Taking the Leap!

Ok, I don't really have leaping down or jumping for that matter.  But I can march and twirl with the best of them.  I figured since I was far behind in providing updates (not all my fault by the way - computer was in shop, etc., etc), I would give a post in honor of those who brought me into this world.  That's right.  1 year ago today or 1,461 days ago mom and dad took the leap and were married.  Pretty cool, huh?  Cool...because if that didn't happen, there would be no me and then no blog...and then just a lot of sad people, right?! 

I will again provide some of the key highlights (and lots of videos) from the past couple of weeks instead of giving a full play by play. 
* Life is pretty status quo.  I still enjoy a lot of the same things, lots of singing, helping out mom and dad around the house, building blocks, etc.  Here is some video of me doing the actions to baby bumble bee...well until I got distracted by the oven that is.  That happens, you know.  I'll give you a full showing sometime in the future. Other than that just been spending a lot of time outside.  With weather in the 60's, how can you not?

* I was sick last week with a fever that gave me a nasty rash.  It doesn't bother me much, but it sure looks funny.  I point at it all the time.  Since you all know dad the germaphobe, you will understand how proud he is of me, as I now sucessfully cover my mouth when I cough.  Now he just has to guess when I am real vs. fake coughing!
* Grandma & Grandpa Steffen came for a visit this past weekend which, as always, was awesome.  Dad talked them into doing some major house work to help us get our house ready to sell.  So we all were busy bees all day.  Dad & Grandpa did yardwork, cleaned the basement up, etc.  Us girls did some major organizing of the kitchen.  As you can see, I was great help with organizing the spices.  It wasn't work and all play though.  Mom & Dad went to go look at some new houses (btw...I'm still not sure about this whole moving thing), while gma & gpa and I went on a walk and did lots of swinging.  For all of our hard work dad took us to a nice family dinner at Stroud's.  They have some mighty good fried chicken.  I of course wouldn't eat anything else.  Why bother, right?

* Including a video from church.  I always tell you I have fun, but here is some proof!  Ava and I were playing tag afterward...it was such a blast.  I was not happy when dad said it was time to stop and go home.  Since grandma and grandpa were in town last weekend, I missed playing at (oops, I mean going to) church. Apparently I missed an awesome sermon...they did the reverse offering again!  That's right...church handed out money to us!!  Of course it is for us to bless someone else with.  It is pretty cool hearing about what everyone is doing.  Maybe I can talk mom into doing it with some of my money that I totally deserve for putting away my clothes, dishes, etc.  Or $ dad should be giving me for being his barista every morning.

This is my new 'look'.  Do you think that is
 what the lady found so cute?  Yes, I may have
a a new obsession with stickers

* Want to hear a crazy story, speaking of being blessed by someone?  We went out to dinner at the Blue Moose one night...yes, that is one of my favorite places...and now it totally is.  Why you ask?  Well the weirdest thing happened.  The waitress came over to tell us that this lady at the table next to us wanted to buy our dinner because she thought I was so cute.  Seriously!  How crazy is that?  Mom tried to say thanks, but not necessary, but she insisted.  Of course, I totally cheesed it up for her and smiled and flirted through dinner so she got her money's worth.  : )  Dad said that was a once in a lifetime thing, so don't get overly confident.  

Here is a cute video of me playing with dad.

And one of me keeping the tub clean

Spreading the Love

Apparently yesterday was the day to express your love to people. I don't know why we need a silly day for that, I try to do it all the time! Obviously, I hear it all the time from them - so I have started telling mom & dad "I love you" before I go to bed....after I hand out 2-3 (sometimes sloppy) kisses. I also think our 3 way kisses are pretty fun! So needless to say, I don't see all the hype in this Valentines Day business. But at the same time, I do thoroughly enjoy the balloon from dad (Marley adopted the teddy that was holding the balloon)and stickers from mom. We 'celebrated' on Monday because dad went back to Nebraska so that he can go be with family. Grandma Kay's sister, Melbe passed away this weekend, so people are sad. I said I could go to help try and cheer people up, but then found out i would be spending more time in a car then actually there and decided that sounded like that would just make me sad, which would totally defeat the purpose. So mom and I have stayed back and are saying prayers for everyone.

Another piece of this 'holiday' that I did not realize was that I was suppose to take stuff for my friends at school. A heads up on that from someone totally would have been nice. Instead, I ended up being the sucker (luckilly not the only one) who didn't share my love. Mom says I can blame her, she initially had the excuse of being gone on vacation but since that didn't happen she doesn't have one either! I suppose I will try to remember for next year. When I actually may get to enjoy some of the candy I got...for now, mom gets to eat that. Someone did give me fruit snacks...but hello they sound and look like fruit, do you think I would give them a shot? Answer is a big N-O. I did however get some play-dough from Ava.  I love taking the cap on and off of the container.

To that point, I'll back up on a few other updates. Last Thursday & Friday my school was closed and since mom didn't have vacation time to burn, I got to spend Thursday with Ava! Oh my gosh, she lives the good life. Immediately when I got there, I had fun checking out her toys, puzzles, and books! And then....we got to go to the museum. It was such a blast checking out all the things with my friend this time. We played in the farmers market where these fruit and vegetables didn't seem too bad. But I had fun checking out Ava when she bought her produce! As you can see, we had matching/opposite outfits on. I know...so cute. After playing, we went and had lunch at...get this...Fritz's! I love those trains. What an awesome day! We spent the rest of the day playing with all her toys and I showed her my new extreme love for necklaces so she even gave me a couple. Geez, I really do owe her! Needless to say, when dad came to pick me up, I was in no mood to leave this fun zone. All an all...a great day.

we both look busy don't we?!

Maybe these pears aren't so bad after all?

Now...Friday, was a bit more low key. Ok way more. You see, mom worked from home, so no field trips. But she says that she is pretty sure that she pays my school too much because I am "a breeze". She apparently was quite impressed that I spent 45 minutes taking on and off my necklaces while she worked at the table, I then proceeded to go sit on the couch and read book after book for another 30 minutes. I was rewarded with dad coming home for the second half of the day. So we got to all go enjoy lunch at Houlihans...yummy...and then I hung out with dad and even took Marley for a walk. Seriously, this weather is nuts! Although, right when I say that....what happens? But it finally snowed! Monday we woke up to a fresh powder! Finally. Who would have thought it would take this long to get the first inch of snow in the metro for the winter?! Dad took me out in the backyard to play in the snow, but I really wasn't that interested. You know me and getting things on my hands. Even if snow is just frozen water. I didn't have another day to try it out though as it all melted away. Maybe if we get another one....or...next year. Don't be confused by the picture....I still know to say 'cheese' when the camera comes out...happy or not. 


Video of me playing with my necklaces

Not much else to report around here. Oh! I did have a fun night with Heidi on Saturday night while mom and dad went to some fancy dinner. She took some video of me eating...apparently, I am funny.

I am a big fan of dancing to all music lately. And love to sing along to everything. I'm thinking I get both skills from different parents, you guess who! I do have a video of me dancing with dad to the Husker ball - love it. My favorite song to sing right now is Baby Bumble bee....along with the actions! Unfortunately, mom only knows verse 1....so I still have to work on teaching her the rest apparently. I'll get a video once I can get the parents up to speed! Amelia OUT!

All IN!

 

I will start off this post (on my 17 month birthday) of the fantastic news.  Yep, the Giants won the Super Bowl last night.  As you can see in the pics, the whole family sported our NY gear all day yesterday.  In case you didn't know....dad is a huge Giants fan, thus so am I - for now at least.  In case you didn't recognize my blog title.... here is the story about the Giants slogan this season of being ALL IN, pretty cool.  We stayed at home to watch it, because dad didn't want to miss a minute.  We didn't have the usual Super Bowl spread, but we did have some chili.  Which I liked...well, ok I ate the hamburger and the 'sauce' on some noodles.  There was no sneaking by those veggies or beans my way! I will admit that I did not make it all the way to the nail biting end, but I felt pretty good when I went to sleep at half time, despite being a bit behind.  I tried to make it through Madonna's half time show, but it was just too long and finally told mom I wasn't feeling it and was ready for bed!  I had great dreams of the cool polar bears (yeah, that was my favorite commercial), and really did not want to wake up this AM for school.  Oh well.  All worth it!

 mom made my NY out of lint paper in the AM so I could fit in with the family!

To follow up on my last post.  The groundhog did come out and apparently he saw his shadow which means 6 more weeks of winter.  So far that doesn't mean much to me as we are still enjoying walks outside and swinging in the backyard.  Apparently that is not so much the case for my family/friends in Lincoln who got 12 inches of snow!  Whatever that is....

Legos!!

Saturday it was a little gloomy, so we stayed in for the most part.  I found my old necklace with hearts.  You can pretty much see it every picture of me.  It didn't leave my side all weekend.  We did venture out after my nap to go check out the Children's Museum.  Dad says it was pretty boring, but I really did have a good time.  The water room and this super cool vacuum contraption that blew scarves were my favorite.  I know it sounds weird, but it was cool - trust me.  I was then treated to a nice dinner out...at Chili's that is.  Not the highest clientele of places I have been, but I had fun nonetheless walking around and showing my pearly whites until the food came!

Wow.  Talk about hitting the rubber duckie jackpot!

Not much else to report for now.  Dad has been putting in some extra hours so it was just mom and me for dinner a couple of nights.  One night she didn't want to cook, so she took me to her favorite place Chipotle.  Apparently dad has been keeping us away, so this was my first experience.  Not only did I LOVE my quesadilla, I even discovered that I am a fan of their guacamole on my chips.  That's right....I ate something green.  And to top it all off my BFF Ava was there with her mom and dad.  What a small world! Of course we were too busy eating, so mom didn't get any pictures.  I guess that means I will have to make another visit there.  That's right dad....you are now outnumbered!  Until next time, enjoy some pics.  Amelia OUT!

taking my lego wagon for a ride.  Perfect fit!

Always nice to know I am prayed for!

Playing dress up!