July is fun already!

Karen and I picked Juliet up together from "school" today and had a fun time playing on the floor while trying to keep a game of Chinese Checkers going!





Then, there was the magical discovery of an old medicine bottle which makes for a perfect bath toy!



And finally, tired, she fell over mid-roll, asleep on her stomach!




Links to the full set of pictures here.

Hot Town, Summer in the City

It's been a hot summer so far! Plenty of days, like Stephen Strasburg fastballs, pushing the upper 90's.

Juliet's enjoying them though, coming home from "school" and playing on the bed. Even though she's been teething quite a bit the last few weeks (tooth number 6 is breaking through now!), she's in really good spirits and really enjoys testing out her new abilities to rock forward and scoot around.

Here are a few pictures from Sunday evening, playing on the bed. The first few show off her eyes - she's got quite a range of facial expressions! The next set show her noticing I'm taking pictures and lunging forward. Then, the classic look of frustration as she gets tired of having her picture taken just one too many times.

The entire set is viewable here.



And, finally, a video of her showing her prized treasure map to the Velveteen Rabbit:

Rocking forward!

Juliet's testing out her arms and legs and getting ready to crawl! She likes to lunge forward, rock back and forth, and then fall back into place, talking the whole time.

Here are a few clips from this morning of her testing out her wings!

Laid back...

So after a weekend of fever and teething and intermittent sleep, Juliet was feeling much better today! After two hours of playing variations on "stand-up / sit-down" and reading (chewing on) every board book in sight, she decided to kick her feet up in her high chair and watch Mom and Dad go all out in an epic three-game Uno tournament (K won, 2 games to 1).

A complete set of pictures is up here.

Let's drum!

It's amazing how things that I tried with her a few weeks ago with limited results, she can do so easily now! After watching her hit her toys together and on the ground this afternoon I thought it might be time to try giving her a pan and a stick and see if she could do some drumming.. and sure enough! It's a bit wild, but a lot of fun.

Morning playtime!

Here's a little taste of Juliet in the morning! 6am is a perfect time to play!

Sloth Bears and Heat

Even in the humidity, a trip to the National Zoo is always special and fun. We were on the hunt for Zebras, but it turns out that the zoo transferred Mr. Zebra not long ago to their Virginia facility. We did get a chance to see the elusive Sloth Bear and the Cheetah. We also saw the three lions together in their area having a frisky afternoon. And of course, took some snapshots.

The full set of photos from today are available here.




And now, a bonus video!