Saturday, July 23, 2011
Finally
Ok so bad mommy blogger aside, Josh figured out the reason I haven't been able to post has ben due to a different version of Internet Explorer. So now I can happily post about the last few weeks.
Sun Baby
Juliette is in love with the waterpark at King's Dominion. Here she is enjoying the wave pool.
Friday, July 22, 2011
Wow
Ok I'm a bad blog mommy. We've had a very busy summer so far and sadly it's almost over..not thinking about it though. Juliette has done soooo much in the past 5 weeks it's going to be impossible to recap it. We were in Pennsylvania for about 3.5 weeks and Juliette learned so many things. We went to a ton of playgrounds, had a trip to Knoebels Amusement Park, painted pottery, went to fireworks, and a lot more. I will try to upload pictures in order, but I doubt I'll be able to remember so just trust what I say about it :). Mari I've got the pictures you wanted and will be mailing them out either tomorrow or Monday along with a special something from Juliette.
Since getting home LAST Monday we have been to King's Dominion four times with friends and just the three of us. Juliette is absolutely in LOVE with the water park because they have a pool that is only about 6-10 inches deep so she can go anywhere and has no fear of saying bye to us and wondering on her own, but she will make sure we are watching her or she can see us. Every time we go there she gets a little braver and tries something new. Josh is trying to get her to walk under the waterfall sprinkler and she keeps putting more of her body underneath the stream-it's really cute. The first time we went she saw the slide and was all about going down until she realized water = speed and she shot out of that tube like a bullet into the water! Now she won't go near it hehe. We also took her on the lazy river and she kept saying hi to everyone. She really liked it but it was a little too long for her to sit on the tube and she was ready to get off a few turns before it actually ended. We have been going around 2pm and staying until about 6 and no, my kid doesn't get tired out!!!! When we pull up to the parking lot she gets sooooo excited and starts screaming Park! Park! Biiiiiiiig Park! When we have to leave she says Bye pool, see you tomorrow. She also really loves the wave pool- something I wasn't sure she would like. She enjoys playing with the fountains and sitting on them :) If you are following the news we are in the middle of a pretty hot week down here so we haven't been venturing outside, but we went to Potomac Mills outlet center yesterday to visit the Disney Store or what I like to call Juliette's Mecca. Surprisingly she was very picky and chose a Nemo stuffed toy, a Goofy doll, and a Mickey cell phone. She also picked out a Minnie and Mickey sippy cup, but Mommy snuck them back on the shelf. We have more than enough cups thank you very much.
Hmmmmm what else. Verbally Juliette has been shocking us everyday. We have taken her to the sitter twice since we've been back just to let her play with her friend and remember Cindy. She will now say Cindy's name and her friend Amelia. She is making choices and telling me what she wants to eat--Chicky Mommy...bock bock (clucking noise) what she wants to wear- Pretty dress, Mommy. Her new thing this week is asking for a piggy back ride. It's hysterical to listen to her on the monitor because she will tell her Minnie doll to go on a piggy back ride, hold on, weeee. She is really putting sentences together and I'll try to write more about what she is saying because some of it is so stinking cute. The battle now is for pitty training. I'm thinking she might be wearing a diaper until she hits puberty. I had her in her panties this afternoon and kept taking her back to the potty and the second time as soon as I put them back on her, she peed in them. This is not my favorite part of parenthood. Ok so check out the pictures backwards forwards and side to side because we took about 400 so far this summer....I'll only post probably 200 hehe.
Since getting home LAST Monday we have been to King's Dominion four times with friends and just the three of us. Juliette is absolutely in LOVE with the water park because they have a pool that is only about 6-10 inches deep so she can go anywhere and has no fear of saying bye to us and wondering on her own, but she will make sure we are watching her or she can see us. Every time we go there she gets a little braver and tries something new. Josh is trying to get her to walk under the waterfall sprinkler and she keeps putting more of her body underneath the stream-it's really cute. The first time we went she saw the slide and was all about going down until she realized water = speed and she shot out of that tube like a bullet into the water! Now she won't go near it hehe. We also took her on the lazy river and she kept saying hi to everyone. She really liked it but it was a little too long for her to sit on the tube and she was ready to get off a few turns before it actually ended. We have been going around 2pm and staying until about 6 and no, my kid doesn't get tired out!!!! When we pull up to the parking lot she gets sooooo excited and starts screaming Park! Park! Biiiiiiiig Park! When we have to leave she says Bye pool, see you tomorrow. She also really loves the wave pool- something I wasn't sure she would like. She enjoys playing with the fountains and sitting on them :) If you are following the news we are in the middle of a pretty hot week down here so we haven't been venturing outside, but we went to Potomac Mills outlet center yesterday to visit the Disney Store or what I like to call Juliette's Mecca. Surprisingly she was very picky and chose a Nemo stuffed toy, a Goofy doll, and a Mickey cell phone. She also picked out a Minnie and Mickey sippy cup, but Mommy snuck them back on the shelf. We have more than enough cups thank you very much.
Hmmmmm what else. Verbally Juliette has been shocking us everyday. We have taken her to the sitter twice since we've been back just to let her play with her friend and remember Cindy. She will now say Cindy's name and her friend Amelia. She is making choices and telling me what she wants to eat--Chicky Mommy...bock bock (clucking noise) what she wants to wear- Pretty dress, Mommy. Her new thing this week is asking for a piggy back ride. It's hysterical to listen to her on the monitor because she will tell her Minnie doll to go on a piggy back ride, hold on, weeee. She is really putting sentences together and I'll try to write more about what she is saying because some of it is so stinking cute. The battle now is for pitty training. I'm thinking she might be wearing a diaper until she hits puberty. I had her in her panties this afternoon and kept taking her back to the potty and the second time as soon as I put them back on her, she peed in them. This is not my favorite part of parenthood. Ok so check out the pictures backwards forwards and side to side because we took about 400 so far this summer....I'll only post probably 200 hehe.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Summer!
Last year at this time I had a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach because the end of one school year meant the time was ticking to when I had to return to work. Yesterday was the last day for Miss Cindy's until August and I thanked her for allowing me to never worry that Juliette wasn't in good care. She loves Cindy and the other kids. So now we begin our time together again and I'm very excited. She's already had a few "beginning of summer" treats from mommy and daddy--including a lollipop. Now that she will be home with us again, we've got to remember not to leave anything out on the counters that looks yummy to her including but not limited to: lollipops, crackers, cone boxes, pretzels, chips, gatorade, cookies, chocolate, etc...not that these are regulars at the house. Josh brought home a huge bag of the dum dum lollipops he didn't give away and somehow Juliette knew exactly what they were. She's not allowed to have those ebcause they pop off the stick too easily so I gave her one of the organic suckers we had and she was perfectly content. She was sitting with Josh licking it when she started calling out to me as I dried my hair this morning---WENDY WENDY. Oh that is going to have to stop. We have no clue how she learned that since Josh doesn't call me that around her and I don't think many others do either--I am strictly Mommy.
This afternoon when I get off work- yeah I've got to work until 12:30--sucks, which is why I'm doing this update now--we are heading down to Westmoreland for John Ellis's fifth birthday party. Then who knows....IT'S SUMMER!!!!
This afternoon when I get off work- yeah I've got to work until 12:30--sucks, which is why I'm doing this update now--we are heading down to Westmoreland for John Ellis's fifth birthday party. Then who knows....IT'S SUMMER!!!!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Excitement!
We are very excited for our friends who welcomed their little boy on Monday- Christopher Edward Evans, Jr- Eddie for short. We get to go visit him tonight while Rachel watches Juliette. On the Juliette newsfront, she totally knows it's summer and time to be outside mre than inside. It's the first thing she says when we get home until she realizes it's dinner time. When I pick her up from Cindy's she'll ask for the pool and at home she will bring us her bathing suit and water shoes. It's so cute.
On the Long family news update- we got an offer accepted on a house. After 2 years of looking and seriously looking since this past February, putting on offer on two houses, we finally got lucky. The new house is in a very pretty neighborhood and is closer to where we do most of our activities. It's not much bigger than our house even though there is an extra bedroom and bathroom. In our current house the master bedroom, kitchen, and dining rooms are huge, but in the new house we are trading those larger spaces for larger living areas. The yard is also huge, level, NO LEAVES, and has a privacy fence. Now we just have to wait for everything to go through- keep your fingers crossed.
On the Long family news update- we got an offer accepted on a house. After 2 years of looking and seriously looking since this past February, putting on offer on two houses, we finally got lucky. The new house is in a very pretty neighborhood and is closer to where we do most of our activities. It's not much bigger than our house even though there is an extra bedroom and bathroom. In our current house the master bedroom, kitchen, and dining rooms are huge, but in the new house we are trading those larger spaces for larger living areas. The yard is also huge, level, NO LEAVES, and has a privacy fence. Now we just have to wait for everything to go through- keep your fingers crossed.
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Friends
Tomorrow Chris and Kelley will welcome their little person into the world! Can't wat to meet him!!
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