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January in Review

Amanda — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 02:51:03 +0000

Potty Time

Amanda — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:29:00 +0000

The Saturday before her third birthday Amelia woke up with a dry diaper. I took her to the potty and she peed! I was shocked, because all of our previous attempts at using the Big Girl Potty had failed. She would scream, cry and run away whenever we asked if she wanted to try to use the potty. So that Saturday she kept using the potty throughout the day, letting us know whenever she had to go. Only one accident all day! Sunday and Monday followed suit and then on Tuesday she had no accidents the whole day!

The next day we drove over 800 miles to Grandma and Grandpa’s house with no accidents. She was a champ at using public restrooms, although I cringed every time we had to use them – yuck! No accidents the whole time we were there, and she did great on the long drive back home as well. She started the new year wearing panties during the day and pull-ups at night. She is still waking up wet some mornings, but no accidents during the day. I think I can safely say that she is potty trained! The best part is that she did it all by herself – we just had to wait until she was ready. We are SO PROUD of our big girl!!!

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Three!!!

Amanda — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:45:03 +0000

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November in Review

Amanda — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:00:23 +0000

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Toddler Funnies

Amanda — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 12:36:57 +0000

Amelia yelled at me the other day for throwing away some moldy clementines. Even though she told me she REALLY wanted them in the store and then didn’t want to eat ANY of them at home, they did NOT belong in the trash, even if they were moldy!

The first few days after we moved in Amelia would cry whenever we left the house! She kept saying “big big big PURPLE” – she didn’t want to leave our new house with the big yard and her purple bedroom! No matter how many times we reassured her we were just running errands and would come back when we were done, she still was incredibly upset to leave her new house. Also, Amelia BAWLS when we drive in the direction of our old apartment – she says “big! big! big!” and cries her eyes out – she is afraid we are going back to the apartment, poor dear. Even when we tell her we are just running errands and will go back to the new house when we are done she still cries when she recognizes the scenery around our old place.

A few weeks ago I bought a large pumpkin to decorate our front porch, and a few days later we made pumpkin bread and pumpkin chocolate chip bars. Now whenever we pull into the driveway Amelia yells “MMMMMM! YUM YUM YUM!” when she sees the pumpkin on the porch!

A few nights ago we heard Amelia fiddling with a little wooden “treasure box” in her room after we put her to bed. When I went to check on her a few hours later, she had her bean bag in her bed (at the foot) and was using it as a pillow while resting her feet on her actual pillow. Curiously, I looked all over her room for that little wooden box she had been playing with and couldn’t find it. Finally, I checked her bed – it was by her feet, hidden under her pillow! I guess she hid it there and decided it wasn’t comfortable to sleep on, so she used her bean bag as a pillow instead!

Whenever we have to fuss at or be stern with Amelia, she reacts by dramatically shutting her eyes and snoring/pretending to sleep. If she is sitting down she flips her body around so her back is facing you while she snores. It is SO HARD not to laugh at her!

Amelia and I were having a tea party and I asked her what she was serving. When she told me it was hot chocolate, I said it was very yummy, and asked if she had any marshmallows to go on top. She thought for a minute and ran to her kitchen . . . she came back with a mushroom and shoved it into my cup! I guess marshmallow and mushroom sound similar? Who knows!

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October in Review

Amanda — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 00:10:21 +0000

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Can you guess???

Amanda — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:41:54 +0000

Amelia got her birthday gift a few months early this year! Mark and I decided to give her a Radio Flyer trike so that she (and we!) can enjoy it while the weather is so nice. One of the rough things about having a birthday two days before Christmas is that you can’t really go out and ride your brand new trike in the snow and ice. She already loves it, and Mark and I are thrilled that she is enjoying it so much!

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September in Review

Amanda — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 02:31:46 +0000

This month was full and busy! We made airplanes, had a visit from Grandma and Grandpa, visited the farmer’s market, did yard work and went to the zoo! We also welcomed the first day of Autumn by splashing around in the rain, fully dressed. September was filled with lots of laughter and love.

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August in Review

Amanda — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:16:59 +0000

Well, this month was a big month for us – we bought our first house! We moved in about 2.5 weeks ago and love that we have a place we can truly call our own. Our families have been a big help, and we are overwhelmingly thankful and grateful for their generosity and support during this very stressful time. Amelia adores her purple room (already painted purple by the previous owners!) and she loves the huge yard as well. She even has a swing-set in the back yard! She enjoys helping her daddy fix things around the house and she has really blossomed in this new environment. It is so wonderful to be able to turn up the music and dance and stomp and run around and have tickle-fights and not have to worry about bothering the neighbors with loud shrieks of laughter!

The first four pictures were taken around our old apartment, and the rest were taken around our new house!

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July in Review

Amanda — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 12:08:10 +0000

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Toddler Funnies

Amanda — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:04:13 +0000

One day I asked Amelia to help me do some laundry – I asked her to get the towels from the bathrooms. She came back with one small hand towel, tossed it into the washing machine, drew her hand across her forehead and said “whew” like she had just run a marathon! She does it often (the “whew”) and I’m not sure where she learned that little trick. It makes me laugh every time!

One day recently Amelia went through four outfit changes and six shoe changes, not because she needed to, but because she wanted to. The most notable outfit was a pair of my heels with her frilly apron! Another favorite outfit is a just a shirt, diaper and pink cowgirl boots!

Amelia loves strawberries, but she will ONLY eat them if they are whole. If they are sliced or even if I have taken off too much of the stem she will not touch them.

Amelia’s favorite book is Go, Train, Go!, and the reason she likes it so much is that Thomas drives through some mud and gets dirty. Each night before bed she says she wants to read the “yuck” book!

Amelia thinks it is extremely funny to take her shoes off and shove her feet towards my nose. I pretend to sniff and then scrunch up my face and say “PEE YOU!” – she laughs and laughs and laughs!

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Amelia’s First Haircut!

Amanda — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:01:27 +0000

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Holiday Weekend

Amanda — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 02:01:05 +0000

On Saturday Mark and I took Amelia to a local festival. We picked up a few neat crafts and enjoyed people-watching. Amelia loved looking at the horse-drawn carriages!

On Sunday we took Amelia to her very first movie – Rio. She loved it! We went to the $3 theater because we figured there wouldn’t be many people there (we were right!) and also because we didn’t want to waste a lot of money if Amelia cried/acted up and we had to leave before the movie was over. Amelia LOVED the movie and was perfectly behaved the whole time! She was fascinated with the projector room and kept turning around in her seat to look up there. She sat quietly, first in her own seat, then my lap, then Mark’s lap and then back to mine. During the closing song and dance number, Amelia stood up in the aisle and danced along with all of the birds on the big screen! As soon as it was over and we stood up to leave she started asking for more, and once we got to the car and told her we were going home she started BAWLING. She was so upset that we had to leave! Our poor girl cried most of the way home, although I’m sure the fact that it was over an hour past her bedtime didn’t help the situation.

On Monday Mark took Amelia to the pool as soon as it opened. They got there before anyone else and had the place to themselves for almost an hour! Amelia loves the water, and I know she enjoyed that special time with her daddy. Later that day we ran a few errands and ended up at the mall where we rode just about every escalator they had. Amelia was filled with such joy simply by riding the moving stairs. Mark and I are so blessed to be able to see the works anew through our child’s eyes. Thanks to Amelia, I can’t look at an escalator without smiling! We then had supper with Grandma and Grandpa, and they had a surprise for Amelia – her very own monkey flashlight! The last few times we have visited their house she has tried to claim Grandpa’s flashlight – now she has one of her own! She played with it all the way home, and right now it is sitting at the foot of her bed in case she decides she needs to peek around her room tonight. What a wonderful and fun-filled holiday weekend!

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June in Review

Amanda — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:26:05 +0000

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Half Birthday

Amanda — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:26:46 +0000

Today is Amelia’s half birthday! She grudgingly allowed me to take some pictures of her out on the porch – the second picture is the face I get any time I ask her to smile. The third picture is what I get when I ask her to show me her teeth. I should stop asking for smiles and start asking for teeth!

We went to a new frozen yogurt place to celebrate! Amelia enjoyed picking out her yogurt flavor and of course she loved picking the toppings. I was not surprised at all when she chose mini-reece’s pieces and white chocolate chips to top her yogurt. That little girl loves her chocolate!

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