Road Trip!

I'm so behind! On June 20th, we drove to Minnesota to have ourselves a little vacation visiting our family!

John was excited to try out his new birthday toy. Meet his Australian princess. She rides in the front seat with him and bosses him around. He loves her. Even if she told him to turn onto a "road" (click to enlarge) without any other specifics.

Amelia did a lot of sleeping in the car, despite my attempts at entertaining her with stuffed objects in her face.

William read a lot of books. A lot of books.

And colored. Mama slept while she could and spent the rest of the time getting out toys, picking up toys, handing out food, picking up food, wiping faces, wiping behinds, feeding babies and reading stories over the back of my seat. It was lovely.

Summertime fun!

We've been doing all kinds of fun, summer-y things together. I won't lie and say it isn't a whole lot of work running around a park with a 2.5 year old and a newborn baby. Lucky for us, we have a lot of friends who are willing to meet up with us and lend a helping hand!

William is super into climbing right now.

We actually had to put away the Fi$her Price barn this week because he was using it to step up onto to reach things on the fireplace mantel. Let me tell you when I discovered he was doing this, it was a heart stopping moment!

Checking out who is at the top of the slide.
We've also filled up the kiddie pool to swim on the deck. I put warm water in it and by the time we got ourselves in it, it had warmed up too much! William couldn't even sit down in it - John had to bring cold water out to make it bearable!

Amelia in her cute suit! (this may be the real reason I got the pool out! I'm afraid if we waited too long, this suit wasn't going to fit her anymore!)

Chins!

Kids in the pool together

Amelia wasn't sure if she liked it...

She'd rather be with Mama - and that's okay with me!

3 Months Old!

Look at our sweet baby girl! Can you believe she is 3 months old (0-3 month slide show is in progress)? This picture above is one of my new favorites as it shows her dark blue eyes closest to their true color. Amelia's 3 month birthday required a photo shoot at Mama's studio: my bed. Just another reason to not make my bed - it is a great backdrop!

Her newest trick: sucking on her thumb! Will she be a true thumb sucker? Hard to say, right now she is enjoying chewing on that thumb!

Look at her hair in this light! She does the cutest thing (to be honest, most things she does are cute!) when she wants to suck her thumb. She hold her hand open and uses her other hand to hold back her fingers so she can suck/chew on JUST her thumb. So cute, so smart!

Evidence of a healthy diet: Exhibit A, the chins

So serious! She has started noticing the camera when I take pictures. It makes for some serious faces when she see the camera - she likes to look at it and figure it out!
She has also started reaching for things...even the second time around with baby #2, it is a thrill to watch Amelia develop and hit her milestones!
Distracted and smiling for the ceiling fan (if you look closely, you can see the reflection in her eye!)
Tiny fingers
Tiny toes

Thinking hard about....

Crying!

Sucking on her fingers...and look how long the hair is getting! And red!

Working on that thumb...
This is a look I think I will be getting a lot of when Amelia turns 13.

So sweet! My 3 months old baby girl!




And for comparison purposes:

Amelia at less than a week

Amelia at 3 months old

Amelia in the boppy at 1 week oldAmelia in the boppy at 3 months old!

She has grown!

For Mike

Uncle Mike was very entertained by Williams awesome running style. The last time we visited, Uncle Mike spent some time trying to copy William's coolness. I thought he might want a video to further practice!

William runs

William jumps

William demonstrates his musical skill

Friends!

Our friend Lilly came over to play last week again. She was happier this time and so we took some pictures!

Mia and Lilly=happy babies
Of course, you can't take a picture without the big boy getting in on the action
Then Amelia required an outfit change due to a diaper leak. Shouldn't this size 6 month outfit look bigger on her?
Last Saturday we went to a graduation party at a friend's house. John and William matched. I wonder how long that will be cute?
William loved this swingset! Too bad there really isn't a way to get a set in our backyard. Look how strong he is!

Sleeping Beauty

I guess you could say that I am a huge fan of sleeping baby pictures...

Short video of Amelia waking up

Self Portraits with Daddy!

I don't think these need any explanation!