Lovely Quebec City

Joe and I were able to get away on our own in early September for a long weekend to Quebec City, Canada. We had some trouble agreeing on a place to go and we are both glad we decided to go someplace new. Quebec City is beautiful and we really enjoyed exploring the city on foot and bikes. There are really nice bike trails along the two rivers surrounding the city so we decided to bike out to a waterfall about 15 miles away. The hotel provided the bikes and the directions. We ended up biking about 45 or 50 miles roundtrip due to a wrong turn! 



Our hotel - Fairmont Chateau Frontenac



Why, why, why?

Julia is growing so fast and is quite a bit bigger than Ivey was at this age. She is filling out her three month clothes really well and will need to move up in size shortly. She is such a happy baby, always smiling and chuckling some too. She loves to have her diaper changed and just smiles, talks and laughs as you stand over her. She also is really liking bath time now. She kicks her feet the entire time and gets her mommy all wet! She adores her big sister, always watching what she is doing. She is starting to grab at objects now. She grabbed Ivey's hair the other day. Ivey didn't quite know what to think about that- we thought it was really funny.

Ivey is getting so big and more independent every day. She is starting to ask why- oh my! She loves going to school and announces every day when she gets home that she had a good day at school. She has two imaginary friends - Babe and Pooh. We are just playing along with it for now. She loves to read her books, sing and play with her dolls. She feeds them, burbs them, changes their diapers, takes them on walks in the stroller, puts them in Julia's swing and bouncy chair and insists they need music.  She is quite entertaining to watch.

Ivey is doing really well with Julia. She likes to give her hugs and kisses and is very gentle with her. She talks to her and tells her what she is doing, gives her toys and her paci when she cries. It is really sweet to watch them together.

Ivey has graduated to a toddler bed

Birthday celebration for Kevin, Philip & Val

Ivey doesn't appear to be happy about sharing Gramma's lap!

Julia loves to feel her head!

Busy Summer

Julia's second month was a bit more challenging than her first. She was quite fussy and really only liked being held. The moby wrap was our friend most evenings during dinner, bath and bedtime routines. She was not a big fan of any seat including her car seat. She was usually okay after we started moving, but she would scream every time we stopped for a red light. She was especially fussy after eating and ended up trying Zantac at about 6 weeks and oh what a difference. Julia became a content and happy baby.

Aunt Holly, Margaret and Anne came to meet Julia in mid July. Gammie came with them too! We were able to make it up to the mountains several times and even managed to stay longer than a weekend a couple of times. Gramma and Grandad spent a week in the mountains too in late July and Granpa came up for an overnight to help Joe at the new house in early August.

Ivey has been into umbrellas all summer with all of the rain. She got her very own umbrella and wants to use it everyday. She had a ball dancing in the rain at Shops on the Parkway.