Crawfish, Sisters, and Eating Rice Cereal

This weekend we visited Charles & Amada for their annual crawfish boil. Everything was so good and we got to see how big Michael and Aiden are getting. It was Juliet's first crawfish boil! She got to see a couple of live crawfish but was not too interested in them. She watched mommy & daddy eat some though!

Yay for crawfish! It was a beautiful day.

She cried for just a minute - broke her streak of perfect behavior at parties!

Amada & Juliet

Charles & Aiden

Posing with daddy

Michael smiling for the camera

On Sunday we finally got around to taking the "sister" pictures with the puppies. Everybody's onesie shirts were a little tight ... but especially Maya's! We took a lot of pictures, most came out bad but these two were the best of the bunch.

We just started to give Juliet some rice cereal as practice for eating with a spoon since we got the OK from her pediatrician. She is getting better, but mostly just spits it all out and then sucks on the bib. Here's a video of the messy experience!

Juliet's Baptism

Last weekend we drove to New Orleans for Mandy's baby shower and Juliet's baptism. It was a VERY busy weekend!

Juliet wore her Snow White dress for Mandy's shower.

 She was baptized at St. Rita in Harahan by Deacon Daniel Flynn (my mom's cousin). 

After, we had a big party at my parents' (Grandma & Paw Paw) house.

She was so cute and well behaved. She loves baths!

Her party dress was so cute. I could not get a good picture, she was very squirmy.

Juliet's first day at day care was on Tuesday. I took this in the morning while we were still at home getting ready. She did really well but of course I cried when dropping her off!

I took this one yesterday afternoon, shortly before she launched herself off the Boppy pillow (forward) and rolled to her back!

February Fun

Juliet is approaching her 3 month birthday! We have been having so much fun at home. I have to go back to work in just a few more weeks. :(

She is much more interactive now, smiling and laughing, noticing her toys more and grabbing at them. Here are some recent photos.

Juliet likes to stick out her tongue

We had several Mardi Gras outfits!

We celebrated Valentine's Day also!

Tummy time practice! I love the flower on the butt.

We setup her "Snug" seat the other day. She likes it!

Juliet 2 Month Update

It's hard to believe that Juliet is already 2 months old! At her checkup on Jan 28, she weighed 10 lbs 10 oz and was 22.5 inches tall. Juliet is doing very well and even sleeping about 7-8 hours a night at this point. She is smiling and laughing a lot. Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks and a short video of Juliet with the puppies.

Who is that???

She is looking pleased after exploding her diaper and messing up her outfit

Juliet is still doing great at restaurants.

Smiling for mommy

She is so tiny in her big girl stroller!

Tired from playing in the gym

Juliet is doing great with tummy time. She really holds her head up well.

Ready for going out to dinner with her matching jacket

Ready for some football on Super Bowl Sunday!

Hailey and Juliet Meet

On Christmas Eve, Juliet and Hailey met for the first time. Hailey is my cousin Roseann's daughter, so they are second cousins! Hailey is 16 months old and oh so cute. Here's a short video Brad put together of Hailey saying hello to Juliet. Enjoy!

Juliet Meets Hailey from Brad Schaefer on Vimeo.

Juliet's 1st Christmas

We spent Juliet's first Christmas visiting family in the New Orleans area. First up was the drive from Houston, which went as well as we could have hoped. Loading up the SUV was a challenge with all of the baby stuff, puppy stuff, and Christmas presents! Juliet slept through most of the trip and we only had to make one stop to feed and change her. 

We had a wonderful Christmas and Juliet definitely enjoyed all of the attention. We were pretty active, taking her out of the house almost every day and she did really well. We went out to dinner several times and she stayed asleep in her car seat at the restaurants. Also we made it back with no illness - I was a little concerned with that since she is still so young and was exposed to so many family members. Her sleep schedule got a bit off during the trip - she had been doing pretty well at home, sleeping 5-6 hours at night - sadly this did not happen during our week of vacation. After coming back home we slowly adjusted back to a better schedule and now she is sleeping 6-7 hours consistently at night! 

Below are several pictures from the trip.

Maya rode in the back with all the stuff

Annie got the front seat

Juliet and I rode in the middle seat

Brody was very interested to meet Juliet

Juliet went for her first walk with the puppies in her stroller

She got to meet her great grandparents too!

Cousin Hailey was very interested in meeting her!

On Christmas morning, Juliet watched briefly (then fell asleep) as we opened presents. Her Christmas jammies were so cute!

She did not appreciate being put into her stocking.

Christmas day was a sleepy day for Juliet. I think the combination of many people, noise, and constantly being held had something to do with it. I'm sure next Christmas will be more lively!