Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers!

Juliet made me a card for mother's day!!! I never knew she was so advanced that she could write at 8 1/2 months! Spelling is right and everything
Daddy is happy Juliet liked the hockey gear!

My happy little girl makes ME happy everyday, it is so WONDERFUL to be Juliet's mom, I truly feel blessed to have so much love in my life and have never known JOY like being a Mom.

We had a great Mother's day :) I hope everyone else had a great day also, XOXO!

Here is my little dancer!

Mama AND Dada! And maybe Kitty...

So Juliet is talking all the time these days :) After she originally said MaMa she stopped for a while but now she is back to talking. She is now saying both MaMa and DaDa and she actually says the right word to the right parent! It's so exciting to see her call our names. John and I have also though we heard her say kitty while playing with Quest but I can not say for sure until I hear it again because it could have totally been us hearing things... Who knows but she is pretty cute and love making her laugh! She also loves to listen to her music and "dance", currently her favorite song is the john jingleheimer smith song, she starts to scream and laugh and start to dance in my arms, it's pretty cute. Juliet is also getting so good at standing by herself and holds her balance by herself several times a day, I think shes likes the challenge of trying to stand.

On not so good news, Juliet has a cold again (poor girl is a snotty mess) and has also been majorly protesting bedtime and the last two night she has woke up in the middle of the night crying but goes back to bed with a few hugs but having her wake me up in the middle of the night has not happened in over 2 months. She has been such a good sleeper and was sleeping straight for 11 or 12 hours so I hope it's just a phase because it's nice to get sleep. She is also having some stranger anxiety and see to want to be attached to my hip which is kind of cute that she wants lots of hugs from mommy :) I don't mind the extra love!

Solids???

No thank you says Juliet! Well she likes solids but NO chunks please!!! The doctor told us last time we went in that we should start making her food chunky but she hates it so much. It's funny to see the faces she makes when she realizes that her food has chunks in it, she makes the most dramatic faces. She is my little drama queen :) Juliet is also getting really good at walking while holding on to Mommy's hands and is pulling up on everything these days including her crib. If she does not feel like napping she starts to giggle in her crib and pulls herself up to stand and walk around the crib. Every time I walk in on her standing she looks so proud of herself. So funny. Why do I spend money on expensive toys when Juliet's favorite things to play with these days are cat toys and paper. Yes cat toys! The cats have a bin of toys and she is now always crawling to it and dumping it out and playing with all fun toys. WE LOVE OUR LITTLE GIRL!

Juliet is Crawling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Easter fun

Juliet had lots of fun in Pittsburgh for Easter and was so excited to see everyone, here are some pictures from the weekend.

Juliet loved the Easter Bunny

Juliet giving her kisses to Jack!!! So funny :)

What's new with my cute little 8 month old?

Hi everyone, wanted to give a quick update before I put pictures up

Juliet had her 8 month check up and she is 18 1/2 pounds now, it was not a wellness check up so we didn't get to measure how tall she is that will happen next month.

Juliet still loves to go to the park and we have been enjoying the nice weather this week!!! She can now stand on her own for about 10 whole seconds, it's crazy to watch her balance for so long. She is also getting better at cruising and walking while holding on to furniture and using her walker (yes we got her a walker, even though it said 9 months and up!). As far as crawling she can do an army crawl very slowly but prefers to stand and cruise around the furniture. Juliet is also very ticklish and if you give her kisses on her belly she will giggle, it's so cute. Love my little girl :)

MAMA!

Okay not sure if she "knows" what she is saying or not but I SWEAR juliet is starting to say mama to me! I have heard it several times and so has John and juliet's nanny... She is becoming quite a talker all of a sudden :) She's a MaMa's girl!