Just a few days before our trip, Julia started walking! She had been taking steps for a few weeks before that, but only when we tried to encourage her to and she was not quite confident enough to walk on her own. Then, one day I noticed that she was starting to walk on her own. I would be standing in the kitchen, and I would look up to see her walking across the living room all by herself or she would start walking toward me in the kitchen rather than crawling... :) Since then, she has really taken off and walks more than she crawls. I love how she walks with her arms out to steady her. It's so cute. :) Here's a video clip of her walking on Sunday at church when we were visiting my parents.
If you know Ethan and me well, you know that our vacations consist of going to many great restaurants! Ethan does a lot of research beforehand on chowhound.com or other sites to find the best places to eat. We have gone to San Francisco several times, so there are several restaurants that we love to go to. We also like to try a few new restaurants each time we go. Papalote is one of our favorites - great Mexican food.
We had to walk down (and up!) many steep hills.
Julia loved Thai food (we only gave her the mild dishes, of course!)
Julia all bundled up after dinner one night.
After dinner one night, we decided to go get ice cream at our favorite ice cream place, "Bi-Rite." Usually, I'm pretty strict about her bedtime and don't want to be out late, but I relaxed. So, even thought it was already past her bedtime, we went and got ice cream. Then, decided it would be fun to walk back to our hotel rather than ride a bus. This would be a LONG walk (more than an hour) but we thought it would be fun an relaxing and we hoped if we leaned her back in her stroller that she would fall asleep. It took her awhile, but she finally fell asleep on the walk home and Ethan and I enjoyed the walk and the talk on the way home. This is Julia in her stoller when we got back to the hotel. I think it's cute how she has her legs crossed. It our 20 week ultrasound of her, she had her legs crossed in the womb. :)
Julia loved sitting in the chair while daddy spun it around. :)
We think one of the best things about vacation is that Ethan gets to spend a lot of time with Julia. She prefers to be held by me, but while on vacation that starts to change and she gets closer to daddy. It's very sweet.
Usually Julia will only cuddle with me, but like I said, vacation is good. Ethan loved it that she started cuddling with him. It was so sweet!
Our family
We tried a new restaurant where we had the most delicous pizza.
Riding the bus back to our hotel
This is how Julia sucks her thumb. We think it's hilarious. She sucks her right thumb and tucks her left hand inside her right hand.
After San Francisco we visited my parents and also Phil and Jaime's family. I got to meet Matteus for the first time. He is such a sweet boy. They adopted him 4 months ago and he is such a good fit into their family that they feel like he's always been there. He is about 10 months older than Julia.
Here he is Matteus and Adam holding Julia's hand while they all played "Ring around the Rosy." We had to tell the kids not to pull Julia down when they came to the part, "We all fall down!"
Matteus, Julia, Adam, and Georgia playing "Ring Around the Rosy"
Matteus, Adam, Georgia, and Julia playing with Mega Bloks
Me with Adam and Matteus
Grandpa and Julia
Phil holding the 2 toddler cousins on his lap
Ethan playing "Mastermind" with Ella, Annalee, and Jaime
Julia's big cousin, Ella, holding her
Grandma and Julia
Pastor Phil/Uncle Phil holding Julia
1 comment:
Fun pictures! Glad you could getaway and enjoy family, too. I noticed Julia's walking shoes in the pics...they look cute and comfy. :-)
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