Debutante Ball

This weekend we went to Oma's where Oma hosted a party to introduce Juliet to Leo's side of the family.  Many people came to visit and meet Juliet for the first time.  She did really well considering we were sort of passing her around so that everyone had a chance to hold her.  She spit up on her great aunt Pat, but Pat didn't seem to mind.  I've heard that it's good luck to have a baby spit up on you, so that's what I told Pat to try and smooth it over :)

Great Aunt Pat holds Juliet - this is prior to the spit up.

...and this is Pat cleaning her shirt AFTER the spit up.

Great Nana was there, too.

Great Aunt Rose enjoyed holding her.

Paula strikes a pose with Juliet.

As I mentioned a couple days ago, it was Leo's and his mom's birthday (the same day) a couple of days ago.  There was a big cake that was half chocolate and half vanilla.  Leo's mom got us Juliet's name in framed letters, above the cake in this picture.  The letters are pictures of items that aren't actual letters - e.g. a swing doubles for the "U" - it's really clever!

Juliet fell asleep on cousin Anna-Lee.

Leo's mom's friend Jamie holds Juliet.

Great Aunt Gertie holds Juliet.

Juliet fell asleep in her beautiful pink dress before the party started.  So cute.

On Sunday, Juliet became an international traveler!  Ok, so it wasn't as exciting as it sounds.  We took a little trip over the border to the US to pick up a few things.  Juliet used her passport for the first time.  It's sort of ridiculous for a baby to have a passport - she is going to look nothing like her photo a few months from now, let alone two years from now.  The border guard didn't ask her any questions, thank goodness since she would have had trouble answering them!

A pic from shopping at Walmart in the US - note the HUGE buckets of cheese balls!

And Juliet fell asleep on the car ride back - she's our little Al Bundy in this picture.