Sam & Amelia

I took the kids to Tulsa for a week and came back with a different child. Amelia has changed so much in the last week and I’m having a hard time keeping up!

Last Saturday was a long night with very little sleep, but Amelia woke up with her 1st tooth. That afternoon she waved good-bye to her Uncle Logan.

Amelia is getting SO close to crawling. She gets up on her knees and rocks – sometimes she goes backwards and sometimes she just scoots around on her bottom. She’s also started pulling up on her toys and furniture. I thought that came after crawling and before walking, but she’s doing it now!

The baby food stage didn’t seem to last very long – well, I guess it’s been 4 months since we started her on rice cereal! Yikes – where does the time go? She’s eating all kinds of things now: carrots, blueberries, avocados, yogurt, peas, applesauce, cheese, green beans, eggs, bread, bananas. And she has quite an appetite – just like Sam!

Possibly the best news of all – Amelia’s blocked tear duct has cleared up in the last two weeks. Hip Hip Hooray!!! The pediatrician told us to wait until 9 months to see if it would clear up on its own. He wasn’t very optimistic, but I’m sure glad we waited. I was dreading the thought of surgery on our baby – just thinking about it makes me queasy.