9 Months

Amelia at 9 months:

Is almost 29 inches long and almost 20 lbs. She is very long but thin with a tiny head and tiny features.

Has 4 teeth. She has been sick most of this month from it.

Can Climb the stairs. She is a fast crawler and scoots on furniture too.

Dances to music.

Obsessed with getting in the bathroom. She once got in and put her hand in Hayden's stream of pee!

Has had some real food: mashed potatoes, pasta, chicken, etc.

Likes to steal Brady's pacifier

Loves to look out our big window... just like Hayden did.

Likes to be upside down. Doesn't like to be thrown in the air.

Shakes her head no at us a lot

If you tell her no she will look at you and laugh.

loves smoothies. She attacks us for them.

Cries when you put her in her car seat

Wears 12 month clothes

Still doesn't have a lot of hair. What she does have is very dark.

Likes to play on our bed with Hayden.

Loves the Ipad, computer, and phone. She gets a high pitched squeal for them. She can work the Ipad.

Takes her socks off and eats them.

If you give her a play car she will make "car" noises. Its cute.

Loves bread.

Can be hard to feed. She has to have something to play with/keep her hands occupied.

Is still my smiley happy little girl, but is also very serious now too.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas! We hope that you have a great holiday. To our family and friends far away... We miss you!

Here is what we have been up to this holiday season...

Got Amelia her first Christmas photo:




We took the kids to my soccer banquet:


Eating candy from our hershey kiss advent calendar from the Darbous family:

I may have to make some of these for people next year. Too cute.

Decorated mini trees in the kids room from Grandma Barb.

Ugh those lips. I hate this bratty face he is making lately. I always tell him I am going to rip those lips off!

Got a grandkid Christmas picture for Mom...




Went to Mike's Church Christmas Party and the kids got the see Santa. Amelia is one of 14 babies born within a month or so of each other! Here is a picture of a bunch of them on the couch.



Amelia loves babies and was so excited to sit with all of the kids on the couch. She kept squealing in delight. She was the biggest kid and the only mobile one. So I stuffed her in the crevis of the couch so she would sit for the picture for at least a few seconds. As I was putting her on the couch a bunch of women kept commenting on how huge she was! And the reason she has no shirt or tights on underneath her outfit was b/c she pooped thru them right before the picture of course. I did have extra clothes for her but they were boy pj's and I didn't want her to wear that for the picture.

Went to South Hills Village to get our Ipad fixed. Hayden and Amelia rode the train. They loved it.


Decorated the tree...


Mailed out our Christmas card. See the photo below... Ha ha.

Opened gifts that came in the mail from Nana and Papaw...



One day while shopping we saw Santa outside. Hayden wanted to see him and talk to him (which never happens) so we stopped. Turns out if you made a donation to Childrens Hospital you got to ride in a horse and carriage with Santa. It was pretty cool. Too bad I didn't have a coat on b/c I hate having them on in the store. So I froze my butt off waiting in line with Hayden.


Hayden was a little upset that the horse wouldn't say "neigh" for him.




Some misc pics:

Santa

The Mall at Robinson has the best Santa. He has a real beard and he talks to each kid by name and spends so much time with them. Therefore he has a huge line. I mean it can be a 2 hour wait! The Saturday before Thanksgiving we took Hayden to get his 3 Year Old Portraits at JC Pennies. It was early and The mall was empty afterwards so we let them play in the play area since it was empty. I noticed everything was set up for Santa so I checked the sign. He was already appearing at the mall. There was only a few people there so I figured we would get that out of the way. So we go our pictures early. They are not cheap either. Its a racket I tell you.

A funny story... Mike had the kids while I waited in line. Santa walked by the play area and stopped to say hi. My shy little boy Hayden ran right up to him and was so excited and told him what he wanted. A half hour later when it was our turn Hayden was shy and wouldn't go near Santa let alone sit on his lap. I got him to stand next to him for the picture and it turned out cute thankfully. He is so weird sometimes. If you ask Hayden what he wants for Christmas its "2 backhoes, 2 bulldozers, and 2 dump trucks". Not sure why its 2 of everything but when asked he is not getting 2 so he can share with Amelia.

My Elves

The Crater

Last v acation post: One of the other things we did was to swim in what is called the Crater. Season and Kent came with us. It is a 55-foot tall, beehive-shaped limestone rock that nature has hollowed out and filled with 90° to 96° water. When we got out it was snowing so we were freezing.

Hayden's 3rd Birthday

My little man is now 3. We had a party for him this weekend. He loved it. He enjoyed playing at fun by the pound with his friends and cousins. He loved all of his gifts and played with them when he got home. He even came up to us on his own and said Thank you for my birthday party.

Some Hayden facts:
Favorite color is blue
He is still 90 percentile for height
Loves to play sports: hockey, golf, soccer, and baseball
Favorite shows: Max and Ruby, Cailou, curious George, Team Umi Zoomi
Likes trucks, blocks, cars, nerd guns etc
He is potty trained except for night time
favorite foods: Mac n cheese, yogurt
Only likes to drink water
Calls Amelia "Mia"
Calls his poop " alligators"
Doesn't like when Amelia touches or slobbers on his stuff

8 months

It is getting harder to get my monthly pictures of my mobile little girl.

Some facts:

Throws things off high hair on purpose
Eats well for lunch. Other meals are struggles
Likes green veggies best...she is not my child obviously!
First tooth just recently with 2 more on the way
Fast crawler
Won't hold her own bottle. She is too lazy
Loves phones. And the iPad. Her voice gets so high when she sees them
Super friendly and smiley but can be very serious too. Rarely fussy ( knock on wood)
Talks to us by saying blah blah
Seems to be switching to one nap soon. Her 2nd nap is so short.
Has the best blue eyes
Will hump your shoulder when she is tired. Or the floor
Will try to eat your face
Likes water bottles
Liked the dogs at nana and papas. Also liked the dog food!
Enjoys ritz crackers and loved cheese curls at nana house.
Loves to look out windows
climbs up on everything
likes to hang upside down