Twenty-two months... fashionably late ;-)

This week, Julia turned 23 months! I know you were scared for a minute when you read my title that Julia was very late in turning twenty-two months, but, Deo Gratias, Julia always turns the appropriate age on the 12th of each month. However, blog slacker that I am these days, this post will be about Julia's time as a 22 month old! Yes, I am really that behind. More on why I've been so busy lately later. Well, maybe. If I get around to it ;-) My sincere apologies to all my devoted readers for my lack of blogging these days... I hope you found other heartwarming, hilarious, insightful websites to fill the void during my long hiatus ;-)

I did say this post was FASHIONABLY late... can I get an Amen?!

A few memories about our 22 month old...

• Julia was obsessed with a nearby pumpkin patch near our house. Every time we passed it (which was nearly every time we left the house) - she would yell out, "Pumpkin patch! Let's go to the pumpkin patch!" Although we often had to defer her request, we did take her there a fair number of times. She loved playing in the play houses there, riding the pony (she's matured quite a bit from the days of Festus, I guess), and looking at all the pumpkins.
• Julia's memory for songs and nursery rhymes continues to sky rocket. In the car, if there's music on, she wants us to sing. "Sing, everybody!" she'll shout, boisterously (am somewhat bossily). Even if we don't know the words, she loudly repeats her request until we're at least humming along.
• Julia has gotten steadily better at art. She progressed from scribbling aimlessly in coloring books to scribbling on the character to now scribbling different parts of the character with different colors.
• Julia has gotten even better at imaginative play. Her favorite toys recently have been the dollhouse at my parents' house and the play kitchen at our house. She's also gotten into her ark and her farm again, making all the animals have conversations that go a lot like this: "Hi, lion." "Hi, bear." "How are you?" "I'm good." "Whatcha doing?" Then, repeat, substituting out different animals/the farmer/Noah.
• Uncle Erik made Julia a house out of a huge cardboard box one Sunday in early October that Aaron and I both had to work and she was over spending the day with him and Aunt Meghan. They have since transported it to my parents' house, and Julia has really enjoyed having a little hangout of her own.
• Julia finally started showing more interest in potty training! She's been successfully using her potty a couple times a day lately. Chocolate chips are strong motivators ;-)

We love our Julia!