May 2011

It would be crazy for me not to document this past month at least in bullet points. It has been a busy month full of milestones, big events and fun parties. Here it goes:

- Alyssa had a beautiful new baby - Lexi Mae Copple
-Brad had his farewell on Mother's Day
-I celebrated my first Mother's Day
-Greg got married on May 10th to beautiful Jessie Zaharis
-Alyssa turned 29 on May 12th
-We celebrated our 4th anniversary on May 11th (we dined at Bandera - delish!)
-Kurt graduated with his MRED degree (master of real estate development) from ASU on May 13th
- Dad's birthday was on May 14th
-Brad left on his mission on May 18th (to Bangkok, Thailand)
-Kurt is interviewing for jobs (life after school has begun)
-We are spending some time in California so Jules can get to know her cousins Elijah and Isabella
-my two sister-in-laws are due with babies in the next two weeks
-Kurt's brother Conor graduated from UPENN

Easter Part 1

My computer time has been minimal with Kurt in the last month of his master's program. I still have to document Julianne's first Easter along with many other events that have been happening. With Kurt graduating, two new babies, a wedding and a missionary leaving our family has been quite busy.

Once again. . . pictures of Jules:) And although these are low quality iphone pics- I still love them. I will try and learn how to upload pictures onto my computer one of these days so Kurt doesn't always have to do it for me.






8 month update
Julianne is 8 months old and 23 lbs! My back is starting to break so hopefully she will walk soon. She pulls herself up on everything and crawls around everywhere. She has four teeth (bottom two and top two fangs). My lil brother Greg says that she "steals the show" wherever she goes and I would have to agree. She commands attention with her chatty and happy personality and always seems to give everyone a smile. She loves kids and yells and screams whenever her cousins are around. When she sees her new little cousin Lexi she gets so excited she screams and reaches for her. You can sure tell that she remembers being friends with her up in heaven just a few months ago:) She is the love of our lives and is convincing Kurt everyday that he would be fine if we had 5 girls.

Sun-Bathing Beauty

I just have to document Jules in her first little swimming suit out at her first little pool day. This girl loves the water! I am really trying to learn how to load up on sun screen because I have always been bad at that. But I do not want these chubby little legs to get burned. It seems to be extra hot extra early this March. Although I love a little sunshine it seems harder to deal with the heat when you have a sweet little baby that sweats like crazy (thanks to both the Heap and Turley genes). Julianne is 7 months old, over 20 lbs, and 27 1/2 inches long. She is crawling all over the place and as smiley as can be. I don't know what I did to deserve such a sweet little low-maintenace baby but she sure is the light of my life. She is extremely talkative, teething on everything in sight, a mama's girl, (she loves her daddy too but always reaches for me:) giggly, loves her baby food especially spinach, rutabaga, and apples, and cute as can be.

Happy Valentine's Weekend!

From our little Valentine!

Cause Catchin' Up is Hard To Do!

Jules at 4 1/2 months old! i could not resist putting in a little gel curl. I think it's adorable.





So I am going to take my time to document the last few months for journaling purposes. However, here are a few pictures from our little family hike in Tempe/Scottsdale today. We have been dying to go on a hike now that the weather is perfect and our little Julianne is old enough to enjoy the scenery. She loves being in the bjorn as long as she has her fingers or fists to suck on.

I also must document that yesterday Jules rolled over for the first time! Unfortunately I was loading the washing machine and came back to find out. I begged her to do it again but to no avail. Hopefully we catch her in the act next time so we can document this accomplishment on camera!

I cannot believe she is almost five months old! At her four month appointment she was 26 inches (95th percentile) 16 1/2 lbs (93rd percentile). She is quite the chub and we love each and every one of her many many rolls.

All to Myself

Kurt has been out of town since Wednesday and I have this little one all to myself! I usually do not attempt to sleep at home by myself if he is ever out of town (which is rare) but with my little sweetheart to cuddle up with it is a lot easier. Hurry home Kurt! Your girls are missing you!

Santa