growing like a banana tree

Hi there folkies,

today began with sleeping in, mmmm how delicious to savor sweet sleep until 8:30....well, Julia did at least! haha. Dave and I awoke in a confused state, as we heard our music playing but could not find it's origin for a few moments as our heads cleared from drowsiness. (heehee funny story, not related to the above: yesterday we visited our neighbors, George and Sushma, who enlightened us with this tale -- Julia had been fingering their cd player upon the last visit there and that night at exactly midnight it turned on and woke them! hahaha, they figured that she set the alarm by accident! haha)
Here is a photo from a day or two ago, miss julia sipping her soup! No, we didn't teach her this, and i don't think she has seen us do it yet. hahaha. But she found that it worked very well!



Walking in the cold. Strolling along the road. Looking for the snow....wherever did it go???

We saw a flake or two falling, perhaps it will return soon.

So today julia was counting again: one, two, eight. hahaha. it is awesome. you ask her to count whatever is in her hands (ie/ pens, blocks, etc) and she says, "one" "two" and now she occassionally adds, "eight" hahaha. what a goose.

I always forget the new words and phrases that Julia has, but some of the latest ones are: " Iee Wuv Boo" (I love you) "no tank boo" (no thank you) "see ewe later" (you can figure that one out yourself...) "my turn" (yep) "mine" (uhuh-this one is always accompanied with a dramatic embrace of whatever she is declaring hers.) "mittens peese" (mommy i would like my mittens on, please--heehee)
much love to all.
we will probably post more later, it is a good picture-taking-blog-making day.

from sue.