Trip to the Zoo

A few weekends ago it was really great weather. We decided to head to the zoo. It was not crowded and all of the animals were out since it wasn't hot like it is in the summer. Hayden had a blast. Amelia seemed to enjoy herself also.

The polar bears were in the water.


We went down to see them and Hayden hit his head. So he is NOT happy in this picture.

10 months old

Amelia at 10 months:

can stand on own. She is very proud of herself and wants you to clap and cheer for her

walks when she is pushing something or holding onto couches

eating lots of real foods and has little interest in baby food

in 12 month clothes at least

likes to feed herself

loves her baby dolls, and toys with music. and phones and ipads

Had the flu and pink eye recently. Was still her pleasant self

loves when mike makes her juice and she gets to drink it out of a big cup

wont keep socks on. Since it is cold she mainly wears pj's

gets called a boy a lot. She still doesnt have much hair.

obsessed with getting into drawers and closets. And the toilet. and outlets. :(

loves to be where Hayden or other kids are. But can play well by herself too

rips her winter hats off and bibs too

laughs when you tell her no or look at her sternly

plays with matchbox cars. She makes the noises and everything.

If I am holding her and hayden grabs my leg and invades her space, she will kick him over and over in the head. She thinks this is histerical.


And lastly as you can see she loves to smile for the camera. She is such a ham!

I can't believe she is almost one. It is time for me to start planning her birthday party. Ack!

Oops. Some pictures I forgot to post.

Before Christmas we got some cheap portraits taken. It was Hayden's 3rd birthday so we got some of him. And then we got Amelia's first Christmas Picture. I had such a good coupon so we got one of the kids together and one of the entire family.

We also got one of all of the cousins when we were in Utah (except Lucy). The kids are all wearing Steelers gear.

NYE 2011

For New Years Eve we got out with our friends Phil and Kris. It is Kris's birthday so we usually go out to eat. This year we went out to eat on Friday. We went downtown to eat and the stopped to see the lights afterwards.

On NYE we stayed in. Amelia went to bed early.



Hayden stayed up for a little bit and enjoyed his special treat... doritos. He lasted until about 9pm.


Phil and Kris came over for appetizers and we played the the XBOX Kinect. I have tons of funny pictures and videos from this.

I tried some new appetizer recipes. The jalepeno popper dip was the hit. I posted the recipes on our recipe blog here: http://theqfamilyrecipes.blogspot.com/

Christmas Day

On Christmas morning Hayden actually slept a reasonable amount of time. I was worried he would be up early but Amelia was up before him. When he did wake up he was very excited.


He opened his stocking first...


Then we took turns having Hayden open a present then Amelia. Santa brought Hayden some blocks, a dr set, a doug and melissa pizza, a scooter, and a backhoe. He later reminded me that he asked Santa for two backhoes but only got one!!!!


Amelia got some kitchen stuff, cupcakes, the little people nativity set, a hooded towel and a princess couch. She loves her couch.

But she loved the wrapping paper the best.



Later we visited Pap and Uncle Jack and the rest of the Steinhart family.

Hayden is so shy at first. Amelia is not. Pap gave Hayden his life size wall cling that we made from a picture of him dressed as a Jedi. It turned out great.


It was taken the same day as our Christmas card picture.


Amelia enjoyed crawling around and looking super cute.


Later she took a huge nap and then we headed next door to Aunt Patty and Uncle Jimmy's. Hayden proceeded to have hershey kisses for dinner and Amelia enjoyed sugar cookies. Oh well. It was good holiday and the kids were exhausted when we got home.

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