In-Between Bouts of Fever...

Julia has been fighting an illness (or two in a row) for most of the past 11 days. Recently, it has taken a turn for the worst and last night her temp spiked up to a frightening 104.5. She was so hot that you could feel the heat from her body 6 or so inches away from it. Luckily, she was ok and it was not serious. If she still has a fever tomorrow we will be taking our 3rd trip to the doc to figure out once and for all what is going on with poor Julia. The following are pics taken during the periods in which the Tylenol seemed to be working in full force...



Julia's increasingly wavy hair



Julia and her Julia Cabbage Patch Kid (actually I think her given name is Frankie, ironically)



Julia and Frankie (maybe we should change her name...?)



Julia clapping for Obama during the Inauguration Ceremony (please excuse the makeshift "chair gate" and the tornado of clutter surrounding it)

Mama hopes Julia gets better by tomorrow!

Update

Mama is making an effort to keep up the blog, so here are a collection of pics taken since January 1st. Above, Julia is all bundled up on one of the very cold below-zero days. Mama had to put her in the jumper while she bundled herself up because Julia kept falling backwards on the floor!



Julia has learned some new tricks in the past few weeks. One of her favorite things to do now is to clap her hands. She is so proud she can do it herself!



Here she is doing "big girl"! She also shakes her head back and forth "no no no no no", but I have yet to capture that in action.



Julia riding in her music-mobile

Amy, Julia, and Megan

Julia in the hat and sweater that Erica hand-knitted for her for Christmas. She also got a Cabbage Patch Kid that has red hair and blue eyes just like Julia!

It's been a very busy and chaotic few weeks, but Julia always manages to squeeze in fun no matter the time or place. She began to crawl last Sunday (a week ago today), and now she is a little explorer, crawling all around the house and examining every little speck on the floor. Oh and today is her 10 month birthday! 2 months to go until official toddlerhood...