My Pal Violet

Julianne loves her Pal Violet. She lights up whenever she sees Violet or hears her sing. Violet was a Christmas gift from Aunt Angela and Uncle Josh. Julianne has figured out how to push the paws to make Violet sing and talk. We know when Julianne is up from her nap or in the morning, when we can hear Violet talking. Violet is programmed to say Julianne's favorite color (pink), favorite animal (dog), and favorite food (bananas). She also tells Julianne she loves her and spells her name and many other things. They are great pals and thanks aunt A and Uncle J!!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I am so blessed to have a wonderful husband who supports us, encourages, understands, and loves me at all cost! I love you so much!
I got my sweetie some sweets, don't they look yummy!

To love for a day is sweet, but to love for all our days is even sweeter!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Almost a YEAR OLD!!

I can't believe our little girl is almost a year old. Yesturday she turned 11 months and we celebrated by taking her to Finding Nemo on Ice! She really enjoyed the first part but got very tired towards the end of the show. We were surprised how well she paid attention, she would even clap when everyone else did!

Julianne 11 months:

She is cruising and using a little walker, sometimes she forgets to move her feet when the walker gets ahead of her and shes barely hanging on to the walker. But its a start!

She loves to pucker her lips and makes a pop noise with her lips

Julianne is a really friendly baby, she waves and says HI to everyone, some people say hi back and others walk away , its quite funny

She crawls really fast and knows when shes in trouble and crawls faster to get away!

She screams when she doesn't get what she wants, especially when its food.

Lately she has been trying to stand up in the bath tub, so more toys are needed in the bath tub!

She loves bananas, apple pie, corn, any kind of bread, beans, cheerios, crackers, eggs, cheese, cottage cheese, nursing (down to 2 sessions afternoon nap and bedtime:)

She gives daddy high fives

Sleeps through the night

Julianne got a Leap Frog My Pal Violet for Christmas, she absolutely loves Violet and she sleeps with her every night. Violet talks to her and sings songs, she knows how to push the paws to make Violet talk , every morning we can hear Violet through the monitor , so we sing along with her :)!!

She loves her cousins Luke and Will, they are playing really well together and its fun to watch them as they get older

We barracaded her in our living room with gates, so she tries to squeeze through tiny area to get out, like between the recliner and couch, sometimes she escapes and tries to hide in the bathroom, so the bathroom door is always shut. Luckily she doesn't have too many places to hide, becuase our house is a little over 900 sq ft!! :)

She loves to flip through the pages in books and then moves on to the next one, until all the books are on the floor

Just a few things she has been doing lately

She is a joy to be with everyday and we are having so much fun as parents!

Julianne's Dedication

Mark 10:14-16
He said to them, "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the knigdom of God like a little child will never enter it. 16 And he took the children in his arms put his hands on them and blessed them.

Sunday, January 24, 2009

At Cross Pointe Church of the Nazarene

Baby Dedication

My Surprise Party

While I was away dog sitting in San Diego, Randy planned a surprise Birthday Party for me ! I was completely surprised because- I was really looking forward to Julianne's dedication(family was in town, etc..) the next day, so my Birthday was no big deal to me! Well Randy did a great job planning with the help of his family. The day went as follows

-I made a nice big breakfast for my family (Dad&Mom Ellis, Grandpa/ma Stansbury) Egg/sausage Cass, muffins, dunkin donuts, coffee. It was a delicious breakfast!

-Then we headed out to Ocean City, MD to see the sites and walk the Boardwalk. It was really cold and Julianne was not a happy camper, so we didn't get to spend much time there. Most of the stores and restaurants were closed due to the winter season. But we did get Dolle's popcorn and Candy Kitchen Taffy. Next time they come will have to be in the summer so we can get Rita's, Thrasher's, and crab cakes on the Boardwalk.

-We freshened up and then headed to Tokyo Steakhouse for my Birthday dinner. The atmosphere is fun and the food is very good. My mom and I were the only ones at our table to catch the shrimp in our mouths, we always look forward to catch the shrimp in our mouths :)

-Then we ran a quick errand; we had to exchange Julianne's shoes so I was taking my time and they were all telling me we need to hurry ! Well I thought they were hurrying because Julianne needed to get to bed or might be fussy. But I was like no she's fine they will call me if they need me. So four stores later (we were looking for white Patton shoes) we quickly got in the car and headed to the Scott's.

-I got to the door and peaked through the window and saw all these people , my family and friends waiting to Celebrate my Birthday with me!! It was a long day but I felt so loved and blessed to spend it with my family and friends!! Thank you Randy and the Scott's for a great day of celebration!!

A recap of Christmas

We had a wonderful 2009 Christmas ! Our Christmas Eve was spent at Aunt Marge's house, where we exchanged gifts and ate some delicious food. I brought the deviled eggs! Then we went to the Christmas Eve Candle light service at church, its always a special service. But this year I spent most of the service in the nursery with Julianne. After the service we went to Uncle Dave and Aunt Debbie's house were we exchange gifts and ate more delicious food!!

We had a great Christmas and really enjoyed spending it as a family of three. Julianne enjoyed tearing the paper and putting everything in her mouth, so we didn't go overboard with presents, we just got her empty boxes. ;) But after we opened our presents to each other we went to the Scott's house to eat a big breakfast and then opened the presents with them! And lastly we ate some more. Somehow I managed to maintain my weight(due to nursing:) but will be eating healthier this coming year as I increase in age and not weight! Beware lots of pictures to follow

Hotel Del Coronado

San Diego/Coronado Bay Bridge, its so much shorter than the Chesapeake Bay Bridge!

Hotel Del Coroado

My Beautiful Beach Babe

They had separate condo buildings you could rent, that had access to the beach or pool

Stopping for lunch at a pizza place- Pizzeria Village

They had some little shops, boutique's, and yummy Yogurt(Yogurt Escape). It was another beautiful day and Coronado Island is such a beautiful place!

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