I made slide shows for William's first year every three months. Oops. After further investigation, it appears that I made a slide show for William's first three months for the first nine months. Turns out I didn't get that one done. Anyway, I wanted to do the same thing for Amelia, but I wanted to do it a little differently. So, here it is! Enjoy!
PS It is a little long at 7 minutes.
PPS The music is so special. John and I used to take a yoga class together a couple nights a week. At the end of the class, this song would always play while we were supposed to be relaxing and focusing on breathing*. My mind would always wander and for some reason this music always painted a picture in my head of a barefoot little girl running/dancing in a big open field with a smile on her face. At the end of the song, I always found myself hoping/wishing/praying that we would someday have our own little girl to run/dance/smile our way through life with.
*I was never very good at that part of the class. The more "relaxed" I was supposed to get, the faster my brain would work. In order to focus on relaxing my breathing I usually had to be making a mental grocery list, picking out the clothes I would wear to work the next day and writing an e mail in my head to a friend. John would be next to me snoring away and I would be solving the world's problems while trying to remember to breathe. I'd like to take yoga again, someday.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Monday, August 3, 2009
Second night in her own room
The big news around here is Amelia has been sleeping in her crib since 8/2/09! I'll even be honest here and say that SHE has been ready for quite some time, I was the one who wasn't ready. It has been going really well...I'll be okay with it soon.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Friday, July 31, 2009
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Amelia is 4 Months Old!
How can our baby be 4 months old? Amelia is turning into quite the big girl. She is now rolling in all directions quite rapidly. Earlier today, she transported herself to the trashcan on the floor of the hall to check out the plastic bag inside and ended up tipping it over on herself. Luckily, I was right there to catch the can before she was covered in 2 days worth of poopy diapers (and yes, the trashcan now has a new, baby friendly location). With all her self propelling these days, we have had to upgrade to a bed sized comforter on the floor to attempt to contain the spit up stains on our carpet. She still manages to get herself to the side and urp over the edge, but it helps. Scooting in the forward direction isn't far off as recently I've watched her work and work to get to toys right in front of her. Legs kicking and arms flailing push her forward at about 2.5 mm per hour, but she is getting there! Or rather, not getting there yet.
Keeping her on her belly for the whole photo shoot was quite the ordeal (and quite the workout!). Thank goodness, my favorite assistant, Daddy was home to help keep me on her belly and get her to smile big!
I'm not sure what is up with her hair...either her head is growing so rapidly, it appears her hair is falling out (my favorite theory) or her hair is falling out. I am so sad to be loosing the wild woman hair.
Looking up at daddy
Checking out her hands...contemplating spitting up on her outfit.
Giggling
Our girl also loves to be upright. I'm not sure if this is related a little to her spitty reflux or just a baby determined to satrt running to catch up with her brother. But, Amelia loves to sit and stand upright. She would do this all day long if I had nothing else to do.
Standing with Daddy's fingersStanding with Daddy's help - you can see here how nicely his fingers have healed after our December car accident.
Peeking out from under her hat
Our girl has discovered her toes in the last week or two - I love this stage of grabbing their own feet for entertainment.
Amelia continues to be quite social. There isn't anyone out there who she won't smile and giggle for. She is quite the flirt and charms people from the other side of the room on a regular basis. We frequently go places with her and have complete strangers approach us after she has worked her magic on them. She is utterly irresistible. We think so too.
Amelia flirting with her Daddy
These cheeks were made for kissing. And that is just what I do. Amelia is also giving kisses back quite deliberately. Although, they are on the messy side (open mouth, drool, occasional spit up), but she makes up for the fact by giggling the whole time she is kissing me. As if she couldn't be more delighted about kissing me.
I'm looking forward to our doctor appointment later this week as I am certain that she has made some big weight/height gains this month. Judging from the size of her jowls, number of chins and the amount of rolls on her thighs, I would say she is now getting enough to eat. She is looooonnnnnng like her brother and is wearing sized 12 month sleepers. Anything that is one piece needs to be sized 12 month. The two piece outfits are somehow more forgiving and she can squeeze her way into some 6-9 month stuff. Although the 3-6 sized pants still fit. in fact, the outfit she is wearing in these pictures is sized 6-9 month. I just bought it last weekend and I thought there would be "room to grow". Turns out I'm going to need to have her wear it a whole bunch here because I don't think it is going to fit much longer.These cheeks were made for kissing. And that is just what I do. Amelia is also giving kisses back quite deliberately. Although, they are on the messy side (open mouth, drool, occasional spit up), but she makes up for the fact by giggling the whole time she is kissing me. As if she couldn't be more delighted about kissing me.
Although she loves eating, her curiosity about the world around her is starting to interfere with this favorite pastime. If there are noises or people talking loudly in the room around her, Amelia often has to stop and check out what is going on. This girl doesn't want to miss anything. Even if it is quiet and the two of us are alone, she frequently has to stop eating to flash her beautiful smile at me...which always makes me laugh. Which in turn, always makes Amelia laugh, which makes me laugh more. It isn't unusual for us to sit on the couch and quietly giggle at each other for several minutes until one of us decides it is time to get back to business.
Speaking of eating, we are breaking ground on teeth. She is on the early side, just as William was with her first tooth breaking through just a few days before she turned four months old and the second tooth close behind. I'm not sure what kind of food she thinks she'll need those teeth for, but I guess she'll be ready when we get there.
Frequently the pose around here: as many fingers in the mouth as will fit. Enough to gag herself on a regular basis. I'd worry about her predisposition towards an eating disorder, but take a look at those chins. I'll worry about that later.
In fact, sometimes more than one hand is even good
Amelia Ann, you are as sweet as can be. You are such a beautiful blessing to our family and we love you to pieces. Your smile lights up our day and I could sit and watch you for hours. In fact, sometimes I do. Just because I can, and you are mine. I love you so much, baby girl.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Amazing Amelia
Amelia sure is growing and learning new things lately! It is definately time to say goodbye to the newborn and hello to our kicking, giggling, rolly polly girl!
Amelia loves to stand. For hours on end it feels like. So, we pulled out the exersaucer to try it out. Amelia loves, loves, loves it! Right away her attention was caught by some spinning wheels shown in the picture above. The interesting thing (maybe only to me) is this particular part of the toy never interested William at all. I don't think he ever played with it. So, it was funny to me that Amelia spent a huge chunk of time playing with it and figuring it out.
At meal times we've been having some trouble with Amelia wanting to be with us. One of us ends up holding her and doesn't get to eat (or drops food on Amelia's head). So, we pulled out the high chair and now Amelia sits with us in her high chair - what a big girl!
Cars are a great motivation to roll around. My heart stopped the other day when I walked into the room and Amelia wasn't where I left her (about 3 feet south). However, her brother's cars were a great incentive to get moving!
We have discovered our feet! And we take great delight in pulling off whatever socks mom puts on us. Look at my talent!
We have discovered our feet! And we take great delight in pulling off whatever socks mom puts on us. Look at my talent!
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