Fun with Friends and Julia's 6th month

Fun with Friends

Over the past month, we've had several get-togethers with friends and their kiddos. Naturally, that made for several photo ops. All names listed from left to right. Katie & Lee spent the night with us before Christmas, and we got a cute snapshot of all the girls!

Julia, Lily & Grace

Lauren & Stephanie were my closest childhood friends who lived in my neighborhood. We had an amazing lunch (thanks Lauren & Sandra!) with all three generations: us, our moms, and our kiddos. The grandmothers made the realization that WE are now the age THEY were when they started hanging out. Wow!

Sandy, Coit, Stephanie. Sandra, Lauren, Cline. Me, Jewels, my mom (Jane).

Cline, Coit, Julia

Cline & Julia - We love putting anything in our mouths!! On a couple of occasions, Julia smiled and even laughed at Cline. Ummm, we haven't noticed her doing that with other girls. Jarret & I are slightly worried. Honestly Julia, you're only 7 months old. Wait a little, honey. You'll give your daddy a heart attack. :-)

Julia & Grammy - Thanks for the cute dress Grammy. I love it!

Andrea & I went to Karla's house for a playdate a couple days ago. The girls were so cute together! Julia is finally getting to the age where she actually pays attention to other kids.

Paige (daughter of Andrea), Haley (daughter of Karla), and Julia

"Girly Girl" indeed. Precious top that Gran found!

Kasey & I visited Hillary who has a brand new baby girl at home.

Julia, Jacob & Katie (kiddos of Kasey), and Ryan (two-week-old of Hillary)

Julia's 6th month
Julia turned 7 months on December 30th. So what happened during December when she was 6 months old?

Christmas
Julia was so worn out from all the Christmas festivities that she fell asleep on her changing table, all the while never letting go of her feet!

Sitting Up
Starting in early December, Julia went from not sitting up on her own at all to making rapid progress each and every day.

Is this not the funniest face?

Karla's toy
Karla let us borrow some toys, and this one is Julia's favorite of ALL toys. She sits and smashes the buttons and plays with the other parts of the toy, but she absolutely loves standing so this gives her something to lean on. When the music plays, I swear she's already trying to dance!

Exersaucer
Julia can finally use and enjoy her Exersaucer. She is over 7 months old, but still in 3-6 month clothes. The onesies are finally tight, but pants are still so long. What does this have to do with the Exersaucer?! Even at the lowest setting, the child's legs couldn't remotely touch the bottom of the Exersaucer. Miss Petite can now comfortably sit in the toy, though I still have to put a blanket underneath her to make it more of the right height. Poor girl! (Though it's kinda fun that she's staying "little".)