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Juliana is 2

Juliana has wanted to wear her purple birthday dress since we first hung it in the closet - she has asked to wear it almost every day. So she was very excited that today was the day. We took a lot of pictures this morning - many with a pouty or crying birthday girl...here are some of the happy ones.

Saturday Fall Activities

Saturday started with a trip to the Pumpkin Farm in the morning and then it was home for a nap (just Juliana - mommy had to put her new table and chairs together). Then we went to Nat's house for the annual meadow party - the meadow party of 2003 is when Scott and I were officially "fixed-up". Here are some pictures from the day.

A Quick Photo Shoot

These pictures are from earlier in the week - I set the tripod up for a quick photo shoot; Juliana was full of personality that morning!

Soup is a Finger Food

Juliana generally uses a fork or spoon when she eats. On this occasion she was eating soup, and decided to use her hands instead of the soup spoon. She made a bit of a mess, but managed to get quite a bit in her mouth as well.

More from Kennywood

A few more pictures from our Sept visit to Kennywood. Flying by on the Whip and sitting quietly at the end of the ride; riding the Little Phantom coaster; hanging out with Papa, and riding the Tiger. All day she wanted to ride the Tiger on the big Merry-Go-Round. Finally - the 5th time, the Tiger was free and then she went back on for a 6th time and rode the Tiger again with Daddy.

Self-Portrait

Instead of taking all of her birthday pictures in the same dress (which is so beautiful - but that photo shoot will have to wait until next Sunday) - I want to have pictures of her is all sorts of outfits for her birthday. Since attempting lots of clothing changes and photos with a toddler is most likely not going to result in great pictures, I am stretching her birthday photo shoot throughout the week. I will do one big post on her birthday with all of the pictures.

Today, I set the tripod up in the front yard so I could take some pictures of Juliana and I together. After a few pictures, Juliana wanted to use the remote for the camera. So this is her first self-portrait...not the traditional "hold-the-camera-at-arms-length", instead high tech with the tripod-mounted camera and remote...