Discoveries…

Each day it seems as if Amelia makes new discoveries in her little world.  Her most recent discoveries…her hands.  She looks at them in awe several times a day.  They are great to knaw on, suck, and wave not- so- gracefully in the air.  I love to watch her flutter them in front of her face.  She is so entertained by them!  She also enjoys the grasping feature of these two amazing appendages!  She loves to grab and hold on TIGHT!!   Love those hands!

She is also discovering her voice and the multitude of sounds it is able to make.  Of course she is silent when I try to film her so there is no viable proof of this except eyewitness…however it is the funniest thing to hear, and quite sweet if I may say so myself!

3 Months Already!!

I feel like a broken record when I say this, but I cannot believe how fast my little girl is growing!  Yesterday, her daddy and I weighed her and measured her, as we have done for her 1 month and 2 month milestones and we are still in shock!  She weighs 12 pounds 9 ounces and is 23 inches long!  She is “fully interactive” now—she smiles, tries to laugh but can’t get it out, and coos when she is talked to.  She is starting to grab at things, not just bat them, and kicks up a storm!  It is so amazing to watch her and know that we didn’t even know her at this time last year!  She is such a sweet baby and truly is the greatest thing that has happened to Andrew and I…aside from Elmo and Zoe, that is!   ;)

Fourth of July

Amelia was not very cooperative, but I did get a few pictures of her in her patriotic outfit.  She looked super cute, until she made her own fireworks and Momma had to change her outfit…

A shout out to Aunt Jenny!

Aunt Jenny, who lives on the other side of the country, has made it a tradition to send her newest nieces and nephews a “Birth Box”.  It is a box FULL of fun surprises for the new baby…and you guessed it!  Amelia got her Birth Box!  We were so impressed with (and extremely grateful for) Aunt Jenny’s craft, we had to take pictures!!  Thank you so much Aunt Jenny and Uncle Bill!  We love you and cannot wait to visit!

Day of Daddy

Andrew’s first father’s day has come and gone already!  Being the dedicated student he is, he spent his day studying for his D.E. test that was today.  He did get a few free moments…so here they are!

 

After her bath, burritoed up in the towel Aunt Jenny sent!  This is one our favorite times of the day because she is so excited!

Watching them together melts my heart.  She lights up every time he plays with her…she just loves her daddy so much!  It is the sweetest thing to see how much he adores his baby girl.  I had no doubt he was going to be a great father…but this is one of the best things ever!

Sweet baby!  Helping her daddy study before she went to bed…she seems just a little confused.  She doesn’t quite understand differential equations yet!

Miss Mae gets shots!

Amelia had her two month check up today with Dr. B.  Momma was pretty nervous because 1) her baby was getting shots and 2) it was our first duet at the doctor since birth… Needless to say, Amelia was FANTASTIC!  She is progressing beautifully in the development arena.  The doctor said she has successfully met  the developmental milestones thus far and is doing wonderful.  She weighed in at 11 lbs. 10 ounces – the 70th percentile!  She is 22 inches long – 25th percentile (which if she takes after her mommy, I don’t expect more than this) She was given 3 shots and 1 oral vaccination…a whole lot for my little patot!  Amelia screamed after the 1st shot and continued until momma picked her up and loved on her a little.  Momma did get a smidge teary eyed…but held it together!  Amelia Bedelia has two war bandages now and a new toy for being so well behaved for her appointment.   We are so blessed to have such a beautiful and healthy baby.  My heart goes out to the mommies that don’t have such pleasant visits and/or have to hear sad news about their babies’ lack of progress.  We are very fortunate :).

Here are a few pictures …or more than a few of Miss Mae when she woke up three hours later!

  Her little bandages…Scooby Doo and Garfield! Her stat sheets to compare My new toy…a pack of connectable rings!!!   AND we are out again!

Restoration Master

My husband is the master of many things…as we all know!  His new project is to restore a chair that belonged to Ms. Debbie when she was younger.  There is a story that goes with the chair…Ms. Debbie tells it quite well, so I will leave that job to her.  Andrew was hell-bent on finding this chair so he could fix it up for Amelia.  I don’t have true “before” pictures because I didn’t get to them fast enough…so here are the “in progress” pictures!  I look forward to seeing the finished product!!

And even further into the process…