only about a two minutes outing but she loves it! I can't wait to take her on long walks and play days when the weather turns warmerJulie loves being able to sit up in her bumbo

We discovered Julie's first real "owie" the other day on her elbow... and neither of knew where she got it. That's kids for you, right? :)

I just love my sleeping baby girl!

Play Time with Dad

Arek loves to play with Julie when he is all finished with work and school stuff. Here's just a bunch of snapshots of one of their playtime sessions:

Major Accomplishment

So it's been a while... and I forgot my camera at home, so no pictures, sorry... next time, I promise. BUT Julie has officially slept through the night. She'd gotten pretty good at waking up only once, but then around the new year she caught a cold and went back to two or three times a night. So finally last week she got over her cold and started waking up only once again. I was so happy. Then yesterday was rough... she didn't nap as well as she usually does and she was fussy all evening. But she finally fell asleep around 11 and this morning she didn't wake up until 8:40, when I had to wake her up to feed and change her before taking Arek to school. I was so proud of her. And she didn't even wake up screaming for food... just my bright eyed, smiley morning baby. So, hopefully it was not a fluke, and Julie really is starting to sleep through the night. Arek and I got to bed by midnight and my body woke up at 7:30 all by itself, and let me tell you, 7 1/2 hours of straight sleep never felt so good! :)