Julesy is 1!

Happy 1st Birthday to our little Juliette! We celebrated her birthday three times: once on her actual day (November 4th), once for her little birthday party on November 6th, and then once when we were back in Utah for Thanksgiving! We can't believe that it has been a year since little Julesy came in to our family. Julesy is totally walking now and I think her favorite thing to do is eat. She's not picky at all and will eat ANYTHING she gets her hands on...especially since she can chew just about anything with her mouthful of teeth. She had nine on last count...and she seems to be getting a new one every week. She loves to dance and bob her head up and down when she hears music...especially "Once There Was a Snowman." She still likes to be held a lot of the time; she is a strong baby and will wrap around your leg and cling to you if she doesn't want to be put down but when she wants down, she will fight and squirm out of your arms until she gets her way. She loves to play with whatever toy Ellie is already playing with and is a pro at climbing up and down the stairs. She can say mama and dada (although not all the time) and loves to mimic sounds like "Uh-Oh" and when Ellie blows raspberries. It is so fun to watch her laugh and play and be happy. She truly brings such warmth and joy to our hearts and we are so blessed to have her in our lives.

Juliette's One Year Statistics:
Weight - 17 pounds, 12 ounces - 6th percentile
Length - 28.3 inches - 27th percentile
Head Circumference - 17.3 inches - 21st percentile

Here are my favorite pics from her one year photo shoot taken by my fabulous cousin, Julianne. (juliannewinzenzphotography.blogspot.com)















Here are a few pictures of her actual birthday:

1st Birthday, 1st Picture.

I'm the Birthday Girl!

Enjoying her cheerios at Olive Garden

Here are some photo highlights from her Texas party:




Special thanks to Mike and Melinda for their help with the cake decorating!


It was nice to have Nana and Tata come up from Houston for Julesy's special day




Hmmmm...what is this?


I don't know...but I like it!


Yummy cake face!









And here are a few photo highlights of the party in Utah:









Happy Birthday, Julesy!
We love you so much!

♥ Mom, Dad, and Ellie

Halloween

Now that Ellie is almost 3 and understands Halloween and trick-or-treating a little better, we had a great time doing several fun Halloween activities. We went to Bass Pro Shops where we colored jack-o-lantern masks, trick-or-treated, and had our picture taken with Charlie Brown.

We saw ginormous orb weaver spiders at the aquarium. These things were just hanging out on the walls in a very dark section of the aquarium called the cave without any warning. Very creepy.

We went to our neighborhood's fall festival where Ellie had her face painted again. She loves having her face painted..but was so exhausted afterward that she fell asleep right on the floor.

Our ward hosted it's annual trunk-or-treat on Saturday so we went and ate hot dogs and scored tons of candy!

These are Ellie's friends, Madden (↑) and Mia (↓)

After the trunk-or-treat, we went home and played with our glow sticks and carved our jack-o-lantern. Uncle Mike and Aunt Melinda helped us design a cute girly pumpkin for Ellie and Jules.

Ellie DID NOT like sticking her hand in the pumpkin.

As always, we enjoyed Star Wars pancakes for breakfast on Sunday. Ellie's favorite is Yoda.

And finally, we loved taking the kiddos trick-or-treating on Halloween. Ellie and Julesy went with their friends Madden, Zaria, Alivia, and Ellianne.

Hope you all had a Happy Halloween full of treats and not too many tricks!