Julia smiling

When we were up in Northern California visiting my family (I promise to post pictures very soon!), Julia started smiling.  She often smiles the most when she first wakes up.  It is so sweet!  Here's a video of her that captures a small smile.

SNOW!!!

Yesterday, we were driving home around 4:30 after eating lunch at Ethan's mom's house.  It had been raining all day.  As we were driving, Ethan made a comment about how the rain was kind of like sleet.  Well, we drove a little further and Ethan pointed out that the hills were covered in white... snow!!!  I couldn't believe my eyes.  It never snows here!  (It snowed a few years ago but it melted once it hit the ground.)  The snow was everywhere and was sticking!  It was so beautiful...

This is my Toyota Carolla covered in snow.

This is the view from the top of our stairway.

 

Lolo and Lola Visit

Last week, my parents drove down from Northern California to visit.  This was my dad's first time meet Julia!  It was fun to have "Lolo" and "Lola" (Filipino words for Grandpa and Grandma) around.  It was hard to see them go, but we will see them again at Christmas, which makes it easier.

Lolo's first time holding Julia

Lola enjoying her Granddaughter again

Julia's shirt is perfect - she loves her daddy so much  :)

I love this picture of Julia in her car seat!  :)  Her face is just so classic.  She often falls asleep with her mouth open...

Here's another picture of Julia in her many funny sleep positions.  She loves to place her hands in different positions when she is sleeping...

Ethan and I started placing Julia on her tummy for "tummy time."  She seems to enjoy it.

Tummy time wears her out...  :)

Here are a few more sweet pictures of our Julia:

Thanksgiving

Ethan's mom made a wonderful Thanksgiving meal.  This was the first time we took Julia somewhere for an extended period of time.  She did really well!  It was the first time for our nephews and niece to meet Julia.  I think they enjoyed meeting and holding their new baby cousin.  :)

Ava got to hold her first.  :)

Eric got to hold her second.  Look at Julia's face!  It appears she likes her cousin, Eric.  :)

Cousin Jared

Aunt Lisa - she absolutely loves holding Julia...  :)

Thanks, Teta (Grandma) for having us all over!  We really enjoyed our Thanksgiving meal and time of fellowship.

Video Clips of Julia

Ethan took this video of Julia while he was with her in the nursery (waiting for me while I was in recovery from my c-section for 1 hour).  I love how alert she was!

When I was pregnant with Julia, she used to get the hiccups several times a day.  She still gets them several times a day.  The nurses at the hospital explained that the hiccups don't really bother babies all that much - it's more the parents who get bothered by them.

Here's one more video of Julia.

Professional Hospital Pictures

While in the hospital, a professional photographer took Julia's pictures.  We absolutely loved them, so we went ahead and purchased the cd that gives us full rights to copy/post the pictures.  Here are some of my favorites:

Silly Poses

In the hospital, the nurses would come in and say, "Awww, look at the breech baby."  They explained that babies who are breech often lay with their legs out like Julia did.  We thought it was funny and called her a frog when she would lay this way...

Another thing Julia would do is stick her legs up in the air and leave them there.  :)  The nurses said this was also another evidence of her being a breech baby.  We thought it was so funny...



Julia makes us laugh.  One funny thing about her is that she really likes to have her hands near her face.  When we first started swaddling her, she liked it.  However, it was just a few days before she would fuss, grunt, and strain until she could get her hands free whenever we tried to swaddle her.  When we try to swaddle her with her hands inside, she gets very upset.  So, we have just started to partially swaddle her, where her hands can be free.  She seems to really appreciate it.

Here are some classic pictures of Julia!  You can see some of her personality in them...