Jules' First Fourth

Yesterday was Jules' first fourth of July. We dressed him up in a special outfit given to us by our friend Paul E. He clearly likes his special outfit!


We didn't do much during the day but in the evening, we decided to go for a walk. We walked across the new Wilson Bridge pedestrian path to the National Harbor. Jules slept for most of the walk across the bridge and enjoyed the trip once we got there.


We got some ice cream and generally hung out. We turned around to go back so that we could see fireworks over the bridge. They were kind of far away which meant they weren't too loud but they also weren't so visible to a little baby. He didn't seem to mind.

The day before we took Jules for a walk in his jogger that Grandma and Grandpa bought for him.


I read Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See and Jules really seemed to enjoy it.

Bradley Wednesday

Yesterday was Bradley Wednesday, where we get together with our friends from our Bradley class. I put Jules down for his morning nap and I took one too. When I woke up, it was time to leave, but I think Jules was just in between REM cycles because while his eyes were open, he was not happy to get up and get going. I suffered for that later!

We Metro'ed to Vienna, where the meeting was. Jules had a massive diaper blowout on the Metro, which was tricky. I had to not only change his diaper, but clean up the poop that got on the stroller and change his outfit. Then he had ANOTHER massive diaper blowout at the get together. I didn't have another outfit, but with 5 other moms around there were no shortage of outfits! Corie gave us some onesies that didn't fit Audrey any more and Jules was stylin'. Thanks so much Corie!

Luckily the ride home didn't include another blowout. But Jules was kind of fussy all day. His thrush has returned which might be why. I think I might have to treat myself too. I have a doctor's appointment today so I'm going to ask about that.

Last night wasn't too bad - he slept for 4 hours straight in his cosleeper! The first sleep of the night is always the longest and most reliable. After that, he's up and down a couple of times for an hour or so. Or maybe he sleeps longer than that and it's me who's up for a while until I can fall back asleep - it's hard to tell. I think as the first sleep gets longer, those ups and downs will be less of an issue.

Alright - nap time for mommy as Jules is napping now!

Hanging Out Downtown

Yesterday and today are days we will have spent time downtown. Yesterday we met fellow Bradley member Michael and son Jensen at the Museum of American History after realizing that our original plan to attend the Folklife Festival needed to be altered because the festival was "off" for a few days. It was fun - we walked around saw the Star Spangled Banner exhibit, a buff George Washington statue, and an exhibit on transportation. Of course the babies weren't super thrilled with all we saw, but the parents enjoyed getting out for a bit.

Today we're meeting Genevieve for lunch. Not sure yet where we're going to go, but looking forward to a fun conversation!

Short Video

Our weekend has been good and bad in turns: good in that Jules has taken a bunch of naps, which is always lovely, but bad because sleeping at night has been pretty tough. I'm hoping this week is better since I'm having a lot of trouble with the lack of sleep.

Today was fun: we took a walk with our friend Kelly and then our friends Rebecca and Henry came over. Check out this video Henry took of Jules in the swing!

Two Month Checkup

Today was Jules' two month checkup - it went pretty well. The best news is he weighs 11 lbs, 3 oz which is the 39th percentile, up from 7 lbs, 9 oz at birth which is the 18th percentile. He's 23" long, which is in the 54th percentile. He got three sets of shots, which was awful for me. He screamed for each shot and then cried the entire way home but is now sleeping. I hope he doesn't get a fever - I hear that happens sometimes.