Old Fashion Day

On the weekend of the 11th, we went to Benton to visit my family and to go to Old Fashion Day, a town-wide arts and crafts sale on the courthouse lawn. It was a really fun time. We all remembered bringing Julie last year and talked about how quickly the year has past and how much she has grown. We had a lot of fun.

Julie enjoyed having her juice with Aunt April outside in the nice weather.


She also really enjoyed riding the tractor with her Papaw. They did this a couple of times while we were there and Julie loved every minute of it. I think her Papaw enjoyed it as well. : )


Here are a few pictures of our time at Old Fashion Day. Julie really liked the tiny motorcycle and riding the train.

This one's for Papaw

Watching George

Julie loves watching the Curious George movie. I think she became familiar with this curious little monkey at the Children's Museum, where they had a traveling Curious George exhibit that she really enjoyed. She has seen the movie a few times in last couple of months but this week she has been asking for it daily. She knows which remote is for the DVD player and she will get it out of the drawer, bring it to me and say "Oooh, Oooh, Oooh", her answer to the question "what does a monkey say?", since she can't quite say monkey yet. As soon as I take the remote from her to turn it on she runs to the couch and grabs her blanket and asks me to sit with her. Today though she was watching it as I was getting dinner ready and this picture is what I saw when I peeked around the corner at her. She was playing with Ben with her baby doll and stroller and I guess baby doll wanted to watch as well. So, yes, that's Julie in her baby doll's stroller, "drinking" from her doll's bottle, with baby doll sitting in Julie's rocking chair next to her, enjoying Curious George. What a cutie, huh?

Happy Birthday Ben!!

The 26th was Ben's 30th birthday!! My parents came over on Saturday afternoon and spent the night at the house with Julie while Ben and I spent the night out celebrating his birthday. It was a great time for the two of us to have together and Julie had a blast with her grandparents. They did some shopping with her and got her a stroller and diaper bag for her baby doll. She loves it!! Here are a few pictures of her with her grandparents and baby stroller. Also one of Julie and her Papaw playing in the living room fort. We are so grateful that my parents came over to watch Julie for us so we could have some time out for just the two of us. We really appreciate it!

Cute video

Here is a cute video of Julie swinging at the park with her Papaw while we were in Texas.

Welcome home party

On the weekend of September 20th, we went to Mansfield, TX to visit with my family and to go to a welcome home party for my cousin, Andrew, who just got back from Iraq. We are so very happy and thankful that he is finally home safe and sound. We had a really good time with everyone. It was a quick trip, and Julie did really well on the long drive. She had a good time seeing everyone and meeting new folks. We even got out to take her to a park for a little while and she really enjoying playing with her aunts, uncle and papaw at the park. Here are a few pictures from our time at my aunt and uncle's house.

Haircut, part two

I finally let Ben cut Julie's hair, just a little bit. We were at my parents' house and we sat Julie up on the counter in their bathroom for the hair cut. She did really well and didn't fuss too much about it. He only cut off a tiny little bit, just enough to even up the front and back a little. It looks cute. Here are a few pictures of the experience.