Robby and I got away for a weekend, with Julia, for our Anniversary. One of our activities was to explore the gardens and house at Cheekwood in Nashville. This is just a photo of our favorite flower in bloom at the Cheekwood! The gardens were enjoyable and it made for a nice activity.

Julia enjoyed her status as an only child for the weekend. She so deserves this as often as we can grant it to her. She was great for us and we appreciated the special time we could have with her. For the first little bit I think she looked for Emily in the car, she has never known life with out her big sister. Emily was in good hands and didn’t miss us too much. I have heard that Grandparents are glad to see their grandkids, but glad that the kids go home with someone else. I discovered that as a parent it is great to take a break away from your kids, but glad that the kids come home with you.

When Julia is sitting on Daddy’s lap Emily wants to join in. They love to share his lap. Good thing Daddy’s lap is big!

The glances that babies give are so adorable.

Just some more photos from our yard pool play. So much fun to be had! I’m looking forward to no more sniffles, sunny skies, and warm days so we can have more of these fun times.

Julia is actively trying to grab anything in her reach. She found her Grandma’s bracelet and stole it to chew on. I don’t think Grandma minded.

After visiting Mayfield Dairy, our favorite dress up toy is the fancy red hairnets. Who knew a hairnet could be so much fun? Even Julia doesn’t seem to mind the look.

Julia has started her babel talking. In addition to squeals and cries she has added ‘ba, ba, ba’. This has confused Emily and she has had several reactions to it. Yesterday’s reaction was to tell me from the back seat, while Julia was giving her ba-ba song, that ‘Sister is saying ba-ba’. Emily told me that sentence over and over again just like Julia’s use of the new sounds. I have explained that Julia is learning how to talk just like Emily does and this is the start. We had better get used to it because we have two girls so we will have lots of talking.