Children's Museum Pictures

Here are a few pictures from our little adventure at the Children's Museum while Tom and Hilary were in town. Julie loved getting to know her aunt and uncle. She really took to both of them and just played and played.






We wore her out! She found this pillow and crashed!

Update!

It's been a while since I've updated my blog and have had a few requests, so here goes! We've been busy the last little while. My parents have come over for a couple visits and just this last weekend we went to visit them. Ben's brother and his wife came to visit us and it was the first time that Julie got to meet her Uncle Tom and Aunt Hilary. And Julie has been growing up a storm. She seems to change everyday. She's pulling up on everything and zooming along the furniture. I'm sure she'll be taking a step or two soon. She is such a precious little part of our family and we are loving getting to know her as her little personality develops. It's wild to see her personality really starting to come out. She's a truly cheerful child, she laughs so much everyday and keeps me laughing. She does have my stubbornness, so that's interesting to deal with at times. She is super curious and loves to explore her world. She's terrific and we are having a blast with her.
Here's some pictures from our last few weeks.


Of course the more Julie is able to get around, the more she chases the kitties. She loves the kitties!!

Julie really likes riding her pony. She loves to press the buttons to make it sing.

Hanging out with Grandma and Papaw.

Here's Julie playing with her Papaw.

Here's Julie in her Happy Valentine's Day onesie that my Aunt Doris and Uncle Larry sent to her. What a cutie!!

Ben took this picture while working outside on a lock to our back door. He let Julie "help" him.

She loves books. She plays with her books more than any other toy.

Julie loves to "drink" out of Mommy's cup. She's such a big girl!

New Year's Weekend

Over the New Year's weekend we went to visit with Ben's brother and his family. We had a great time! Julie just loved being with her cousin for a couple of days. She did super well on the road trip there and back. She's such a trooper! Here are a couple of pictures from our adventures in MO!

It was a little chilly in Springfield, MO. Here's Julie all bundled up with Daddy.

Julie loves to "fly" with aunt Amy!

We went to a fun little restaurant for lunch one day and had some yummy food. Julie tried a tater tot for the first time while sitting with Amy, Paul and Claire.

Here Julie is reading a book with her cousin Claire and aunt Amy. Julie just loves being around Claire. She watches her and tries to play with her as much as she can. These two are going to have a blast together when they get a little older!

We went bowling on New Year's Eve with some folks from Paul and Amy's church. It was a lot of fun. Julie was a great sport and seemed to have a good time too.

Christmas!!

We had a terrific Christmas. We went to Benton to visit my family for four days and just had a great time. My aunt and uncle came up from Texas to be with us too. It was extra special to have so much family celebrating Christmas together. Julie wasn't quite sure what to think of it all at the time but she loves all of her new toys and books and clothes. Here are a few pictures of Julie's first Christmas!

What's in this one??

Here is Julie checking out her mountain of Christmas presents.

She sure loved the bows!!

This opening presents business sure can wear a baby Julie out!

Playing with a couple of her new Christmas toys.


Julie having a little nap after Christmas morning with Grandma.

New Trick

In the last month Julie has been learning to pull herself up to standing and now she does it any chance she gets. She just loves standing up by herself. She gets so proud of herself when she pulls herself up. She's also starting clapping a lot. She'll stand up, then sit back down and clap for herself. She's so funny! Here's a picture of her standing up in her pack-and-play a couple of weeks ago. What a cutie!

Julie with Santa!

We went to Breakfast with Santa this morning at our church and Julie got her first picture made with Santa. She did great! I was worried she would cry but she was just fascinated with his beard. I thought she wouldn't let go!

Overdue Update Pictures Continued

Here are a few pictures from our Thanksgiving trip to Texas.

On our way to Gorman for our annual Thanksgiving celebration with family, we stopped for a visit with our good friends Tim and Amanda. We got to visit for just a little while but it was SO good to catch up with them and hug them again. We miss them so much! We were so happy that they got to meet Julie and she got to meet them!

Here is Julie meeting her Great-Grandma Corley for the first time. We had such a good time with my grandma and my aunt, uncle, and cousins while we were in Gorman for Thanksgiving. It was a great trip.

The whole gang at my aunt and uncle's house in Mansfield, TX. We stopped for a quick but fun visit on the way home from Gorman.


It was a long trip in the car with an 8 month old, but she did great. We had a wonderful time.