GO HOGS!

Our own private tailgating party!

The Family at halftime

Amelia Cheering for the hogs!

Amelia pointing to her Razorback on her dress

Okay- so I FINALLY posted a new post- sadly the last one was in April. However, someone better post a comment or something so I know that someone is actually still looking at these pictures!
I have some cute pictures my dad took of Amelia today at the Razorback game. Sadly we ended up losing to Alabama in the last quarter, but it was a great game. Today was Amelia's 2nd Razorback game of the season and she loves to clap, cheer, and call the hogs. She will sit through all 4 quarters and loves to people watch. It is quite the change from last football season when we could hardly get her to sit through 30 mins!
Amelia is now 18 months old, has a head full of curly hair, and has lots of new words. One of her newest and most frequently used words is now: Razorback! She can also call the hogs which is so cute.

Enjoy the pictures and I will try to be better about getting some new ones up more frequently!

Sarah

Does everyone blog everyday but me?

Lunch with Daddy and sucking on a lemon!Amelia's monkey pj's- you ask her where the monkey is and she points to one of the monkeys or grabs the monkey on her foot!

Messy eater-luckily she doesn't always look like this after a meal!

Sucking on a lemon! Her new strawberry pjs complete with Colorado Rockies hat- GO ROCKIES!!

Okay- So I was at a playgroup today and there were like 2 super blogger moms there (they have followers, giveaways, etc). One of my other friends is now blogging for KNWA www.nwahomepage.com/content/blog check it out. Which led me to post a blog today. I guess I was started to feel guility that I haven't updated it in awhile- one of my friends informed me at church a couple of weeks ago that my blog hasn't been updated in over a month! Honestly though, the months are flying by and it sometimes feel like a big deal that I even get to post that much! So I am glad to know that some people acutally look at it and let me ramble on and on about the cute things Amelia is doing.

The biggest update is that Miss Amelia is walking, walking, walking!! She also has become very vocal and now says "Hi, mama,dada, bye-bye, bird, dog, baba, Na Na (we think this is the name she has picked out for my mom). Her little voice is so cute!!

She also is still really great at her baby signs which is so funny. She loves to watch her videos http://www.babysigningtime.com/ (this would make a great baby gift for anyone with a new baby) and requests to watch them doing the sign for baby, pulling up her chair, and pointing to the DVD player. She also likes to try and push the buttons.

I know that the pediatric office doesn't recommend tv until kids are 2 but I am not quite sure how I could ever dry my hair, put on make-up or make dinner without them. They also are so entertaining and education for Amelia. I only let her watch it 2x in one day so it is a total of 1 hour out of her day. Anyway- I highly recommend them and pretty much have the songs stuck in my head all day everyday.

Here are a couple of new pictures of little Miss Amelia and her crazy curly hair!

Amelia's 1st Birthday!

Amelia and her great-grandma Nene

Birthday girl- opening her gifts

Mam ma (Patrick's mom), Aunt Janis, Cousin Kathy, and Aunt Sarah

Ewww!! She does not like the taste of the cake!

Checking out the cake before she decided it was gross

Birthday girl wearing her dress that mommy, Aunt Janis, and Nene made for her

Party food- it was a birdie theme!

Amelia's smash cake (they she barely touched!)

Happy 1st Birhday Amelia party banner (thanks to sweet tea and pickles at etsy.com) and party favors

The food table!

Okay- these are a little late and I haven't posted in awhile but things have just been really busy!! Amelia isn't walking yet but she is like a little tornado that I follow around the house all day. Her favorite things to play with currently are not her toys at all but Tupperware, pots/pans, cabinets (opening and shutting, repeat), mommy's make-up bag, laundry, you get the picture.

Anyway- here are some pictures from her big day. She was a champion that day and seemed to know that the day was all about her. She woke up at 6:15 AM and did not go back to sleep but luckily, she did nap before the big party. It was mainly family at the party and some of her little friends that she plays with.

The day was a lot of fun and she was really into opening her presents and being social with everyone. The little hiccup in the day was that we found out Amelia hates birthday cake. We put some blueberries on her highchair tray which she ate happily and then she cried when the cake came. We had a brilliant idea to put blueberries on the cake which she ate off of the cake and then cried. It was quite funny really!!

We did her birthday on March 6th and her church dedication on March 7th which was her actual birthday. Hopefully, I will get the dedication pictures posted next!

More Snow!

Amelia and a little pine tree which is still bigger than her!

Sitting on a snow covered bench

Mommy and Amelia in the front yard

Daddy and Amelia

Okay- the snow just keeps on coming. We are loving it but a lot of people around here hate it. Here are some pictures from the end of January when we had the biggest snow. Patrick, Amelia, Mia and I bundled up and went outside to play. Amelia didn't really understand what all the fuss was about but we had to get some pictures.

New Amelia Pictures and SNOW!!!

This is the ice that arrived before the snow- it is pretty but sure makes things more complicated!

Mia- playing in the snow and loving it!

A view of the ice on my favorite tree in our front yard

Ice and snow in our front yard

This is a close up picture of Amelia watching the snow from the kitchen window
Such a big girl!
Okay- I really have to explain this picture.... Grandpa Pat (Patrick's Dad) sent her a "Billy Bob" pacifier- it really looks funny !!
After bath time- Patrick and I attempting to put a diaper on her!
Such a sweet girl!!!

Can I just say I LOVE the snow-it reminds me of Colorado and good times! Patrick is in heaven with all the snow! It will be a lot more fun when I can take Amelia out to play in it but stuffing her in her snowsuit for something she doesn't even understand yet just sounded exhausting today. Just dressing her most days takes a lot out of me- she is like a little monkey and I have to chase her around and do one arm/leg at a time....Don't get me started on how hard it is to change her diaper now. It usually takes both Patrick and I at night after her bath and she SCREAMS until we let her get up to play! I am afraid that she already has a very strong personality...she must have gotten that from Patrick......

So instead, I went out in the snow to get the mail when she was napping so Mia could play around in the snow. Mia LOVES the snow and had a blast.

Here are some pictures of the snow and some really recent pictures of Miss Amelia. She is getting so big!!

Amelia is getting so big!!

All worn out- a rare site! Sleeping in her big girl carseat

Amelia discovered the toilet paper and it is now a favorite pass time of hers to play with it

I literally turned around to put away a fork and she was STANDING on the door or the dishwasher!!

Helping with the laundry- she could do this for hours!

Okay- so it has been over a month since I last posted anything. Sorry! However, I now have to follow Miss Amelia around the house while she opens cabinets and drawers and have little free time. Amelia is "cruising" (walking from place to place by holding onto furniture, walls, etc) at a fast pace. She has stood a couple of times without holding onto anything but she never realizes it-if she did she would sit down and probably start to cry. At the rate she is going, she will probably be walking by her 1st birthday.
Amelia has become quite a little helper by helping me unload the dishwasher, washing machine, and unrolling our toilet paper rolls (not really too helpful). She is busy all the time and some days only sleeps for about an hour or two....Here are some new pictures of our little busy body.

Amelia updates

Well we had to go to the ER for the first time with little miss Amelia. She cried for about 3 1/2 straight on Sunday night and nothing we were doing would soothe her. We finally loaded her up about 1:30 AM and didn't get back home until 4:00 AM. Turns out she had a really bad ear infection and some upper respiratory congestion. They gave her some Tylenol with codeine which helped her sleep and relieve the pain. We couldn't fill the RX until the next morning. Who knew that the Walgreen's pharmacy is only open until 12:00 but the store is 24 hours. Not really helpful when you have to fill a prescription at 4:00 AM. Anyway- her fever got up to 104.5 yesterday morning which was really scary. Luckily we brought it back down fairly quickly, thanks to great advice from the nurse at our pediatric clinic. Amelia slept most of the day yesterday to make up for her 4 hours of sleep from 4:00 AM-8:00 AM on Monday morning. She is doing much better today but still not quite back to her old self.

In light of Christmas being right around the corner and all that we have to be thankful for- I am attaching some pictures that my good friend Kyle Reynolds took for us. They turned out really good and I wanted to share a few of my favorites. Merry Christmas!!!

Amelia's new tricks

Well, little Miss Amelia has sure been up to a lot since l last posted! She now offically pulls up on any and everything. I came in to get her up from a nap one day and she was standing in her crib waiting for me smiliing. We had to drop the mattress down another level that night so she couldn't climb out. Ever since that day, she has been getting more and more brave. She has had a couple of tumbles but nothing too bad yet. She does almost give me a little heart attack daily though! Here are some pictures of her new tricks and moves.
Surfing with her carseat

This is Amelia crawling through our coffee table

Any good toys in here?

Look at me!!!

First time standing up in her crib!