Jules Takes To The Slides

Our little baby girl is growing up fast!!!

Juliana is 16 months and has 6 teeth on top and 6 on the bottom. She learns a lot from her older brothers. She's only had her bangs trimmed so we can keep her curls. When she tries to say yes, she nods her whole head back-and-forth. She uses baby sign for "more please" and "milk" and "thank you". The other kiddos at day care learned baby sign from her. Jules loves to dance and clap to music. She is a great walker and loves to climb onto chairs and mommy's lap. She has the most infectious laugh and loves to be tossed in the air by daddy (future gymnast?) We, of course, are taking all this in stride. But the day she climbed up on the slide in the backyard and went down by herself was a neat surprise.

Enjoy the video:

Blakers Goes To The Dentist

All I can say is "it's a good thing they know what they're doing."

What I'm talking about is Blake went to the dentist for the first time. Josh and I were getting our teeth cleaned and we decided to let Blake - now that he is 3 - come along and see how it's done. The dental assistant, Peg, is real good with children and she knew just how to get Blake curious. Peg let Blake be her helper when she cleaned Josh's teeth. Next Blake knew it was his turn and hopped in the chair. When you watch the video, notice how calm he is. Was it the cool sunglasses or the Lightning McQueen pencil or Mr. Thirsty? Whatever it was, Blake did it on his own and got his teeth cleaned. That's our BIG Boy!

Think back to your first days at the dentist. Was it always this fun?

Speaking of kids going to the dentist, here's a blast from the past, courtesy of Sesame Street and YouTube. (Me and my Llama)