First Steps

After we got Julia all sugared up on Aunt Ursula's wonderful biscotti this afternoon, she took her first steps. In a rush of hyperactivity, as she stood at her Busy Zoo



she turned, threw both of her hands up into the air, let out a yell & took 2.5 steps towards the coffee table.

Unfortunately, we didn't have the video camera out at the time. However, we did spend the ensuing moments trying to get her to do it again. Although not nearly as dramatic as the first time around, here's what we were able to capture.

My little monkey

Our nanny, Karla, took this video of Julia monkeying around with her favorite monkey - Mikey 2 days before her first birthday. It's amazing that she made it to the big 1! The video is fuzzy because this was taken with the camera with the broken lens (broken by little miss monkey, herself, by dropping it on the tile floor at Nonna & Grampa's house).

Julia's First Birthday!

Happy Happy Day! We had fantastic weather for a fun celebration for our no longer so little girl. Sniff! I can hardly call her a baby anymore. She's swiftly turning into a toddler. Fun was had by all, including little Charlie (11 mos.), Finn (8 mos.) and especially the birthday girl, Julia.

Pictures can be found here:


And here's some video for your viewing pleasure, as filmed by her super awesome Uncle Chris: