Julesy Julesy Jelly Bean

This post is all about the baby. I don't know who started calling Julia "Jelly Bean", but it has a nice ring to it, so it is sticking. The girls walk around all day long saying "Julesy Julesy Jelly Bean" in a sing-song sort of way.

Julia is now nearly 4 months old. She is the light of our lives. She loves the bath, rice cereal (I started her early...and now she sleeps 12 hours at night...this is NOT a myth, young mothers...it's true!), and will now laugh a great belly laugh when something strikes her funny bone.

I will forever credit baby Julia for turning me into a baby person. I'm apologizing to my first two lovely little ones, but it seems to me that when they were babies I was too busy sterilizing bottles and reading books on brain development and milestones to really enjoy just being with the baby. I was forever "looking forward to the day when..." with them to really live in the moment, but with Julia it's different.

She gets her own private bath time, and even sitting down to feed her is a joy. These things used to seem like chores. I do regret that I don't have the time to play with her on the floor more because when she's under the gym, there's usually something to be done, so I guess Sub and Lu Lu did get more floor time with mom. Maybe that's why I enjoy the feeding and bathing even more because it's my time with just her.

P.S. Don't let the above tub picture fool you. She really does enjoy the bath. Now that I look at it, she looks like she's on the verge of tears in that pic.