9 whole months....

Amelia Jane-

9 months today, at this time, you were 1.5 hours old. You were probably getting ready to be transfered to the NICU at St. Vincents Hospital. You had an infection in your lungs. Mommy cried, a lot. So much has changed....

You now pull yourself up on anything that will sit still (or even things that don't). You talk, non-stop. I have no idea where you get it from... You have a little vocabulary including dog, hi, yeah and Dad. Or dadda, or daddy. You say these 3 non-stop. Like we don't know who he is. Like I didn't give birth. My day will come..of this I'm sure.

You have nicknames. Butterbean is Nana's, littles, Amels, Miss Amels, Miss Amelia Jane and rosebud. Soon I feel your new nickname will be "no". You answer to all, and quite frankly, I think you like the attention from the different names. Keeps you on your toes.

You finally got out of "army crawl" mode and figured out it's faster to get around on all 4's. And you fly. I can't count how many times me or daddy have dug you out of the dog's water bowl. Watching your eyeballs get focused on something and you going after it relentlessly is hilarious. You will be stubborn. You constantly make us laugh. This week you learned to "sing". Anytime music is on, we hear you. You soften when I turn the music down, and scream when I turn it up. This makes car rides so much fun!

You have 2 bottom teeth, and your top teeth are begging to come in. You drool constantly. You eat solid foods 3 times a day. You like sweet potoatos and corn, squash and any type of fruit. You have tried plenty of mommy and daddy's food. You LOVE green beans, your fathers child. Grandpa is happy mommy gave the "ok" to have a bite or 2 of pancakes. We don't know what his obsession for pancakes is.

You've had 3 ear infections in 2 months. Damn teeth. You take peach flavored floride for your teeth. It keeps them healthy. I didn't get my first cavity until college, you won't either :) You got out of sleeping through the night, but only get up once for all of 10 minutes. You sleep with a green blankie, as seen above. This was a gift from one of Grandpa's co-workers before you were born. It smells like mommy and daddy, and doesn't have a name. If you could, you would probably name it Elmo.

You adore Elmo. You smile and talk to him like you're old pals. You have 2 Elmo dolls, one adopted from mommy. One is big and hangs out with you in your room, the other small and goes with us on car rides. You are starting to wave hello and goodbye.

I am amazed at the daily growth and joy you give us. Being a mom is the best thing I've ever done. I never thought watching you grow would be so amusing, rewarding, challenging and lovely. You never cease to amaze me, and your personality grows by the day. I see more of your daddy in you, then more of me. People are saying you're starting to look like me. I like that.

You saw the good Dr. Culver early this week because of a projected ear infection (just fluid) so we decided to do your "well baby" check too. Your 8 month and 28 day stats are as follows:

Weight: 19 pds. 3 oz.- 50th percentile.
Height: 29 1/2 inches long- 95th percentile.

You don't fit into 12 month clothes because of your height, but are still too little for 18 month stuff. This makes you look like an orphan in clothes that are too big. You got your first pair of Nike's a couple of months ago, you don't know what to do with them. They, like everything else, go directly into the mouth. Please don't grow up to be an amazon woman. The WNBA doesn't look like it will be around much longer!

Mommy loves you.

This is how I roll....

Because I'm 8 1/2 months old...and I can. Plus people say I'm cute :)

I know I'm biased but....

Come on. She's just the cutest damn thing ever. It's getting worse, her cuteness. At 8 months and 6 days, she talks non-stop, crawls around like her pants are on fire, and now pulls herself up on anything that will sit still (video to come soon). She's so proud of herself, it's adorable. Even with an ear infection (her 2nd in 2 weeks) she's happy. I have run out of adjectives to describe her. Pictures will tell the story.

Me and mommy at my first family reunion.
Hi mommy!
Waving from my big girl carseat.
Getting so big, so fast.

Happy birthday Nana!

Amelia loves her Nana. from Megan Glynn on Vimeo.

The adventures of my first pair of "real" shoes....

Mommy and daddy went away for a couple of days for something called "alone time" and an "anniversary". I don't understand that right now, but mommy said she needed it. That's all I need to know. While they were gone, and thinking of me all the time, they got me these cool things called shoes. Daddy actually picked them out himself, mommy said. Now, I have these "shoes" called Robeeze, which are actually baby shoes. But mommy said I'm getting to be such a big girl, so I'm starting to move on. Robeeze are really cute but are just for show. Everytime mommy put them on me, people would always say "those are so cute." I have a pair with princess crowns on them and a pair with butterflies on them. My cousin Henry even has a pair with an alien and a spaceship on them! I digress. So these shoes...I'm not quite sure what to think of them...so I will tell the story with pictures.

Mommy put these things on my feet.

I didn't know what else to do, so I ate them.

Daddy says "only Nikes for the baby."

I kind of got the hang of it.
Yeah I give up.

And just for fun...I'm comin to get ya!

Dear mommy....

Thank you for giving me a place to grow for 8 months and 27 days. Thank you for going through 3 days of labor. Thank you for pushing for 2 hours while my head was stuck and I was sunny side up. Thank you for visiting me every day in the NICU and fighting for me. Thank you for getting up every 2 hours to feed me. Thank you for dressing me up like something you keep calling a Barbie. Thank you for singing badly and doing silly dances to make me laugh. Thank you for introducing me to yummy solids. Thank you for breaking the rules for me. Thank you for the last 7 months and 15 days of my existence. This is how I thank you, mommy.


Amelia saying dad from Megan Glynn on Vimeo.

My first 4th of July.

Mommy tried to tell me what the 4th of July was about, and tried to warn me of all of these loud sounds I would hear after I was asleep for my bedtime. Some people came over, who I remember seeing before, and they all sat at the table and said "oh wow, that's good." I think daddy made something called ribs? They looked really messy, my kind of food! I got ahold of mommy finger later when she wasn't paying attention and got a taste of daddy's rib sauce. It was good! Mommy also went on and on about the first pie she's ever made. She's silly enough to have even taken a picture of it! I was asleep when everyone ate it, so I didn't get to try it. Mommy also put me in a pretty dress she said was 'festive". Everyone said they thought it was cute, but I just wanted to chew on it. Mommy is now going to post some pictures of my day.

P.S. I slept through the fireworks, and mommy said they were REALLY loud. But I was a good girl and just slept the night away! I must have been having a good dream!