Couch Potato

I was a little nervous while taking this video. But it was a happy fun fall. We have been in the swim pool the past couple days and Amelia loves it. I wish I could get a video but I go when Jared is at work. So it is quite impossible to take a video of Amelia in the pool while I am in the pool with her. Hopefully we find some time this weekend.... with street fair going on, work, ect. We shall see. My goal for Amelia is to have her in swim class starting August.

Jared went to Cedar Springs Falls yesterday with some guy pals.

See Jared jump.

See Jared jump from high up.

Jared jumps from high up.

4 Months Old

She is ADORABLE. At least we think so. Grandma Niles got her this adorable onesie. Good thing we decided to try it on today.... fits just right!
I made her this silly hat. Matching legwarmers are almost done. I even made a binkie to match. My newest crochet creation is making flowers. I'm sure I'll have them posted in the future.

She's four months old so she got her four month shots last Monday. She weighed in at 17.5 pounds and 26 inches long. 99%-tile for weight, 97%-tile for height, and 94%-tile for head size.

I love these booties she's wearing in the picture below. Grandma Songer sent them when I was pregnant. I can't figure the pattern out. Would love to make the same pair.... but bigger. Her feet are huge!

Sleeping babies are so precious. It's just knowing when she is really asleep. Most nights I put her to bed two through three times. The first time she wakes up she usually has a big bubble she needs to get up. I can't figure it out.... I burp her for a long time before I put her in bed. Tips?

Amelia decided to give us all a present in this video! I'm so good at capturing these magical moments from my daughter. We had other videos, but this one was the best. She was also in the process of giving us another surprise while filming....

We have noticed this past month that whenever we change Amelia's diaper she lifts up both legs and grabs her ankles. It's as if she knows she is helping us out by doing this. At first I thought it was a coincidence. But she does it EVERY time.

May Flowers

Jared bought Amelia her first baseball cap at Babies R Us. He also got her a really cute Padre dress. I'm sure I'll post up pictures of her first game wearing the dress. We plan on going around Jared's birthday week. There are hardly any pictures of me and my baby girl. So I asked Jared to take a couple. So here they are. I see a resemblence... Messy Hair! haha
Mouth wide open kisses. That's how she shows me she loves me. And she gets hundreds of kisses every day.
Two babies in a blanket!
Daddy making a tent for his baby girl. Playtime is more fun in a tent.

She likes her toys in the carseat now. The other day we got to the car and she just started screaming. I don't know why. Maybe I pinched her on accident or maybe.... she was just excited to get in her carseat to play with her neat toys. More videos to come soon. Just done for the night. Check back soon.

3 Months Old

She loves the swing at the park. It's the only thing we can play on for now.

We went to a double baby shower this weekend. Amelia got all dressed up. And I was able to fit into my pre-pregnancy jeans! I shouldn't have worn the jeans though because we walked to the shower and I got hot! But it was better than wearing my stretchy pants.

Check out that hair! It looks really light in this picture. We LOVE her mohawk. She loves to pull on it. I think she's going to be a hair twirler. I am always distracting her from pulling her hair by giving her a toy or my finger. This hair pulling mostly occurs when I'm nursing her or when she is almost asleep. So she wakes herselft up by pulling her hair. I have to hold her hands down till she relaxes and snoozes.

Now that she has hit the 3 month mark I am going to do a monthly update. I still intend to add alot of pictures. If anyone knows how to allow comments please email me. I can't figure it out.



She woke up this morning and hasn't stopped talking since.

Week 12

We went to a picnic this Sunday at Shelter Island. It was in celebration for Amelia's friend Ben who was blessed on Sunday. It was so much fun to get out and hang out with friends. I wish I took pictures but Ben and Amelia were sleeping the whole time. So we will get pictures of the two anther day.
I love the outfit Amelia is wearing. Her Daddy picked it out at BabiesRUs before she was born. Nicole Koche made the slippers she is wearing. They are sooo cute.
I've tried downloading last weeks video of her laughing several times. I will try again. I might have to edit it or something. Very frustrating.

11 Weeks Old

Hallie's gonna get you Amelia!

Here she comes!

Amelia in her blessing dress. I made her shoes. This is the dress I was blessed in. Most of my nieces were blessed in this dress too. It barely fit her. We waited for Uncle Jake, Aunt Leslie and Hallie to be here for her blessing. She was so cute for the blessing. Jake said she was staring and smiling at Jared the whole time.

Mommies and their babies. Amelia's "pretending" to sleep... Hallie really is sleeping.

Family picture the day of Amelia's blessing.

Harrison, Amelia, Jared, Dave, Elliotte, and Jake. The boys, of course, blessed Amelia. There were a few others in the circle that were unavailable for the picture. But we tried!!!

Jake and Leslie had Amelia laughing today. She's laughed for me before, but not this consistent. And it's hard for me to make her laugh while taking a video. So WE GOT IT! It has been so much fun having everyone here. Gonna miss them. :(