I’m not ashamed of gushing about my kids at all. After all, they are my kids! I just want to take a moment (since I rarely get these) to sit down and write a little about things that have been going on in our lives lately.
For starters, I realized this past week, that I haven’t really catalogued Julian’s milestones lately like I’ve meant to. It’s just been hard to find the time. I guess I really need to get more disciplined about things like this and budgeting. I don’t know why I shy away from the baby books and journals. I really want to keep up with important milestones and pictures, etc…but the time just isn’t there! I don’t know where it goes to be honest.
Anyway, today Julian turned 15 months old. I can’t believe it’s already been 15 months since he was born. I’m more astonished by this than I was when he turned 1 year old. I think the milestones are more drastic. Over the past 3 months, since he turned 1, he has gone from crawling to walking very well. He actually started walking fully around the second week of June. I only know this because he still wasn’t quite there yet when we were up in Kansas City at the beginning of June, but he managed to figure it out the week after we got home. I just never wrote it down. TERRIBLE MAMA!! Not only that, but he has gotten 4 more teeth (all molars) over the past month. I really need to get this stuff written down. When, oh when!?
On top of that, he has been saying lots of words and understanding more and more of what we’re saying. He’s like a little parrot.
He’s so funny. The other day, we went to the park, and he pointed his finger out the window and said very clearly, “Park.” Ummm…yes, you’re right…that is the park! What a doll. Then, that same day, we were walking through the grocery store and I said the word “kitchen” in a sentence, and as plain as day he says, “Kitchen”.
Just so I can make sure I’m on track with his vocabulary, here are the words he can say so far:
- Park (ha!)
- Kitchen
- Finished
- Cheese (with a cute grin)
- Dadddyyyyyyy (very proud of this one)
- Tate (more like, “Datttt”)
- Dog
- Ball
- Book (he likes to say, “Book a book” or “Bookee”)
- Nein (his favorite) or Noooooouuu
- Pa-pa (makes Grandma mad)
- Bye bye (very clearly) with hand waving
- Hallo (very deep voice — with hand waving)
I’m sure there’s more but I can’t think of all of them at the moment.
He also loves to eat. This boy will try anything. His favorite foods are waffles, strawberries, grill cheese sandwiches, quesadillas, chicken, french fries, pizza, blueberries, yogurt, mangos, and the list goes on!
His hair is just gorgeous right now too. He has these long blonde curls. Everyone thinks he’s a girl. lol
Julian Paul is quite the character. He knows what he wants and doesn’t like to let up. He has been fighting back when his older brother takes things away from him, too. That also makes me proud.
The only problem we’re having with him is that he still isn’t sleeping well. This is one reason why blogging is so hard. I would do it every night if I could, but I just don’t have the energy. These boys are tough. Tate is finally sleeping through the night, but it took him 2 1/2 years to do so. I’m afraid we’ve got the same issue with Julian. Drives me bonkers!
Anyway, all that to say, we are just in love with this little guy.
Happy 15 Month Birthday, Julian! You make our world light up with your precious, bright smile and those big cheeks!
Love you love you love you!!!
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