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Story Time

One of the best times of day is the evening story time.  Pete plops Jules in his crib to climb around, while he reads 2-3 long books to him.  I often see Jules with his hands wrapped around two bars pulling his face up against them to look out and see what his Papa is reading, and now that he can sit unassisted he can also be seen usually tossing about his bunny and frog while listening to stories.  

Tush-a-licious

Where Did My Tiny Baby Go?

Our cloth diapers arrived today, and I promptly washed and prepared them for use.  Once Papa came home, and Jules got up from his nap, we tried them on for size.  Overall I love them!  They are easy to use, and quite cute I must add - even if they give him a larger rump.  Our plan is to master daytime, then outings, then overnights.  I don't want to overwhelm us all at once!  Overnight will be more difficult, since we'll need to figure out how many layers it takes to last us until morning, but we'll get there.

Looking at these pictures of Jules I am newly amazed at how much he has changed in the last six months.  My tiny baby looks more and more like a big boy every day.  He is exploring, nearly crawling, and keeping my busier all the time.  His personality is huge, gregarious, boisterous, and I love it.  When he likes something you know, and when he doesn't you really know!  His world has gotten huge now that he can maneuver across the living room.  He is discovering what chairs taste like, how to pull on the cable cord, licking carpet, pulling on the ottoman - it's wild.  Looking back a month he couldn't even sit up alone for long, and now we can live him unattended to play on the floor with his toys.  

But the best new thing:  Toes. Lately he has been pulling on his feet, holding them up and checking out his shoes, but today he discovered that toes are indeed delicious.

The Original "JT"

Tonight we took Julian to his first concert, James Taylor.  We got lawn seats so we could spread out with our blankets and snacks, and settled in for a good time.  At first he was a bit fussy because it was nearing bedtime, but as soon as the music started and the lights went up - he was riveted, bouncing up and down, and swaying the way he does when he hears music.  Halfway through he fell asleep in my arms, and then crashed on the blanket, only to wake near the end to watch some more.  

JT played a lot of our old favorites, and then many covers off of his new album.  Listening to JT has been a staple of so many of our vacations, road trips, summer days at the beach, and homes that it only seemed right that this be his first concert, and our first concert as a family.

Chasing Nico

Jumping Jumperoo

Friends - Canaan, Julian, and James Edition

Forward Momentum