5 weeks since I last posted! What have we been doing?!
Well, I guess I'll just jump right in. Julia has started talking so much more. She repeats everything we say and even remembers things we've mentioned once or twice. Here's an example: Whenever we get home, she always wants to walk around the front of the car. She calls it "this way." I think once we must have asked her to go "this way" and now she feels like that's what she needs to do every time. Another one: she yells "STORE" (only it sounds like show) whenever we pass any Ingles.
She also started referring to herself as Jul-a. I'm a little scared she has dropped the adorable "Jule" for good. We're going to try to keep it going.
We (Jule and I) have also started working at Cheshire--the gym in Black Mountain--in the Kidzone. Two days a week we spend the morning with a bunch of other kids whose Moms are getting a few precious moments to themselves. I think it's a very good cause. Julia usually enjoys it, too. When I ask her what we are going to do at work, she usually says "play." And "run."
Here are a few recent pictures of Jule and friends. She is growing up so much!
Yesterday we went to the Hickory Nut Gap farm to pick a pumpkin, pet some baby animals, buy some apples, and basically kick off fall. (yay!) We picked the perfect day for it too. It was CHILLY and so beautiful!
This is the promised picture of the shed. Nick did a great job on it. It's done just in time for storing firewood!

