And the caboose of the family--Julia

Julia is our baby girl!  She just turned 2 in March, and has brought so much joy into our family. Unlike the other two kids---who were infertility babies--- she was a "wow, weightloss and exercise can change your hormones and make you get pregnant spontaneously" baby.  :-)  Due to medical issues with me, there was some in depth conversations on how we shouldn't have any more kids--that I was healthy and alive, and our children healthy, and it was selfish to risk all that just because I "wanted more babies"....... but, then came bound and determined Julia.  We lucked out in that all went pretty well (yeah, some issues... bedrest at 16-35 wks, early delivery, some scary lab results------again, a pregnancy/birth story to come), and with our 3rd c-section planned at 35 weeks, our beautiful daughter was born.  Some facts about Julia:

*She is (and always has been) a wiggle worm.  Even in utero, the chick never NEVER stopped wiggling.  Flipping and flopping, and even turned breech the day before our scheduled c-section.
*She has an insane crush on Barney the purple dinosaur.
*She has an amazing ability to remember dance moves and choreography after watching a show 1-2 times. 
*She sings all the time, but does NOT allow me to sing to her.... she yells at me.
*She really adores her siblings and follows them around all the time wanting to do what they do
*She has absolutely precious big blue eyes that allow you to read her like a book
*She was a REALLY late walker at 18 months, however, it was because she had this very imaginative and productive "knee-hopping" thing she did.  And due to that knee hopping, she has quads of STEEL
*She talks a LOT.
*She didn't sleep through the night until 20 months.
*She JUST moved to a big-girl bed a week ago, and has done SO well!
*She enjoys dressing up, and especially finding her sisters silky pj's and "wearing them" around her neck
*She has a slight "food texture" issue.  It has gotten better, but slimy things were often rejected.
*Has always HATED bananas... what kid hates bananas?
*She is super tall.... 98% for height.  Both of our girls are amazon girls!
*She is very very very stubborn and opinionated.  *sigh

Julia is so stinkin' cute.  On a daily basis, Chris and I sit and just watch her doing her dance moves, or singing her songs, or taunting her siblings--and laugh.  She is a great little sister who has mastered bugging her brother and loving on her sister.  Thank you Julia for making your surprise appearance!