Julia News

June 11, 2009: The last week or so has been full of changes for Julia. She is sleeping in a crib now (she has been so small that she still fits just fine in her bassinet). She also got her first two teeth, one about 10 days ago and the second one today. She had a few rough nights due to teething. One night was particularly bad as she cried a little bit almost every hour of the night. Julia also rolled over from her back to belly for the first time on Monday. She did it about 4 times and is not a baby who is suddenly rolling all over the place but we are happy she at least can do it now. She is also sitting up on her own now.

She gets stronger and stronger at it every day. For awhile she was able to sit up but would fall over if she leaned left, right or back. Now she is much stronger and I am pretty comfortable leaving her in the sitting up position as long as she in on something sort of soft. In general she is just full of beans, likes to jump a bit in her jumping chair and is getting very wiggly sometimes. It is so fun to see all these positive developments in her after such a hard beginning.

A Rough Patch For Casey

June 8, 2009: Man, it has been a rough few days here at our house. Casey has been having a string of really bad luck in terms of getting hurt. They are all small injuries but here is a roll call of the bumps and bruises on her body at this moment...
Two different pinches on her finger tips, one from a clip and one from the hinge of a jewelry box.
One pinch mark on her cheek from the clip her pacifier is attached to.
A bruised toe from dropping a small dumb bell on it.
A scraped elbow from a big wipe out on the dirt road.
Scraped knee from any number of falls.
A cut lip from falling off her fort and biting her lip.
An egg on her forehead from falling off the bed.
And here is the real kicker... cuts on her wrist and chest from getting bitten by a horse! We went to feed these horses and donkeys in a field in Greenwich on Sunday. We had fed them a cut up apple and afterwards Casey was standing on a stone wall with James holding her. Seemingly out of nowhere the horse nipped at Casey. It caught James's finger, Casey's wrist and her chest. It was terrifying, but she is OK and none of the cuts were serious at all. She may not want to go see any horses any time soon, but we are lucky that that is the only "scar" she'll have. Here is a picture from moments before the biting incident and one of her very first ice cream cone. We decided to treat her to a special ice cream after the horse bite.