FUN AT THE FAIR

 (07-13-11) Jillian hanging out at the Pork Producers stand.

 (07-14-11) Jillian & Meemaw checking out the calf.  She really liked looking at the animals.

(07-14-11) Jillian & Papaw checking out the piggies.  She was surrounded by piggies and kept trying to point them all out.

Jillian did well riding in her stroller at the fair.  There isn't a whole lot of food at the fair that she will eat just yet.  She ate applesauce and french fries.  She of course loved the treats she got a few bites of funnel cake and of course some ice cream.

Wednesday was my dad's day to run the Pork stand at the fair.  I did go out with Jillian and we helped a little bit.  I handed out drinks for a while at lunch while holding Jillian.  At dinner I filled ice in cups while holding Jillian.  She did pretty well with this.  After I had been standing there with her for a while filling drinks she said "all done".  Shortly after this my replacement came in and Jillian and I got to leave the stand. 

PU Friends

 (07-09-11) Jillian holding Mia.  She loved this and kept wanting to hold the poor dog.  Mia was good, but did get tired of it and wanted nothing more to do with this little person holding her.

(07-09-11) Amy & Jillian about to slide.  Probably the best picture we have gotten of the 2 of them in a long while.  They are too wiggly otherwise!

 (07-10-11) Jillian & Amy

 (07-10-11) Jillian & Amy - Amy was bringing Jillian all of the animals from her Lego sets.

 (07-10-11) Jillian playing the piano.  Both girls were playing but Amy was sure to escape before I could get a picture!

(07-10-11) Jillian talking on my phone.  She loves to walk around saying "hello" but if there is really someone on the other end she doesn't seem to want to have anything to do with it. 

Our weekend of visiting started with Andrea meeting us for lunch in Columbus.  From there we headed down to Sarah & Craig's new house in Clarksville.  After learning that Andrea is expecting her first child in Jan 2012 we went to babies r us to help her select items for her registry. 

Jillian and Amy did well playing together.  Jillian is very possessive of her baby doll and her stroller.  She didn't want Amy to touch those items.  She also really loves Amy's mini recliner chair and didn't seem to want Amy to use it either.  It is hard learning how to share!  We did take the girls to a park which they both really enjoyed. 

We came back Sunday afternoon and Jillian and I took Andrea to the Motherhood maternity outlet where she got some cute clothes she is going to need pretty shortly.  From there we headed out to the County Fair for some yummy food. 

The next morning (Monday morning) when Jillian woke up she was asking form "Mamy".  (That is how she says Amy).  It was pretty cute.

(7-2011) Jillian playing with her baby.

4TH OF JULY

(07-02-11) JILLIAN

For the 4th of July weekend we went to a party at my cousins house.  The little kiddos loved running around on the trampoline.  It was nice for the mommies to because it was a netted area and so we could safely just sit and watch them play for the most part. 

When it came time for the fireworks... well Jillian hated them!  She was terrified of the loud noise they made.  We spent that time safely inside the house.

SLEEPING!!

SLEEPING



(04-30-11) Jillian snoozing in the car



In the last week Jillian has been making great strides in the sleeping department.  She has finally started consistantly sleeping for 5 hours without waking.  She used to do only 4 most of the time.  Also she is learning how to get herself back to sleep.  For those who don't know we did try the fuss it out method when she was younger, but she would get so upset she would vomit.  Therefore for the longest time she made mommy and daddy very nervous to let her cry to long without getting her. Something about finding her asleep in a pile of vomit...  She is no longer doing this in fact last night we heard her stir around 3 am and only fussed a tiny bit.  I"m guessing she found herself one of the many pacifiers that lined her crib.  We didn't hear from her again until nearly 7 this morning.  It has been nice getting consecutive hours of sleep!

 BUSY WEEKEND

This weekend was busy with playing and visiting.  Friday night we went to Brian and Anna's to celebrate mother's day with them. Jillian had fun playing with her big cousin Benjamin :).  On Saturday morning we hit up some garage sales, followed by lunch with Rick's parents.  We went on a walk around the neighborhood and even took Jillian to the little park at Grace Lutheran Church. Saturday evening Rick went out with the boys for a Bachlor party, a little while later Jess went out to a comedy club with the girls for the bachlorette party. Jillian went to hang out with her meemaw. She ended up staying the night there.  This is the first time Jillian has ever stayed over night anywhere.  She did OK.. but did wake up pretty frequently.  She knew it was different.   Boy where mommy and daddy glad to see her the next morning, but not too early since we slept in after being up till 2am!

(05-15-11) Jillian in her new "car"

 

The car was the best garage sale find of the day.  I found a few clothes and some cute rain boots.  I did also manage to snag a booster seat.  She has really liked playing in Amy's car so she knew jsut what to do with this one.

SHOPPING BUDDIES

 (04-20-11) Jillian & Chase - ready to help their mommies shop :)

(04-20-11) Chase & Jillian - hey whatcha doing back/up there?!

This double stoller cart at Kohl's is quite challenging to move around the store in. It would help if the wheels would turn properly.  2nd problem is the length of this cart.  There are places that I had to back it out of cause I couldn't turn the corners. 

The mommies had a fun time shopping, the kiddos well sorta ;).  Jillian likes to walk all around the store and neither wants to sit in the stroller for too long.  But overall they are very helpful shoppers :).

COME WITH ME

(04-16-11) Jillian carrying around her baby doll. She does this a lot :) This is the proper way to carry a baby right ;)..?

(04-17-11) What'cha doing? Let me have the phone!

Jillian has starting coming up to me and reaching out for my hand so she can lead me places.  It is pretty cute.  She doesn't seem to have a destination in mind.  I think she finds it fun that she can make mommy get up and follow her.  If I am sitting and she wants me to go with her she will grab my hand and tug on it with all her might to get me up.  This so reminds me of what I would do to my daddios all the time when I was younger.

JILLY MONSTER

(4-12-11) Jillian yogurt face

(04-9-11) Chase messing with Jillian's bow

Jillian is learning to feed herself with spoons and even a fork.  She isn't very good at getting the food onto the spoon or fork, but if you put it on for her she can get it to her mouth. It might be a tad messy, which I should point out she seems to like!

Her favorite word is doggie and saying woof, woof.  Hers is more like a little uff, uff or something, but it is very cute.  She also loves to say Kitty, but we are having trouble getting her to say meow.  Probably cause our dogs bark (esp Sarge) and the cat is normally quiet.

Nicknames: Jillian has a few cute nicknames.  She will probably dislike most of these when she gets older, but for now she doesn't care. Jilly, Jilly Monster, Beetle Bug... probably others we call her but that is all the comes to mind right now.