Julia is quite the climber! She can easily climb an entire flight of stairs now and is rather pleased with herself when she does! She'll climb up on... well, anything climbable! This sequence of pictures shows her climbing onto a toy... trying to reach the ceiling fan!

Cute as a bug's.... BUM!

Three quarters of a year

Pretty Julia on her ninth month "birthday".

Yummy! As if that bum wasn't already cute enough! I just couldn't pass up this outfit when I saw it in the store!

Daddy's girl
Loving her new swimming pool!

This month we took Julia camping for the first time. She didn't mind it, but unfortunately I realized I no longer love camping like I used to. (what a lot of work!?!) We didn't get any pictures... too busy making sure Julia stayed out of the fire, out of the water, didn't put everything in her mouth... sand, bugs, rocks...

Last week we celebrated our 11th anniversary. We got a babysitter and left Julia for the first time! We had a lovely dinner at Matahari (Asian cuisine), walked Whyte Ave, browsed Chapters, and went for coffee. It was lovely to spend an evening as a couple. And Julia had a great time at home playing with Maggie and Barry.

Julia's latest: Four teeth. Eating everything we eat. Babbling a mile a minute. Cruising (walking holding onto furniture). Walking pushing a chair or stool. Busy, busy, busy!


Trying to see what is in the birdbath...

Yes, she did manage to rock it enough that she got to find out! She didn't mind the splash of water on her head though.

She sure likes water. Here she is in her "pool" (a garbage can lid!). Poor thing! Maybe we should just buy a baby pool, eh?!

Lounging against Dad in a most unladylike fashion, with her dress up around her waist!


Enjoying spaghetti. I think she looks like me in this picture - or at least how I looked when I was little.
No matter who she looks like, she sure is a cutie!

Waiting and watching for Daddy coming home from work.

More Julia...

Usually when I go in to get Julia out of bed in the mornings, she is sitting and playing with her stuffed animals. This morning for the first time, this is how she was waiting for me!

When I'm working in the kitchen, Julia likes to "help". She has her own drawer in the kitchen filled with bowls and utensils that she plays with.

Finally I captured her teeth on camera! It wasn't easy getting just the right smile so that her teeth were showing, but there they are - two little bottom teeth.

Time Flies

Over a month already since I last blogged. How time flies! Julia is changing so quickly. She is now the proud owner of TWO teeth. And she is a crawling maniac! She has also learned how to pull herself up to a standing position holding on to furniture.


Standing up!

I bought her a happy face balloon... Her smile rivals the balloon's.


Getting right into her toys... literally - one day she climbed right into her toy basket!

Our mobile little girl has made it necessary to put a gate at the top of the stairs already.

Since she doesn't like to be "confined" to one place anymore, Julia has found a new use for the exersaucer.

Our vegetable garden is mostly planted now. We're trying a few new things this year: corn, spaghetti squash, and a blueberry bush! Not sure what kind of crops we'll get, but it's fun to try new things.

Now I am concentrating on trying to beautify the yard with flowers in the beds and in pots.

Deciding what to plant...
Helping Mom water the flower we just planted. (Gerbera daisies are one of my favourites!)