Still Sick...

Dear Amelia -

You poor thing. You are still not feeling well. Grandma Kiki said you weren't yourself yesterday. When I got home from work, you were still not feeling well. We put you to bed at 615 last night. When I went downstairs to watch the CMAs, I checked on you. You were awake, silent. I rocked you for a bit. You just wanted to be held. You slept until 630am this morning.

Daddy took your temp, it went down to 101.6. I'm going to call the doctor today to see if this is still normal for you to have a temp. They didn't say it was going to last over a day. My poor babe.

Here is a video of you from happier times...

Love,

Mom

1 year check up

Dear Amelia -

You had your 1 year doctors appointment yesterday

Here are the stats from your 9 month visit:

Weight: 20 pounds 6 ounces -- 75%

Length: 27 3/4 -- 55% (Doc says she thinks you were being measured incorrectly before)

Head: 18" -- 90% (no surprise there)

Here are the stats from your 1 year visit:

Weight: 22 pounds 3 ounces -- 70%

Length: 30.5 -- 90% (Hmm...seems fishy)

and drum roll please...Head: 18.75 -- 97%

You and the Doctor were not friends at this visit. You cried and cried when she checked you out. The 4 shots didn't help either. We were suppose to get your food allergies tested yesterday but decided to do it another day to give you a break. We are were also going to meet with a dermatologist to see what the bump is on your neck but we'll do that at a later date as well.

You woke up this morning with a temp of 102 but the doctor warned us that that would happen so we were not too concerned. Just gave you some mortin and you were on your way to hang with Grandma Kiki.

By special request...here is a video of you. You had pulled your pants off and were trying to put them back on. It was hilarious.

Love,

Mom

Jackson's Birthday Party!

Dear Amelia -

8 Days before Jax's real birthday, we had a little birthday party for Jackson. You were wearing your birthday party outfit (it has cute cupcakes on it) and we were ready to go! We had beef sandwiches, yummy salads that Aunty Pam made and CAKE!

Here you are hanging out with Brooke and Greg

Here's the birthday boy after he "ate" his cake.

We didn't do to much this weekend. Friday, we hung out. Saturday, you and I went shopping with your Halloween money. You got 2 new outfits and a winter jacket! SCORE! Saturday night, you hung out with Daddy while I went over to Kia's with the girls to hang out with Pretty Katie.

Sunday, Daddy had to work. You took 2 really long naps which was very helpful because Mommy had a headache. I was even able to sneak in a 2 hour nap.

This weekend, we are going to take our family portrait. Fun :)

Love,

Mom

YOUR GIFT!

Dear Amelia -

I forgot to tell you how much you love the gift that Daddy and I gave your for your birthday! We got you a KITCHEN! You love it.

You don't so much play with it as much as open and close the cabinets and stuff. On Saturday, you decided it would be fun to kneel on the oven door. What wasn't so fun is when the whole entire kitchen fell on top of you. You cried and cried. Poor babe.

Sarah got you this cute little apron and hat for your birthday to play with in your kitchen.

We don't have much planned this weekend. Daddy has to work the whole weekend so its just me and you kid. Saturday night, I'm going over to Kia's with the girls because Pretty Katie is in town. YIPPIE!

Love,

Mom

Daylight Saving Time

Dear Amelia -

We hate daylight saving time. It means very crabby nights because your body is telling you its bed time an hour before bed time. Last night you had quite the temper tantrum. There was NOTHING that would make you happy. Elmo, Horse, Bottle and we even tried a bath. We put you to be early and you cried for a bit but fell fast asleep.

This morning you were in a decent mood! Here you are in your St Cloud State t-shirt that your 2nd cousin Shannon gave you...

Hope you are having fun with Kiki!

Love,

Mom

More birthday party pictures

Dear Amelia -

Nothing much has been going on at our house this week so I'm just going to post some pictures!

Here you are on your new pony from Grandma Kiki and Papa Jim

Here's the cupcake before....

After!

This is AFTER you destroyed the cake on Sunday.

After you got all cleaned up, we opened presents!

What's in there?

More to come :)

Love,

Mom

Halloween and Birthday Party

Dear Amelia -

Wow...what a weekend! Friday night, we celebrated your birthday over Bean Burritos and cupcakes! You got a really cool gift from Kiki and Papa Jim. An interactive horse that you can ride on. You love it! I think we might steal the idea for Jax for his birthday :) Maybeee! So much fun. You loved your cupcake!

Saturday - We spent the most of the day with Molly, Owen and Colton until Daddy got home. Then it was time to go trick-r-treating. We went to Papa Jims, Glamma and Cookies, Grandma Kiki's and Sarah and Justins. By the time we got home, you were not loving your ADORABLE puppy costume!
Here's you and Jackson playing with candy. He was the cutest little devil :)
Sunday - The big PAR-TAY!! There were about 50 people there. We served white chicken chili, turkey soup and MORE CAKE!! You were a MESS!
You got so many awesome gifts! So spoiled! I have lots more pictures but I can't share them yet because we are sending out some of them for your thank you card.

You are saying some new words..."Doggy", "Baby" and "Daddy". Everytime you see one of those things, you say their names. No "Mommy" yet...still "Mama" tho.

It was daylight savings time yesterday, it will take a few days for all of us to get use to that!

Love,

Mom