Happy Early Birthday Amelia!

I have wanted to get amelia a little tykes climber for awhile now. I have been keeping an eye out on craigslist, trying to get one. They move fast. I did finally find her one, had some fading but still in solid shape. And just as I had hoped, Amelia loves it! she climbs on it, trys to jump off, climbs up the slide, plays peek a boo, etc! it is a hit. i hope she plays on it for hours, and eventually the baby can play on it too!

aunt kate

aunt kate and mommy finally got their schedules coordinated so we could get together! We have been trying to find time to see each other and it has been plain hard! We went to dinner and had yummy mexican food. we all had a great time! Hopefully it won't be that long till we see her again! she makes me giggle!

Princess Mia

Little Rosie's Red Ride

Last year for her birthday, nana and pawpaw bought amelia a red wagon. she rode in it last year, but it didn't seem like she really enjoyed it. This year is a different story. she loves it! we took her and "do do" for a walk and she had a blast. we spotted some bunnies along the way and a few other puppies! some were nice, others not so much. The bunnies are pretty interesting - they seem to be wild bunnies, but they are black. I had never seen a black wild bunny before. complete with long, floppy ears and all. Orginally, i thought there was one wild black bunny, but apparently there are a few! We saw 3 on our walk, 2 more were spotted by Grandma De and Grandpa Rog. they appear well fed as they are quite chubby! maybe there are babies on board! We will have to wait and see!

Rosie kicks back for her wagon ride!

bunny #1
Bunny #2

Grant's Farm 2008

We took our first trip of the year to Grant's Farm with some friends of ours. We had a great time! Amelia was not fond of the tram. She repeated "no mommy, no" the entire time. Once we got off the tram, she was good! She loved the animals, especially the goats. She fed one goat, but after that she was happy to watch them. But they smelled the milk and wanted to eat. Amelia kept telling them "No!", and "that's enough" in her stearnest voice. they didn't listen. they chewed on her pants. and mine. She also liked the cows, calling the by mooing at them. She was a little afraid of the horses, but they are pretty big when you are 3 feet tall. Her favorite seemed to be the chickens and the rooster. she ran after them calling "doodle do, doodle do". I let amelia pick out a small gift from the general store. I picked out a license plate for her car that says "Mia" with a grant's farm frame. She was instantly drawn to her favorite thing ever - rocks. they had a cart with all kinds of shiny, brightly colored rocks. Amelia could have stayed there the entire day. We did manage to pick out 6-7 rocks and brought them home as a souvinor. She loves to look at them and count them over and over. Enjoy the picks!

ps - please note that purple baby made the trip - it's kinda like where's waldo. she can be spotted in almost all out pics!

Leave a comment

Amelia is asking her blog follower's to leave her a comment. We love to watch were people are from via our "people tracker" that we added. So with a very sweet, head tilted to the side, amelia says "please leave me a message!"

thanks!

Amelia's book club

Before Amelia was born, her collection of books began. She has a ton. 2 or 3 shelves full of books. Her current recommendation is:

me and my dad! by allison ritchie

The synopsis: little bear and her dad do wonderful things - exploring high mountains, swimming in the rain and telling stories as the stars come out. Best of all, they do everything together.

this is a warm, funny celebration of the special bond bewteen father and child.

Amelia will look all through her totes of books and her toychest to find this book, she loves for darrin to read it to her. she will bring me books too, but not this one. it's like she knows it's about her and her daddy and he should be the one reading it to her.

rompa stompa

here is amelia, being a rompa stompa. her daddy coined that term, just for her. she loves it! and she loves to hear her feet stomppin on the floors. and that face - that is "cheese" face. i get the smile every time i take the camera out. love this girl.

A little about baby

Just a quick update on the baby and from my ultrasound on April 29th at 23 weeks. the baby is very active and had changed from transverse to head down. The US tech was less than thrilling (again). It was the same US tech as the first time at 19 weeks so i wasn't really surprised. she did all the appropriate measurements and made no real attempt to see his heart. I did, however, call my OB's office and ask for a new tech and a new location. I have a new US scheduled on May 21st. Hopefully little neublit will put on a great show and let us see his heart! He is really kicking up quit a storm, once he kicked so hard the remote moved. I missed all this with Amelia due to an anterior placenta.
Oh, on an exciting note, i won a 3d/4d ultrasound! i entered at BRU on mother's day weekend and won! I am excited -those pics will be up on June 7th! I can't wait to see what/who this little one looks like! i think from this ultrasound he has Darrin's face shape. From Amelia's ultrasound we found out she had hair, my lips, my nose and Darrin's hands. And she does. Only she makes them look much cuter than we do! He was measuring 1lb 7oz at this ultrasound. Average for a 23 week baby is 1lb 1oz. Just a little above the norm. Here is his most recent pic - this is a face shot from the front. the white part is his nose. Darrin likes to say "it's like looking at a polar bear eating ice cream in a snow storm". Hopefully you will find it a little easier to see him!

Our first road trip

Recently Amelia and I went on our first road trip. Our friends Andrea and Shelby (darren too) are moving soon - and not just a few miles away - hundreds of thousands of miles away. all the way to Germany! We decided to go spend a few days with them before they left. I should mention, the furthest I had driven alone was Springfield, IL so this was going to be quite an adventure. I packed our suitcases, loaded the car and off we went. Oh, and thanks to amelia's Tia, we also had a portable DVD player to help ease our trip. We went on a lot of fun day trips while we were there and have some fun pics to show for it! enjoy!


Here is what you see when you enter Ohio - not bad. a nice small blue arch. I have heard that imitiation is the most sincere form of flattery.

Here is what you see when you enter Missouri - I don't think ohio's arch is as quite as nice as our St. Louis arch! On with the pictures! Here is Shelby waiting on her Sushi on our first night there.

Amelia tries to master chop sticks!

We went to the outlet mall on day 2, and i have no pics from that. Hmm, well we did shop A LOT and got a few great deals - stride rite sandals for $14.99, stride rite tennis shoes for $14.99 and lots of clothes for the baby. Mostly in 6-9 month range. The next day we went to Young's Dairy Farm to visit the goats and eat ice cream :) Yummy! Amelia was most excited to go!

Amelia wanted to ride the barrel car ride - what is this thing called? anyone? She had ridden it at the punkin patch before so i thought we were all set. i was wrong. Here she is getting strapped in. (note:she is about 4 cars from the end)

She took her puppy with her - i advised her against it, but she would not be swayed.

Amelia adjust the wheel... And they're off! Bye Amelia, have fun!!
Meanwhile, Shelby went to meet the goats!
And the return - apparently Amelia started crying 1/2 way through the ride and the driver had to stop and go get her. Poor Amelia. I felt so bad for her. I think it might have had something to do with the evil kneivel driver. she really had this little ride going!
After her thrill ride, Mia decided to take things down a notch and go see the goats. Much more her speed. She really liked them!

And she really liked feeding them.

they were more interested in eating her puppy and her hat.
Andrea thought the barrel ride looked like fun and decidd to take a spin! i told her she was too big, but she was determined to go!
just kidding - she was really taking Shelby for a ride! She did attest that the lady had the ride moving and shaking!
That was our trip to Young's Dariy farm. As for the rest of our trip, we had a great time! We went to the world's biggest smallest toy story in hippie-ville USA, to the outlet mall for a day of shopping and to some small boutiques too. It was a great trip all around! thanks for having us!

Funny Face

Amelia is the master of funny face. When I pull the camera out, she will stop what she is doing and smile real big. she also knows the to say cheese. i have no idea where she learned this - i did not teach it to her, no one i know taught it to her, but she knows it. regardless - she is adorable.

Hurricane Amelia

Here is my sweet girl, singing her heart out. She is singing the elmo's world song. Please ignore my house - it is a mess!! I apologize in advance!!

all about me, tag style

A: Attached or Single? single - definatly

B: Best Friend? Lexi and Emma

C: Cake or Pie? i'll take either one my mom lets me have

D: Day of Choice? any day mom and dad are off work together

E: Essential Item? my giraffe and paci

F: Favorite Color? blue

G: Gummy Bears or Worms? neither, they are bad for the teeth

H: Hometown: illinois

I: Ice cream, chocolate or vanilla? strawberry!

J: January or July? july - it's my birthday month :)

K: Kids? not silly, i am only one!

L: Life isn't complete without? my family

M: Marriage date? look for an invite sometime in 2036

N: Number of brothers and sisters? one brother on the way!

O: Oranges or apples? apples

P: Phobias and fears? the car wash

Q: Quote? "mia eat"

R: Reason to smile? spotting a kitty

S: Season of choice? summer

T: Tag three people? Lori, Tawnya, Becca B

U: Unknown fact about me: i love music

V: Vegetable? Asparagus, raw or cooked

W: Work out? anyday with me is a workout

X: X-ray or Ultrasound? lots of ultrasouns while i was in utero!

Y: Your favorite food? cheese

Z: Zodiac sign? cancer - it's why i can be crabby on occasion