Those McClish's: November 2011

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Julianne is 10 Months Old!

Dear Julianne-

You are 10 months old today! I am trying not to write that this fact blows my mind or that I just can't get over how grown up you are yada yada. Those things are true indeed, but we have had quite the month of events so lets get to the fun stuff.

We kicked off the month by celebrating your first Halloween! You went in a hand-me-down lady bug costume we borrowed. It was perfect. I don't think I could have taken your reaction to wearing a costume if I had slaved hours over a sewing machine. You were a good sport, but didn't love being
inside a giant fluffy suit for long...

We went over to your cousin Amelia's house for some trick-or-treat fun. You girls in your costumes made us laugh and laugh. Very entertaining for all of us and especially your daddy and Lee who did most of the trick or treating leg work. Us girls were pretty much just along for the ride...

Amelia went as a chicken....her costume was hilarious....

We hope you won't hate us as teenagers for doing this to you....

About an hour of costume wear and you were done being a lady bug. Not so bad for our first round at Halloween.

Next Up: Baylor Homecoming.
I was finally able to talk your Daddy into joining me for Baylor Homecoming. Given he didn't go to Baylor, I haven't had the best luck selling how much fun the parade and other festivities can be. This year he obliged us and was a good sport through the whole thing. It was just a day trip, and you did great and were pretty happy even without naps.

We went to the parade and saw old friends and some neat floats....

Then we went to lunch where Cita met up with us. Here you are flinging your green and gold!

Next to mention is our first trip to the zoo. Our friends were nice enough to bring us along on their season pass and we enjoyed a lovely cool morning with the animals.

Getting ready....

Anticipation is mounting....

Sadly you fell asleep during the elephant exhibit....

You loved the giraffes however...not surprising given your relationship with Wubbs.

Next time we will have to take Daddy and stay awake for the elephants....

The last and most recent event of November was of course Thanksgiving! We spent this one in Canyon at Gran and Gramp's house. Honestly we were dreading it given the lack of sleep we have experienced on other trips. To our great surprise though you slept like a champ there and we had a great time!

Now for some other updates to close out this post...

1. You are what we have termed "dental advanced". You have 8 teeth and counting, more than the other babies in our life. I guess this is a good thing...you have bitten our shoulders one or twice though which we are working on avoiding. One of our fears as parents is that you would be the "biting kid".

2. You have started to really crawl this month! Hooray! It has been a lifestyle adjustment however. Gone are the days were I put you in one place and you remain there until I move you. You are into everything and are quite quick. The other day I saw you pull up on the coffee table so that is coming next. How are you already doing these things?!

3. Eating has taken on a whole new meaning this month...you can put it away all of a sudden. I am shocked sometimes at the quantity of food you are able to ingest in one sitting. I guess you need all of those calories with the moving you are doing. You only nurse 4 times a day now.

4. You are also talking! Over the last couple of weeks we have really started to notice words and an understanding of words. Last night you turned to Daddy and said, "Da-Da" for the first time. He about melted right there! He was very proud that you used his name first but I am sure MaMa is not far behind. You are also signing "More Please" and waving hello and goodbye with a nice "Ha" for "High".