She had her one year appointment at the doctor’s on Thursday. He stated that we are doing and excellent job with her. She is already 31 inches long, 23.2 pounds and has a 19 inch head circumference. She is going to be tall like daddy. She had a nice time at the Bloomsburg Fair with Grammy and Cioci Becky. She also had a good time when we had gone to the fair on Thursday.

This weekend is her party and we have been getting the preparations done. I cannot wait to see her interacting with family and friends. I will definitely have Jason posting lots of pictures. Well, hope to post more, but now with her walking, she keeps us on our toes. I will do my best to post more, but like now, I usually have to wait until she is asleep. She’s been sleeping for a while, but I try to pick up around the house until the next day.

Since she is still quite small, we were only able to take her on two rides. She rode on my lap while daddy drove the antique cars. Then daddy held her on the train ride. She enjoyed the woods and even smiled at seeing the squirrels eating the corn. She had so much excitement that she only had one 20 minute nap all day. She enjoyed all of the lights as the park got darker. I cannot wait until she can hopefully go on many more rides next year.

I hope to have Jason put some pictures on here over the next few days. I will hopefully post more soon. We will be going to a wedding this weekend and maybe we can get more pictures from then as well. Until then, happy reading.

I love spending time with her when we come home from work. She loves driving in her little jeep. We call her crash now. She enjoys crashing into everything and then backing up as to get away from the scene. Lol. It is the cutest thing. We are starting to think of ideas and such for when she turns 1 because it will be here before we know it.

We are hoping to go to Knoebels over the next few weeks. I think she will enjoy it because she is such a dare-devil, but I am thinknig she may go on the merry-go-round and train. That is all mommy can see her going on. I hope to have pictures or video when we get there and hopefully we can post them on here.

Well, just wanted to make a quick post to keep brief updates on the newest things going on with Juliana. Hope to post again soon. She keeps us so busy, that it may be some time before we post.

Well there have been a few new firsts over the last few days. The first new item is that the baby finally went out of state. We went on vacation to Maryland for a few days. She did excellent. We kind of timed it so that she ate and then she didn’t need to eat until we got down to the hotel. Once we got there, she had another first. It was the first time in a swimming pool. I was hoping she would do well. As soon as we got in, I thought she may cry, but she started kicking her feet and splashing around. Once the water hit her face, she laughed. Abby was giving her rooster hair and it looked so cute. She did great sleeping there as well. I woke up at 5am the one morning and she got up, looked at me and smiled. Then I look over again and she had taken the binky and put it in her mouth and put herself back to sleep after a minute or so.

Today was another first. She turned 6 months over the weekend and since we were away, I did not want to start her on vegetables until we got back. Well, today she had her first taste of squash. She was not too happy with it. She will hopefully enjoy the taste of other things much better. I know she will only have one type of vegetable for 3 days then I can move on to the next one. Once the vegetables are done, then we go to the fruits. It will be a little bit before we can get her on the meats.

Well, hopefully there will be more good things to post in the coming months. I hope that Jason can add some photos of the trip and such. Well, I am going to spend some quality time with the family and hope to post again soon. Enjoy the reading and feel free to comment if you wish.

Well, the baby made it through her first New Year’s Eve. We were just here at the house and some family came over. We were here playing cards and talking. Juliana was doing quite well. She took a little cat nap and was up in time to see the New Year. After everyone left we went up to bed and she promptly fell back to sleep and didn’t wake up until about 9:15 this morning.

I am so lucky to have her in my life. She is such a good and happy baby. I have to go back to work and my dad will be watching her for a bit before we have to put her in daycare. I really don’t want to go back and miss seeing her throughout the day. We have our little routine and I will miss that. I know we will start making new routines, but I still wish I could be here with her to see the amazing things she does and surprises me with throughout the days.

I know I may be partial, but I think she is the smartest and most beautiful baby. She is always happy and it was so cute. Two nights ago she would mimic me laughing. I thought it was the cutest and sweetest little thing. She just amazes me. She has been eating more and we added cereal as well, so she can be full and content. I hope this is going to be a wonderful and exciting year for her.

Happy New Year to all and we will post more this year with all of the amazing things that will happen this upcoming year. Happy reading and comment away if you wish.

Well, we ended up not going to NJ. The wedding ended up being canceled. I don’t know when it is being rescheduled. We ended up going to get some things for the kids. Juliana got a few outfits and Jason and Janeen got shoes for basketball.

Things have been busy lately. Today is Juliana’s first Thanksgiving Day. I made one turkey last night and another one this morning. We straightened up a bit before everyone came. Everyone was here and they all seemed to have a good time. We had lots of food, good conversation and also some movies, games and computer streaming over the tv.

Juliana has been quite alert today. My dad and sister were enjoying her. My mom got to feed her as well. She seemed to get pooped out now. I am holding her while typing this and she is sleeping away. The other kids here enjoyed holding her a bit.

I am so thankful she is here and happy and healthy. I am grateful for my family and having everyone in my life. I hope Jason will be able to get sleep and will have a pretty good day tomorrow at work. His back has been hurting a lot more lately.

Well, the dishes are done and family is here relaxing. I am going to see if I can do the same. Happy Thanksgiving to all.

Well, tomorrow we are heading out of state. We are not going very far. We are headed out to NJ for a wedding. Jason’s cousin is getting married and we are attending. It will be nice for him to see his relatives. Juliana is 6 weeks old now and many of his relatives have not seen her yet.

I am hoping that she will do well on the way down and back. She likes to fall asleep in the car much of the time so I don’t see too much of a problem. I am also hoping she is ok in the hotel. We are making sure that we have everything to make sure she is comfortable and will have her pack and play to sleep in there.

I will post more when we get back. I am hoping we will have good news to report and things go well. Until then, happy reading.

I wanted to make a post today. The baby has had very good days the last few days. Over the last few days, her sleeping pattern had been awesome. She would eat at 11:30pm and then would sleep until 5am. That was 2 nights in a row. Then last night was not the same, but it was still decent. I figured since we had to change the clocks, her pattern would be different.

Today was a big day. Juliana had a great day. She had started off with a good day and was very happy. She is usually a happy baby, but we can usually never get her smiles on camera. Today, we were lucky to capture one. We then finished up straightening up the house, and then the baby had her bath before going to her baptism.

The baptism turned out really well. Everyone went to the church and celebrated. It was a nice service. Then afterwards, we came to the house and had some food and cake. Everyone seemed to have a good time. I will get Jason to post some pictures on here when he can.

Now, everything is winding down. Most of the guests have left. Abby, Jim and Becky are still here hanging out for a while. The baby is sleeping for a bit right now. She had an eventful day. I hope to post more again soon. I will keep all updated as time goes on and events occur. Until then, happy reading. Comment if you wish.

We are proud to introduce Juliana Christine Percival. Born September 29th 2008 at 12:28pm. She weighes in at 8lbs 6ozs and 19 1/2 inches long.