Welcome Julia Jane!

After an incredibly long labor, Julia Jane was born on June 15, 2011 at 2:20pm.  Julia and Anna are doing great, and I can't wait to hug them both! 

19 months old!

I know, I'm wayyyyy behind on my posting.  I'll try and catch up as much as possible today...maybe.

First of all, Sullivan.
He amazes me every day with what he has learned!  It seems like something new every minute!  He has also gotten into the repeat anything I say phase-- time to clean up the potty mouth!  He copied 'shoot' and 'crap' this weekend, so at least it hasn't been something worse yet! 
Some of his new mad skilz:

• Can sing his ABC's- granted there are a few mumbled areas, but I was pretty impressed!
• New body parts he's learned: Heart -he says bum,bum for the heartbeat each time, Elbow, legs, arm, back, neck, eyebrow, ding dong (you can thank his dad for that), chin, cheeks, fingernail
• Can sing most of twinkle twinkle and Jesus Loves Me
• Learned the chicken dance from his Dad (his toy tractor plays the song)
• Loves to act out If you're happy and you know it!
• Has several new teeth coming in- looks like molars, but I'm no dentist
• Loves to be a helper!  Wants to help with the laundry, dishes, watering the yard, pulling weeds.  He's a little mini me that just follows you around and copies whatever you try to do
• Has started really telling us when he has just gone or needs to go tt.  He's asked to get on the potty several times, but no action yet.  He did 'water' a tree last weekend (another of Dad's influences!)
• Knows tons of animals and sounds.  He got some flash cards for Easter and has those mastered in addition to those we regularly look at on the ipad. 
• LOVES to point out airplanes and anything that remotely looks or sounds like an airplane is cause for excitement.
• Still doesn't eat well when it comes to meat or veggies.  He'll eat his veggies if they are baby food form, but not the real deal.  he will occasionally eat a chicken nugget, but frequently spits that out.  He does eat tons of fresh fruit and dairy, so it will have to do for now.
• No surprise, but we still think he's awesome!  So much fun and so very sweet!  Below is a video of Sullivan practicing his music appreciation for Uncle Ricky's music!  Thankfully, he has just as much fun with other types of music.

In other news, Daniel and I took our first vacation without Sullivan last month.  We missed him, but we had a wonderful time relaxing!  We did some light hiking, did the river twice, and drank lots of wonderful N.C. beer!  For the first time, we got a luxury cabin instead of tent camping.  Wow.  Gonna be hard to ever go back to a tent.  It was wonderful to come home sore and exhausted and have a hot tub, big bed, etc awaiting us!  We plan to try and go back in the fall for a family vacation.  My Mom and Freddie kept Sullivan, and all had a wonderful time until my Mom came down with the stomach virus.  Thank goodness Freddie was there to take care of Sullivan while she recupperated!  Unfortunately, about 10 minutes after we got home, Sullivan came down with it as well...all over me.  The joys of motherhood!  I don't know how I avoided getting it, but I sure am thankful!

We haven't been up to much lately.  Our weekends are mostly spent watering or playing in the baby pool.  We did go sailing on Daniel's brother's sailboat a few weeks ago.  That was fun and Sullivan really enjoyed it.  He swam in Sardis lake and kept trying to crawl all over the boat!  Hard to keep him contained, but he had such a great time pointing out all the boats! 

Daniel celebrated a birthday and we joined the church on June 5th!  Well, Daniel is an associate member, so he doesn't have to give up his Catholic-ness.  :) We had a great time celebrating his birthday weekend with friends, good food, and new church family members!

We are all anxiously awaiting the birth of Anna's baby.  She will be induced this thursday if she doesn't come on her own sooner.  Mom is in Seattle with Anna and has been cooking and cleaning, etc.  I know she's a huge help and a comfort to have around!  So, keep Anna and baby girl in your thoughts and prayers this week for a safe, and easy, delivery!