Julian walking super fast

Now that Julian has a few weeks of walking under his belt, he has since started walking super fast and is now able to stand in the middle in the room without using furniture to help him up. His walk looks less "drunk" and thinks its hilarious when he walks fast. Here is a video of him walking around.

Julian's 1 year check up

Julian's check up went really well. He is super big which we already knew. He weighted in at a whopping 27.8 pounds and in the 95th % for weight and 31.5 inches and in the 75th % for weight. Looking back at Bella's records, they are the EXACT same height at his age, but he outweighs her by quite a bit. In fact, even now they are only 4.5 pounds difference. Anyway, Dr. Rampley did a full examination and he is in good health. She confirmed my suspicion of him being tongue tied, but there is no reason to worry about it now. She knows what I do for a living so she said just keep an eye out for it. At the time of his appointment, he had just started walking and she was pretty surprised that he was walking since he is such a big boy. She at one point said "is he always this active?". I laughed out loud because my response was "hell yes!". He is sleeping 11 hours at night and taking one 2-3 hour nap, so he sleeps great. He is trying to imitate everything we ask him to. She said to get him off the bottle by 15 months, which we have since done, and told us that we are doing a great job with him. ON a side note, Bella is always so quiet at the Dr. because she is uncomfotable, but she knew that we were going for Julian so she was okay. Bella recently received a Dr. kit with stethescope and thermometer, etc and she goes around telling everyone she is " Dr. Ampley" and wants to check your heart. So I told Dr. Rampley the story and she thought it was the cutest thing since she assumed Bella did not like her.

His favorite words include: more, dada, mama, Bella, dog(daw), ball, all done (awduh), bath (when we say bath time, he says "ba" and literally runs down the hallway to the bathroom), duck, up. If I ask him to go get an item such as a ball or train, he will go get it from the toy basket. He is a very smart boy. His favorite things include: his sister (he really really loves her), Sadie, his mama (mama's boy), snuggling, eating, sleeping, taking baths, swimming, playing anything with Bella, riding on his atv, dancing, yelling in to microphone, and running everywhere. HE can point to his eye and nose on himself and on others. My most favorite thing about him is his smile. He is always so happy and if you lock eyes with him, he immediately smiles. He is such a pleasant baby boy and I feel so blessed to be his mommy. We love you son, we are looking forward to watching you grow!

Baby J walking

Julian has been using furniture to walk for a few months now. HE has stood alone without holding for a while now too. BUT, when it was time to walk, he'd walk when we held hands, but as soon as I let go, he'd drop himself to the floor. He wasn't ready to be brave. Anyway, 2 days after his 1st birthday, he decided he was ready to take steps on his own. Here is a video of him walking across the room. I love the drunken walk, so cute! Now he is much more confident and gets very proud of himself.

Julian's 1st birthday

I CAN NOT BELIEVE MY BOY IS A YEAR OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have really wanted my lil man to stop growing, especially since I know that this will be the last child for Eric and I, I want to savor every minute. At the same time, I have been anxious for him to walk and talk. Anyway, on his actual birthday, I made dinner and the 4 of us sang happy birthday to him and we had cupcakes. He got a small toy from us to open. It was a great day...



On June 25th, we celebrated Julian's birthday with a Mickey Mouse themed party at Tempe Beach park. The park has a huge water play area with many splash pads, slides, fountains, etc. The kids and parents had a great time. It was a very warm day so we kept the party short. We played in the water, ate lunch , played in the water, then had cake. Both kids were exhausted afterward. We then swam for a while at my dad's hotel, the kids had a great time. There were about 40 people there to celebrate Julian's special day and he got lots of new clothes, gift cards, and a new atv from his nino and nina. what a fun birthday! We love you so much Julian, I have never met a baby so happy and full of wonder. You keep me, your daddy, and sister on our toes and I hope that it will always be that way. I love you so much my "mama's boy" :0

No more formula

I forgot to post this a month ago, but Julian is no longer on formula. On Bella's birthday weekend, he ran out of formula and I decided I wasn't going to buy it anymore, he was ready for milk. He LOVES milk. He has had no problem transitioning. My Bubba is growing up :(