Or at least that is what I tell myself to get through the early morning awakenings that have been going on for a week or so now. I chalk it up to the fact that Julia feels like there is just too much going on in the world for her to miss out on a minute of it. But her mama knows better; if you let the girl come to bed with you or hold her in your arms on the couch, she will sleep for another two hours. It is really cute to see, especially when she starts dreaming and smiling in her sleep. That is something that I haven't seen since she was really little.
We did our unofficial weighing last week and she is up to 17.6 lbs. I don't know how long she is, but some of her jeans are finally starting to look like they are the right length. I guess that is what happens when you make your 7 month old wear 9 month old clothes. Some of her newest tricks include turning the pages of the book you are reading to her, pausing in her enjoyment of the book to look up at me, rocking back and forth on her hands and knees, and moving quickly from sitting onto her hands and knees. She still will only go in reverse, but seems quite content with that. Actually she seems pretty happy just to rock back and forth. Meanwhile the other little bambinos in her group are crawling and cruising all around. We recently started three meals a day (although mama has to make her some protein foods) and on Monday she will start sleeping on a mat at school. We will see how much that upsets the nighttime sleeping.
We had a wonderful vacation in Oregon with Dan's family from Olympia. Julia was fascinated with her cousins, Clare and Ed. She also enjoyed watching dogs and birds at the beach and managed to stay awake for the entire return leg of our hike out to Cape Lookout. She was not too impressed with the traffic on the way home though and we took her around downtown Chehalis to calm her down. But she did well on her first road trip, despite her nasty cold and a suspect case of pink eye (I think it was part of the cold, but daycare disagreed). We're into our own Christmas rush now, with only two weeks to go before we leave for Baltimore and other points east. Which means two more weeks to get the shopping done, presents shipped, and all the experiments done at work. With the snowstorm here earlier in the week, it has put me a little bit behind at work. But it was nice to have a day off to spend with Julia. I think she enjoyed it too.
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