Juliette playing in Luca's bed

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Juliette

Here is the 13 month cutie. "helping" with laundry and reading her favorite book, from Cozy. She loves to make animal sounds, mew-mew for cat and woof- woof for dog. She usually adds a roar and growl too. Not sure what that is about but is funny. She has a lot of opinions about everything and is voicing them very strongly these days.

Lynx kids

My brother, Chris, got Luca a lynx stuffed animal for Christmas. Both the kids love it and in the bath the other day I spiked up Juliette's hair. I said, "look Luca" and he said, "she looks like a baby lynx!" "Can you make me a lynx too?" Here are my two little lynxs having fun in the bath.

A new era!

John researched and then found the Double Jogger he wanted on craigslist for $30! He took the kids on their first 4 mile run in it this afternoon. The four mile loop is hilly and I got to sit in the sun with friends next door, while he ran. Best $30 spent. Pushing the double jogger is some hard core training! I am impressed with my husband!!!

The climber

Juliette is quite a climber and John took of picture of her doing this: She hung like that while she watched a show with Luca. Know wonder I am so tired.

Grandpa Walker

Grandpa Walker came to visit this last weekend! Luca was excited all weekend long. We went to the swimming pool, played games, read books, and Grandpa did his special magic tricks. He brought us all chocolate and made some of it "disappear" and come out Luca's ear. Hilarious! Luca wanted to know how he did that! 
Juliette was sick all weekend with a fever so she wasn't quite herself but she is on antibiotics for the double ear infection and is doing much better now. Thanks for coming out to Seattle, Grandpa!

New Bike

Kids playing

Here are the kids playing around the other day!

Popcorn party!

We had a little popcorn party in the sunshine. We don't get too many of these kind of days around here in Seattle this time of year so we were enjoying it!

Juliette and Luca

31 and 1 party

I forgot to post pictures of when John turned 31 and Juliette turned 1! It was fun to get to celebrate John and Juliette's birthdays together with a "great cloud of witnesses". We feel loved.

casting process and bath fun

Update that Luca got his cast off last week. Dr. Mosca didn't see much progress with the last one so thought there was no reason to have him keep wearing a cast. Luca did get fitted for new AFO's which will be ready for pick up next Friday. (a swirl rainbow design that Luca picked out with dad and I look forward to seeing)
Everyone is happy to have that cast off esp. Luca! John and I are also happy for many reasons and one being he can start smelling better. Luca loves the bath, but it is hard to bathe with a cast on.
Here are a few pictures of Luca and Juliette in the bath together with glow sticks. Pretty fun! Luca spent about an hour in the bath this evening. Great activity for the last hour of the day before bed and before daddy gets home from work.
Another few fun things to do now that Luca doesn't have a cast on:
gymnastics open gym (we have been three times this week)
swimming pool (twice this week)
a little "hike" in Lincoln park today
splashing in puddles wearing his rain boots

I am so thankful that Luca had so much casting done as a baby even though I thought it was terrible then (and it was), he also doesn't remember it. Now it is so much harder as he has feelings, thoughts, and emotions to go along with the casting process. I am very grateful we got so much done in the first two years.