Julia 10 Months

Julia turned 10 months this week. I can hardly believe she is so close to a one year old! She has gotten to much easier in the last two months. Finally sleeping through the night, has gotten over her stranger anxiety and overall has gotten a lot happier now that she is so mobile. Julia loves to play with Jack and tries to do everything he does. It is so fun to watch her personality emerge. Here she is at her 10 month pictures and Jack's are below. I remember having so much fun with Jack at this age and we are having the same fun with Julia now. Loving summer with both kiddos!

Swim Lessons

Jack is doing his first swim lessons on his own this week. He has been a little shy and scared. Sometimes he will not go in unless I go in with him at first, but overall he is enjoying it and is swimming like a fish! Here are some pictures of a good day when he was really into it. I am so proud of my little guy!

Hawaii

We celebrated my Dad's 70th birthday this year with a family trip to Hawaii! We spent 10 days in Wailea on Maui and had a blast! We spent just about every second at the beach and pool. Jack learned how to swim (well sort of, enough to get from one person to another) and Julia practiced her walking and speedy crawling. So many pictures and so much fun, here are a few highlights.

Julia loved the pool and beachI tried so hard to get some good pics of these two together, a few turned out but most ended up with Jack tackling Julia and both rolling on the floor

Julia spent some quality time in the jogging stroller in the mornings as she and I ran along the Wailea beach trail and then got our morning latte.

Whole family pic.

Jack played a lot of football on the beach

Jack was fascinated by this torch lighter

Attempt at a 4th of July pic of the kids

LOTS of pool time!!

LOTS of beach time! Julia loved the beach and kept crawling right into the water.

Grandma and Papa

Jack thought he was a big boy and tried to surf

So much fun with daddy in the pool

We barbecued at the pool on the 4th of July

Beach Day

We took advantage of the nice weather today and spent our first day at the beach this summer. Jack had a blast running, playing, building sand things and juming in the water. Julia seems to LOVE the sand. She even made a move toward the lake crawling on her tummy. Luckliy Jack stopped her, way to go big brother! As you can see Julia had a little snack eating the sand, yummy!

Gasworks

We took a family outing to Gasworks Saturday to enjoy the sun.
We played in the grass...

watched some seaplanes...

Took in some views...

got a family pic

played some soccer

did LOTS of running

and Julia worked on her new spin moves

Jack's Baby

Jack has been really into the baby doll that our old nanny got for him before Julia was born. In the morning before I put Julia down for her nap Jack likes to give his baby a nap first. He likes to hold her, rock her, and put her down for a nap in Julia's crib. He then walks around the house saying 'shhh baby sleeping'. A few times I have needed to put Julia down and he has gotten mad that I woke up his baby.
Rocking baby

Gently putting baby in Julia's crib (okay maybe more like a throw into the crib)

Making sure baby has a blanket to sleep with to keep her warm. Unfortunately for this baby she seems to be face down in the crib.

Rainy Day Fun

It has been raining way too much for late spring. We have had to find a few new ways to entertain ourselves indoors....

Basement races. Our finish line is the row of toys (designed by Jack). These pics are blurry because they were taken by my phone and Jack is just to darn fast I could not catch him as he was sprinting.
Jack's turn
Jack helping Julia in her race

And finally Julia's turn to race, oops this way Julia!

Jack towing his passenger miss Firefighter Julia in her truck

Wooaaah!