June

Yet again, another month has flown by and boy have we been busy! I really am going to try to be better about updating this thing! We've been in and out of town a lot, visiting family and friends. Juliann and I spent 5 days with Me-Me, Sugas (Grandma Sugars), and Aunt Roberta visiting Aunt Heather and Ryan's new house outside of Raleigh, as well as Uncle Ry and Aunt Meredith's place in Charlotte. We even got to have dinner with Uncle Peter and Anne! While we were on our trip, David was away on business. We celebrated Father's Day before we both left and Juliann and I gave David a shop vac (he was really excited and used it the day I left!) and a few other small things. This past weekend we visited our friends Kristen and Josh to attend their son Jackson's 2nd birthday. He had a Curious George themed party and we all had a great time! After the party we drove down 81 and spent the rest of the weekend with David's parents. Jules really enjoyed seeing her oma and opa! This weekend we'll be heading to Smith Mountain Lake for the holiday weekend. Hope everyone has a great 4th of July!

Carrying around the little purse the Golden's gave her. It has a cell phone too!

She was smiling so hard she was shaking!

With our neighbor Luke-she LOVES him!

Hi!
On the porch swing at Oma and Opa's with Dad

Weekend Fun!

Our last few weekends have been busy but fun! Two weekends ago we went down to UVa on Saturday and had lunch on the lawn with some friends. Juliann enjoyed seeing all the people but is still not too sure about grass. I think its a texture thing and hope she gets over it soon! We might have an interesting time at the beach this year if not! On Sunday we drove down to Amherst to see my cousins from Pennsylvania, who were down visiting Grandma Sugars. They just had their second son, Abraham, now 9 weeks old and wanted my grandmother to meet him. We don't get to see them very often so decided to make the 2 hour trip down for the day. Juliann enjoyed seeing Caleb, 3, but was far more interested in the baby. She just wanted to hug and kiss him and would fuss when we'd pull her away! Too cute! Hopefully she'll be this way with a little sibling eventually!

School was over for me that week so I got to enjoy the start of my summer and extra time at home with Juliann. She'll only be going to the sitters once a week over now while I tutor a few students. We also went to the pool a few times during the week and she's starting to get better with water. Last summer she was a true water baby but the last few months has been terrified of water, specifically the bath. However, after a few pool trips she is coming around to the idea of taking a bath. Let's hope it continues!

We had more than enough to keep us busy this weekend too. I had a school party on Friday and then spent Saturday celebrating Patrick and Kristin's engagement. Juliann was a huge hit at the party and absolutely loves all the attention she gets. She was dancing to the music and made lots of new friends! Unfortunately we don't have many pictures from this weekend but do have plenty from our UVa trip. Hope this post finds everyone well and happy summer!

Playing peek-a-boo behind the columns

Kisses
Steps of the Rotunda

Walking on the lawn

The girls on the lawn

Me-me, Jules and Abraham

Juliann wanted to be like the baby

Jules, Caleb and Kate
her pretty dress that matched the party colors!
Jules and Oma (grandma in German)

Last Romp-N-Roll

Today was our last visit with Rompy for the summer. Jules has really enjoyed going to Romp-N-Roll over the last 8 months but we've decided to take a break (and save some money) until the fall. Since I'm done with work for the summer so we'll have more opportunities to be outside and with other kids. Plus, there are so many things we can do around Richmond now that the weather's nice! However, we'll miss going every Monday (Jules will miss playing along side her friends and I'll miss the adult interaction with other mothers) and hope to go for open gym from time to time so she can use the equipment. We are also hoping to get together a play group with the other mothers since the kids are all around the same age (literally born within weeks of each other) and have been together the last few months. They all play so well! Anyway, enjoy the pictures my friend, Merrilee, took with her camera of our last visit today. Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the warmer weather!

my little monkey!

free-play with musical instruments-she loves the drums!

action shot

shaking the bells

bubbles-one of her favorite parts of the class