Sunny outdoor day

This past Saturday, we had a beautiful spring day here in NJ!


It was around 65 degrees and sunny. The sun was warm and inviting. I know 65 is not that warm when you compare it to summer... but hey I'll take it since we are coming off one of the worst & longest winters I can remember. Brian and I couldn't possibly consider staying inside, so we went to Horseshoe Lake Park. So many people were out biking, walking, playing in the playground, jogging, playing basketball, etc... What a great feeling to see so many people enjoying this wonderful day.


I used this opportunity to break in our new camera outdoors, since I have grown so completely sick of taking indoor pictures! Finally we had a nice day to be outdoors and snap some shots. I clearly have a lot to learn about "bright sunlight" photos & exposure. Ugh. So many of them looked like a nuclear flash was in the background LOL. {Thank goodness for Adobe Lightroom} - But you ought to be proud of me, I have not used the "Auto" setting once yet on my camera and have only used my flash a couple times (indoors). I am forcing myself to think before mindlessly snapping shots.


Speaking of Adobe Lightroom... I have to tell you - I love it. No no, I might be addicted to it. What a fab program! I downloaded the trial version of it ... and now I am totally going to purchase it. I have to. I love it too much not to. Even my husband was impressed and he doesn't impress easily. I showed him some before and afters I worked on and he was loving it. Done deal.

Here are some shots from the park... Enjoy

Here is the park we went to - pretty neat place for kids. It was so busy though!

Daddy pushing Julianna 

Swinginggggg!  

Little Observer

Weeeeeeeee!

Mama with Jules  

Mama and Jule-bug again. I love this little girl so much! 

Daddy chillin with Baby bug.

Jules loves the swing! Can't wait to go back to the park!  

Toothy Jule-Bug

Julianna is almost 11 months old and up until now, we kinda figured she would never get any teeth. This poor little baby girl of mine... she is now making up for lost time.

Her first tooth came in on Sunday morning. Hooray. Daddy and I were so happy! THEN...Her second tooth came in on Monday (yes the next day) morning! The doctor pointed it out on Monday. What? A second tooth so soon? The doctor also pointed out that her 4 top teeth were all coming in - you could see them through her skin and trying to poke through. They look so completely painful.

Then, Wednesday morning, low & behold - a 3rd tooth started pushing it's way through the skin up top - one of her eye teeth! OK just in case you aren't keeping track - that is 3 teeth in 4 days. This poor little girl. She has been pretty miserable as you can imagine.

All of this on top of a cold (virus) and baby asthma. She is not feeling good at all. Her chest is so congested - I feel so bad for her! I just want to make it all better for my little sweet girl. She's a trooper though. She's still been sleeping through the night - thank goodness!! However, she does not have much of an appetite. Who can blame her though?!

The only thing that is working for her teeth is baby acetaminophen. She wants nothing to do with the frozen washcloth, teething rings or any toy that could be for teething. She will chomp on the Binky... and her hand.

 I went and got Humphrey's teething tablets for her since everyone swears by them. I guess I was silly to think it could be as easy as putting a tablet in her mouth. Nope. You have to dissolve 1-3 of them in 1/2 tsp water and then rub them on her gums. YEH RIGHT - good luck trying to get a finger NEAR her mouth. She thrashes & flails and freaks out b/c she doesn’t want you anywhere near her gums or teethies. I then put the Humphrey's liquid in a dropper and we had to almost sit on her to get it in her mouth. Very unpleasant for all parties involved as you can imagine.

...And now as I sit here writing this, Daddy is being very pathetic saying he needs something to help him feel better. He is getting sick now too. I can see this is going to be a fun weekend taking care of my 2 babies.

I just want my baby happy & back to her normal self again... my heart is breaking for her. Here's some pictures of Jules on Friday night with Daddy. She was happy & toothless here. I'm starting to think being toothless wasn't so terrible.