Adventures with Amelia

Sometimes when Amelia wakes up from her nap, she pulls the cover of the bassinett over her face...

...and needs help getting out!

"Hi Mommy!"

"Thank you for giving me a haircut!  Now I can see my food and not get so much of it in my hair."

"I will wait patiently until you are ready to give me some more.  I really enjoyed those prunes."

"This is not my most flattering picture.  I really hope you don't pull it out and show everybody when I am older :) "

"This one is much nicer!  Well, except for the food all over my face."

Lily comes into the kitchen to visit with her sister and see how things are going.

Amelia wants to know when she can wear a fancy butterfly headband too!



Amelia Needs a Haircut!!

Amelia starts to get mobile...

...she does her version of a military crawl...kind of like Spiderman...to get from one end of the condo to the other.

She is very pleased with herself!

Occasionally she finds herself wedged somewhere she didn't intend to wedge herself, and needs a bit of help getting herself out.

It might help if she could see where she is going...Mommy needs to give her a haircut!



Family Outings

Our first family trip to the grocery store...

...the girls are very excited to be sitting in the shopping cart and *helping*!



Lily Loves her Little Sister...

Lily likes to help feed her sister.

Can you spot the baby??

Lily loves to make Amelia happy and thought that piling all the toys in her bedroom on top of and around her would make her smile.

Lily is very proud of her accomplishment.

Lily also likes to hold baby on her lap...

...and to feed her her bottle...

...although sometimes she gets a bit distracted and the bottle ends up in places other than in Amelia's mouth :)

...and Amelia Worships Lily :)

Amelia is totally strapped into the restraint on her bouncy chair, and yet she is able to completely twist herself around so she can see her favourite person in the whole world...big sister Lily :)

Amelia listens intently while Lily reads her a story...

Lily is very good at making up stories about the characters in her books.

When Amelia decides to turn back around again she runs into some technical difficulties and needs to get a helping hand from Daddy.

Happy Easter!

On the morning of Easter Sunday, Lily puts on her "pretty flower dress" and goes searching for the shiny little eggs the Easter Bunny brought.

She finds some big eggs too...

...and puts them in her basket.

She searches high on the bookshelf...

...finds a whole bunch...

...and then bends down to find more.

At the end of the hunt she has a basket full of treats, including a big shiny silver bunny. Notice the "friends" she has on her arm...she wore the Sesame Street stickers for 3 days :)

Nana & Grampa Jim Stop on the Way to Australia

Seven months old and Amelia is practicing her walking skills!

After walking around all day, Amelia stops for a snack with Grampa Jim.

"I got your nose, Nana!"

Lily & Amelia spend time with Nana & Grampa Jim on the couch...

...and Amelia magically sprouts bunny ears!

While Mommy & Daddy are out with Nana & Grampa, Amelia snuggles with Uncle Matt.