Mother's Day Out Program

Last Tuesday was the end of the year program for the Mother's Day Out and Preschool that Julie attended this year. Each class performed a song and dance routine for the crowd. Julie did so well! She had such a good time. In the last two pictures, she is in the middle dancing and singing. The first is a picture taken just after the program was over. We were so proud of her!!

Julie's first pigtails

Julie-isms

I email Ben almost daily with cute little things that Julie says during the day and I thought maybe others would get a smile out of some Julie-isms as well. So here goes:

We have three cats in our family. They are Tate, Fraidy and Mugo. Tate and Fraidy are brothers from the same litter and Mugo is a sweet girl kitty we got a year before the boys. Julie has picked up on the fact that the boys are a pair of sorts and so when she refers to the kitties, she calls them "Mugo and the Tates".

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Just this morning when I was taking her to Mother's Day Out she asked me if I was going to stay with her today and I told her no, that I was going to go back home and I'd pick her up this afternoon and she said "oh, I'm sorry Momma". I guess she was sad for me to miss out on the fun. : ) What a sweetie!

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One night several weeks back we were putting Julie to bed and she loudly passed gas as we were putting her in her bed. She looked up in surprise at Ben and said "Daddy, I burped in my pants! Loud, Daddy!" We were able to hold it together until we got her down and the door shut and then we lost it. It was hilarious.

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A couple of weekends ago, my parents kept Julie for us for an evening so Ben and I could go out. Then every night since, when it's been time to get Julie ready for her bath she has requested a "water bath, no bubbles". We had always been giving her a bubble bath but apparently when my parents bathed her they did not and she definitely prefers to have a bath Grandma and Papaw style. When we fill up the bath tub with water, no bubbles, she gets very excited and says "Hi water bath!". She enjoys the simple things in life. : )

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There are so many more, I could go on and on. Maybe another post of Julie-isms is in our future. Hope you smile today! I know I will!! : )

Easter Pictures

Here are a few pictures from our Easter weekend in Benton. Julie had a lot of fun dyeing eggs, making a bunny cake with Grandma, playing Wii bowling with Papaw and hunting her eggs in the front yard. And of course the Easter treats the Easter bunny left for her were a big hit. We had a wonderful Easter weekend, even if it did rain all day Sunday. We got up early enough for a round of egg hunting before the rain started. And we're still eating candy!

Julie's 2nd Birthday Party

Julie's 2nd birthday is Tuesday, March 31st, and we celebrated with a party on Saturday afternoon. The theme this year was Little Einsteins, one of Julie's favorite cartoons. We told her a while back that she was going to have a Rocket cake for her birthday and she got so excited that anytime anyone asked her about her birthday she said "Rocket cake!". The cake itself was a lot of work and took both Ben and I working on it to get it right but it was all worth it when we saw how happy she was when she finally saw her Rocket cake. We had some family and a few friends over and it was a very fun afternoon. Julie of course was spoiled rotten, but that's what birthday parties are for! : ) She got a lot of little baby doll toys, some Little Einsteins toys, a princess dress and lots more. She had a terrific time.

Here she is anxiously awaiting the arrival of her party guests.


The cake itself.



Opening presents with Daddy.



Julie was great at blowing out her candle. I had thought she might need some coaching but I was wrong, she's a pro!


The kiddos enjoying playing with the Mrs. Potato Head (and it's 40 pieces!) that Julie got from her aunt April.


Julie loves her friend Ryland!


It was a bit cold but they had a good time playing in the back yard, even if it was only for a few minutes.


Here's Julie taking turns playing in her Elmo chair with her friend Jackson.


What good buddies!


Julie's Papaw and Grandma gave Julie a baby care center where she can bathe and feed her baby doll and put her baby doll down for a nap. She loves it!!


Thank you to each of you that came to the party and all those that blessed her with birthday gifts. She received some birthday money in the mail last week so we are planning on taking her to the store on her actual birthday Tuesday to let her pick out a little something. Let the party continue!!

We have been blessed beyond the limits of our imaginations having this little girl in our lives. She is such a joy. We are so very thankful for her and although we wish the time wouldn't go by so fast we do look forward to experiencing the rest of life with her. These past two years have been amazing and have taught us so much. We love our Julie girl!!

The BEST Daddy ever!

I have several pairs of fuzzy cuddly socks that I wear around the house when Julie and I stay in. Today I was wearing a pink pair and Julie asked for pink socks too. I went to get her some from her drawer but she insisted that she wear a pair of my fuzzy socks. So we've been wearing pink socks together all day. And when Ben got home she showed him our pink socks and said that Daddy needed some too. So he went and got a pair of my socks to wear to match us. It made Julie really happy. What a Daddy!! He's the best!!

New toy

A few weeks ago my parents came over for a visit and while they were here they gave Julie a Barbie four wheeler toy. She loves to ride on it, but hasn't quite figured out how to steer it. We are working on it. : )