"I did it!"

Just a quick story...

We were out to dinner tonight and decided to let Amelia try drinking from a straw. Every other time we've tried, she's really not understood the concept. So we were so excited when she figured it out! She was quite impressed with herself too because after her first sip she looked so excited and shouted, "I did it!" She was so proud of herself! Then, she continued to say this after every sip...it was cute every time!

Random

Here are just some pictures from the last few weeks/months. Enjoy :)


She got ALL of the toys out of the table...and then just got in herself!


Amelia and Andy in his corn field! Very windy day!


Alison and Gavin were in town, so we went to play at the SplashPark. This was the only picture I could get of the two of them together (and facing the camera - sort of!)


Amelia wanted to hang with the big girls...so she just got on up there next to Alison and her sister Sandra! Too Cute!



Playing on the gigantic breakfast food playground at the mall. Weird, but fun!

Splash Park

We made plans with Amelia's cousins to go to the SplashPark last week - and even though a monster storm came through the night before - we were determined to go. It was a nice, clear (and slightly COLD) morning, but we were sure it would warm up. Well, it didn't. And right when the girls were in the middle of FUN we had to bundle them up and leave because we saw another storm rolling in. There was lots of screaming and protesting on Amelia's part...but I couldn't really blame her :(

It was so funny. Amelia and I got there first and all she saw was the "regular" part of the park. She was happy climbing stairs and sliding...then anther parent at the park turned on the WATER! Amelia got SOOOOOOOO excited and just ran right towards it with her clothes still on over her swim suit! I had to chase her down and rip them off before she got in there. She was loving it! Just smiling and laughing and running around with the big kids!

Comparison Picture (TAG)

Here is a fun blog tag!

What to do: Post a recent picture of your child (family) and then post a picture from a year ago. Too cute!

April 3, 2009 (All dressed up for a party)


April 5, 2008 (she was so tired - she fell asleep with a toy in her hand)


Now - you're it! If you have a blog - it's your turn now. Have fun!

I think I'll do some reading...

It's really fun to sneek around the corner of Amelia's room when she's in there playing by herself because I never know what I'll walk in on. She loves to play in her room, and that works out for me when I have to get things done. I am able to leave her in there and check on her every couple of minutes and she's just content to play, play, play.

Sometimes I will find that she's taken every single book off of her little shelf and spread them across the floor. Sometimes she's hiding behind the rocking chair, dutifully emptying a box of wipes (this one is not so cute anymore). Then there's the scene I walked in on yesterday...I walked around the corner and I found her reading - under her bed - with all of her favorite animals. She just looked at me (as if this was a normal thing) and then just kept on with her business of reading. It was really cute!

For Kelsey

Here - I updated my blog, Kelsey. Happy now? Haha!!!!


For those of you reading this that have no idea what is going on - let me fill you in. Kelsey is my sister and she just bugged me about a million times today to update my blog. Apparently I wasn't doing it fast enough for her liking. So this is all I could come up with - for now!