Friends

I met Debra when she was a customer at Jamba Juice while I was working. I was about 15 weeks pregnant and she was 16 or so. We talked about all the woes of pregnancy as we went through it together and then started spending time together with our little babes after they were a few months old. Even though I was behind in the weeks of pregnancy, since Juni came so early, she is actually a few weeks older than Colin. While on a walk with my friend Debra and Juni's friend Colin, Colin and Juni were singing their own songs in tune with each other and even held hands for part of the walk. Look at the difference in their limbs! :) Although they go through similar stages, they each know such different things. Colin calls animals by name while Juni says the noise they make. Colin says, "More please," while Juni shakes her head and says, "Yes," or, "No." It is fun to watch them together as they learn and grow.

Cuteness

My brain isn't thinking of much to say but, "Cute!" Her cuteness is out of control, so I thought I'd better share a little with you. I wish you all could see her moving and talking and changing.

Father's Day weekend

On Saturday we went cherry and strawberry picking in Brentwood. It was 105 degrees that day. We kept Juni in the shade 99% of the time, 1% reserved for photo opportunities ;), but it was still HOT! We were able to meet up with some friends from Zach's work afterwards and swim in their pool and have a BBQ. It was so nice to jump in the pool after being out in the orchards and fields. Juni was a super-trooper, like always, and had a blast picking the fruit, and popping it right into her mouth. She was so excited and made the "Oooooo!" sound quite often.

On Father's Day we woke up, went to the farmers' market and then spent some time calling Juniper's grandpas. The rest of the day we just ran some errands and had a nice dinner at home, but it was a great family weekend in the end. We got Juni some alphabet magnets to play with and she has gotten more than good use out of them already. Juni painted her Papa a picture and gave him some TMNT glasses that she likes very much. My superhero duo was in full effect.

14 months already...3 days ago

My boss took off a couple of weeks while she got married so I was working more than double my regular hours. Zach and I were passing in the night and wearing out quickly. Thankfully, my boss returned on Tuesday and life is returning to our old routine. She is currently trying to push some boulders through her gums, on the bottom, so that isn't making her feel too hot, but we are getting through it.

Juni is now saying shirt, tickle-tickle, I love you, Juicy, done, kiss, milk, wash, nose, uh-oh and she is repeating all kinds of words back to us (dirty socks, necklace) as she practices her sounds.

She can run and loves to be chased and caught. Thankfully, she hasn't started doing this outside, but only in the apartment. She and Juicy are becoming better friends each day. Juicy often lets her pet her, as long as Juni doesn't grab her tail. She now loves stacking her blocks and knocking them over, as well as shoving them in a basket one by one and then taking them all out one by one.

At swim, she is holding her breath for longer under the water and doing more actions independently. When released underwater near the stairs, she found the stairs and stood up on her own. As the water splashed over her face, she turned around to Papa, and looked at him, like, "What next, Papa?"

One of her favorite activities is talking on the phone. She goes and goes with with her own words in such seriousness. She gets very disappointed when all that's on the other end is a voicemail and then we hang up the phone. She would talk for hours most days, if we would let her.

She has also decided that most often she would prefer I not take her picture :( She went through a short phase like this before, so I'm hoping this too shall pass :)