Our 2 1/2 Year Old

I have really slowed down on taking pictures of Julia because she went through a phase where she didn't like her picture being taken.  :(  Thankfully, that phase has passed and she is more willing (most of the time) to let me take her picture. 

Our daughter has grown up so fast!  I think the biggest change in her in her vocabulary.  She is quite a talker!  I love it that I can have full-on conversations with her.  Some other changes I've noticed is that she is less fearful.  She used to be very cautious but now she is getting more adventurous (like at the playground I hold my breath as I see her climbing things that are quite high!).  She is also more friendly to people (we have had to work on this) which is fun.  It's cute because sometimes we'll be at the store and she'll say "hi" to the person if front of us or the check-out person.  This would have never happened months ago!  Her hair has grown long and is quite curly.  I'm scared to get a hair cut because I don't want to cut off the curls...  Her favorite things to do right now are read, color, and pretend cook in her play kitchen.  She also loves to sing.  Her favorite movies right Mary Poppins and Beauty and the Beast.

This picture was taken at "BabyGym" which is a Mommy and Me playtime for toddlers at our church.  It includes a song and Bible story time.  She loved going to it and I am looking forward to when it starts back up again in the Fall.

Julia loves "driving" our van.  :)

Loved this dress on her.

She puts on her own shoes now... but usually backwards.  :)

 

Julia playing with her daddy

 

Julia loves setting up food for us or her stuffed animals to eat.  :)

 

 

Making a yummy meal

 

The four of us went out to a donut shop one Saturday.  We let her choose the donut and she chose a chocolate old fashioned donut with sprinkles.  :)

 

 

All smiles about her first donut  :)

 

Eating her lunch

 

 

We went to this thing called, "Touch a Truck" where they had firetrucks, ambulances, police cars, etc.  Right when we got to the park she was excited to see the bunny and duck characters and actually gave them high-fives. 

 

She was more excited about the balloons than the trucks...  :)

 

 

At the beginning, she didn't want to get into any of the trucks.  But, right as we were leaving she actually wanted to get in the truck.  Yay!  I guess it just takes her a little bit of time to warm up to new things...

 

 

She was brave enough to get into a police car, too.  :)

 

 

We got Julia  pair of sunglasses and she loves them.  This picture was taken on our way to a swimming pool... Let's just say she did NOT like swimming AT ALL!  She screamed the whole time.  Sigh.  I wish we had taken her swimming more often as a baby.  Hopefully she'll warm of the idea of swimming in the near future.  :)

Aunt Lisa and Julia, both wearing their sunglasses  :)

 

 

Love her smile