Happy first Father's Day!

We celebrated Jeff's first Father's Day this weekend (even though he had to work on Sunday/Father's Day!). We're so lucky to have him!

Jeff is the greatest dad to Julia (and Murphy!) and he loves being a daddy!

10 Months

Seems like I just wrote one of these monthly posts, but the calendar doesn't lie and our baby is one month older already!

Julia's tenth month had a few firsts- scooting around/army crawling, pulling up on people when they are on the floor with her, a few top teeth popping through (Julia is ready to eat a steak now!), getting in the pool, feeding herself a popsicle, sitting up from laying down, not screaming immediately when a new person holds her, drinking out of a sippy cup, and terrorizing Murphy with his toys.

Even though Julia is not yet an expert crawler, she still manages to get around and also get in to a lot of things that she shouldn't. She definitely keeps us on our toes. Julia also puts every. single. thing. she comes across straight in to her mouth. She keeps us on our toes, that's for sure.

Julia weighs around 18 pounds; wears mostly 9 month sized clothes; and, wears 3-6 month sized shoes- tiny feet!

Julia is still eating anything (and everything) that we put in front of her. She seems to really love blueberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, scrambled eggs, chicken, and desserts.

Dear 10 month old Julia, 

You are still sweet as can be and we cannot imagine a life without you. To see you learn and grow every day is such a blessing. You are such a happy, laid-back baby, so spending my days with you is always a joy. 

Recently, you and I flew down to Dallas to see Grandma, Grandpa, and Michael and our flight was delayed nearly five hours- you remained in much better spirits than the majority of the adults flying with us. Not mention that most of our fellow travelers could not get over how good, cute, and happy you were. So, thanks for making me look good, baby girl!

You like to make sure someone is watching you whenever you're doing anything (you look up to make eye contact and then give the biggest smile before getting back to what you were doing), especially if it's something you think deserves some cheer leading. Even if you don't get cheers, that doesn't stop you from clapping for yourself. Seriously, the cutest. 

Love you, sweet girl!

Mommy

Water baby!

First time to go to the pool! Enjoying the nice (cold!) water with daddy! 

With our buddy Carmen!

The next day, with mommy! 

It's so nice having the neighborhood pool right up the street!

But not as nice as just going in the backyard at Gigi's and Grandpa's!

I tried giving Julia a taste of my Popsicle and she took it for herself. I had no idea she was capable of feeding herself on of those! Such a big girl.

A day in the life at 9 months

Here's a glimpse in to a typical day of Julia's life around 9 and a half months:

7:00am Good morning!! Daddy gets Julia out of bed and spends a few minutes with her changing her diaper and cuddling before it's time to nurse.

8:00am The milk has settled and it's time to eat some finger food breakfast. This morning Julia enjoyed Cheerios, mandarin orange slices, and a scrambled egg. She may just be a small baby, but she sure can eat!

8:45-10:00am After breakfast, we play for a few minutes before Julia goes down for a nap. Once she wakes up about 10, it's time to nurse again (3rd breakfast!). 

11:00am Time to run errands!

Trying out the new baby carrier while doing a little shopping. 

After getting home, Julia nursed again at 1:00pm and I had some lunch. This is my view while eating- two beggars eyeing my every bite until they got some. 

2:00pm-ish More playtime! We just got this swing a few weeks ago from Grandma and have already gotten a lot of use out of it. This girl loves swinging. And Murphy likes us to be outside with him to play chuck it. 

After another nap (~2:45-3:330ish) and nursing at 4:00pm, Julia decided she needed to help me get a little work done. We haven't found anything else that gets Julia moving quite like trying to get to the laptop. Nothing more fun than banging on those keys- she doesn't care if I'm in the middle of working on something or not. 

We ate dinner around 6:00pm, Julia had some sweet potato, salmon, Greek yogurt, and rice. After that it was bath time with Daddy, nursing around 7:00pm and asleep shortly after. 

A full day of smiles and hanging out with my favorite girl. It will be interesting to see what our days are like in the future!