Proof I am growing!

The other morning when Daddy came in to get me he was shocked to see I had pulled myself up and was 3/4 of the way up over the rail. Mommy and Daddy decided it was time to lower my mattress! Mommy also decided to take down my mobile! After I woke up from my nap I managed to get ahold of mr. giraffe and was pulling the mobile over when mommy came in. I was having a great time until mommy took it away from me. Luckily mommy could seperate the base from the mobile and I can still listen to my "radio".

I am a funny girl

I have figured out how to cluck my tongue! Mommy and Daddy cluck their tongue at me all the time. I thought it was so funny that i kept moving my tongue around until I could do it. I am quite a girl! I have also figured out how to feed myself. I still haven't mastered the pincher grasp {well, except for mom's nose and lips. i can really grasp those!} so I just grab the food and keep trying until it reaches my mouth! I have a 50 to 60% success rate. The ones I miss end up in my high chair or on the floor for Hugo-Dog. Hugo-dog loves me.

standing {with help}

My new favorite activity is standing. I am totally unaware that I need help, but luckily my momma knows that I do! I love to stand. Love it. If you try to sit me down I will straighten my legs and land on my feet like a gymnast sticking a landing. I find it a lot of fun! It's a good thing i have a lot of people that love me! Everyone can take turns helping me stand. Here is a picture of my cousin Brent and me, practicing my standing.

The Princess Bride

Before Amelia was born, we already knew we wanted to incorporate reading into her life at an early age. While in the hospital, Darrin started reading the princess bride to Amleia. He read to her for awhile, but once we arrived home, we moved on to Mr Brown can Moo, can you, daddy kisses and my favorite, i love you through and through. But recently Darrin has started to read the Princess Bride to amelia at bedtime. So far, she seems to love it!

7 months

Another month has come and gone. I am now 7 months old. I weight about 20 lbs and am about 30 inches. What a big girl I am getting to be! I am eating cereal, fruits and veggies. I am starting to eat real table food too. i love crackers and sweet potatoe puffs right now. I still love my angel bunny and my giraffe blanket. Both of those make me smile just to see them! I get all excited when mom hands me one! I love to sit on my blanket and play with all my toys. I have discovered how to hold a toy in each hand, how to scoot and crawl backwards, how to hold my bottle and how to throw a tantrum. Be advised if I have a toy or piece of paper and you take it from me I will show you how loud I can scream and how red my face can get! I am quickly leaning no-no when i scoot near something I can't have.

I'm stuck in reverse

When mommy got home today, Daddy told her about last night. Apparently i went from a sit to my belly and was not happy. I managed to get up on my hands and knees and started pushing. I pushed till I hit the recliner and kept pushing. Eventually I ended up pushing myself into a sit! WOW! I went from belly to booty! And crawled backwards. Daddy says he can't wait for me to crawl forward, but look out when I do! Nothing will be safe. Bootylicious will probably takeup residence under the bed! She already runs when I get near her.

Stuck in Reverse

I am stuck in reverse. I have figured out how to crawl backwards. I have also figured out that if I continue to crawl backwards I will eventually run into a piece of furniture and I can push myself into a sit! Once I am sitting, I love to look around, most times I have a big smile on my face. I am quite proud of myself and feel like such a big girl!!

Cousin Alyssa

Mommy and Becca 1986

You're not seeing double - that's

Becca's outfit I'm wearing!

Alyssa and me 2006

Me and Alyssa 2007

Today my cousin Alyssa Michelle came by to see me. I think she is great! Mommy was telling me the other day how when she was 13 yrs old, Tia Laura had a baby - that baby was Sara Rebecca. Mommy loved Becca and doted on her all the time. She was a living doll to her. It was fun to dress her up oh so cute and take her places. Mommy said she almost walked the wheels off Becca's stroller!! When mommy found out i was coming, it dawned on her that Alyssa would be 13 when I arrived. How funny is that! I hope Alyssa and I get to go places and do fun things together too!

It's finally here!

I finally did it! After 3 months of chewing, drooling and crying - i have a third tooth! It is my upper left tooth. It is just through the skin now so mommy doesn't have any pics yet! Check back later for that. There are two things in my house that i really like - i get excited every time they enter a room or I hear them in the other room. They are bootylicious and Hugo dog. I think they are so funny. Sometimes if I am quiet and play with my toys they come check me out. Today I was playing with Pop and they both came in - of course mom snapped a pic! look at those glowing eyes! crazy.

Happy valentine's day!!

Hello everyone! Just wanted to stop in and wish everyone a happy valentine's day! My first velentine's day has been a rough one. I am trying so hard to cut these silly teeth and it is not easy! I did get to spend the whole day with my poppa. His work was cancelled because of the snow! He got to stay home with me for 2 whole days! And i was not easy to spend 2 days with. I'll sure be glad when these teeth are in! Here is a picture of my valentine greeting that my momma made!

Happy Birthday Nana!!

Today is my nana's birthday! I hope she has a wonderful day! I was able to spend the evening with her on Saturday - as well as my extended family too! We all went to eat at the Ponderosa buffet. I tried some ice cream, green beans and had some club crackers. What a variety! I got to see my cousin Payton too, which is always fun! I'll be glad when I can run like her. Right now I am focusing on crawling. Happy Birthday Nana!! I love you!!

What a great invention!

While at the baby store, mommy found me a very neat gadget. It's a mesh feeder bag. The purpose of the bag is safety of course! It has a mesh bag that locks shut and you can put food inside. So far mommy has given me canteloupe, honey-dew melona nd peaches! The food is frozen so it feels SO good on my swollen gums. Mommy tried to sneak some broccoli in there. I threw that one on the floor. yuck!

Lamaze - It's not just for pregnant mommies!

I have a lot of toys - A lot! But it's pretty clear that I have a few favorites. One is my angel bunny - another is Ellie the Elephant. Ellie is a Lamaze toy and I really like her! She is very colorful, has 2 great rings that i can chew on and a ball that jingles. She can hang on my pack n play or my car seat or she can play on the floor with me! She is so much fun!! Here is a picture of her that my mommie took. I also have a new Lamaze toy I haven't named yet. It is a boy - a puppy. He barks when you squeeze his nose and I think that is very funny!!

Ten percent

This post is going to be from my mommy. She decided to make a post all about me!!

I often look at Amelia Rose and wonder what she will look like when she grows up. She is simply beautiful to me and I could stare at her for days. We have a long history of looking at each other. When she used to breast feed, we would sit and stare at each other. Even now when she eats we tend to look at each other for long periods of time. When she was born she had blue eyes. Everyone commented on them, especially since Darrin and I have brown eyes. Mine are plain brown, Darrin's are a smidge past hazel brown. Sometimes they look like they have some green or gold in them. We always assumed Amelia would have brown eyes too. I think the eye color predictor said there was a 90% chance for brown, only a 10% for other colors. Both my dad and Darrin's dad have blue eyes. My dad called his hazel, but they were a steel blue to me. Amelia's eyes right now are hazel - they are brown around the iris and blue around the outer rim. We are calling them hazel right now. They are so beautiful I hope we can call them hazel for good! Maybe she'll be in that ten percent.

Fruit puffs

Today while at Christa's house (she is my new sitter), i saw her giving these little star shaped foods to Carson and Austin and I wanted some! So naturally I started to make some noise so I could get some too! Christa called my mommy and she said I could have some. I loved them! They were yummy! I ate them so good. Next up - veggie puffs!

What are they feeding me??

Sometimes I can't figure out what mommy and daddy are feeding me. Lemons maybe? whatever it is, it makes me scrunch my face up! Recently, mommy has noticied that I have figured out how to chew on things and on my food. I chew on my fingers and my toys. When I went to see Dr. Nancy, I was not really chewing yet - still slurping and sucking my food off the spoon. Now that I can make a chewing motion, I can have more fun things! Mommy bought me some sweet potato puffs and I can't wait to try them! Dr. Nancy said I could start on some table foods too. Yummy - table foods! I don't think mommy is really ready to give me table food yet. I heard her tell her friend over the phone that her baby was growing up too quickly and she (mommy) wasn't going to give me table foods just yet!!!! Dr. Nancy also warned her to get ready and child proof the house - that her and daddy were about to have a crawler on their hands! Ha! I can hardly wait to explore the house on my own. Mommy is including

Granny-polooza

Today when I woke up from my morning nap I was surprised to see my Nana was there! She was in the neighborhood getting a hair cut and came to see me! I was so excited to see her. We sat and visted for awhile and then she fed me breakfast. I had Barley and applesauce. Yummy! I love my barley. Nana also got me a very cute valentine's outfit. It is a shirt and a pair of pants with hearts all over them! i bet mommy takes some pictures of me in them! Later that day after I took another nap, I woke up and my buela was there! Two granny's I one day! What a lucky little girl I am! I visited with my Buela for awhile - we had a grand time! Thanks for coming over to see me! i had a great time with you both!