duh...

In all the craziness lately, I forgot to post Juliette's official 1st birthday pics (in no particluar order because I am too lazy to go through them)...enjoy!

she was so close here :-)

family pic
i love this sequence

so frickin' adorable!

hugs for doug

laughing at gramma

swings!

love this one....so sweet (and I just love this dress)

silly

yay!

another hug...with the pat on the back

guarding her ship :-)

pasta

This kid loves pasta...which is why i usually only feed it to her right before bathtime...

playdate!

After work/daycare on Tuesday Juliette and I had a playdate with our friends Lindsey and Lucy! Luckily, Juliette lost her crabbiness from the day and was on pretty good behavior. We had a nice time playing together, eating dinner, and taking lots of pictures. An early evening playdate works out pretty well...here are some pics!

the beginning of the playdate

juliette showing lindsey how to rock out

working on her letters...

teaching Lucy how to spell

hey mom!

hanging out downstairs...my kid kept taking wipes to wash her hands...

mom, guess what? me: that is soooo interesting!

Lucy and her ball

trying to get the group shot....this is literally how it went...

#1 Juliette looking at Lucy

#2 Lucy looking at Juliette

#3 Everyone looking! Success!

Thanks for a great playdate guys! We had a lot of fun! (note: Lindsey called me on Thursday to say that Lucy was waving now. She hadn't really done it much before, but now has been doing it all the time. Lindsey said Lucy learned it from watching Juliette, so she's a good teacher. Ahhh, just like her mother :-) hehe)

my belly

I taught her to find my belly (which really isn't an awesome idea because I really don't want her pulling up my shirt around people...), so I thought I would teach her to find hers :-)

still a bit sleepy

On our way to daycare on Monday morning....she was so cute in the car while I got gas...had to snap a pic :-)

Cute

I love when she plays by herself...I get nervous when it's a little quiet, but then I see here just reading/playing with books :-)

HAPPY SCHOOL SUPPLY SHOPPING DAY!!

My favorite self-made holiday of the year!!! I love this day...I just do. If you don't know the history behind it, when I was in gradeschool I always wanted to go school supply shopping as early as I could and one year I got to go on August 4th (which was the earliest I had ever gone). So the next year I went on that day again because it was "tradition" :-) After I was done with school I used to be able to take Alex and Mychal, but they're too big now (Alex graduated college this year...), so I am going to try to adopt Paul's kids until Juliette is old enough. That doesn't mean I am not going to take her!!! We went to Target and sent a pic to Alex and Mychal so they wouldn't feel left out! I also took some more pics, because next to her birthday and Christmas, this will probably be the most well documented day during her life...

these look good

oh wait...more choices...this is so tough! target in all its glory :-) this is SOOOOOOO fun! pip squeak markers

mom got me some twistable crayons so there isn't as much of the "crayon" part for me to eat. they are pretty fancy crayons!

now let's try this out... wow!
double fisting :-) ...and now we eat itcheck out my first masterpiece
I hope you all enjoyed SSSD '10!

Daycare project

Ok, I love daycare projects...it's like school! And even thought Juliette really can't do much (or any) of the stuff that the bigger kids can do, I LOVE when she gets to come home with something (you may remember the Dr. Seuss hat...it's still in her room). Anyway, they made these cute little farm mobiles. Karen tried to let Juliette color, but yeah, you guessed it, she tried to eat the crayon :-) Oh well, still cute!

THE MOVE!!!

No, we didn't move houses...I wish...but we moved offices!!! I don't talk about work much on this blog, but things have been changing around the Green Mill Corp office! In June, Chris sold GMR to Paul and another investor and retired from the GMR side of things (he still has the rights to the frozen foods divisions and is working on expanding that). So now Paul is our CEO and my mom got promoted to President!!! It was actually in the business section a few days ago and it's been fun to watch people call and congratulate her and everything...she deserves it! I am so proud of her!

This is what was in the Pioneer Press Business section...for those of you who don't read it :-) (I know it's hard to read, but the point is it was in the paper...)

We were thinking of a new title for me, and Vice Pres was out of the question since I enjoy vacationing/flying with her (and several other reasons I suppose...), that wasn't really going to work. However, my new title is most appropriate and I would like to stay at this level forever...Controller :-) Doesn't it just seem like that title was made for me? haha

So "the move" was my deal...and it was a lot of work!! We technically moved on Friday the 30th, so that week I was at work until 11:30 the 3 nights before the move, came into work on Sunday from 3-11 (with a dinner and bathtime break at home), and came back again Monday night after the kids were both in bed :-) The actual move day on Friday was the most stressful, but I would like to say that I did an awesome job! We're still working on getting settled, but once we're done done...it will be awesome! I didn't even mention the best part...we're back on Grand!! We're above the St. Paul Green Mill and Twisted Fork (and let me tell you the option to have pancakes everyday is not going to help my figure!). So yeah, if you're ever in the neighborhood, come join me for lunch!

What happens when Daddy does Juliette's hair...