Priss Pot

I took these pictures tonight while I was practicing with my new camera. She may look prissy, but I couldn't keep her out of the dirt!

New Camera!

Pop dropped Julia off at school today with NO CRYING! I'm so happy she seems to be finally warming up to school.

I always tell Nana and Pop "thank you" when we leave in the afternoons. Today I picked up Julia to leave and told her to tell Nana "bye" and she said "Bye! Thank you!". I'm glad she's picking up on some good habits and learning her manners young!

No afternoon is complete without a little Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. Julia can reach the DVD player and TV in  the extra room and pushes the buttons on both of them to try to turn Mickey on. If she could just figure out which buttons to turn on the DVD we would have less melt downs!

Michael ordered me a new camera, the Nikon D5100, online last night so he went to Best Buy to pick it up after dinner tonight! Julia was already asleep when he got back but I had to take a picture of SOMETHING so I snapped some of her snoozing in her crib. I can't wait to play with it more tomorrow!

   

Silly Hat

Julia got these hats out of the bottom of my closet this afternoon. She walked around with one of them on all afternoon and insisted on taking one with her when we went to dinner at MomAnnette's. Silly girl!

Sleepy Sunday

We went to Sunday School at our church and then went to Grandad and GranDi's church for service. They had a covered dish lunch after the service. Julia was so sleepy she fell asleep in the high chair before she ate! That was definitely a first!  

You know she's out cold when she spits the paci out! 

Julia napped for about 3 hours this afternoon which is unheard of! This afternoon we played outside for a little while. Of course, Julia had to tell the neighbors dogs hey. 

Michael cooked steak and corn on the cob for dinner tonight. Julia was funny trying to eat it. This was the first time she's eaten it off the cob, we usually cut it off for her. We let her try it off the cob for a little while then we cut the rest off for her. We tried to show her to eat it the "right" way instead of chewing on the end, but if you know Julia you know she likes to do things her way!

Fun Day in Birmingham

Julia was up and at 'em early this morning, no sleeping in for us! She and Michael hung out on our balcony while I got dressed. It was a nice big balcony, but it had a view of the parking lot!

Then we headed downtown to my favorite breakfast place, The Original Pancake House. Apparently Julia got a little sleepy while we waited for our breakfast! I had the apple crepe, it was so good!

We had planned on going to the McWane Center today, but since it was such a nice day outside we decided to go to the Birmingham Zoo.

Julia loved all the animals in the Children's Zoo. The animals are in stalls in a big barn and you can pet them. Julia thought it was hilarious.

Julia was very interested in this bunny statue.

Julia and Daddy checking out the turkeys

Looking at the birds

After we left the Children's Zoo area we went to see the tiger. I was a little disappointed that they only have 1 tiger and (s)he was taking a nap, kind of like our Auburn Tigers were doing Saturday afternoon! You can sort of see the tiger through the glass, just under Julia's hand.

We also saw the Royal Family. The Birmingham Zoo has a lion mommy and daddy and 5 lion cubs that went on exhibit Labor Day weekend. It was obvious there were not very many Auburn fans at the zoo Saturday afternoon because lots of people crowded around the lion exhibit were talking about the "tiger cubs"!

Julia and Michael checking out the lion family

Our last stop was to see the kangaroos.

                       Hey Kangaroos!                                        Here I am!

We had a great day at the zoo!

After we left the zoo we went to eat at Flip Burger at The Summit. It's a "burger boutique" that several of our friends talk about so we decided to give it a try while we were in town. I was a little disappointed. I was expecting sliders and lots of options for burgers, but there were only about 10 options for burgers and that was all the variety they offered. I think they change their menu regularly though.

Julia had a dirty diaper when it was time to leave so Michael went to change it while I used the bathroom.  There was 6:43 left in the Auburn game when I came out so I stood at the bar and watch it while I waited for them. The game ended and they were still no where to be found. I checked the parking lot to make sure they weren't waiting in the parking lot and sent Michael a text, "Are you in the bathroom?". Michael didn't respond, but a few minutes later he came out holding Julia just like she is pictured below - bow, sandals, and diaper (except she was awake) and said "Here. We're leaving." I tried really hard not to bust out laughing, but I couldn't contain it!

About 10 minutes down the road he finally told me what happened. Julia had an explosion out of her diaper and all over her clothes. She didn't have any spare clothes in her diaper bag and he was trying to change her on the floor because the mens bathroom didn't have a changing table. It was quite hilarious!

After lunch we stopped by Rusty and Gina's to visit with them for a little while before heading home. It was so great to hang out with them and see little Cohen. I can't wait for another weekend away in Birmingham!

Julia sporting one of Cohen's tiger "Baby Legs" on her arm!