Updates of all varieties

Finally the lockout is over. I was locked out of my gmail for over a week, and it happens to be the week that was full of events!!

Julia :)
Baby girl is 10 months old! I can hardly believe how quickly time flies. Her 9-month appt (more like10-month appt) was great because we found out she is finally in the 50% percentile for height and weight! Our little chunky monkey is growing up!! She loves the sound "moo" but doesn't really know what a cow is...She crawls and stands/climbs everywhere and really is interested in door knobs and light switches. Recently she decided she wants to feed herself everything, which makes our morning cereal and baby food quite the challenge. She also chews on her crib railing, which drives me crazy because it usually makes her gag, requiring sheet, blanket, and pj changes. She "talks" all the time and knows who mom, dad, and doggy are, even if she says those words for anything. She has become quite the champ at drinking through straws, which is fun. She loves to see herself in the mirror and is always "kissing" and laughing at herself. She pretty much is the happiest baby and cracks us up all the time. That girl has the cheesiest/cutest grin ever and she makes my day.

Baby #2
The day finally arrived and we found out that baby #2 is a boy! We are super duper excited to have the little fella join our family. As previously posted (dibs) we have already picked out our name and after much debate over Brayden (which we decided was stronger than Aiden, and it's kind of like Brenan and Aiden put together...win win) or Jackson, we are 99% certain we are going with Jackson Theodore :) It was so precious to get to watch him move around in my belly and even though the tech thought he was moving a lot, he was not nearly as active as Julia was, our little gymnast.

 The three white dots are what indicates it is a boy. Girls show a flat white line.

 That wraps up all of the catching up! Oh, we were all sick and it was horrific. Every minute of it. Brenan ended up in the hospital because he was puking blood, but we're all okay now!