playroom

So obviously Juliette has taken over our house. We even moved the big tv downstairs to make room for all of her toys and stuff. I really wish we had a basement!! So anyway, we turned he tv room upstairs (formally know as "Joey's Room") into a playroom for her. I wish I had taken some "before" pics, but oh well.

This is one side of the room. I bought these huge frames at Target, mostly to cover up all the holes from the shelves that we had on the wall! It worked pretty well. It was hard to narrow Juliette to just- haha- 32 pictures! In the middle of the pics I made a "J" with different fabrics wrapped around a block letter...not loving it yet, but my intentions were good! The swing will probably be able to be put away soon, but there really isn't anywhere to put it so for now it stays! The cabinet has some of my sewing stuff in it and will either need to be cleaned out or locked shut! To the left of the cabinet is a little Tinkerbell chair that I bought as an impulse buy the other day- super tacky, but it's still cute!

This would be the view from the closet, if you were ever to stand in there. I just wanted to get a view of as much of the room as I could. We got it down to one couch, but usually we're on the floor!
The pride of the room! When it was the tv room we had mafia movie posters hanging up and I just didn't feel that was appropriate...so Meghan and I worked on some posters together. We think they turned out FABULOUS and wonder why other people don't seem to care as much?!? She even ordered some for Harrison's playroom. They are just awesome! Underneath the posters you will notice Juliette in her jumpy thing (that she LOVES), and our make-shift toy box (tables with the bins underneath). Her little LeapFrog toy is in the pic too...

Here are some "action shots" from some of her play time, before the room was finished:

this is daddy's toy that he bought when she was 2 months old because he saw a commercial for it! it's a fun one!

helping daddy put the balls away

i'll be honest, i took his shot because i liked the back of her dress...but you can also notice she is trying to push the button that makes the toy go!
my second grade teacher sent us a giftcard for Juliette and I felt that I should used it towards something educational. they have this toy at daycare and Karen said Juliette liked it, so i got it! it's pretty cool and she can entertain herself for a while with it, so we love it too!!

So there it is! Come over and play anytime you want! We're here!

34 weeks

Here you go, late in posting again, but we're busy people!!

it's getting harder and harder to take the pic because all she wants to do is grab the card...

what? i didn't do anything...
i can crawl just a little bit...

but i can smile A LOT :-)
bonus shot...mom trying to take a picture of my tooth, i think we're gonna need to turn the flash off! just trust me- it's in there!

a big week of new things...

Juliette is sleeping right now and we haven't done her photoshoot yet, but I thought I would update you on some of her firsts this week! She finally cut a tooth! I have used "teething" as an excuse of drooling/fussiness for a while, but now I was right! She actually wasn't bad at all... And I will easily be able to remember the date because I first felt it on Joey's birthday! Waa-hoo! Also this past weekend, she did a few forward crawls. She is not crawling like crazy or anything yet, and still really loves to roll, but we're close and now we have to keep an extra eye on her!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DADDY!

Joey is 32 today! It's hard to celebrate on a Tuesday when baby and daddy both go to bed at 7, but we managed to have a little fun. Juliette got her dad a little digital camera of his own (mom doesn't give hers up!) so he can bring it into work to show some pics of Juliette or out on the golf course to catch a few pics. Here she is helping him open his gift:

Since it was Tuesday, the birthday meal was tacos! I told him he could pick what he wanted and that's what he picked! I should've taken a picture because they were pretty! After we ate, Juliette posed for a picture with dad and his cupcake (yes, even though we're doing biggest loser stuff you can't withhold a birthday treat!!)

happy as can be!

quite possibly one of my favorite shots...helping dad blow out the candle!

and the weekly pics...super late!

Here is the 33 week shoot! I know this is late, but it's still not 34 weeks and I consider that a success! Plus, I always take them on the right day...it's just that pesky part of getting to the computer! p.s. the nautical outfit is dedicated to Meghan

i am gonna get you...

i am cute enough to make you turn your head to look at this picture

big cheeks!

wait, i am HOW old?

oh, i see, i am 33

It's getting harder to get her to pose with the lamb and NOT grab at the card! The last few weeks have some spit on them!

too busy to blog?

This weekend Joey left to go snowboarding up in Lutsen with some friends, so I was a single mother for the weekend. Ok, so my mom stayed over Friday night and I stayed at my parents on Saturday, but I was without a hubby! I also had to get ready for the week and do the grocery shopping and baby shopping so it was a busy few days. I also managed to misplace my camera for a day or two and couldn't catch up on my blogging...and last week I spent most nights on the computer catching up on some work stuff that has been lingering since "the crash" at work. So yeah, it's been busy...here are a few pic from the last week:

ok, this is the only pic brent and kristine took from their night of babysitting on the 13th when we took my parents out to dinner. it's a pretty cute little family pic (I consider any pic where juliette is looking at the camera to be a good picture...)

my mom and dad at dinner at wildfire...mom's martini flight also pictured. yum!

unkie B and antie K also stopped over on sunday (valentine's day) to bring a gift. i will now give you the play-by-play in pictures:

wow a present!

i love presents! they are so awesome! it's just what i wanted!

this page is fuzzy...

...and i LOVE it!

Gramma Jule and Grampa Steve-O also stopped by later on Valenine's day with a cool litle toy for Juliette and a nice $50 each for mommy and daddy! There is a story behind that, but it's too much to type out, so if you ever want to hear it, I can just tell you!

We also had our BEST DAY EVER at swimming on Thursday! Juliette did her "zooms" (going under water) twice withou crying! That's a record, and probably already puts her ahead of me in the comfortable-with-water contest :-)

AND, last week we did some more stuff with her new playroom that I will need an entire entry to brag about, so I'll do that later this week!

Have a good one!

shots

We had to go into the doctor on Friday for Juliette's booster shot for the flu. She didn't cry! It was amazing...in fact, she smiled!

so behind!

I have about 4 different topics I want to blog about and jsut haven't had the time to sit down and do it! I also have been meaning to put up her 32 week pics before this thursday hits! So I am going to at least get these up quickly! Here you go!

huh?

this is so funny

she is trying to show you the card that says she's 32 weeks
hey everybody!

you can't tell, but this is an action shot of her moving backwards

i need a piece of chalk for the outline here...

did you miss me?

It's been a while! We have been so busy that I haven't been able to update! Last weekend Juliette had her first overnight with Gramma Jule and Grampa Steve-O...this pics are all on their camera so it might take a while for them to actually make it to a computer. They did get some good pics! This week at daycare Juliette wore the first pair of pants I ever made her...the purple ones. She looked very cute!

check out my sweet pants

look mom, i put my nookie in again

ok, maybe the pans are still a little big :-)

self portrait (Juliette already can do this better than I can...)

lemme see that camera...

I'll post the weekly pics next, but I needed to get something up! Have a great weekend!

bonus shot

I took this today when Juliette fell asleep for her afternoon nap....it was so cute I was willing to have the flash go off and risk waking her up just to have this picture (for the record she did not wake up, so it was a win-win):

31 weeks...and stylin'

Today was the first time I put Juliette in jeans. No real reason, just never bought any and then I got some yesterday. She looks like a toddler- for some reason they make her look really old...as "old" as a baby can look. AND they make her look super cute! (I even called Unkie B and Antie K over to look at her!) Actually, anything makes her look cute...

Here are the pics from this week:

these shoes look cool...

...and delicious...and they make me happy! ahhhh choooo (action shot!)
so big in my jeans!
all smiles for the camera!

busy rollin'
That's all for now!

seven

Juliette is 7 months...Joe is number 7 and rumors are flying about him...coincidence? Nope...the world has already started to revolve around Juliette (she must be taking that from me!).

This morning we stopped by gramma and grampa's before heading off to daycare. We had our muffin and movie...this month is Fox and the Hound because there was a fox in g&g's backyard yesterday!

i am so smiley in the morning!!

getting ready to open my gift

what do you think of that?