Current status

Julia is doing great. She's on the verge of crawling. She gets on all fours and rocks back and forth and manages to go in reverse. It's funny to watch. She's at the stage where she's easily amused (this is a GREAT age). She laughs at the strangest things. A cough or yawn really starts the smiles and giggles. Something else she's recently picked up: shaking her head no. I'm sure she doesn't realize what it means but she's figured out that if she does it while trying to spoon feed, the food won't get in her mouth. As if that wasn't annoying enough, she's also started pushing the spoon away. On the subject of mouth feeding, PJ's new interest is puff Cheetos. She'll lick all the cheese off and then play w/the leftovers. She'll eat a little bit of the Cheeto but for the most part she hold onto it until it turns to mush.

Nov-Dec

She gets this devilish smirk from her dad. Mom was a very sweet and innocent child. She never got into trouble (my parents can keep their comments to themselves :)).
This is what happens when she gets bored watching me cook.

Sept-Oct photo shoot

NICU Nurses

Krista! She was GREAT at playing dress up with PJ. The funniest thing I've ever heard was during Krista's first day as Julia's primary (South Hall). Krista said "We need to discuss a couple of things. First, no more Baby Einstein music. We're tired of the mobile music, too. How about bringing in a few country CD's? Second, you'll need to bring more clothes and blankets. We play dress up and the onsie outfits are boring."
Mandy, Renee, and Leigh. They were just a few of the wonderful nurses that took care of PJ. Shelley and Valerie were two of Julia's primary nurses; however, we don't have a picture of them :)
This was Darrin's first time to hold PJ. Adena helped us get all situated (and was very patient with us because we were so nervous). It was scary holding a baby that is the size of a baby doll AND all of the tubes, wires, etc. that went along with her. We just knew the ventilator tube was going to pop out at any second (it didn't, of course).