12 Weeks Old!

Amelia was 12 weeks old on June 22nd! We almost forgot to take pictures because we were so busy at Grandma and Grandpa's house! But, here they are! These are special because Amelia is wearing a very special dress (to me). This is a dress that has been hanging in the closet for a few years. I bought it when my coworker was pregnant with a baby girl. I loved the dress so much that I bought something different for my friend and kept this "just in case". But, I kept the tags on it and left it on the hanger just in case we didn't get our baby girl. And here she is!

My New Hat!

My cute summer hat is finally fitting me! I got to wear it at the park while I watched my big brother play. It was fun to entertain myself by trying to eat the straps. If Mama would tie the straps, then we wouldn't have that problem. It also probably wouldn't turn and end up over my face also. She said something about not enough hands....be thankful my hat doesn't have trucks on it. Or something like that.

I also got to try out the swing for the first time (5/31). It is pretty big for me and I couldn't stay in it for long. I can't wait to be a little bigger!

Happy Father's Day!

Patience, kindness, a sense of humor, flexibility, and most of all love make John a great dad. He is also fanatically organized and completely reliable - our kids will always be able to count on him. I am so proud of him and the relationship our kids have with him. Our kids are so lucky! We love you Daddy!

We were fortunate to be able to travel to Minnesota for a week long family-cation, so we got to celebrate Father's Day with two of the best Grandpa's also!

On Father's Day, I tried to let John sleep in. However, Amelia had other plans and John ended up getting up with William. I was able to send him back to bed for a short while...but not what I had planned! Sorry Daddy! We were able to keep the ruckus contained enough to not wake Grandpa too early...
Giving Daddy his card. William and Mama made some special home made cards together. William is starting to be interested in actually coloring and making pictures with crayons instead of dumping them out and driving cars over them.
Giving Grandpa his card
Grandpa and his grandkids

Daddy and his kiddos. Please note that my parents are doing some major renovation and the wall behind John does not always appear this way. Not to worry, both Amelia and William managed to get their days old new carpet dirty within the first 24 hours of our visit. Amelia with her prolific spit and William with chocolate from birthday cake. We are great visitors!

We took Grandpa Heidt to the park and then out to lunch to celebrate
Daddy and his big boy
It also happened to be Great Grandpa Budd's birthday, Aunt Kaye's birthday, and [close] to Daddy's birthday. So, we had a special dinner and presents! William loves presents! And birthday cake!
William is wearing the Big Brother shirt, Amelia is sporting her little sister shirt!
Little sister onesie - a big thanks to John's cousin for this one!
Aunt Kaye doing a birthday dance with Amelia
Reading the card with some help
Daddy opening his presents with some help

Daddy admiring his gift while William tries to figure out how to RainX his eyes.

Sleeping with Mama

Sometimes you just to crash for a few minutes....

Even if there is chaos all around!

11 Weeks +One Day

Mama has been falling down on the job the last few weeks in getting pictures taken of Amelia. But this week she was determined to get the job done. She took over 300 pictures of Amelia and they were perfect and beautiful....but there wasn't a card in the camera so we can't share any of those with you. And she didn't figure this out until after everyone was in bed. Mama is still heartbroken over the lost pictures - but she did her best to redo her shoot with Ms Mia. As always, there would be some stellar shots here if I had the time/energy/patience for editing. But, I don't. Maybe in another 20 years.

Note that I had to correct her age sign with the +1 day at the bottom corner.

At the end, William woke up from his nap, so we got some pictures of the two of them too...

Mama's boys

And finally, look what Amelia started doing the day she turned 11 weeks old!