Puppies and Babies...Not so different!

Soooooo..... no one told me much of the gross side of being pregnant and being a mom. I am the friend that will tell you :) I have told friends all about things preggo books don't warn you about and today I am hear to warn you about something people don't tell you about motherhood. You know when your puppy (or grown dog!) poops on your carpet? You know how gross it is, and how stinky it is, and how demoralizing it is to clean it up??!!! Do you?! Well today I was changing Juliana. She was a little red so I was going to let her "air out" while I picked out her outfit...USUALLY NOT A PROBLEM, we do this often! Well today I turn around to see a nice, SOFT, pile of dung under my child's behind as she is standing against the wall reaching for her hairbows, totally oblivious to what she standing in!!! At first I am totally confused.... where did this come from? Harley wasn't in here. Then I see her little booty and I instantly figured it out and starting yelling "ewww", "oh my gosh", "groooooosss", and so one. She of course gets a little fussy due to my tone of voice. I then realize she has stepped in it... oh yes it gets worse. She has also left a trail of pee from where I sat her down, all the way across the room, to the wall where she left me such a nice present. Now, many of you remember the "diaper blowouts" of your kids as infants but THIS?!? SERIOUSLY!?!? So I pick her up, clean her off and put her in her crib, where she seems to enjoy watching me be totally grossed out while spraying and scrubbing the carpet for 10 minutes. So friends...family... be warned! This is part of motherhood they don't tell you about!! (I was actually thinking exactly those words I was cleaning up after my little dookie monster!)

Funny Clips

Here's a few funny clips in case you need a laugh.

Jules apparently wants to be like her mommy and decided to play with a miniature measuring tape but ended up cutting her finger so she got her first bandaid.


My dad came to visit again since he had a few days off and was carrying Jules on his shoulders through Wal-Mart. He made a comment about how she was flailing about and this is what I saw when I turned around...

First Steps!!!

She did it! She finally did it! Juliana was watching me do laundry, holding on to the dryer door. I went to close it and she stood there all by herself for what seemed like forever then she took one step toward me. I started praising her enthusiastically... after all I have been waiting for this day to come for forever! Later that afternoon....

Soooo my child!

So today Juliana and I were headed to ... you guessed it, Walmart ... again! I brought some cheerios for me as a snack in the car and some for her in the store to keep her happy. She saw mine and obviously wanted hers sooner rather than later so I kept reaching back and handing her a few. I look in the mirror at her and what do I see? At almost the exact same time we are both shoving the whole handful of cheerios in our mouths! Why eat them one at a time? Is this my child or what?!!

Making Curtains...

3 down, 2 to go. Already I like not looking at my neighbors!

Who Knew?

So major thanks to my friend Cori who was talking to me while I was at Lowe's which forced me to peruse around a little bit before checking out. I found these awesome curtains that make a world of difference in my living room and in pulling everything together! The other curtains were so heavy that the room was always dark, now I can save on electricity since these make the room bright all day long! And they are totally me :)

Papa Comes to Visit

Grandpa Poole came to visit us for the day and Juliana was soooo excited!
Here is his reading to here during bathtime, she loved that :)

Can you tell she loves books?! He was reading to her when...

...she thought a different book looked better and...

...decided to just do it herself. Wonder where she got that from?! GRIN

We had a blast with Papa for the day. I loved the break and being able to take a nice, long shower! Juliana loved seeing someone else besides me :) She just wanted to love on her papa the whole time!