Driving to Aunt Vicki's

Park fun with Julia... who wishes she could drive to the beach.

Swinging

Happy kids enjoying some park time with Mom and Dad a month ago.

Julia is 26 months and Jared is 6 months

And here are the two cuties:

Julia's hair is actually long enough to get trimmed. It is in her eyes all the time. We never actually "do" her hair, so these pretty barrettes barely lasted long enough for me to get a few pictures.

And Jared is sitting up like a champ. He was first able to sit up by himself the last week of July. He has also been rolling around like crazy for a little while now. I'll try to pin-point a few dates for record sake.

And another one of the happy siblings. Julia just makes Jared laugh hysterically. And Julia just loves her little brother, so long as he is not trying to touch anything she does not want him to have.

Hopefully I'm back for a little bit of blogging from time to time (weekly is my goal).

Random Good Stuff

Julia turned two (years old) last Saturday and Jared turned four months on Tuesday. Tuesday they both went to the doctors. Jared was 14 pounds 4 ounces and Julia was 24 pounds (again). Jared was 24-1/4 inches long and was 32 inches tall (she lost 1/2 an inch).

And pictures, to start I have a couple group shots from our trip to SC at the beginning of May.

Julia, Jared, and all of their (Reynolds) cousins with Grandmama.

Family shot of us at Alligator Adventure.

One day at home when Julia was rocking Jared in the little bear chair.

Grammy got to meet Jared finally, at Vicki's Housewarming Party over Memorial Day weekend.

Julia cooking dinner last night. She's wearing her Dora apron that Momo (notice the big, pink Texas buttons) made for her.

And last (for this post,) but not least, big sister loving on her little brother.

Beach Babies

Julia and Jared at the beach two weeks ago. Julia loving the sand and surf. Jared loving the baby dome.

On another note, Jared will be a talker just like his sister. He loves lights and windows. Eye contact gets amazing response (he is going to be a big flirt, I think). He is chewing on his hands like crazy (maybe teething soon??). He is now three months too. He hates tummy time, but he is trying to sleep through the night (9:30 pm to 5:30 am) again (half the time he wakes up at 1:30 am).

Julia is pretty good at potty training herself (when she's awake... and more so for number two... and maybe more when I am watchful and at home). She has transitioned to her new room and toddler bed (except for naps when Grandmama is watching). She still loves her little brother and is a big help. She says things like, "What's wrong baby Jared? Mommy will be right back." and "It's OK Buddy, it's OK. Don't cry, we're right here." Too cute, huh? She also says, "Diaper change, diaper change, I need to sit on the toilet." 'Ring around the Rosies' and 'Old MacDonald' are her favorite songs right now.

Family Pictures

And here are all of the nice family portraits. (I cropped most of these a little.)

Don't mind my hair here in the last one. It was windy the whole evening. Photos by Paul Scheuer.

Our Kids

So, this was the attempt to have Julia hold Jared. (I cropped the photo so you could see the close up of the kids.) Photo by Paul Scheuer.

Bloopers 2

And Julia still not cooperating. We were trying to get her to sit or stand in front of Dave's right arm. She never did make it there for a picture. Photo by Paul Scheuer.

Bloopers 1

And Julia was not too into cooperating during most of the photo shoot. This is quite a comical photo though. I love it! Photo by Paul Scheuer.

Julia

And this is a great one of Julia the Paul Scheuer got right when we got to the beach.