18 months, and some backtracking!

I completely dropped the ball on keeping up with Julia milestones and updates! Here are some highlights:

- you turned one!! We had your birthday at our house with lots of family, godparents, friends, food, and cake! We had a great time and quickly caught on how to open presents.

- a few weeks after we celebrated all of our birthdays, we went to the beach! We met Gigi and Grandpa in Destin and had so much fun! You tolerated the sand, but really loved the ocean waves. 

- we cheered on the Razorbacks (not that it helped, but we had fun)!

- Gigi and Grandpa moved from Texas back to Little Rock; they couldn't stay away from you any longer!

- we went to the pumpkin patch and you were a strawberry for Halloween! 

- you started walking when you were 14 months! Now you're more interesting on running than walking. 

- we had family pictures taken while we were all sick (except Murphy!); you had a double ear infection, poor baby!

- we found out you were going to have a new baby cousin: Luci! She was born very early and is still very tiny. 

- we went to see Santa... and did not like him. 

but he still brought presents! 

- we went to Mountain View to see Great Grandma one last time. 

 I'm glad she got to see you one more time!

- we went to the zoo and you ran all over the place

Those are the highlights, but there have been thousands of other special moments we've shared in the past six months. 

These days, at 18 months old, you are keeping us busy and entertained. You still sleep all night, thank God, and take one to two naps. You eat most everything, but have such a sweet tooth! You will devour any and all sweets you can get your hands on. You are starting to say a few words and you have just the sweetest little voice. We love to hear you talk. You go to daycare three days a week (grandma usually picks you up when she gets off work since she works across the parking lot- you two have lots of fun together!) and stay home with me the other two days. You love to have books read to you, be outside, carry purses (yes, you already own purses!!), play with your baby dolls and their blankets/cribs/pillows/strollers, make a mess with your play kitchen and our actual kitchen, color, and knocking over block towers. You are busy, busy, busy and in constant motion. These last 18 months have been the greatest; you are so loved, sweet baby.