trip to louisiana

April 15- May 9th Julian and I were spending time in Louisiana while Josh was out at sea.

April 18- was my sisters wedding. Sadly, i didnt get many pictures and not even one of julian in his TUX- but i snapped one once we got home. heres a few pictures.





Also while there Julian went to the Zoo for the first time,





had his first play date with Makhi, they swam for the first together




had wonderful watermelon, which Julian LOVED!!



not to meantion Julian loved picking mawmaw flowers



my pictures from our trip are endless so i figured i had to pick and choose. Needless to say, we enjoyed our trip! but was happy to come home to see Daddy.




DID I MEANTION JULIAN SAID "MAMA" FOR THE FIRST TIME ON MAY 3RD! We woke up, and Julian was watching Mickey Mouse Club house and I was drinking coffee with my mom, when all of a sudden julian yelled, "MAMA"! i stopped, looked over to my mom and was like,"did he say what i think he just said?" ..she replied," no he said "MAWMAW". i called bullshit ran over to him, knelt down and said," come one say it again..ma..ma.. he looked dead at me and repeated," MAMA" AHHHH it was music to my earss!!

HEs getting ArouNdd!

Getting Sooo BiG

so i know i havent been posting many pictures of julian, but thats mainly because my computer is locked..and i just have not got it fixed yet so im using josh's computer which doesnt let me just put my SD card in it to upload pictures and of COURSE i cant find the cord that goes to my camera!! but stay tooned pictures of my big beautiful Julian will be posted in the next few days!! He is getting so darn big, he said his first word on the 1st of March!..Anyone care to guess what it was? MAma? DADA? haha NOPE..BA BA!! I always say, Baba when i give him a bottle, and lately i've been waiting to see if he responds when i give it to him.. yeah so sometimes its just baby babble..but on the first he shocked me and josh both when he repeated just as i did and said clear as day,"Babaa" i cheered with excitment and said,"good job jujubugg, BA BA." and again he repeated me! AH i was sooo pRouD of my little man!! Julian is still not crawling but is doing the army scoot. He will get around a good bit like that but then gets fustrated and fusses! Its at that point that he draws his knees in, ( so close to being on all four). idk guess he will get the hang of it soon! OHH also, he his front tooth is pushing through! His gums are all swollen, white and red. I bought a Munchkin net thingy,and i always give him fruits and frozen veggies in there for him to suck on! he loves it and i know it helps his gums.. truly that was a awesome invention!.. Sadly, Julian is still not sleeping through the night! i know alot of it is because he suffers with gas so badly at night..but man, im just waiting for the day to come for him to sleep through the night. we have changed his formula, and it has helped alot with the gas, and he is taking longer naps, and sleeping a little better so i can really complain. xoxo jonniLin and Julian

plastic plate fun..

last night sucked.. little julian despite my honest effort, still did not sleep any better!! i had no energy to do anything to day, being its the 3rd day in a row with no sleep! julian & i stayed in our jammies, watched movies & played all day- it was great! this afternoon julian was in his horse while i hate a hotdog on the floor infront of him. after i was done i lightly tapped julian on the head with my plastic plate...& oh my gosh the fun began. he laughed & giggled so much! i called my mom & she let the whole doctors office hear..lol. i tried to video tape some of it but he was just bout over it-- hope you enjoy:) cheapest things make the best toys! xoxo jonnilin & julian

on the roll...

hes getting so big..

i got a few snapshots of him rolling over.. it was so damn cute.. he rolls and rolls until something gets in his way, and now hes getting mad at whatever is in his way..so he kicks his feet and throws a fit until he can over come it or i just him a little help. man oh man how i love mother hood.. nothing in this whole world could replace these small milestones and the littlest things that make a mother soo proud, excited, loving, warm, cheerful, the most humble feeling in the world, i will be for ever greatful.











"hi there miss ladybug, this is a new view of you!!"

"im super cool mommy"

tonight julian also got to wear his sweet LSU nighty pants! :)


Also, i think i found the answer to Julian sleeping problem... for lunch he ate hisfirst cereal bottle mixed with peaches. he didnt cryfor a bottle until 7:00. of course igave juice & 4 oz of milk..but he only ate 3 oz of juice & 2 oz of milk. he took a longer nap..it was great! at his 4 month visit the doc told me to give him cereal, but it constipated him befor so i was tring to stay away, but after 2 smooth stools and no signs of being blocked up, i think hes going to be fine this go around.
so lets keep our fingers crossed he will sleep longer tonight :) please oh please oh please lord..lol

xoxo jonniLin & julian