Zombie Baby

How could I have forgotten these pics?

This is our Zombie Baby sucking out her Dad's brains.

Merry Christmas!

Christmas in Nashville

My parents flew into Atlanta on Dec. 23rd and we headed to Nashville that afternoon to spend Christmas with my brother and his family. 

Christmas Morning

Tyler was so much fun to watch opening presents. This is the present from us...jackpot! (Thank goodness Ben told us what to get since we are both terrible gifters.)

Julia wanted to help Tyler play with his presents

Opening her present from Lea and Shayne

It's a onesie that says "Made with Love (and Science). She loves it!

But as Tyler continued to open his hundreds of presents, Julia got disappointed her parents were serious about only giving her a magazine for Christmas this year. Refer back to Caption #2.

Sue and Jerry gave her this Rudolph stocking. The nose lights up, and she pretty much held on to that nose with a death grip for half of Christmas morning. I'd say it was a soothing technique, but this picture would prove me wrong.

How many people are saluting in this picture?

These bows are much cheaper

We made our parents a genealogy circle. Okay, so we had MaynRad make it for us, but it was our idea! Okay, okay, so we saw it at somebody else's else and that's where we got the idea.

I gave Greg a new wood watch

And he gave me a 50mm fixed lens for our T2i. Here is the the Blue Steel look Greg mastered from Zoolander.

I think I'll stick to this model!

Playing with Dad

Ben and Jenny's best present this year

My parents gave Julia and Tucker these adorable bunny hats so that we could say "Rabbit, rabbit!"

Coming in after a freezing walk outside...I'm pretty sure the rabbit hat and Chinese coat are going to become a new trend in Ben and Jenny's neighborhood this winter.

Back to Atlanta

My Aunt Martie made this adorable jacket and bonnet for Julia when she was born. At 9 months, it finally fits this dwarf.

She thought it would look better on her dad's head

Yep, he's pretty cute in a bonnet!

I love my new lens!

My parents came back from Nashville on Thursday and spent the rest of the week with us. We went to the Marietta Museum of History where Julia found this bell which is almost as tall as she is.

No, we can't keep her tongue in her mouth.

And we can't keep his tongue in his mouth either.

Back to Nashville

Yes, we got to go back! I dropped my parents off at the airport on New Year's Eve and we headed back to Nashville to help Ben out after having surgery. Unfortunately, the night we got there Julia got her 3rd ear infection and ran a fever for a day and a half. We were not as helpful as we wanted to be.

But the sleep-deprived, over-medicated baby finally crawled. Should we have tortured her earlier to get these results?

Santa Tucker

My adorable nephews

Back to Atlanta

Are you seeing a travel pattern here?

Julia's Christmas present from Greg's parents arrived...her own chair! Greg is teaching her how to be a couch potato like him. They are going to sit on the couch, eat bon-bons, and watch soaps all January.

Did you know that watching "Baby Mozart" is hard work? It requires the Michael Jordan tongue of concentration.

It was a wonderful holiday, and our goal for January of 2013 is to STAY HOME. Now February...that's another story.

All About J, blah, blah, blah

Sometimes I feel bad that I've turned into one of those people that I used to hate that posts a billion pictures of their kids. But you know what? I worked really hard for this privilege, so I'm going to go ahead and do it anyway!

Julia's stats at 9 months 

16 lbs. even, 7% percentile

26.5 inches, 16% percentile

People think she's chubby, but it's just those cheeks! She carries all her weight in cheeks!

She stands on EVERYTHING! And she looks amazing in jeggings. Enjoy it now, Julia, because if you inherit your mom's legs this will be the only time you look good in them.

And loves magazines, especially tearing the pages into tiny, itty, bitty, little pieces. Amazing hand coordination...she is going to be a great pianist in a few years! :)

She is chewing on everything...still no teeth...and she loves to swing!

Happiness!

Such a good stay-at-home Dad!

I think Greg liked the slide more than she did, and I had to kick a young kid off of it for this pic. Totally worth it.

This blood blister happened on my watch while Greg was driving with his sis to UT. What can I say...she likes cabinet doors!

We call this her giraffe tongue. She can't keep it in her mouth and she licks everything!

This is a present from her Papa and Grams!

She got to open it early.

It's the Laugh and Learn home! She already had it (got it for free) and she LOVES it!

Yes, paper!

J had never shown any interest in the stairs, but the first time she tried a few days ago, she scaled them in a few minutes.

No, the heart bum wasn't planned. She just happened to be wearing these pants the day she decided to climb the stairs! :)

Working hard

Yes, she is our little Michael Jordan. Working hard, tongue is out.

Sometimes she gets distracted

And her favorite sleeping position as of late. I'm pretty sure if Julia could be any other animal, she would be an ostrich.