Swimming

We took Juju to the pool for the first time this week. She loved it, and so did Ella. Juliette was very comfortable in the water and was happy to splash around. Ella was sooo excited. I don't know if I've ever seen her that excited before. She was running and splashing in the shallow water, going down the yellow slide, and smiling from ear to ear. We had a great time taking our girls to the pool.

Cute bathing suits!

Dadda and Juliette

Sometimes I think these two look like twins.

Park Time

Ella likes to "push" the stroller when Hudson and Juliette are in it. She thinks she is being a big help and I'm happy that this job keeps her from running ahead of us.

Three buddies...

Ella, Hudson, and Juliette have been playing quite well together. Ella and Hudson are getting much better at sharing toys. Ella looks forward to the days that Hudson comes to our house and on the days he isn't here she often says "Hudson come over".

Pretty Dresses

Ella and Juju have some adorable matching dresses that Grandma Jo-Ann bought them.

Juju pull-up

Juliette has started to pull herself up. Here is a video of her pulling herself up on the bottom stair. She is a very determined baby!

Juju also had her 6 month shots and check up this week. She weighed in at 15 lbs 8 oz and was 26.75" long. At the same age, Ella was 15 lbs 2 oz and 27.5" long. They are very similar in size.

Backwards PJs

Some friends of ours gave us wise advise to solve our problem of finding Ella naked in her crib. Just put her sleeper on backwards! This has been working really well. The only problem is that we only have one sleeper that doesn't have built in feet.

The pictures at the top are of Ella in the morning, still clothed, playing with Juju in her crib. Ella loves to join Juju for a snuggle before we get started on our day. Juliette enjoys this as well!

When Ella came home from Jonas' house she still had his t-shirt on, but she decided to spice up her outfit by adding pink crocs and a pink hat. Dadda was pleased to see her wearing a hockey shirt when he got home from work.

Four Musketeers

We had a nice afternoon last Thursday, going to the park and having lunch with our friends. Here is a picture of Ella, Hudson, Jonas and Juliette. Ella is wearing Jonas' clothes because she peed her pants. This kind of thing is no big deal when you are among friends.

Then and now... Jonas and Ella swinging when they were about 7 months and now when they are 21 months.

Juju is very excited to see her dad at the end of the day!

Juliette's Rainsuit

Juliette now fits into the cute rainsuit that Ella used to wear.

Here is a picture of Ella sporting the raincoat, back when she was Juju's age.

Juju on the Go!

Juliette is moving around so much these days. She is even getting up on all fours and taking a few crawling steps. It seems to take a lot of energy for her to do and after she goes a little ways up on all fours she goes back to her tummy and slithers along. When she slithers she moves very quickly.

Sisterly Love

Ella and Juliette are starting to enjoy one another more and more. We love to watch them interact. Ella is even learning to share things with Juliette. She will often bring her a toy and say "there you go Juju". Other times she grabs a toy away from Juliette and says "let go Juju", but when it comes to posting things on the blog we like to focus on the good.



Doesn't Ella look so sweet and innocent? That is not what we were thinking last Tuesday afternoon when she flushed a cloth diaper down the toilet. She normally helps out when we change Juliette and puts the wet diaper in the bag where it belongs. This time she decided to flush it down the toilet. When I asked her where the diaper went she said "in toilet, diaper bye-bye". When we finally came to the conclusion that we couldn't fix the toilet on our own, we called a 24-hour plumber who came and snaked the diaper out of the toilet pipe in the middle of the night. Thanks Mr Rooter!

Apparently Ella is not impressed with sharing her reading time with Hudson. But when he leaves our house she often says "Hudson come over". I guess the grass is always greener.

We all got out for a walk together last week. Hudson and Juliette rode in the stroller while Ella held my hand.

Ella tickles Juju...

Here is a cute video of Ella "tickling" Juju. Juliette enjoys all the attention she gets from her big sister. Ella is starting to be really affectionate towards her baby sister. She sometimes just goes up to her, gives her a kiss, and says "I love you Juju".

Happy 6 months Juju!

Our dear Juliette turned 6-months-old on Wednesday. She is such a fun baby and she is doing some great things these days. She eats very well, and she can squirm across the room quite fast. She also gets up on all fours and rocks back and fourth. It seems like she is just about to take off crawling. She loves to smile and watch her big sister in action. Juliette, unlike Ella, also loves her soother. We love you, Juju!

The pictures above are of Juju at 6 months and the two pictures below are of Ella at 6 months.