On the Move....

Julia is on the move everywhere now.  Army crawling and really trying to get some knee action going too.  She is so proud of herself when she reaches her destination, as you can see.  Look out world, here comes Mimi!

Weebles Wobble....

 but they don't fall down!  Miss Julia can sit pretty well now.  She isn't as infallible as a Weeble, but she is doing a great job and doesn't even mind when she falls over.  As you can see, she continues to explore around the tree, and now since there are actually presents under the tree, there are even more fun things to find on her little adventures.  She particularly liked the ribbon, which was very shiny and easy to put in her mouth.

Sweetheart

Cutie Pie

Just a quick post to say hi! Things are going well here. Alex is busy as usual, always wanting to have you help him stand up, enjoying swim time again this week and working on teething (not such a fun activity). We did figure out that he loves ice in the mesh baby feeder, when his teeth are bothering him, so that is really helpful. The teeth are probably still a long way off, because the episodes come and go, but at least we now have one more method of helping with the pain. He is very adept at holding it on his own too, which is great!

He discovered the Mickey mouse dressed up as a rat (for year of the rat), the other day and really enjoyed playing with it. Ming and Fiona sent it for him and he picked it out of a bunch of toys the other day.

He also continues to love splashing in the water, in his big bathtub or at the pool. Kicking and splashing are super fun activities and it is good because they expend energy as well! We took the BART train to the city last Friday and he loved it. The first few times that he took it, he was really little and just slept, but this time he was wide awake and watching every moment. He loved to watch the cars zing by when waiting on the platform at the Rockridge station, and he was very interested in the people around us on the train. Hopefully he will like the plane just as much! We are looking forward to the Minnesota trip and hope to see lots of you!