Christmas is exhausting with an 8 month old. Well, we survived Christmas this year. It was a very busy week. We had a total of 3 "Christmases", Wednesday night, Thursday night, and Christmas Day. Juliette had lots of fun opening her presents. She enjoyed ripping the paper but it got old fast for her so Bryan, Grandma, Grandpa and I ended up opening most of her presents. Grandma and Grandpa Kennedy really enjoyed putting together all the wonderful gifts they got for Juliette. Grandma wasn't kidding when she said that Juliette could probably open her own toy store after Christmas :)
Juliette will now "dance" when she hears music. She will start the music on one of her toys and bounce. She does it standing or sitting. Sometimes she really gets into it and moves her arms too. She is definitely my girl.
Monday, December 28, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Baking
Here are some pictures of some pictures of the cookies I made for Bryan to take into work tomorrow. They turned out very tasty.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Pictures of Juliette for December
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The Misadventures of Juliette
Juliette has been up to a lot this week. A lot of crazy things.
Last week State Farm had Santa come and visit, so we took Juliette there to sit on Santa's lap and get a present. She did surprisingly well with Santa. I put her on his lap, and she just looked up at him, wondering who this strange looking guy was. To top it off, in continuing her never-ending thrill of pulling hair, she decided to pull Santa's beard and hang onto it when I picked her back up. Of course, Santa's beard didn't come off, but it sure was funny.
Thursday night lead to more excitement. Sarah bought Juliette another gift which, at this point, might end up being a gift for her 2nd birthday, because she has so much stuff. Anyways, she put it on a step going upstairs - roughly 4 or 5 steps up. I went up the steps to look at it, while Juliette was playing with a toy at the base of the stairs. You can probably guess what happened next. She made a strange sound, and I looked down to check on her, only to see...her feet. I had to look closer to me to actually see her, because she started crawling up the stairs. She had made it up to the 2nd/3rd step before I grabbed her. Friday was a little bit more of the same, with her trying to figure out the steps. Then, on Saturday (today, and 3rd day being the charm), Juliette managed to crawl up the steps very quickly when Sarah ran upstairs, and had to be pulled back down. So, now we have to deal with that. Good times.
Tonight, Juliette decided she wanted to help Sarah (un)fold laundry. While looking in the laundry basket, she accidentally fell into it. Then, she got stuck inside the laundry basket. We got some pictures of it, because what else where we going to do - help her first? Juliette eventually started crying, so we took her out, but that was really funny. Now we're curious if she'll do it again.
Last week State Farm had Santa come and visit, so we took Juliette there to sit on Santa's lap and get a present. She did surprisingly well with Santa. I put her on his lap, and she just looked up at him, wondering who this strange looking guy was. To top it off, in continuing her never-ending thrill of pulling hair, she decided to pull Santa's beard and hang onto it when I picked her back up. Of course, Santa's beard didn't come off, but it sure was funny.
Thursday night lead to more excitement. Sarah bought Juliette another gift which, at this point, might end up being a gift for her 2nd birthday, because she has so much stuff. Anyways, she put it on a step going upstairs - roughly 4 or 5 steps up. I went up the steps to look at it, while Juliette was playing with a toy at the base of the stairs. You can probably guess what happened next. She made a strange sound, and I looked down to check on her, only to see...her feet. I had to look closer to me to actually see her, because she started crawling up the stairs. She had made it up to the 2nd/3rd step before I grabbed her. Friday was a little bit more of the same, with her trying to figure out the steps. Then, on Saturday (today, and 3rd day being the charm), Juliette managed to crawl up the steps very quickly when Sarah ran upstairs, and had to be pulled back down. So, now we have to deal with that. Good times.
Tonight, Juliette decided she wanted to help Sarah (un)fold laundry. While looking in the laundry basket, she accidentally fell into it. Then, she got stuck inside the laundry basket. We got some pictures of it, because what else where we going to do - help her first? Juliette eventually started crying, so we took her out, but that was really funny. Now we're curious if she'll do it again.
Sunday, December 6, 2009
It's been way too long since I last posted. Juliette has kept me busy. She has become proficient with crawling. She can really move when she sees something she wants. She enjoys pulling herself up to stand at whatever she can find. I finally broke down and gave her a new toy even though Christmas is just around the corner. I thought she need something new since she hasn't gotten any new toys in months. I got her a piano activity table that she can stand at and do various noise making things. She really enjoys it. Juliette's favorite activities include playing with Smudge's squeaker toys. He'll take the squeaker away and then she take it from him and so on. She also likes to take out toys after I've put them away or staked them neatly. It is truly amazing how much of a mess a little girl can make.
Over the last month I have been busy baking gingerbread houses for a Gingerbread House Party I hosted this Saturday. I baked and assembled 9 houses. This whole process really meant a lot to me. My mom would bake gingerbread houses every year for friends to decorate before she passed away. I really enjoyed seeing how each house was decorated. I had lots of fun preparing for this event, especially buying the candy. Everyone seemed to have a good time. I'm looking forward to doing it again next year.
Today, Bryan put up the Christmas. So far, Juliette has ignored it, even when the lights were on and it was rotating. We'll see how she does once I start to put ornaments on.
Today we got Juliette to clap. It was so cute.
So, I love the look of stainless steel appliances but not with hand prints all over them. Juliette likes to stand at the dishwasher and kiss it.
Over the last month I have been busy baking gingerbread houses for a Gingerbread House Party I hosted this Saturday. I baked and assembled 9 houses. This whole process really meant a lot to me. My mom would bake gingerbread houses every year for friends to decorate before she passed away. I really enjoyed seeing how each house was decorated. I had lots of fun preparing for this event, especially buying the candy. Everyone seemed to have a good time. I'm looking forward to doing it again next year.
Today, Bryan put up the Christmas. So far, Juliette has ignored it, even when the lights were on and it was rotating. We'll see how she does once I start to put ornaments on.
Today we got Juliette to clap. It was so cute.
So, I love the look of stainless steel appliances but not with hand prints all over them. Juliette likes to stand at the dishwasher and kiss it.
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