Ethan and Lisa: It's Official... We've Got a Crawler!

So, some excitimg news on our end is that Ethan and I just purchased a home! We're so excited. We still can't believe that this is our house. We are loving it more and more and really appreciate the neighborhood. We've been enjoying our walks after dinner in our quiet and beautiful neighborhood (very different after apartment living). It's wonderful having a backyard, also! :) God has blessed us incredibly and we are so grateful. I promise to post some pictures as soon as I have the house a little more in order.

Before our move, I could tell that Julia was getting close to crawling. She has been rocking for about 1 1/2 months or maybe more. It seemed like she wanted to crawl so badly but always pushed herself backward. Well, last Friday she discovered a way to pull her body with her arms. Then, on Saturday she added her legs so she was able to move forward much faster. The fun part was that Ethan was home and got to witness her crawl for the first time. :) She loves her new ability and is so curious about the world around her. This is motivating me to get our house set up at a much faster pace so that she can safely explore! So, at almost 9 months, Julia is a crawler. Hard to believe that some babies WALK at 9 months! I'm kinda glad she has taken her sweet time, especially with packing up our apartment, moving, and now unpacking...

Julia started making the "b" sound a few weeks ago. So she'll often say, "Ba, ba, ba" over and over again. Also, yesterday on the changing table I was saying, "Mama" to her and she actually said it back to me. I thought that maybe it was just a fluke so I tried again and she copied me again. She kept saying it over again - very cute. I know she doesn't know what it means yet, but it's still fun to hear her say it. :)

We are enjoying our sweet girl so much. God has truly blessed us!

Here are a few pictures and videos of her.

On the day before we moved, we had someone come to professionally clean the carpet and tile. I was over at the house, but had to go outside when he was working on the tile. Unfortunately, it was Julia's naptime. But, she was such a trooper and was able to fall asleep outside in her pack n play (with an umbrella to shade her). It was really sweet.