Aldo cracking J up and pasta picture

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WOW, I can't believe Julianna will be a year old in a few weeks! We are really looking forward to spending her birthday in Michigan. We will be up there from June 26-July 5. She is crawling all over the house and walks using one of her walkers. She will be running all over the house soon.

For anyone who hasn't heard, I will be going back to teach in the fall. I am very happy to be returning to my old school Roach MS and will be teaching 8th grade math. Being home with Julianna this year was such a blessing but I am excited to return to the classroom.

Aldo and I took Julianna to the Dallas Zoo a couple weeks ago. Below are some pictures from our trip.

Julianna was worn out by the end of the day

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She was pointing at the monkey

Crawling

Julianna finally learned to crawl today!!! I probably took 15 videos trying to catch it on tape for daddy and finally resorted to bribing her with snacks :) Looks like Aldo and I will be baby proofing the house tonight! Life is about to be all about chasing her down!

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Happy Easter and 9 Months

We took Julianna to the Omni Mandalay in Las Colinas for a mini Easter staycation. We arrived at the hotel on Saturday afternoon and headed straight to the room to put on our swimsuits and go to the heated pool. We were so excited to get Julianna to the pool that we forgot her suitcase at home :(. Aldo, being the sweet husband that he is, drove back to the house while Julianna and I took some pictures outside at the hotel. Aldo got back just in time for us to have a little pool time.

On Sunday, the hotel had a large brunch complete with petting zoo, Easter bunny, and lots of Easter eggs. Julianna liked the little bunnies. The weather wasn't great and the wind was blowing like crazy but we managed to get some good pictures.



Julianna turned 9 months on March 30th. She weighs 18 lbs 9 oz (50 percentile) and is 28.8 inches tall (95 percentile). The doctor was impressed with everything she can do. He thinks she will start crawling really soon. She really likes trying to stand on her own and is pulling up on everything she can. Just today she started walking when holding onto Aldo's fingers.

We hope everyone had a wonderful Easter! We uploaded tons of pictures from our staycation. You can find them on the right of our web page.

Splish splash I'm takin' a bath!

Favorite time of the day :)

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Snow in March

What a good daddy to get up and build us a snowman

Julianna and I are working hard on this snowman. I know it doesn't look like it here, but she really enjoyed sitting outside in the cold watching daddy. I don't think she has sat that still in my lap in months.
Our snowman with champagne cork eyes, smashed cowboy hat and apple slices for lips and nose :)

I'm pretty sure Dallas has gotten record snow fall this winter. It was 70 degrees on Friday and snowing Saturday night. We are supposed to be back in the 70's by Tuesday. Texas just can't make up its mind! Aldo says all the snow is to get Julianna ready for trips to Michigan. Aldo was finally home to build us a snowman this time. He claimed to have only build 2-3 in his lifetime to try to get out of it, but I didn't believe him and told him to get out there and try ;) I think Julianna was one of the only 2009 Texas baby that didn't have a picture with a snowman. His Michigan snowman techniques wouldn't work because the snow wouldn't stick together but he managed to get one put together pretty quick.

Julianna is almost 9 months old and doing great!! Her new favorite thing is blowing raspberries. She thinks its so funny. She still isn't crawling but rolls around to get to whatever she needs. She tries so hard to crawl but can't get her knees under her correctly. As, I'm typing this she seems to have mastered getting herself to sitting up on her own. She has also learned to clap and wave. She is enjoying lots of new foods including spaghetti!! Our daughter is definitely Italian, she ate spaghetti and minestrone this week and loved it. She also loves taking a bath. She likes to rock back and forth while sitting up to see how big of waves she can make. She thinks it's so funny and cracks up at herself while I sit there with my hand on her back so nervous that she is going to fall over in the water :) We can't wait for it to get warm enough to go swimming. I think I may have a little fish on my hands.
Eating spaghetti for the first time :)

Viva La Mexico

We just arrived, eating some lunch waiting on Laurie and Charlie to arrive

Laurie and I enjoying the ocean
View from our room

We had such a wonderful trip to Mexico! We had left Julianna for short periods of time before but never overnight. It was harder than I thought. The first day was really hard on me but I knew my mom and Ken would love on her and take good care of her. After the first day it was much better! We missed her but enjoyed our time together.
We stayed at the El Dorado Royale in Riviera Maya, it was beautiful! Our room was ocean front and in the middle of this huge resort so we were close to the best pools and restaurants. It was a little chilly in a swimsuit when it was cloudy but great when the sun was shining. I don't know if we would go back in March but in the summer it would be a perfect resort.