Julie's latest...

Julie is continuing to give us new words daily…. I have even gotten her to say “I love you”

She loves taunting big brother…she takes something of his, then runs! I have to giggle when I see the way he reacts (which is usually pretty whiny and he then cries to tell us what she has done). And then I giggle at the smile that’s on Julie’s face! Gotta love those sibling moments!

Julie is being very independent in many areas. She walks down the steps like a big person and also climbing into and out of the carseat. She's getting really good!

I see all of these growing up things a sign that makes us closer to potty training!

recognizing a few important people...

Ok, so maybe they aren't important people, but she recognizes Spider"man", Frosty the Snow"man", "Melmo", and "Woody" from Toy Story. It's darling to hear her say Woody!

Julie will pretty much repeat anything that is said. Her latest is "raisin". I still can't believe that both of my children like Raisin Bran!

This weekend, when Julie was laying in our bed, she hid her socks under the covers. She then looked at me and asked "where'd they go?" It was too cute!

Julie continues playing frisbee and ball with the dogs. She learned the word "leave it" when she was taking their toys from them. She then throws the toy into the "kitchen". And she's finally calling Luke's name (Duke).

Mommy and Julie love playing dress up. Julie put on a bathing suit show for her Daddy and Jesse. And tonight, we even tried on a few new dresses.

My baby is growing up...so fast.

18 month check up at 19 months...

In this corner, we have Julie Blankenship standing at 32 inches tall and weighing 24 lbs, 12 and 3/4 oz!

She is in the 50% percentile for weight and 25th-50th percentile for height.

Doctor said that she is talking great for her age...and said that it's obvious that she comprehends what we say.

We've been released to not come back until she's 2 years old!

Picking up a bad habit from Mommy...at least Daddy thinks it's a bad one!

A bit too young...

So, I tried potty training you this weekend.

There were several accidents in the padded big girl underwear and you love sitting on the potty! We read books, played with the whack the ball toy and see-n-say. However, you wouldn't ever do "anything" on the potty.

This was mean, but Mommy ended up putting you in the bathtub when it should have been time for you to go pee again. You did not like this and cried. Because you were mad, you "let go" and peed.

We halted the potty training at this time....obviously, not ready yet.

But when you are ready, I think you will be very easy to train. You woke up one day this past weekend from a 3-hour nap...still dry! You go girl!

Can't fault a mommy for trying!

Mommy thinks it's cute that you can say this...

pizza!

The latest and greatest...

Julie loves "Ring Around the Rosy"...

Julie says "up" and "down", "thank you", and "clean up" (she also actually cleans up!--thank you Minnieland!)

She is very brave/dare devil-ish because goes down the slide to our playset all by herself. She can also go up the ladder, but Mommy likes to be right there when she falls/slips.

We've heard her singing the ABC song...not the actual words, but singing her version of it.