A lot of people tell me that they really like Julie's bob hair cut! It's obvious that Mommy likes it because it's so easy and so cute!!

A water balloon party

We know how to have fun around my house!

Bunny rabbit in the yard...

Julie says that she wants candy when she sees a bunny rabbit in the yard! How cute!

Sweet Spot, here we come!

Julie has stayed in her bed all night for two weeks (minus the one night that we slept together for the uti).

Good girl!!

Is that a baby?

So, one of my pregnant friends came over to visit... She and Julie went upstairs for a moment because Julie wanted to show her something. Below is what happened while they were upstairs.
And--to-da! The baby is born!

We are making it....

Julie was not happy when I left to take Jesse to soccer and she had to stay home with Daddy. However, she couldn't go anywhere because she was peeing normally. And she didn’t go again until 10:30am. I talked with the doctor and they suggested a few ideas such as a warm bath. She had a long nap in the afternoon. Once she awoke, I gave her the warm bath. She still didn’t pee again until 5:30pm. The doctor called later to let us know that the antibiotics that were given to her were the right ones, just to hang in there and to push the liquids since she was holding off from going.

After some yummy Gatorade, she was peeing every 45 minutes. We had to cancel our Mother’s Day plans with the Chappell’s because we couldn’t take her anywhere like this.

Sunday was a bit better…she was able to go to church with me. We continued to push the liquids and she is not complaining to go anymore. Sigh....

I don't wish this on anyone!!

:( The first UTI

Julie visited our room several times after she was put to bed. It was around 11pm when Daddy helped her potty and he said that she screamed when the pee came out. My guess was that she has her first urinary tract infection. Luckily, we had just put the guest bed back up, in the room over the garage. She and I camped out…using the sleeping bag and blankets, since there wasn’t sheets on the bed yet. She woke up often (like every time that she moved) complaining about it hurting. She was comforted that I told her that as soon as the sun came up, we were going to the doctor.

Bless her heart, she was such a trooper. With fear of pain and many tears, she peed in that cup (with the nurse’s help of suggesting pouring warm water on her to get it started)…the hard part was over! Once we talked with the doctor, we were off to Target to pick up the prescription, the candy store, and Chic-Fil-A for lunch. We had a delay at the candy store…25 minutes till it opened at 11am. Julie knew what she wanted and she was ok with waiting. She happily picked out her star and fish-shaped candies. Since we didn’t get much sleep, she was ready for her nap soon after we got home…3.5 hour nap. Mommy also slept, 2 of those hours. Things seemed to be a bit better after her nap—saying it only hurt a little when she went to the bathroom.

I thought for sure that we were in the clear. She made it through the day Friday at Minnieland…with a few notes of her crying (a little) when she had to pee. She didn’t seem to be doing so good Friday night because she wasn’t going to the bathroom at all. Finally at 2:30am, she wouldn’t settle down enough to go on the potty, so I put her in the bathtub. She was so uncontrollable, that she let go. Everything was ok after that…back to sleep.

Pig Latin...from a 2 year old

So whenever anyone uses the word stupid, Julie chimes in with "who you callin' upidste”. She has no idea what this means, but she heard us quoting lines from the Lion King movie...and she remembers it!