Patty Cake

We've Got a Crawler!

Finally! Kelsey's juice box was enticing enough to finally grab her interest.

Julia 9 Months

9 Month Stats
Weight: 16 pounds 14 ounces
Height: 27.25 inches
Nicknames: Hopscotch, Jules, Sissy
Julia's Playlist: Patty Cake and anything else with a beat

Milestones: clapping, waving, signing "more", continues to say "mama" and "dada", pulls up to standing, rolls, scoots, 2 bottom teeth

Julia loves to laugh! She is happy most of the time as long as someone is playing with her, can you blame her! She loves to be outside and gets very excited when the door opens. She enjoys swinging in the baby swing. Like her sister, she is also advanced and can often be found driving her cozy coupe around the neighborhood. Beeping her horn and cutting people off...I guess there is a little bit of Qatar in her!

Julia loves Kelsey! She beams when she sees her. She loves to steal Kelsey's num-num and hide it! Yup, can you believe it! It is so funny! For now, Kelsey thinks it is funny as well.

Julia is very observant and doesn't miss a beat! Pretty nosy to be honest.

Still no crawling! I am amazed that she isn't crawling. She doesn't at all like to be left alone and so it makes sense that she would start crawling to keep up. We call her "Hopscotch" because she hops around on her bum. Literally. She can get from one end of a room to another!

She continues to be such a blessing and a joy to our family!

The Dance Bag

Thanks Auntie Teresa for the adorable dance bag! Kelsey was so proud of it on Monday. She walked into class and announced in front of all her classmates and teachers, "this is my new ballet bag, see!" The teachers were very happy to see her name labeled as well as these little girls seem to think that every bag is their own!

Julia is Soooo Big!

Our Little Ballerina

Kelsey has started ballet and tap at Karen Domino's Studio D. It is a perfect little class of 2.5 - 3 year olds. She does have to go by herself, leaving Julia and me in the lobby. To be honest, I was shocked that she went and stayed and wants to go back! ;-) I guess a sign that she is growing up! I was excited to learn that she could stay for a tap session as well as I just knew she would love tap dancing. After all, Olivia tap dances!

We've had two very successful classes and Kelsey is very excited about going to dance school. She is always super proud of what she has learned and is eager to show us some of her moves.

Crazy dance parents reality show, here we come!!!

A Special Visit

The girls were so excited to have Grammy and Papa come to visit on their way down to Florida! Julia loved having an extra set of arms to hold her tight. Kelsey could be heard saying, "come on, I'll show you something" over and over again! While never long enough, we were so excited to have them at our newest pad!