Sam & Amelia

Sweet Amelia,
This is a couple of weeks late, but I wanted to write down what you’ve been doing at this age. You have found your hands! You love to put your fist in your mouth and taste all of your fingers! You’re able to grasp and hold on to your toys and paci. You wake up most nights around 1am and 6am. You’re usually ready to start the day by 7am and call it quits about 7:30pm. I think we’re really close to consolidating your sleep into 2 daytime naps. The timing varies from day to day, but we are making progress. We’re on the go a lot, so you take most of your naps in the car seat these days.

You are generally a very happy baby. You love to smile when people talk to you and will occasionally giggle! You like to kick back on your play mat and watch Sam’s every move! You’re not too sure about the Bumbo, though. You like to sit up and see what’s going on, but it’s a lot of work to steady that head.

Your hair is falling out and is not as dark as when you were born. I’ve been accessorizing your outfits with bows lately, which is a lot of fun for me! You don’t seem to mind it. Maybe that will cut back on some of the “it’s a boy?” questions/comments.

You’re just a joy to be around. Sam asks for you every morning when he wakes up. “Me-ya?” or “Ya-Ya?” He loves to crawl in your crib with you and watch you!
Love you, sweet girl!

Two weeks ago, we painted our living room the lovely shade of Flower Pot. We tried to get it done before Sam woke up from his nap, but we weren’t fast enough. We gave him his own brush, roller, and paint tray so he could get in on the action. He caught on quickly, but it only occupied him for about 2.5 minutes.

Is it too late to blog about Halloween? Sam was a monkey and Amelia was a Baby Bjorn banana!

We started the month with Trunk or Treat at Lake Nixon. Lots of fun! We took Sam on the paddle boats, he played in the Jupiter Jump and “played” a few games. All he really wanted to do was go on a hayride, though – mainly because there was a tractor involved. That boy loves all vehicles – trucks, tractors, trailers! Ever since that night he’s been saying “truck….trailer…..bump.”

On Halloween night, Mimi watched Amelia at home while we took Sam trick or treating in “Aunt B’s” neighborhood.
We went from house to house with Scarlett and Miles.
Most of the neighbors had set out a bowl of candy on their porch. About the 3rd house we came to a lady answered the door and all three of the kiddos stormed into her house! It was too funny – I mean, why would they stay on the porch? (she might have toys in there)!