Surprising Girl

Grannie post: Every time Jillian is here she does or says something that blows me away. Today as I was putting on my watch she wanted one and I had a small Winnie-the-Pooh watch that I put on her. She was quite excited about that. So I asked her, "What time is it?" and she answered clear as a bell, "4 o'clock." "Wow", I exclaimed. But I guess I shouldn't get quite so excited since she didn't have the right time.

Super Fast Girl

Just to give everyone an idea of how fast Jillian has gotten, here's a video of her running in the LCC gym during one of Mommy's volleyball practices. It's kind of scary, because she's got this break-a-way speed that makes it difficult to catch her right away. So, she ends up putting a lot of distance between us and her in a short amount of time.

Tall Girl

Grannie measured Jillian's height the other day in the kitchen entryway, just like she has all of the cousins through the years. Jillian came in at 2 feet 9-1/2 inches, which is several inches more than the last time she was measured. Jillian didn't much care to stand and wait there, though, and wiggled and squirmed until it was done.

Dancing to the Dora Song

Continuing with more Dora, here's a little video of Jillian dancing to the Dora the Explorer Theme Song. Anymore, whenever Cousin Tierney stops by Grannie's house to visit, Jillian immediately starts yelling "Dora", meaning that she wants Tierney to play the Dora clips on YouTube. So, they watch a bunch of the videos on the computer, including "I'm the Map!", "Backpack, Backpack" and "We Did It!". Her favorite, though, is the theme song. Grannie gave her some noisemakers to play with, and Jillian used them while doing her dance.

Dora Portrait

Pretty much the only thing that Jillian likes to draw on her magnetic drawing board is Dora. She's getting better about making it look like something. In this photo, you can see the big circle for the head, the two little circles for the eyes, then the big line through it all for the mouth. We think that the lines that go all the way around the edges are Dora's hair. Sometimes she throws some other things in there, too, but we're not sure what those are for.

Adam's Visit

Saturday night was party time at Jillian's house. Cousin Adam came over for the evening while his mommy and daddy went out. We made the mistake of telling Jillian about the visit early in the day, so she was bouncing off the walls and talking about it the whole time until he came. Their first order of business was to ride the tricycle all over the house, each of them taking turns riding or pushing. After that, all of the toys in Jillian's room managed to find their way to every corner of the house.

Mommy got them to relax a little bit with the movie "Up". They made a little bed on the living room floor, and watched a bit of the movie, but apparently there wasn't enough action, because they were soon up and going again. Eventually, the lateness of the night got to them both, and they got a little sleepy. After jammies, it was time for Adam to go home. Jillian went to sleep pretty quickly afterwards, being so tired from all the partying.

Book Reader

Jillian decided to read to one of her babies tonight. She grabbed her Tag Junior books and did a little "reading" to them, like this video shows: