Juli & Co.

Wow. He looks so grown up in this picture. It makes me a little sad, but I guess it's okay that he's growing up as long as he keeps letting me snuggle him and still cries for his mommy when he bumps his noggin. When that stops, I don't know what I'll do. Maybe then, I'll cry for my mama.

And, of course, I had to put one up of my own little miss sweets. So here she is. Olivia at fourteen months.

Some fabulous things about Olivia:

1. She has finally started to walk but only as a last resort (ie: mommy is dropping her off at the gym child care and she is desperately running after her) or when mommy is not looking/has left the room.

2. She loves accessories and clothing. She takes anything that fits around her head and wears it as a necklace. If it doesn't fit around her head it must be a purse and it is worn around her shoulder. She also loves to steal bracelets and will wear them all day. She likes to put her arm out straight and admire her jewelry when she has it on.

3. She likes to clean. She is always bringing me Luke's dirty socks that he takes off and throws on the floor. She crawls across the floor dragging whatever it is and then hands it to me and then waits to be praised.

4. She still loves to eat and her thighs show it. No explanation necessary.

5. She says "mama", "ga-ga" for daddy, "my!" for mine, and does baby signs for 'more', 'eat', and 'please'.

6. She has started to bring me diapers when she is wet, lays down on the ground in front of me, and then pulls her legs up to her chest.

7. She's just all around fabulous and we love her pieces!

And I had to get up one of the sweet and fiery, Aleyna. This little girl has some serious personality and charm. Here she was taking a break to eat a few cheerios.

A few more in her tutu...

This has to be one of my favorite newborn photos ever. So calm and peaceful and quite a contrast to the situation this little guy was born into. I see hope and safety and warmth and love when I look at this photo, all the things this beautiful baby boy now has because of my dear friend, Kayla. What an inspiration and testament she is in how selflessly she gives to her two sweet foster babies, who will hopefully be forever a part of her family.

Both kids are napping. I thought that was post worthy.

Silence is good for a mama's soul. Ahhhhh...

We are going to medieval times tonight to celebrate nick's 30th birthday as a family. Luke is super excited. I may or may not have paid a ridiculous amount to upgrade to the king's royalty package.

It should be a good time. We are already getting into character by saying things like "my lord" and "my lady". I'm thinking it's going to get pretty old by the time 5 o'clock rolls around.

I've been sorting through some of our older pictures and feel in love all over again with this one. I HEART him.

Totally annoyed by the fact that I cannot seem to come up with a color scheme for the blog and I keep changing my mind on the header. Should this type of thing really be stressing me out? I know, I know, and I've said it more than once this week, I really need to get a life.

So to the three people out there who read my blog, sorry. I know. It's annoying.