Different Girls

The only thing that Julia and Lyvia have in common is that they are girls. I always said I would not compare my kids, but it is impossible. We find ourselves every day saying "Julia never did this" or "Julia never did that". It is really crazy how different they are- comparing the two at the same stages of life.

Julia sucked her thumb
Lyvia sucks her two fingers

Julia never stuck anything in her mouth- we could give her a penny and she would just look at it.
Lyvia tries to eat everything- the stroller, the rug, magazines, etc. She's like a goat.

Julia was a content baby
Lyvia had major gas issues

Julia would sit in a poopy diaper and never cry
Lyvia can't stand even a pee diaper

Julia would never cry when she woke up in the morning- just layed there and smiled
Lyvia usually wakes up crying because she is hungry

Julia was true to her age with clothing- at 12 months old she wore 12 month clothing
Lyvia is a chunk. At 8 months she is wearing Julia's old 12 month clothes

Julia would fall asleep in the stroller all the time as a baby
Lyvia would just cry when she was tired......NOW, she is finally able to fall asleep.

Julia would fall asleep as soon as we started driving in the car even if it wasn't nap time.
Lyvia is usually wide awake when we get to wherever we are going.

Julia was and still is a very hard sleeper- I could vaccuum in her room while she was napping.
Lyvia is a light sleeper- i can barely tiptoe in her room while she is sleeping.

Julia would never even wake up if we had to get her out of her crib and go somewhere
Lyvia wakes up right away and usually does not go back to sleep

Julia never spit up. We never even used her burp cloths.
Lyvia still spits up and we now put a big blanket on our living room floor to catch the puke.

It's great that they are different- they are going to compliment each other well:) I'm interested to see what Lyvia's personality type will be- similar to Julia- an animated story-teller?? Or a quiet and reserved? We will find out!

First Teeth!!!

Lyvia's first teeth have broken through! The two bottom ones came at the same time. We can't really see them yet, but can feel them. No wonder she has been a crabby pants. Hopefully I can get some good toothy pictures once they start to come up.

Watering Flowers and Chocolate Pudding

Watering Flowers
Julia was helping Grandpa and Grandma water flowers a few days ago. She could barely lift the watering bucket, but was trying her best. She ended up dumping all the water on the rocks/sidewalk.
Grandpa Greg, teasing says: "Julia, don't you know that you're supposed to water the flowers, not the rocks?!"
Rex: "Oh, Grandpa, she's doing just fine...."
Julia in a very stern voice glaring at Grandpa Greg: "Yeah, Grandpa! I'm doing just fine! I got half on the rocks and half on the flowers!!

Chocolate Pudding
Grandma Rex promised Julia chocolate pudding if she kept her pull-up dry at naptime. She did not keep it dry at naptime, but did keep it dry overnight when she stayed there that night. She woke up in the morning and was so excited. "Grandma!! I can have chocolate pudding! I kept my pull-up dry!! Well, a promise is a promise, so she got a little chocolate pudding for breakfast:)
Grandma Rex: "Julia, do you keep your pull-up dry when you wake up in the morning at home?"
Julia, shaking her head: "NO"
Grandma Rex: "Why Not?
Julia, matter-of-factly says...."We don't have any chocolate pudding at home"

Teddy Bear Cake

I knew i wanted to make (ok, eat) an ice cream cake for Julia's birthday party, but of course we needed chocolate cake too. I borrowed my moms cake pan to make a 3-D teddy bear- great idea- not as easy as I thought! I slapped frosting between the two halves and tried to stick it together, but it would not stay. More frosting and a big mess later, still wouldn't stay together. Toothpicks! Hark! I stuck them all over and it worked! Went upstairs and when I came back down, the bear was split in half again, lying in a big pile of frosting. Skewers to the rescue!!! I stabbed the poor teddy bear with the wooden sticks and it worked! Loading the bear with sprinkles was an adventure too......:) All worth it though:)

Julia is 3 Years Old!!

We celebrated Julia's birthday on Friday night with Grandma's, Grandpa's and some aunts and uncles. We had a teddy bear cake with sprinkles and a homeade ice cream cake! YuM!!
Notice Lyvia in the back of Julia in this picture about to pull her hair out.....

First Post!

Ok so here we go.......im going to give this a shot and enter the world of blogging. I have been amazed at the various blogs ive seen of family and friends and how organized and well written they are. I have accepted the fact that will just not going to happen here, but my hope is that i can capture and share some of our day to day memories. Enjoy!!!!!!