Practicing for the Future (hopefully)

Today is a WONDERFUL DAY!! Today John and I get to take care of our god-daughter Julianna while Josh and Emily go to Raleigh to spend the day with some of Josh's family and go to a concert. They are spending the night in Raleigh, so they asked us if we would be willing to take care of Juju (her nickname) today and tonight and they will pick her up tomorrow mid-morning. We are not only SO excited to get to spend some really great quality time with our god-daughter, but really honored that Josh and Emily trust us to take care of the person they both love the most in the world!

They dropped her off a little after 12 p.m. and headed on to big Raleigh-wood. Juju was so good. She never once fussed or cried when her Mommy and Daddy left. That made Josh and Emily feel good I think because they know Juju is very happy with us! Now they get to go relax and have a great time! She drank most of her juice cup, played with her da-de's (babies) and helped John with his homework (pointing at everything in John's school book with her pen!) We also danced and waived at the doggies in the back yard. And while John doesn't believe me, when John would go and work on the computer in the other room to do his homework, Juju would look at the door and holler "JOHN" and "John-John"! She did it about 5 times, but only when he would leave her. She ADORES John, most of the time prefering to go to him over the rest of us! Once he would come back in the room, she would just give a huge smile and want him to pick her up. So even though he doesn't believe me, Juju and I know she was hollering for him!

Then after several long eye rubs and laying down on the floor, I knew it was naptime. Her pack-n-play is set up in our room because it is the darkest. (That's just for naptime--we will put the pack-n-play in my office for night time.) We went in there and I sat with her on the bed to get her comfortable in a new room. Then I laid her down and turned her "Violet" dog on to sing her to sleep and laid her down. She fussed for only about 2-3 minutes and then was out like a light! She's still napping now, which is how I am able to do a blog post.

When Juju gets up, we will probably go take her to see my parents (if they are home) and maybe go to the park to play in the swings. John and I can't wait to be parents, but in the meantime being god-parents really ROCKS and we are so thankful that Josh and Emily love us and trust us to give us that title for their precious girl!