Julia's Room

Here they are. . .
The pictures of Julia's comforter, pillow sham and curtains that I made.





I'm not really happy with the curtains. I'm not quite sure how I'm going to fix them yet, but I will.

Julia's Birthday Weekend

Here are some highlights of Julia's Birthday weekend!

We went to McDonald's for dinner Saturday night. She got chocolate milk for the first time and probably had it gone by the time the food came. We stayed to play in the playplace, but she wasn't that excited about it. We did get her to sit with Ronald for a photo.


Her party was Sunday evening. She did a great job opening all her presents.


Vivian's favorite part was the balloons. She carried them around all evening. (Yes, that is the Bengals/Steelers game on the TV--Who Dey!)


Julia wanted party hats.

Daddy, Uncle Keith, Uncle Jim and Josh joined in the fun!

Mommy made an Elmo cake. Daddy helped by going to the store for black icing and more red food coloring.

Make a wish!

Happy Birthday Julia!

Today is Julia's 3rd Birthday!
Where has the time gone!?!?
Here are a few pictures of her over the past 3 years.

Just Born!


1 Year


2 Years


Today--3 Years Old!

Another Pumpkin Update

We've been harvesting our pumpkins!

This is all pretty exciting for us since, when the sprouts came up in the spring, we had no idea what we were going to get.

The first one was almost 25 pounds!

Pumpkin #3 turned even though Dan accidentally cut its vine. 2 & 3 were both around 17 pounds.

We now have 5 more pumpkins growing!

No need to buy pumpkins this year!!!

New Beds

In preparation for the arrival of "Rufus" in 3 1/2 months, the girls had their beds upgraded last weekend.

Julia is now in my old twin bed. At first she said she didn't want to sleep in it because it was "yucky" (everything is yucky). But, she slept in it just fine.

Vivian is in the toddler bed. She transitioned MUCH better than Julia did. I think it took Julia 2 weeks or so before she was sleeping in the bed during naptime and not on the floor in front of the door. She was better at night--more tired, I guess. Vivian plays some during nap but eventually crawls into bed. She slept through the very first night in it with only 1 minor incident. I woke up to her crying and when I went in she was on the floor with her head under the bed. So, I don't know if she rolled out then as she was turning to get up she got her head under the bed or what. It wasn't stuck, she just couldn't figure out how to get it out. Very strange.

Vivian will join Julia in the "girls room" at the beginning of December. Hopefully we can have them cohabiting well by the time we bring "Rufus" home.

There is much redecorating to do in their room, and in the nursery.

I'm attempting to make comforters for their beds and a curtain for their window. I hope to have the curtain and Julia's comforter done by her birthday in 2 weeks. Unfortunately, I need more fabric. The comforters will be the print on one side and the stripe on the other. The curtain will be the stripe.