Nick

I thought it was time to let the world know what an amazing Dad Julia has.  I will try not to write this like a Father's Day card.  Nick really is such an awesome Dad.  He LOVES spending time with Julia and is always leaving late for work, coming home for lunch, and dropping by during the day whenever he has the smallest excuse.  He also makes my morning coffee, and usually lunch and dinner too.  He goes to the grocery store for us, often cleans the house, stays with Julia so I can get out every now and then and goes to work everyday for us.  

Plus, he has such a sweet way of playing with our daughter.  Look at this next picture.  Nick set up all Julia's animals like this and gave them all voices, too.  He also has names for most of them.  I am horrible at stuff like this.  I'm always calling the turtle a frog and her ladybug a spider.  I'm terrible.  I'm so glad she has him to help me keep her friends straight when she is a teenager.

So, here's to Julia's Dad.  We Love Him.  And here is a video of the little one on Father's Day.  She's playing with her duckie (who's name is actually Dominic.) 

Smiling Baby

This has been a very exciting day!

First of all, I FINALLY got a picture of this little girl smiling!  She has been doing it for a couple of weeks but up until now, she hasn't seemed to think the camera is all that funny.  Isn't this such a sweet little grin?  She is so funny about that tongue!  

We had a great time hanging out on the new deck today while Nick worked on building the planters.   Julia really loves to be outside.  Look at this sweet setup.  I am hoping she continues to enjoy it throughout the summer.  We may have to put a fan out there.  

Also, she got to meet Courtney and had a great time with her.  She thinks Courtney is very funny and interesting.  And almost as cool as her mom (me, not Ms. Stillwell--who is also very cool.)  Anyway, it was lots of fun.  We met up at the dripolator and walked around Black Mountain.  

    

Later, we got a surprise visit from her Grammy.  You can't tell from this picture but she had Julia smiling almost as soon as she walked in the door.

And finally--and this is a big one--She took a little nap in her crib.  I didn't get a picture of this because there was no way I was walking in there while she was asleep.  But she did it!  This is big because she has mostly been sleeping in her carseat or her bjorn or on us.  So, maybe we're a bit closer to getting her to sleep in her own room at night too...Actually, I don't know if I'm ready for that yet!  I might need to cry it out a few nights when that happens.