Summer is flying by for us. I can't believe that I missed blogging for the entire month of July! And that it's already August 8th. Days are going by so quickly lately. Julian is looking and acting more like a toddler and less like a baby every day. He's running, climbing, and generally on the move all day long. He knows some baby sign language and signs: more, all done, change my diaper, eat, drink, milk, hat, help, dog, sorry, please, bath, and occasionally the word sleepy. He's started saying more words lately too. He says mama (it comes out like "mom-mom" most of the time), dada, up, hot, fish. He has learned to climb up on the couch by himself, and goes both up and down stairs (with guidance of course). He is very much an outdoor boy and will find any chance he can to get outside and if there is dirt or mud to be found, it's in his mouth. We go to the park almost every day and have fun playing in the water on the back porch (like above). We fill our...