Amelia is now pointing to our nose, eyes, mouth and ear thus taking it upon herself to try to shove whatever toy she is holding in her hand or conveniently near her in our mouth when we dare say "Point to my mouth". She thinks this is absolutely hilarious.

She will also hold up a finger when you ask her how hold she is (Thank you MiMi) as well as say "baaaa" when she is asked what sound does a sheep make (Thank you Grandma) :)

She went completely off the bottle 2 days after her birthday and didn't take to the whole milk/sippy cup that first day.....so leave it to me to start to worry about it. The very next days she was taking her whole milk sippy cup very well. So well, in fact, that she actually sucked in (deflated) the top of the sippy cup trying to drink it fast. She was getting frustrated she couldn't guzzle it anymore and does this almost every time now. So, now I am here to inform you that we are moving on to drinking out of a free flow sippy cup like a big girl. :)

11 &12 months old

Ms Amelia is now 1 year old!! I can not even believe how quickly time has flown by. She is such a fun sweet little girl who is unimaginably determined. Now she is pottying in her potty chair about 4 times a day. As soon as we cheer for her….her hands either go up in the air for victory or they go into the pee pee stream (ewwww…but at least she knows why we are cheering and we are really proud of our pee pee queen lol. BTW, we are not potty training yet….more of a potty conditioning seems how she can’t even say “potty” yet. Nonetheless, she is doing quite dang well 
Let’s see….things she is doing new since last update…, she is now clapping, giving high fives and blowing kisses and giving ooey gooey open mouth sugars which are sweet and funny. She says “good gurl” and “go go” hard to distinguish between those two sometimes lol. She will grab the tv remote and say “Dorwa”. Yes, she LOVES dora and gets SUPER excited if she gets to watch her. She LOVES going to the park so we try to go at least 3-5 days a week. And, if we are not going to the park….you can bet we do a wagon ride around the neighborhood. She went to visit her grandparents in BR and to the zoo in Baton Rouge. Her favorite animal was the giraffe! Its head was down by the wagon and she was staring at it, when all of the sudden it lifted its head and startled her! She squealed and giggled all the while scanning up and up and up its body to finally see his head. She smiled so big 
She went to her BFF Gillian’s birthday party last month in Dallas and had a great time! She and Gillian dug in the ice chest. Amelia was trying to feed Gillibean ice it was so cute…until she was trying to feed her the ice that she had accidentally dropped in the dirt. They all played hard and Amelia passed smooth out not even 5 minutes after leaving while playing with pink toy dog Aunt Randa got her (note picture below….will have to click on older post) She also got to see Aunt Becca , God Grandparents Toni and Rod and her Uncles Tony and Michael and her cousins.
Easter was kinda dreary with the rainy weather but we all made the most of it. Aunt Chelsea and Uncle Nathan were there to celebrate as well as Auntie Sunni and Uncle Brandon and Mi Mi and Grandpa. Amelia and Marie had fun hunting Easter eggs in the living room (although Marie was the only one hunting them…and caught on quite well I must add….as for Amelia, she thought grabbing one plastic egg and gnawing on it was MUCH more fun lol) they had a good time playing while we had a blast hiding Easter Eggs within the house (most in difficult places) for the guys to find! The eggs contained numbers for prizes or lottery scratch offs it was kind of funny to watch them.
Her Birthday weekend was GREAT! It was a zoo theme and we had a small petting zoo consisting of baby bunnies, baby ducks and chicks. The kiddos seemed to really enjoy them as did the adults. Grandma and Pa Pa, Aunt Randa, Sydnie and Gillian, Aunt Rebecca, Great Aunt Co, Great God parents Toni and Rod all drove in town from the Dallas area to be there. And family and friends here in town came too. It was great! Amelia only paused for a few seconds while we were singing “Happy Birthday” before she dug into her smash cake. Now, when I say “dug into her smash cake” I mean it. She dug both hands in and kept on with it stuffing her face…it was hilarious! *PICTURES BELOW…will have to click on older post to see them all*

Birthday weekend was great!

Here are some pictures from her first birthday party! I will add more info later but I wanted to just quickly say....

Not only a thank you to everyone who made her birthday special for being there but a special thank you for....

All the gifts you bought or made for her as a special little something.
Always calling only to ask how she is doing and what she is doing new when I know that some of you guys have children of your own yet you make special effort to call specifically for her! Wow!
Always making a special effort to come into town and see her even bc I know our lives get consumed with work and life.
When we come visit you all...seeing all the pictures you have up of her makes my heart happy.

Thank you so much for caring so much about her as I do you and your children. You know who you are and I love you for it...and Amelia does too!

Happy Birthday Amelia

 
 
 
 

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