Bouncing and other random things

Julia bounces A LOT lately. She loves jumping and seems to always been jumping/bouncing now. All day and all evening! She even continues to bounce in the swimming pool during her swimming lessons! I am not sure where she is getting all the energy from...

She is also fighting her naps. I think she only napped once (maybe twice) this week. I still lay her down in her crib, but she just plays and does not nap. I really am not ready for her to give up the nap yet. For now, I am going to continue to lay her down for a nap, even if she does not actually sleep, at least she is getting some quiet time!

I think Julia and Jude are already playing together. Lately Julia has taken to screaming. Not screaming out of frustration, it is more like she is playing with her voice and seeming what it can do. Right now screaming is fun for her. Well, Jude seems to love to hear his big sister scream, because EVERYTIME she does it, he gets really active. Almost as if he is trying to join in on the fun.

I have to wonder how Julia is going to do with the new addition. She LOVES babies, but I wonder how far that love is going to go once she realizes that this baby is not going home. She has let me hold other babies, but lately if another kids comes close to me or a cat sits on my lap, she starts crying/whining and saying "Julia's mommy".

The other night we were driving home from swimming lessons and it is supper time, so I ask Julia what she wants for supper and she replies "Macaroni and Cheese!". I laughed. I think this is the first time she has actually answered me when I have asked her what she wanted to eat for supper. And yes, she did get macaroni and cheese for supper that night.

Julia loves to give me directions while I am driving. She is constantly saying "go that way", " go over there", "go in there", "turn that way", etc..

She did come thiiiiiiis close to being put in time out today. She has only had to be in time out on a few occasions, a stern warning is usually enough, but not today. I was trying to get Julia dresses so we could go grocery shopping. She was not wanting to get dressed. I finally get her to pick out an outfit. She loves to pick out her own socks too, so I tell her to pick out a pair of socks to wear. She tells me know and shuts the drawer. I then pick out 4 pairs for her to chose from and she takes them from me and throws them across the room. I warned her if she kept it up she was going to sit in time out. I told her to do something else and she told me "NO". I told her that she does not tell mommy "no" and she is about to be put in time out. She lowers her head and buries it in my chest. She knows she has misbehaved and now is sad. That is the problem disciplining her, she has such a sensitive soul!