4/26/2011

He is Risen!  Yep, I spent the last weekend celebrating the Easter holiday.  I would have blogged a bit sooner, but you see mom decided to try to load some bootlegged software on our computer that in turn completely removed iPhoto among other applications.  Needless to say, she was not a happy camper.  I figured you wouldn't want me to write a blog if there were no pictures with it, so I sat back and played with dad and watched mom worry.  But turned out there was no need to worry...the geniuses at the Apple store were able to get me back up and running.  Back to Easter weekend....Mom & Dad tried to tell me what all the celebration is about, but I think it is a bit much to grasp.  What I have got thus far is: 1. Big fluffy bunnies 2. Candy 3. Pretty dresses.  More on that in a bit.

I'm liking this high chair thing!  

Last week was good, a lot of the usual.  I got to spend Wednesday night with dad again while mom played vball and then she decided to go out for dinner with friends Thursday and left us for another father/daughter night.  It was a blast.  I ate 8+ ounces and zonked out.  I have been really putting down a lot lately, mom says I may be in a growth spurt.  Hard telling...I do know the last time they made me get on the scale (a week or so ago, I had finally crossed the 15lb mark).  Friday I slept in until 7:15....I'm pretty sure I haven't done that in a long time, and when I say slept.  I didn't move an inch for 11 hours from where dad laid me down.  Mmm....love me some good zzz's.  Mom seemed pretty happy too.  She took the day off to hang out with me, so she was extra excited to get to sleep an hour longer than usual.  Anyway....we had a great day.  We went and picked up dad at the Casino (he was working there, not playing the tables) and had some lunch at his favorite cafe.  I sat in a high chair for the first time and had a lot of fun making eyes at all the people around me.  I was quite the hit.  After lunch, mom and I went to Crown Center.  We were going to do a bit of shopping...but much to my surprise I first had to visit the Easter Bunny.  I wasn't quite sure what mom was getting me into as I saw this one girl screaming and crying to get off of this fuzzy thing, but I thought he seemed pretty cool.  I chilled with him and pet his hand a bit before mom missed me too much and snagged me out of his arms. 

We eventually made it back home just in time to see Grandma Janice (and of course Sadie).  That's right she came to spend the weekend with me.  I felt pretty special as she brought me some cool toys and clothes, including 2 super cute outfits that she made special just for me!  Sweet!  And of course I got tons and tons of hugs and kisses.  Speaking of that, I am getting to be a pretty good kisser if I do say so myself.  Dad says these open mouth kisses will have to go one day, but for now we are good.  I really enjoy getting some cuddle time in....i think grandma liked it too!  : ) 

Of course on Easter we went to church.  I - like always- had a great time there.  I got to see Ava, Violet, & Rennick afterwards so that was totally fun.  Afterward we went home and had some brunch and hung out more with Grandma.  I got to play in/with my Easter basket.  There were some cool eggs that i had fun shaking, and mom had fun opening and eating the candy out of.  Mom & Grandma snapped lots of pictures, while I sat and looked pretty.  That wore me out so I went to my room with grandma and took a long nap on her shoulder.  It was very nice.  I think she enjoyed it too.  I look forward to doing it again soon.

Happy Family

More Happy Family

yay..more pictures!

Three Generations  

Amelia OUT!

4/17/2011

Well we have continued to have some great Spring weather around here and I am loving it.  I am trying my  best to get out and enjoy it.  Unfortunately, I have come down with something (more on that later) - so it depends on how I am feeling.  Let me start back with the activities of this last week.  Actually, they were a lot of the same.  I enjoyed some nice walks at school, and did a lot of playing.  Wednesday, dad and I went up to watch mom's volleyball game.  Boring....  But, I did have fun listening to the voices echo in the dome and play some ball with dad.  I am told that I am definitely a volleyball star in the making.  One thing I started to notice that day though was that my nose was getting a bit runny.  Yeah, apparently some 'rugrat' as dad calls them, passed me their bug.

Friday morning I had a 'fun' surprise for dad when he came down to wake me up.  I puked everywhere.  Yep, my clothes and bed were covered and I had dried squash chunks on my face.  I really don't remember doing it, so I have no idea when it happened - but I felt better so I went back to sleep without making a peep.  I forgot until dad came down and found the mess.  Bonus though...I got a morning bath!  Sweet!  I went ahead and went to school, because I was feeling totally fine.  I started getting a bit warm at school later in the afternoon and that was the start to my weekend.  Yep, I've had a fever all weekend.   So that means I didn't get to do any of the fun things that I was hoping.   For instance, I didn't get to go to my first Royals game or even go to church!  Boo.  Dad says that there are like 100 games left so I will have plenty of opportunities to see the Royals in action.  I really don't feel all that horrible, but with the fever I get a bit sleepy and of course I have the occasional upchuck moments, or better yet  blowouts.  Thinking of those, I did complete a trifecta this weekend.  That's right, I first had a major blowout that got all over dad, then while he was changing me - I peed all over him (hehehe).  Then a little earlier while we were playing, I puked all over him...and again tonight just a bit ago!  Yeah, it was good.  Actually mom couldn't stop laughing...it was all over his eyes and inside of his ear.  Dad said it didn't smell very good, duh.  I just figured if I am feeling lousy, I'll spread the joy.  And if I have to keep going through clothing changes so should dad, right?!   Really though, I don't feel nearly as bad as I did back in February, I think when I puke it is from all the drainage from this darn congestion, because it is mainly mucus.  I have mom's gag reflexes, so I hear.  Anyway, I still managed to have some fun this weekend.  See below!  Lots of pictures..and some videos!

Hopefully I can sleep this bug off and get back into the swing of things soon.  Amelia OUT!

I have started some finger foods.  I'm great at picking
them up, but am still working on the fun of actually eating
them

Dad & I having a moment

On a walk with the family.  I think Marley has found her new preferred way of transportation!

Dad & I swinging

Maybe this is where I get the tongue from!

mom had her wedding dress out...so I was checking it out to see if I will want to wear it in...say, 25+ years!

oops....my bad.  I'll spare you of the other pic for now.

A little video of saying my new favorite word...

4/11/2011

I'm 7 months!  Did I tell you that I like to stick my tongue out all of the time now?!

Having fun with Marley

Wow, it's been an entire week since my last post.  Time sure flies when you are having fun...and I have had some good fun.  To start it off...last Wednesday was my 7 month birthday.  Yay!!!!  So not only did I get to do some posing with my signs (& Marley of course), but I got to go in a little late to school.  Why?  Well apparently even though it was MY 'birthday', mom got to have the day off of work and go to a Royals game.  That totally doesn't seem fair...I say how rude.  Oh well, I guess she paid for it by the bright red arms that I see on her.  Dad says that I get to go to my first game soon, hopefully the Royals will still have a winning season by the time i get to go.  That may require going sooner rather than later!  Ok, so back to me being 7 months now.  We haven't done any of the major stats lately, but I'm pretty sure i am growing.  I must be putting on some pounds because I keep hearing mom grunt every time she picks me up in the car seat.  This week I started saying 'da-da' regularly, that seems to make daddy quite happy.  Mom tries to get me to say ma-ma, and doesn't seem all that thrilled when I always reply back da-da.  I also really feel like I have found my voice, so enjoy screaming/squealing.  All happy squeals of course.  I have been told I need to learn the appropriate times to be doing this, and learning 'inside voice'.  For example, I get a lot of 'shhhhhhh's' at school when I do it when all my friends are napping.  But I am having so much fun....  ugh.  Let's see what else.  I still hate tummy time, I roll over right away and then all is ok.  When will they all learn to stop putting me down that way.  My teachers keep trying to put me on my knees...but I just decide to lay flat and roll over.  I really don't see the appeal in this crawling thing.  I'm quite content where I am. 

Spring is definitely here, we have pretty tulips outside and I hear the birds chirping every morning.  Saturday it was so nice out that we invited the Ludlow's over for a picnic.  Turned out that it was nice...but actually a bit too hot to really picnic, so they picked up some OK Joe's and we did an inside picnic on the floor.  Maddie and I hung out and watched them eat.   I haven't seen Maddie for a couple months so we had to get reacquainted, I showed her some of my toys.  She showed me her tricks of rolling around to places, it looks kind of fun...but I'm not sold quite yet.  At one point I got a bit tired and  put my head on Maddie...or so mom thought so she decided to take a picture.  As you can see below (and by the red mark i had later) it actually was not that fun at all!  In fact, dad was quite sure that it looked like Maddie was showing her strength by pushing me into the blocks while 3 adults stared and watched (or in mom's case...took pictures).  Hmmm.... now I'm going to the plead the 5th on what happened.  My memory fails me already!  I'm good now, so no worries.  Anyway, it started getting close to bed time so Maddie had to leave...but I'm sure glad she came over and hopefully I'll get to see her again sometime soon!

Don't we look cute?  Why does my head always look so big compared to everyone?

The "incident"

This was the best shot of Harper and her hair that I had!

Yesterday we went to church and afterward came home to eat and nap.  I then went with mom to a party.  She shopped and saw some friends she use to work with, and I did my best to look cute.  I also got to meet a new friend, Harper.  Harper is about 3 months older than me...but she seemed super cool.  And boy oh boy do I have some hair envy.  She has more hair than dad!  Of course we did some playing, and when she got close enough - I immediately went for that soft, curly stuff.  It was even better than Marley's to get a handful of.  She didn't seem to mind...but mom stopped me before I could get myself a handful to put on my head.  Ugh...still no hair for me I guess.  I will figure out a more tricky way next time!  Enjoy a few more pictures from the week below.  AND even a video of me 'talking' with a glimpse of my rolling skills.  Amelia OUT!

Always enjoy eating the foot!

4/4/2011

Sitting ON the bar flirting with the bartenders!

Boy oh boy did I have a fun filled weekend with new experiences.  Not so new for mom and dad, but new to me.  Friday night we went up the street to St. Agnes for the local fish fry, how do I put this nicely?  I sure am glad that I didn't have to eat it.  When the sign says fish fry you would think that your going to get fish.  You would be wrong, we had to pay $8.50 each and were given spaghetti.  Dad had it with red sauce and shrimp from a can, he couldn't even eat it....and you know my dad he eats anything.  My picky eating mother was not happy with her alfredo sauce which dad said was the worst thing he had eaten in a long time.  Needless to say we got to go to Houlihan's for some good food.  Dad said we will just write that off as a charity. 

Saturday was the day that we tried to do everything while it was nice outside.  In the morning I hung out with dad while mom went and got a massage and did a little shopping.  We had a nice laid back morning.  I slept in until 7 am then dad gave me another nap at 9 am.  After that I had some oatmeal cereal, which I absolutely love.  He couldn't get it in my mouth fast enough.  I have tried a few more foods too...my food page is growing fast! 

After mom came home all relaxed we went to the park.  This was my first trip to the park so I started out with a nap on the way and a stroller ride around the park.  It was a beautiful day so a nap with the sun shining down on me was great.  I went on the swing for the very first time and enjoyed it.  I went down the slippery slide with mom and dad.  Dad didn't like the slide because it gave him static electricity, so he let mom take me down while he shocked Marley.  He thought that was pretty funny.  Dad gave me a ride on a swing before we went home.  After an afternoon snack we went to Kansas Sampler so I could get my new Royals cap, 3-1 baby, enjoying the winning season while I can.  Mom found a serve yourself ice cream store, so we shared a bowl.  It was really good and I think we will be going back there very soon.  We then went to Hy-Vee where dad let me ride in the Bjorn so that I could see everything around me, and boy did people love looking at me.  That night we sat out on the deck for dinner, dad grilled out and we just enjoyed the weather.  I had such a busy day that I slept in until 7:30 the next morning.  We went to church were I ran into Ava and Violet, we caught up for awhile.  They were up to about the same things that I am doing.  You know eating, sleeping, sitting, pooping, and looking cute.  Speaking of pooping...it has been quite hard lately.  Perhaps this oatmeal that I love so much, isn't quite as great as I thought.   Too much info?  So sorry....  Anyway, all in all I had a good weekend with the family.  I suspect this will be a fairly normal week, I'll keep you posted!  Amelia Out!

my new cap!

Don't I look pretty?!

Seeing my friends at church!  I think Violet was checking out my pretty dress....and I was in awe of her hair - of course!