Amelia's First Halloween!

Originally we had no plans to dress Amelia up. We weren't going anywhere, and she would most likely be in bed when we had trick-or-treaters. I did however want her to have on holiday attire so I bought a black skirt, and onesie. My friend make a pair of Halloween leg warmers to go with it. She was pretty dang cute if I do say so myself, and I do.

After I got her dressed though, I realized all she was lacking was a hat, and a black cat and she could be a witch. We're not cat people so we settled for Max, and a hat. WAL-AH, a hat was found and a witch was "born".

We're Not Dead!

Ok, so I'm sure you're all aware of that fact, but if you just go by the blog posts its been a long while since we've shown any signs of life. Work got a little crazy at the end of the season and I got behind, really behind. Since it will be virtually impossible to tell you every little thing that's happened in the last, ummm, let's see how long has it been...almost 2 months. I'll try to give you the major stuff. I'll post them in reverse order so it looks like I've been fabulous at keeping up! Shhhhh, we'll just keep this as our little secret.

World Watch Out!!

Amelia is on the move! This Sunday she started crawling on all fours!! She's not too quick yet so she would still rather be army crawling because she can get places soooo much faster. It's only a short matter of time though before she gets it all figured out. Here's a short video of some of her first shaky "steps".

Watch What I Can Do...

Behind your back while no one is looking! Amelia was playing happily on the floor so I turned around the check the mail. Travis walked in from the kitchen and asked "Did you put her like that?"No! Little Miss Sneaky figured out how to sit up all by herself, and chose to show off this newly acquired skill while no one was looking. And of course she only did it one time. Guess this will make nap time and bedtime a little more interesting. It's a little harder to "accidently" fall asleep grumpin, when you're sitting up.

Oh the Places You'll Go

September 6th was a day of trips, very very short trips.
First, Travis took Amelia out to test drive the Jeep. It turns out her legs and arms are way too short to reach the clutch or shifter, so she tested out the seats. Mmmm, comfy!



Next, up was our walk. This consisted of getting Amelia in the stroller, snapping some pictures, and finally walking one block before turning around. It was a lot windier than it looked and Amelia wasn't a fan.


Finally, her trip to dreamland. After the busy day she had no problems drifting quickly off to sleep. All that was necessary was her blankie and pacisucker. Gotta love the power of fleece and plastic.

Long Time No Post

Ummm, so I don't have an excuse for the lack of updates just been busy. How bout a cute pic to make up for it...?

There, now I'm sure all is forgiven! On to the updates.

First off, an illness update. Amelia went back in on Wednesday for another blood draw and she is officially back to her happy buglette self. The antibiotics wreaked havoc on her digestive system though which made diaper changes extra fun. Luckily daycare took the brunt of that funness. To try to counteract that we started yogurt. It's the 1st food she has been all for since the beginning. Yay!!

8/21/2009 - Burn Busters!A friend of mine makes leg warmers for babies and toddlers so I got a few pairs. They are great for the cool mornings we've been having and for all her army crawling. I have to shamelessly admit that I thought of the name. Pretty clever if I do say so myself, and no I'm not looking for second opinions.

8/22/2009 - What are those fuzzy things?

The dogs have been a little jealous since Amelia's arrival, ok Max is a lot jealous. I think he's still hoping she is like one of the puppies we've "rescued" and we'll find her a new home any day now. We rearranged the living room and made room for Travis's beanbag chair which I love. Unfortunately Max and Blaze love it more so I am still stuck with the couch, if Blaze isn't hogging it.

8/23/2009 - A milestone!

Amelia has gone from a supported sitter to sitting on her own. He can't get into that position by herself, she needs help, and she doesn't like to stay that way, but she can do it. She'd much rather be exploring and spot hunting.

8/26/2009 - Toys, Shmoys

We got this Leap Frog table from my supervisor a few months ago, and I figured she was finally old enough to play with it. The legs come off so babies can play with in on the floor before they stand. Apparently we forgot to tell her which part was the toy.

I can hardly wait to see her Christmas and birthday presents tossed aside so she can enjoy the paper and boxes, lol.

8/27/2009 - Oooo, accessories!

Travis loves putting Amelia in hats, and who wouldn't. She's adorable in them. Of course she doesn't care how adorable she is, the hats are a nuisance.

8/29/2009 - The Great Escape!

Separation has kicked in full swing, oh goody. There have been many instant meltdowns due to bathroom breaks and heaven forbid you need to check on dinner or the laundry. Last weekend I actually had the audacity to feed the cat! Can you imagine? How could I just up and leave Amelia in plain sight to tend to someone else? She almost made it out the door, but the sun was a little bright. Where's a hat when you need one?

So, now that you're all caught up, are you feeling like you had to take an excessive amount of time out of your busy schedule just to find out we are all fine and Amelia is still cute? How could anyone feel like they wasted time after seeing this face?

HAPPY 28TH

BIRTHDAY TRAVIS!!!!!