in review

January: a four months belated honeymoon

 The problem with honeymoons is that you have to rely on the charity of strangers to get photos of the two of you....

 so we have a lot of photos like these....

 a rare couples shot (Simon has since retired this swimsuit claiming it was too short and as an fyi...he is wearing a locker key around his neck...not a stylish choker)

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February: little trip to Kansas City

oneish month pregnant (grace)

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March: I remember little to nothing about this month but do know that spring break occurred...giving me a little reprieve from scenes like this (faces blurred to protect the potentially innocent)

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April: Julia's first exciting photograph

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May: Julia's gender reveal fiesta

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June: visit from the grands...

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July: trip to New Mexico

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August: no photos to speak of

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September: super preg and Julia's arrival

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October: Julia's baptism

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November: Julia grows and is mistaken for a boy everywhere she ventures

wonder why?

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December: flurry of residency interviews, Julia's first Christmas and of course...the end to this exciting post.

Adios.

growing up

photo unrelated to post but doesn't Julia look two years old here?

Moving on...

on Tuesday Simon celebrated his 27th birthday and is now a big grownup like his wife. We went on a little shopping trip and found these pants...

At first glance, they look normal and innocent enough...

but NOPE....little elastic trick up their leg

Apparently..."custom fit" is merely a euphemism for "room to grow"

In the women's world...we call these maternity pants.

We also celebrated by attending a few of my brother Paul's basketball games

   #33 at your service

Julia slept angelically...

...until they started blasting some Eminem (fear not...this is right before she got into the swing of things and started diaper shaking to the beat of the blaring rap)

and some cake eating....

Julia has some new idols: lit candles

Grace learned about the existence of Air Jordans

Julia spent some qt with one of her favorite uncles ....

doubled her cheek size ...

...and wore her favorite outfit while being held by her favorite person of all time

Happy Birthday Simon! Thanks for being born so that I could rob your cradle. 

....hopefully tomorrow will bring an end to these photo laden posts and back to your regularly scheduled Camp Patton depth. 

(editor's note: this entire post was painted whilst feeding Julia a bottle with a mere chin and clavicle....be impressed)

if this were a facebook album...

...it would be titled, "rannnndom"

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one of my brothers got a camera for Christmas....

guess who?

naturally, it had to be tested out...

some tests were better...

...than others

adopted Aunt Jessica brought Julia some fashionable jeggings (and let us use this photo)

so Julia put on an immodesty fashion show

Reunited: Aunt Emily and Ju-ju-bear (her apparent new nickname)

Amelia Earhart and Aunt Sarah

Peter, Andrew, Paul and Julia's thorax and legs

during a babysitting session by Uncles Pedro and Andrew

Quote of the day by one of her uncles upon smelling one of Julia's more pungent diapers: "It smells like dead..............................rats."

the end.

when vacation attacks

a few moments to remember thus far in New Mexicoco...

Julia enjoying her new fave: youtube while Grace procrastinates packing (pre-trip)

Grace's view for the majority of the trip

...she took the wheel just in time for the stellar views of sexy New Mexy

Julia donning her pirate shirt with Grandma Seaton

Simon, Grace and.....................Paul

C'mon Paul! You don't want to do the prom pose with your seeeester and her play doll?

Christmas day stroll down the street

Simon, Julia faceplanted and Grace

Julia's favorite book, "B is for Bear" -- Uncle Dan does the voices y todo 

watch out for mom's wheat allergy

another stroll in Jess's neck of the woods (look closely for Julia's jeggings)

affectionate men and their beasts

Stay tuned for more excitement manananana.