Damian Julio

Dear Damian, Happy Two Months! This month definitely flew by faster than the first. You feel SO much bigger to me now. I don’t have your two month stats yet but I’ll be getting them as soon as we get back to a Virginia. We are in Texas right now, where you’re busy meeting all…

Evita has been a bit of a handful this week. She’s been a little grumpy, but that’s understandable since she went from being sick to being moved around everywhere. One thing is for sure, she was happy to be back at the beach… Damian has been a busy boy this week! Towards the beginning of…

This week Eva had fun at the Kid’s Club everyday, but on Friday evening she became very sick. For the first time in her life, she had croup and a fever that reached 101 degrees (The highest she’s ever had before this was 99.)! There always seems to be something going around at the kid’s…

This week Eva finally started swimming lessons! I’ve basically been wanting to put her in them since she was born. Right now they’re just working on holding their breath for short distances underwater. Pretty neat! Also, Eva became completely obsessed with the movie Frozen this week. Her Grammy bought it for her while she was…

Eva just loves being around her baby brother, and he loves being around her. I can’t wait until he’s old enough for them to actually play together. The other day Eva was busy drawing in her little notepad when she came to me and said, “Look, Mommy! Letter A!” Sure enough, she had drawn what…

This week Damian started giving us LOTS of social smiles. It’s not hard to make him smile. All you have to do is coo and talk in a ridiculous voice. You know how they say to let babies sleep around older siblings and other happenings so they get used to sleeping through noises? Well, I’ve…

Dear Damian, Today you are one month old! I’m amazed we’ve reached this point, but I’d be lying if I said the last month went by quickly. In fact, it has been one of the most challenging months of my life. Life as a mommy of two is a whole new world for me. But…

We finally made it to the beach! This weekend we made the 2.5 hour drive to Virginia Beach… we all needed it so very badly. I’ll write more about it another day, though. ????

Our stuff from Tanzania finally arrived!!!! We’ve been SUPER busy unpacking. It’s quite difficult to do with a toddler and newborn, so it’s going slower than it ever has been. The piles of boxes seem to never end. Oh well. It’s nice to have all our stuff (especially my Boppy). Eva has had a fun…

Evita surprises me everyday with how cool she is with having a new baby in the house. She really loves her brother and tells him all the time. She gives him kisses and is always trying to help. One day she asked to hold the baby. When we let her do it, she immediately lifted…