I can walk!!

That's right! It's official! Julia walked at the tender age of 10 months and 3 weeks and is loving the fact that she can literally stand up to her big sister....ehehehe. Julia is also enjoying her 5 teeth and making sure she bites everything in her path, including mommy and daddy. Baby food?? Forget it!! She rejected baby food from the very beginning and now that she has more teeth, all she wants to do is try new things, even if they are not edible.

As far as speech is concerned, she is doing really well and can say "mama", "dada", "mum-mum" which is the name of a snack she and Joana love. Most recently, and the to the amazement of all of us, she uttered the word "pum" which has become very famous in our circle of friend. Allow me to explain, Joana enjoys saysing "Pum, o pum da Joana" which means in English "Fart, Joana's fart" everytime she, well...farts. Funny, I know. But funnier is to see Julia say it in the most non chalant manner, as if it is the most normal thing in the world: to announce one's gas release. I wish I had a video of it, really, but it is not the easiest thing to catch on camera, so sorry about that.

Another interesting thing that Julia does is, when we watch their shows before bedtime on my computer in bed, she always crawls to look behind the computer to try to understand where the images are coming from. When she sees them on the screen, she giggles and claps her hands. Oh well, at least she is entertaining herself. lol

The video below shows how good of a copy cat she is. Brittney and I had a good time filming this one.

Joana is working on full sentences now and has pretty much taken over my new iPhone. It appears that my phone is no longer primarily for work purposes but rather to entertain Joana. The amount of apps that I downloaded that have educational games and activities is incredible. There are so many!! Joana has puzzles that teach her shapes and words and feelings, she has spelling games, number games, color games, animal games, you guys,...the possibilities are endless!! She is already learning to write numbers and words just because she thinks it's fun! I love it mainly because I use it to distract her while I shove food in her mouth during lunch or dinner. Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do. And I did. Below is a picture of Joana with her nails painted for the first time, thanks to Brittney, best babysitter ever!! The other picture shows Joana posing after her haircut. Very cute, indeed!

We enjoyed this month with visits from grandparents, cousins, uncles and aunts and we are looking forward to next month with Vovô, vovó, Tio Jorge and Tia Ana coming. The most exciting news, of course, is that Joana and Julia are going to have another cousin. Yup, Tia Ana is pregnant and we can't wait to see if it will be a boy or a girl!!

I will end with the most endearing moment I experienced in the car with both girls. Since they are interacting so much more now that Julia is almost one, they giggle and scream and play with each other in the car. The best part, though, was when Joana asked Julia to give her her hand and I caught that moment while waiting for a red light. Adorable, don´t you think?

Thank you for visiting us and see you next month when we will celabrate Julia´s first birthday!!