Plague of Winter

Dr. Office made me wear a mask. I'm a sick :(

Nobody ever told me once you have children, winter means 4 (or more) months of pure sickness!

Amelia had RSV. that was H.O.R.R.I.D. 

(It kind of scarred me since she won't eat formula because of it.)

Once we got back to New York, I feel like we haven't fully recovered. At least mentally.

I had, what I thought, was a cold. After 2 weeks of misery, I finally went to the doctor::::

--Strep. 

--Swollen lymph nodes. 

--Sinus Infection. 

Bring on the antibiotics! So thankful for those little suckers. 

The day I felt better I broke my toe! and then I bruised my pinky tip (HOW does that even happen?!)

... now I am just getting whiny

Maybe it's because I haven't been on a regular gym schedule and feel like I am 2 months behind reaching my goals that I am just hating this winter.

On Saturday, Amelia was puking her little guts out! She still has no appetite .. Yesterday, she only had breakfast and 2 crackers the WHOLE day! Doesn't help she still won't drink formula. Stressful??

Now Anthony has no appetite and he is leaving to Alabama tomorrow for the rest of the week... Poor Guy.

Sickness go away. 

I am beyond ready for spring. 

Happy Day O' Love

Today was a pretty good day. 

Amelia's First Valentines Day!

I actually forgot to give her the present Cupid left, so she will open it tomorrow.

Today, Anthony left to school at 7:00 while Amelia and I slept until 9:30. Niiiiiice.

In the middle of the night I set up the V-Day swag for Anthony for him to open when he woke up. I did 14 days of Valentines for him, leaving a present everyday for him in the morning. 

He wrote me a wonderfully romantic card with some chocolate and he bought me the Jawbone Up fitness bracelet. I have had the bracelet for about 3 weeks now... I couldn't wait.

He got home around 5:00 and we had dinner... Homemade P.F. Chang's lettuce wraps. 

At 7 we went over to our friends' house to do a little babysitting swap. We get to have a date on Saturday... I am sooo excited. 

Amelia and Isla are little besties. They are only 2 weeks apart, but it is so fun to see they different capabilities.

Graham was also there. He is 2 and pretty much watched Robots, the movie the whole time.

First Bubble Bath

I always get so excited when Amelia gets to experience something new...

And then I am the one that is more excited than her when it happens.

Take this bath for instance. It looks like she is having a great time because of the bubbles..

Nope. She always has this much fun. She hardly even noticed the bubbles. 

It wasn't until I put the bubbles in my hand and she tried to grab them that she started playing with them... and it lasted about 30 seconds. 

We will keep trying though.

10 Months

You are 10 months old!

By far my favorite month so far. The crawling, laughing, moving, playing... 

all day, every day. 

So much fun.

You have grown up so much this past month. 

You know so many new tricks and you love learning new things every day.

Some things about my 10 month old:

-- You have mastered rolling over... better late than never

-- You pull yourself up on everything... First time was in the tub! I don't think that is the best place to start...

-- Won't take a bottle anymore and won't drink any formula, no matter what container its in.

-- You are becoming a picky eater. You love oatmeal, which is good because that is the only way you get formula. 

-- You have tried so many new foods and we often feed you pieces of what we are eating

-- You are turning into an amazing sleeper and you are finally back on NY schedule! You sleep from 9am - 10pm and you have stopped eating in the middle of the night.

-- You nod your head and clap anytime music comes on.

--When Mom or Dad tilts their head and says, "Heeeeeey." You will tilt your head and laugh.

-- YOU ARE CRAWLING!! as of Feb 3. Our living room is now covered in toys and books.

-- Your nap schedule is shortening. You will take a 2 hour nap in the morning and a 1 hour nap towards the evening.

-- You had your first bubble bath. You were so frustrated you couldn't hold the bubbles in your fist.

-- You love books. Dad reads you a book every night before bed. 

-- Whenever we look at you, you always smile! You are the happiest baby ever!

-- When I lay you to bed for a nap or bedtime, you talk to yourself for about 30 minutes before you actually fall asleep. You do this even if you are absolutely exhausted. It is so cute.

-- Love water and can hold your own sippy cup to get a drink...  you actually won't drink anything but water.

-- You have screaming/laughing contests with mom. You think we are pretty hilarious.

This is my favorite stage. You are crawling, laughing, screaming, jabbering, and so inquisitive. I am sure I will love the next stage even more. 

Love you Amelia!

Mom

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Cruisin' Millie

Amelia is crawling.. bless me.

She figured it out on Sunday. She still hasn't grasped the fact that she can follow me outside of whatever room we are in, and starts to cry when I leave. It is so cute to see her crawl after things that she wants and/or things I don't want her having!

On Monday she tore out all of her books from the bookshelf and has started to demolish the paper books.

We have a baby-proofing-weekend ahead of us!

I have never uploaded a video. I am not sure if this will work, but if it does not, it was proof of her crawling.

Photo - A - Day January

One of my new years resolutions was to take a photo a day... I intended to not have EVERY picture be of Amelia.. Next month I will do better :)

1. Playing with Dallin and Addison// 2. Ice Skating in SLC// 3. Grammy did Amelia's hair

4. Amelia's poop face// 5. Playing with Grandpa Brown's Glasses// 6. Breathing treatment for RSV

7. Saying goodbye to grandpa// 8. Minute to Win it Games// 9. Plane Ride to New York 

10. Bath time fun// 11. Pulling self up// 12. Yummy Food

13. Hello :)// 14. Waiting for Dad to come home// 15. Fur Vest be Stylin'

16. Bow Making// 17. Going Swimming at the Y// 18. Dress Up

 19. Cheese// 20. Bundling for Playgroup// 21. Crazy Hair

22. Pretty in Pink// 23. Cheeser// 24. We have a mover!

25. Little Snow White// 26. Giving up on shopping// 27. So Fun

28. At the Doc's// 29. Cute shoes

30. Crawlin// 31. Pretty Girl

There were 3 pictures that weren't Amelia.. I swear we actually do things and don't just stare at her all day! haha