Sunday, January 25, 2009

Playing in the Snow

Last Sunday we had a yard full of snow and the temperature went up to a reasonable number so we could go outside and enjoy it. Juliana built piles of snow and then kicked them over, shoveled and raked, ran in circles, made a snow angel and overall just enjoyed being outside playing in the snow.





























Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Talking before bed


Juliana generally has interesting tidbits to share before bed and tonight was no exception.

When asked about school today, she shared this: "We talked about the Lombardi trophy, it has a football on top."

When I told her is was time to get into her bed: "I want to rock until the Steelers win the Super Bowl"

Hopefully she is drifting off to sleep with happy Steelers dreams :)

Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Sibling Program

Scott and I took Juliana to Magee Hospital for the sibling program. The program is designed to introduce younger childen to the hospital so they know what to expect when Mommy goes to the hospital. It included a visit to see newborn babies in the nursery, going to a hospital room like the one where Mommy will stay (and explaining that Mommy sleeps at the hospital for a few days while you are sleeping in your own bed at home), and practicing diapering and feeding a baby doll.

Juliana could have spent hours staring in the nursery window at the new babies; we had to drag her away. Whenever she looks at her baby pictures, she always asks, "where is Juliana's mommy?" I always explain that I am taking the picture, but that explanation never seems to satisfy her. So it shoud come as no suprise that when we walked up to the nursery window her first question was, "where are those babies mommies?" We explained that they were resting in their rooms and the nurses were watching the babies.

When we parked the car and were walking up to the hospital we told her that this is where she came out of mommy's belly. She found this very interesting, but told us that she didn't want to do that again...she would rather stay big :)