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.

Funny parents...

Do you think Julianna will still think we are this hilarious when she's a teenager?

Mommy cracking me up ( I was hiding so I didn't realize the camera went off of her at the best part)

Daddy cracking me up

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Done with winter!!!

We had one nice sunny day last week



Being a ham!!!


Trying on my new swimsuit from Gramma Jo and Auntie Ang



Practicing in the bathtub for this summer. Can you tell we are done with winter??





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Fly away!

Julianna might fly before she crawls :)

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7 Months

We dressed Julianna up in her camo to take pictures for Ken's birthday. She is ready to hunt :)

All dressed up for Valentines day with mommy and daddy

Krislynn and Lauren were so sweet to keep her entertained while I caught up with the family at Jacob's wedding

Playing in the snow

So excited to be able to sit up and play with all her toys

Julianna is not 7 1/2 months old and growing like a weed! She isn't crawling yet but is scooting backwards. She gets really frustrated because she will be trying to get a toy in front of her and she finds herself scooting further and further away from it. I think its funny but she doesn't :) I have sworn she was teething for the last few months but still not teeth. She loves gnawing on frozen broccoli and green beans and enjoys about anything that I can bend up in the blender for her. Her favorite food right now is probably bananas, sorry Gramma Jo :)

In the last month we have traveled to my mom and Kens, traveled to Houston for my cousin Jacob's wedding, played in the biggest snowfall that North Texas has ever seen (12 1/2 inches) and celebrated Julianna's first Valentines Day. She got to meet Laurie, Charlies and the boxer Max when we stayed with them in Houston. Aldo and I have been working really hard to get "beach ready" for our Mexico trip in a couple weeks. We have both lost almost 20 lbs!! Plenty more to go but a good start! We are looking forward to Gramma Jo coming to see us in a couple weeks then Roses coming soon after.

More pictures from this last month are posted on the right of our blog page

6 Months

Aldo and I would like to think we have the smartest 6 month old but I'm pretty sure it's just a coincidence that she shakes her head no at the right time. She is doing it pretty often. It's cute now but oh man I bet it won't be later :) And yes, I did make the mistake of trying sweet potatoes first and then later read that was a big no no because it has such a strong flavor. Ooops! She ate a whole bowl the first day and this was her reaction the second day. We will try more bland foods now.
We also went to her 6 month check up this past Monday. She weighs 16lbs 8oz (50-75 percentile) and is 27 1/2 inches (97-100 percentile). Guess she may be a basketball player!

Julianna sitting up on her own!! She still falls over ALL the time but for the first time this week she doesn't have to be propped on something. Our little one is growing up so fast!

We hope everyone is having a wonderful new year! We sure are!

Julianna's 1st Christmas

Roses, Sarah, Papa Ken and Julianna

Papa Paul's Great Grand kids

Papa Do and our sweet little Elf

Gramma Jo reading to Julianna, what a smile

Julianna had a wonderful first Christmas. We got to celebrate before Christmas with Papa Ken, Roses, Unky B and Unky M. We had a big Christmas dinner at our house on the 22nd and I successfully made another yummy big dinner for the family (pancetta wrapped stuffed pork roast, gorganzola stuffed mushrooms, three cheese risotto and sauteed green beans). I get so nervous making big meals for our families since I have such amazing cooks for a mom and mother in law but so far so good :) Julianna enjoyed opening gifts with my side of the family and some how slept through our loud and crazy night catching up with the bros.

We had to wake up at 4am on Christmas Eve to catch our flight to Detroit. Julianna was such a trooper and had a great flight. We were greeted in Detroit with a tiny bit of snow left from a previous snow fall while it was a blizzard in Texas. We took Julianna out to touch the snow and she didn't quite know what to think of it. We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas Eve dinner at Papa Paul's house with ALL the family. It's so much fun to be around everyone, especially watching all the little ones play and put on "performances" for the family. Soon Julianna will be up there with them. Julianna also got to see Santa for the first time. She wasn't quite sure the first time we put her on his lap, I don't think I would be either with 20 people calling my name trying to get me to look at the camera :) After all the kiddos got their gifts, we tried again and got a better picture. Julianna had been up since 4 am and was up until midnight with only short naps that day and she was so good. We couldn't go to bed until Gramma Jo read Twas the Night Before Christmas.
We woke up Christmas day and helped Julianna open gifts. She loved the ribbon and paper more than the gifts :) Christmas dinner was at Papa Do's house and it was oh so yummy! We enjoyed spending time with Nonna, Cindy, Chris, Steven, Anthony and Linda. It was really special hanging out with Uncle Joey, Aunt Katherine, and Hannah, we can't wait for Baby Y to arrive this summer. And of course we spent way to much time eating! The diet will begin Jan 1!!! Our flight was canceled on Sunday so we got to stay an extra day and even got a date night out of it, thanks Gramma Jo!
We are back in Texas and celebrating Julianna being 6 months old and New Years Eve at home. I'll update you with her new 6 month stats next week when we go to her check up.

Happy New Year to all! We love you!
More pictures on the albums on the right