The Sweetest Hugs

By far the sweetest hugs and kisses I've received are from Amelia! Her hugs are the sweetest ever! On Saturday night Amelia wasn't feeling well so we let her sleep with us. She woke up on Sunday morning, I pretended to be asleep so I watched her as she sat up and reached over hugged Matt and gave him a kiss on his cheek then she came to me and kissed my cheek. It was the sweetest thing. Over the weekend she was just being a super sweetheart! Here she is hugging on Matt.

Horse Visit

We took Amelia over to the Giles during our Christmas break! I was excited to see how she'd react to the miniature horses and she was just indifferent. (Note that these horses are pretty much full grown). She liked looking at all the different ones. Trish and Bruce also got her a rocking horse for Christmas that she really enjoys rocking in but is too short to climb it, but I'm sure she will in time!

We went to her 15 month check up yesterday and she's measuring great! Her weight is in the 50th, her height is in the 90th and her head ........100th!

A Big Congratulations!

So yesterday Matt graduated from UTA with a Mechanical Engineering degree! We are all very happy and proud of him! We had a celebration dinner at Casa Rita's, it was very nice. Now he'll be in search of a job, I'm hoping and praying that he gets a job soon!

The graduation was very different from what I'd been to. Very formal, all the graduates were engineering graduates. There was a ticket system that had to be scanned in order to get in and the auditorium was fairly small. The attached picture is a bit blurry but I was trying to take a picture, clap and see what's going on! hehe

First Professional Haircut

FIRST - Sorry I've not written in a while....I've been so busy at home and work that I've neglected to update!

Here is our baby having her first experience at a salon on November 30th! hehe! She was not scared of the water bottle nor the scissors. The lady even put a Baby Einstein video on for her to keep her attention but of course she was curious of what was going on! She's so funny!

On the Move!

So Amelia started walking on October 21st. It was a good day! We were anxiously awaiting for her to walk and she did! At 12 months and 3 weeks. I love that we have this little person just walking around the house, following us around, sneaking into whatever room we may be......it's great! And she actually does "sneak" into the rooms. She loves being chased around but loses her balance when she's really trying to get away.

Here she is getting ready for bathtime.

Trick or Treat!

Here are the girls in the wagon about to go trick or treating. We went to about 10 houses in the Sweetser neighborhood, it was fun!

Here we are at the first house that we trick or treated at, the Anderson's. They were so nice, they had a special treat for Amelia. A cupcake and a Dora ball!

Family Fun Day!

Here we are with our most precious little girl! She's currently 12 1/2 months old. She's not walking YET, but is really trying. She's going from wall to wall to couch to coffee table. She says puppy, hi and momma. She loves to dance and likes to point. One of her favorite veggies are green beans and she likes avocados. She started drinking cow milk this week. She was temporairly drinking Silk Milk or as Matt and I called it "crack" milk.....she LOVED it and would throw the biggest fits as soon as it was gone. We had to have a 2nd bottle ready to go once the other one was done.

Her head measured in the 99th precentile, length 70% and her weight is in the 50th percentile. She's not picky with food or milk. She's also learning to have fun with Millie!