Two feet tall

That's right, I'm standing! Mostly.

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See all this blurry hand action? It's because I'm clapping! Probably because I like the music, or because there's some kind of exciting food or a Daddy just out of the frame...

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Rockin' with Daddy

Daddy came to music class on Friday, and the boys rocked out.

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Daddy is preparing Julian to play keyboards in their band.

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Little blue-eyes got a blue smiley sticker for being good in music class.

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Enter the Dinos

Most people decorate the baby's room before the baby arrives. We did it at 10+ months. But better late than never! Glo Glo and Daddy powered through the task on Sunday, and Julian has some new dinosaur friends. Click on the blue link ("Enter the Dinos") below this photo to see the results!

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Purim

Glo Glo and Zayda came to visit for the weekend, and we all went to a party for Purim (a Jewish holiday.) Kids celebrate Purim by dressing up, and Julian put on a monkey suit for the occasion. Julian spent most of his energy playing with toys and eating pizza crust.

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Old Friend, New Friends

Julian has known his friend Jessie since she was a week old! We now have music class together every Friday.

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Julian is still meeting a lot of our friends for the first time... most recently, our friend Mike who was in from NY.

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And Brenda, who was in town from California...

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And Julian's newest friend of all.. the still-in-utero Baby Boy Hsu, who is now overdue... we all want him to hurry up and come out (his mom Laura, especially!)

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Guitar

I just need my arms to grow a tiny bit, and then I can play this thing...

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Playground Weather

It's been hitting the 50 degree mark, so we've been hitting the playgrounds, most recently with our friends Bruce and Annabel.

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As you can see, Julian is doing a great job standing and leaning.

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Julian's new early-spring jacket from Grandma has bear ears. The first day he wore it, Julian discovered the ears and held them for the whole stroller ride.

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The old stand-by, the dump truck, still generates daily excitement. Ernie is a good sport.

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Kids Meal & More

It turns out that restaurants love to give kids free stuff to lure parents inside - what a discovery! Last Sunday, we took advantage of our first FREE kids meal. Julian ordered the grilled chicken strips, broccoli, and a roll. We made a huge, huge mess.

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This looks like a kid about to crawl, right? It's a mirage. Julian will now hurl his body toward anything, stand propped against things for a long time, roll, spin... but no crawl. Anything but crawling.

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Julian remains a music lover and a rock star at music class.

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Our little nudist does not like seeing Mommy approaching with a shirt.

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Our Anniversary

February 28th was our 2nd wedding anniversary. We had an awesome dinner at The Source, inside the Newseum. In fact, it was the very place that the President took Michele for her birthday in January. It was nice to prove to ourselves that spit-up, poopy and all, we still have some "fancy" in us! And this, my friends, is the "Chocolate Purse with Peanut Butter Ice Cream." We could have eaten 30 of them.

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Grandma and Pop-Pop came for the weekend and watched Julian during our night out. He was psyched to eat Cheerios to his heart's content and stay up late!

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