tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81997478089342208452024-03-12T19:32:16.500-04:00The Fabulous Destiny of Amélie Park*•A GLIMPSE INTO THE DAILY WHIMSY OF AMELIE MOMENTS AND OTHER STUFF...•Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287262328889835891noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199747808934220845.post-40097272298860155932011-04-10T22:37:00.000-04:002011-04-10T22:37:30.379-04:00Adventures at the Farm with my Bud, Eva*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VAc0LPzLtuBW6qPD80qja5PuKInvvDaQXuX2E7PlmFv5-kNADvPxGC-x4_5JB5w1A29NxQuRnHtWKznXWHfGxxtrfg_jwVPUqh7jdha4ApqOrjAq_t_4NOv9dg8UvxdkkvudGh6VBhg/s1600/IMG_9288.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6VAc0LPzLtuBW6qPD80qja5PuKInvvDaQXuX2E7PlmFv5-kNADvPxGC-x4_5JB5w1A29NxQuRnHtWKznXWHfGxxtrfg_jwVPUqh7jdha4ApqOrjAq_t_4NOv9dg8UvxdkkvudGh6VBhg/s320/IMG_9288.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>Amelie had her first playdate with her friend Evangelina! We spent the day at an amazing farm here that is free during the week called <a href="http://www.opkansas.org/Things-to-See-And-Do/Deanna-Rose-Childrens-Farmstead">Deanna Rose Children's Farmstead</a>. It has almost 200 <a href="http://www.opkansas.org/Things-to-See-And-Do/Animals" title="Deanna Rose's Animals">animals </a>and birds of prey, vegetable and flower gardens, a baby goat feeding pen, an old-time <a href="http://www.opkansas.org/Things-to-See-And-Do/Grandpa-Bobs-Fishing-Pond" title="Grandpa Bob’s Fishing Pond">fishing pond</a>, <a href="http://www.opkansas.org/Things-to-See-And-Do/Pony-Rides" title="Pony Rides">pony rides</a> and playgrounds galore. It's also great because Amelie can ramble around on foot and explore while I'm a stone's throw away. At two years old, instead of parallel playing, toddlers start to interact more with each other so it was so cute watching Evangelina and Amelie look at each other and giggle and point things out to each other.<br />
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text-align: center;">Notice the boy in the back making sand angels and putting baby goat poop pellets into his hair...where is his mom?... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAokxE536mGdAataApxHLh9MGsyDNdNcP4M39AMtI9FI-pp9WyKbYekm5khztP4WXZoBi3fXnc1Ke9hWR23NihVc9oOyusAvJ7u-hBMEsxGhlQIXLuF51eCLbeH3m73wtE2ynX4AG5Wkw/s1600/IMG_9330.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAokxE536mGdAataApxHLh9MGsyDNdNcP4M39AMtI9FI-pp9WyKbYekm5khztP4WXZoBi3fXnc1Ke9hWR23NihVc9oOyusAvJ7u-hBMEsxGhlQIXLuF51eCLbeH3m73wtE2ynX4AG5Wkw/s320/IMG_9330.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Follow the chickens!~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<span id="goog_1180292154"></span><span id="goog_1180292155"></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287262328889835891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199747808934220845.post-77631236844528277552011-04-06T23:18:00.000-04:002011-04-06T23:18:10.371-04:00Now I Know My A, B, Cs...and other songs*<div style="text-align: left;"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=thefabdesofam-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=B000096QNK&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>I know, I know, it's been way too long since I've posted. I hope I haven't lost any of ya'll because she's growing up too stinkin' adorable and too fast! Amelie just turned the BIG TWO last week and we are so blessed because she continues to top her cuteness every single day just when we didn't even think it was possible! Every day is filled with a new surprise from Amelie but my favorite thing right now is when she randomly starts humming, singing and clapping to her own songs and boppin' around. She's recently started singing her A-B-C's and although she'll fumble her way through the whole thing, she sings up to 'G' confidently. Her awesome Fridge Phonics has been such a helpful tool in helping her learn her A-B-Cs as well as using it as a beat box guide for her Alphabet song. </div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wMWMnrm5Bl8?rel=0" title="YouTube video player" width="480"></iframe><br />
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See how Amelie rang us into the New 2011 Year with her spontaneously cute little song and dance that she performed for us out of the blue during dinner. I especially love how in the middle of her show, she gets distracted by the pretty lights and ornaments on the Christmas tree and forgets that she was the star.<br />
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She even let me get her into her hanbok to give her grandparents a traditional bow for the New Year.<br />
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Like all 1 year olds though, she did have a couple sad moments that involved not getting what she wanted but they were still so cute I had to document.<br />
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She gave her mommy a wonderful birthday gift by giving me a birthday holla, a birthday kiss & her delightful rendition of the first half of the alphabet oozed in with cheesy smiles. I couldn't have asked for more. Enjoy and Happy 2011 and stay tuned for a peek at Amelie's new singing and dancing skillz!<br />
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</div><div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><b>'V8 Kind of Day'</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">(isn't the composition of this one just so daring?</span>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYF4CgSwHslrxNg9K8PYx74GAe9k6UWBTwf3OAQI5pYjLvISPZ_yiMipsXVZ3vE6fKsdiGqSIaENbALfW7jE9V6pEaq-4b1iCMbdWLsmzt9pco5iYuaT9td1SEg_N1QVFCICnhZqh8_s/s1600/IMG_8583.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJYF4CgSwHslrxNg9K8PYx74GAe9k6UWBTwf3OAQI5pYjLvISPZ_yiMipsXVZ3vE6fKsdiGqSIaENbALfW7jE9V6pEaq-4b1iCMbdWLsmzt9pco5iYuaT9td1SEg_N1QVFCICnhZqh8_s/s320/IMG_8583.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b> 'Sandy Toes'</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">(after shooting this, she took one look at me and said, "beach". how brilliant is she?)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDSV_7zZblmGEWGqbQfq8ackNm6n-tDfOpMfgKyZmkj9956cVF12m90ccSl1jAKK_H-tjLySqixhEDEkPMR-XSRWjRD5fD1aRVBamq-l_qXXNv7VXeY4J5GF9G-C1VCNzxax9gT4ffeI/s1600/IMG_8613.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDSV_7zZblmGEWGqbQfq8ackNm6n-tDfOpMfgKyZmkj9956cVF12m90ccSl1jAKK_H-tjLySqixhEDEkPMR-XSRWjRD5fD1aRVBamq-l_qXXNv7VXeY4J5GF9G-C1VCNzxax9gT4ffeI/s320/IMG_8613.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><b>'Hello Toes' </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">(she was very retrospective of her feet that day.) </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZOttf5upWakx_6rzP6zu_Jn_xZG3CsR6widFhfc-N6HDB99cZBL3cSh5jE-CpwZW4_gU2n4BC6O7iZhStBDeSk9AKzVFAlW61kdpY9WyS280Zmf5Cmao3h96F6pdy17a2hzVGMOZmf8/s1600/IMG_8601.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzZOttf5upWakx_6rzP6zu_Jn_xZG3CsR6widFhfc-N6HDB99cZBL3cSh5jE-CpwZW4_gU2n4BC6O7iZhStBDeSk9AKzVFAlW61kdpY9WyS280Zmf5Cmao3h96F6pdy17a2hzVGMOZmf8/s320/IMG_8601.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><b>'Strike a Pose'</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #444444;">(hint: picture an invisible person actually visible in those moccasins)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRhVfTfExNlp8F5dduBntO_mL6B6ld_qLu7o1ET5gRRkjbQvXbfymcyOOZrGaFac7mtMQIJXNufWqFdMoS25pQIq2PmgnYbxSSYcGrv1JB-f5Y9uzCgUrX6tivL9VvcsV6y-tH2FXg00/s1600/IMG_8610.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYRhVfTfExNlp8F5dduBntO_mL6B6ld_qLu7o1ET5gRRkjbQvXbfymcyOOZrGaFac7mtMQIJXNufWqFdMoS25pQIq2PmgnYbxSSYcGrv1JB-f5Y9uzCgUrX6tivL9VvcsV6y-tH2FXg00/s320/IMG_8610.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><b>'Rushing Light'</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444;">(i mean come on, look at the detail she shot this one in.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXJAJ3QY9tfitjmObcmcbypdvDJHV0jY43uO8Vpf8y4d0FVH7x37Cgg8sSLyEEJCr6IU1IqKMnlkfWjKBW0Zm3J6qLcv5TVGXZ5EXLLpUSsafdUenbumHi00lTTOV34xEqZZCel1Icvg/s1600/IMG_8592.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpXJAJ3QY9tfitjmObcmcbypdvDJHV0jY43uO8Vpf8y4d0FVH7x37Cgg8sSLyEEJCr6IU1IqKMnlkfWjKBW0Zm3J6qLcv5TVGXZ5EXLLpUSsafdUenbumHi00lTTOV34xEqZZCel1Icvg/s320/IMG_8592.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><b>'Peekaboo'</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #444444;">(this piece is her voila moment when she suddenly realized that she could freeze her current favorite game in time! isn't she remarkable?!</span>)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBq0RZUCsqOMdXK8hBKWNRYgYhK0lUkG3kBYqkmjJqBj7OYps2-z2ctF8Grvd54hhlaOK8M2_DZmFXTQWI45PswuWZ3jiJnK3LAjSxUX_Z9LB9jdnJwnvgaSFQcFZt5shqFKrisrnlx4s/s1600/IMG_8645.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBq0RZUCsqOMdXK8hBKWNRYgYhK0lUkG3kBYqkmjJqBj7OYps2-z2ctF8Grvd54hhlaOK8M2_DZmFXTQWI45PswuWZ3jiJnK3LAjSxUX_Z9LB9jdnJwnvgaSFQcFZt5shqFKrisrnlx4s/s320/IMG_8645.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: #444444; text-align: center;"><b>'Self Portrait #1: JOY*'</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #444444;">(she had to do a couple self-timer shots on this one due to the exact depth & height she wanted this in.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aMEAkQLYND82I-m9n549wt-RZR3TRrn14T9CeYVpLJlwrRKeZWGXOrbAwnZWMcQ-JQm8qWFy1lGiXpwKYVVtvPIUhC68vFQOV-kb90qtAe_Iyn0EdmY9tGqabuwWvNOsa6lsDnum73c/s1600/IMG_8646.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aMEAkQLYND82I-m9n549wt-RZR3TRrn14T9CeYVpLJlwrRKeZWGXOrbAwnZWMcQ-JQm8qWFy1lGiXpwKYVVtvPIUhC68vFQOV-kb90qtAe_Iyn0EdmY9tGqabuwWvNOsa6lsDnum73c/s320/IMG_8646.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />
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Her coach, Ms. Melanie is currently working on Amelie's Heisman pose. Stay Tuned!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287262328889835891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199747808934220845.post-77503336661779731072010-08-21T00:01:00.000-04:002010-08-21T00:01:26.026-04:00Learning Amelish All Over Again*So what's been going on with Amelie? With the summer slowly winding down and Amelie already more than halfway to becoming 17 months, it's never a bore. Everyday I'm reminded of all the firsts I've had as a toddler growing up. The fascination in her eyes watching an ant crawl by. The innocence of not understanding why it's not ok to eat her dog's food and why the toilet is a very dirty thing and not a water table. There's actually so much zipping through that brain of hers that she's been wanting to say a whole lot. Here she is trying to explain to us all that she's been through lately in Amelish. <br />
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(Please email me directly if you can help decipher any of it.) <br />
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Amelie's also been helping to remind me that still, everyday is filled with something new so we should look forward to it. I'm throwing it back old school style by kicking away jadedness and bringing optimism back into my life again. <br />
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Hello again, Optimism. Here's to hoping for a better tomorrows*Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287262328889835891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199747808934220845.post-61423777338588188602010-07-15T09:41:00.002-04:002010-07-16T08:13:09.331-04:00Amelie's 2010 Summer Picks*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisHLKcKudqpAmILLZKYEjbUbOjfkSRDhMI2RKCl18SM8M8EbZMdNQEm9hSEeuX27ShRoqnhRNknjPxU-_GLfy1R4NwDn9zkwPuwOzmSB8ZIxLfv-SnUG04ysrYoFjwpORjqNe369eKwM/s1600/IMG_7645.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiisHLKcKudqpAmILLZKYEjbUbOjfkSRDhMI2RKCl18SM8M8EbZMdNQEm9hSEeuX27ShRoqnhRNknjPxU-_GLfy1R4NwDn9zkwPuwOzmSB8ZIxLfv-SnUG04ysrYoFjwpORjqNe369eKwM/s320/IMG_7645.JPG" /></a></div><br />
If there's anything I always have to make sure I have in my bag, it's snacks. There was one day where I forgot to pack snacks and I encountered the dark side of Amelie, the Snack Monster. I have never forgotten snacks <u>ever</u> again. Here are some of Amelie's favorite snacks and I must say that this girl already has a discerning palate like her folks. If it doesn't taste good, it's just plain spit out and that's the end of it. <br />
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Here are Amelie's current favorite picks of Summer 2010: <br />
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1) <a href="http://shop.littleduckorganics.com/"><span style="color: blue;">Little Duck Organics</span></a><br />
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2) <a href="http://www.brothersallnatural.com/">Brother's All Natural Fruit Crisps</a><br />
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I stumbled upon these at Babies R Us and a friend just told me that they sell these at Costco!! Amelie loves these flat crisps. Each package contains about 1 1/2 fruit. They are freeze dried so if you leave them out in the heat too long, they'll get all soft and not so fun to eat so beware* <br />
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3) <a href="http://shop.mitsuwa.com/eng/egoods/eresult.php?k=baby&p=1">Japanese Snacks</a><br />
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Amelie's been digging the toddler snacks at the Japanese grocery mart, Mitsuwa. They have these delicious milk biscuits, wafers, rice crackers and honey balls that she devours in small amounts of time. I'm excited to have her try the other stuff there too.<br />
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4) <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hot-Kid-Strawberry-Biscuits-24-Count/dp/B001DBRU4O?ie=UTF8&tag=thefabdesofam-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Toddler Mum Mums</a><br />
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Here is a quick fast forward of what's been going on with Amelie-amelie-bo-Bamelie, Banana-fanna-fo-famelie, Me, My, Mo-Mamelie:<br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"> Chilling in my new shades</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZZPIMQ58HE_Q_d8vhNlr2a_or7ivQ2HXSNo_hW3CS0MiJotXjj4lG62l-_2oqqSpr2zZUxx2_mmHGd7zIqgzcfP6GCs-zyF9vtONfQrq_wdALnxwxDvItr7c2clmdVVrl4DxSqRVyuM/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkZZPIMQ58HE_Q_d8vhNlr2a_or7ivQ2HXSNo_hW3CS0MiJotXjj4lG62l-_2oqqSpr2zZUxx2_mmHGd7zIqgzcfP6GCs-zyF9vtONfQrq_wdALnxwxDvItr7c2clmdVVrl4DxSqRVyuM/s320/2.JPG" /><span style="color: magenta;"> </span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">I love my new shiny shoes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGc65L5CgTrLQkRc5FcMBEGnk3jVqlpVPYGbRBGMyRGRlCMm5p5xWn47TaiHXV1XWiBS9FMgyH8LWI_P0SGSAPnP-IdznYDABV5oiWyy72kjsxES_9-OxZPgryEzpcl3BAM4g9x_A1T8/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoGc65L5CgTrLQkRc5FcMBEGnk3jVqlpVPYGbRBGMyRGRlCMm5p5xWn47TaiHXV1XWiBS9FMgyH8LWI_P0SGSAPnP-IdznYDABV5oiWyy72kjsxES_9-OxZPgryEzpcl3BAM4g9x_A1T8/s320/3.JPG" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nexj2dqGvPQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nexj2dqGvPQ&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"> Hello is anyone there?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdoM3AQDb_ZxKinY7lk-9YKoqBBcwOhmzJbVtX4uJNZWcmfClAZ21CPtUlOIo9RuQjhg8qsivgw5ZMeRiiI1liBqqQSR5bdtnKyDpbrKKsiM3m49lQKxvpF75E9DJb2lVNkJ6WipSjyE/s1600/4_.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipdoM3AQDb_ZxKinY7lk-9YKoqBBcwOhmzJbVtX4uJNZWcmfClAZ21CPtUlOIo9RuQjhg8qsivgw5ZMeRiiI1liBqqQSR5bdtnKyDpbrKKsiM3m49lQKxvpF75E9DJb2lVNkJ6WipSjyE/s320/4_.JPG" /><span style="color: magenta;"> </span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">Caught red-handed</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7sIfaVrR3riZGLFQUwglglruEyRBPGNBynoMGTQt2SQUXIDoQZVOE7nAss145oeDpGuyTwMdz7uxryI-WCadZfLJ2DJ_2zm_9e_KUkfuJ9HlVabfC_pfyinoa4XZDfZSAniuw9yaBPI/s1600/5_mischief.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB7sIfaVrR3riZGLFQUwglglruEyRBPGNBynoMGTQt2SQUXIDoQZVOE7nAss145oeDpGuyTwMdz7uxryI-WCadZfLJ2DJ_2zm_9e_KUkfuJ9HlVabfC_pfyinoa4XZDfZSAniuw9yaBPI/s320/5_mischief.JPG" /><span style="color: magenta;"> </span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"> What did I get myself into...(butt paste on my face)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdETkmaNCepuf10e-e-ZwZBnRsrMAQtFGUCSck_Q21oQXHwJ_KL9aYjtMLnrHHgkze-d52abZ688fLzLnF8A_3Z1-eZyZk3sEA8-A7PqL1vf6_LSBqYa1S63DtBPckL34yBtQ2XVpYHFA/s1600/6_mischief.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdETkmaNCepuf10e-e-ZwZBnRsrMAQtFGUCSck_Q21oQXHwJ_KL9aYjtMLnrHHgkze-d52abZ688fLzLnF8A_3Z1-eZyZk3sEA8-A7PqL1vf6_LSBqYa1S63DtBPckL34yBtQ2XVpYHFA/s320/6_mischief.JPG" /></a></div><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0z4gjIsFF9c&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0z4gjIsFF9c&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">An artist in the works </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7fv9B0qkQBENCNeVx6UDX9ss4GEkSsLdBVdGf9hye7qOasN7HLZC1VpaWwrgUawoquLUQSPFJJiBC-IggbrDhbSJNqDt7NEOuC_WxxPhwQ7xl8XCR3g229b3gX82Fv74cMcUbhxqlmc/s1600/7_coloring.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY7fv9B0qkQBENCNeVx6UDX9ss4GEkSsLdBVdGf9hye7qOasN7HLZC1VpaWwrgUawoquLUQSPFJJiBC-IggbrDhbSJNqDt7NEOuC_WxxPhwQ7xl8XCR3g229b3gX82Fv74cMcUbhxqlmc/s320/7_coloring.JPG" width="240" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">Really the best barber in town</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsia_6co_7NOB1JRJxi2c4OL3ob44kEttx2RcfKIR0BnGSyC3BIbmRt91b14mxOGEwkVfgxk3GxLGvS254_6ucbACBGRVZ7HsCmVDmkor5-EeOjH9GGIYQ9OlvbyuLuC42boJWZtibSU/s1600/1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVsia_6co_7NOB1JRJxi2c4OL3ob44kEttx2RcfKIR0BnGSyC3BIbmRt91b14mxOGEwkVfgxk3GxLGvS254_6ucbACBGRVZ7HsCmVDmkor5-EeOjH9GGIYQ9OlvbyuLuC42boJWZtibSU/s320/1.JPG" /><span style="color: magenta;"> </span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">My new Hepburn or <a href="http://janelikesthesethings.blogspot.com/">Jane emo</a> look</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4Ismk4bq_yfACtjQUd1hYR1QpPVJvnNz6pe56a2uXv6GMaHjGYR5_SDa2Qj8H6TPGsp_EdvLrx0CbpoInprG_VYVn812Gxj2UU16pjyfuJGZ6CnlSedhnSqU1gnQtdd19bricxV5Kt4/s1600/8_newbob.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju4Ismk4bq_yfACtjQUd1hYR1QpPVJvnNz6pe56a2uXv6GMaHjGYR5_SDa2Qj8H6TPGsp_EdvLrx0CbpoInprG_VYVn812Gxj2UU16pjyfuJGZ6CnlSedhnSqU1gnQtdd19bricxV5Kt4/s320/8_newbob.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="color: magenta;">Daddy's scary BBQ rib</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7U5qIVNROrnSYliqhiqiYImvVhvPo5RxKmd4WSL6RWzJR9Bj7vWWK08uavko2afBDzMNu9XF5TYixJFY9EzFMiZFfwTp-PmzBnQffOOFjPVSuBNxm93WbuVPezB0BxojHas9YkFMMFLU/s1600/9_bbqrib.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7U5qIVNROrnSYliqhiqiYImvVhvPo5RxKmd4WSL6RWzJR9Bj7vWWK08uavko2afBDzMNu9XF5TYixJFY9EzFMiZFfwTp-PmzBnQffOOFjPVSuBNxm93WbuVPezB0BxojHas9YkFMMFLU/s320/9_bbqrib.JPG" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: magenta; text-align: center;">I love the swimming pool</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_lTCQvnTKsPsmtaYR4Vcht_C56cKSCmK5tyejVKDSXtJen7fsUYzOpT4yQHp89Ll-Yu904RymeNMGs-Hyd_syzUzRc3y1RhXeE9matniiJ4dOx2G2LlB8hJUkmiT5zr1pH0LDIYczfY/s1600/10_pool.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy_lTCQvnTKsPsmtaYR4Vcht_C56cKSCmK5tyejVKDSXtJen7fsUYzOpT4yQHp89Ll-Yu904RymeNMGs-Hyd_syzUzRc3y1RhXeE9matniiJ4dOx2G2LlB8hJUkmiT5zr1pH0LDIYczfY/s320/10_pool.JPG" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">My mom asked me to smile really big so I can show you my dimple</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucJnRfOazdxC9TAXLAz9QXt_IzDYm1jNAD_S9eue1jICwrODV8CrPUGRTdZkBf21HZGctbkU1LloHokEJ1B5b0aI3BMCtRltmAbcENCa69wtzjzn52TP1cWU5V94klT0OJGDJySy_bwk/s1600/12_dimple.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhucJnRfOazdxC9TAXLAz9QXt_IzDYm1jNAD_S9eue1jICwrODV8CrPUGRTdZkBf21HZGctbkU1LloHokEJ1B5b0aI3BMCtRltmAbcENCa69wtzjzn52TP1cWU5V94klT0OJGDJySy_bwk/s320/12_dimple.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IhlxZd39hkc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IhlxZd39hkc&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">My new easel that Grams bought me to encourage creative expressions</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitqCgM2Tl7TuDjdSgBQ6-hQiGxEggrqwBlxhGIzsAAswB5OUxRCO7Q_hpZ9PXAstr8WfwimPwz8kERuU3ebgeTkL-dnjjRCsHcB1jpldu2dE89WFcdB5FFz-xrlci6Di9xHHR4zfOj6Qs/s1600/14_easel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBvd26Qv9QbkzXDrkvtgesvhlOJ1fNUTiZzCAiScC0RpKeWPNkCIS-itZ_2wEU2FVdbiVtSGdnKMz3J05aPIRHMJj8vYnHSl_NKDST57OT2laLSkHA55kWurHL3tggIYcFwBMGLPW4R8/s1600/16_curlers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBvd26Qv9QbkzXDrkvtgesvhlOJ1fNUTiZzCAiScC0RpKeWPNkCIS-itZ_2wEU2FVdbiVtSGdnKMz3J05aPIRHMJj8vYnHSl_NKDST57OT2laLSkHA55kWurHL3tggIYcFwBMGLPW4R8/s320/16_curlers.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;">Me with my grown up look</span><span style="color: magenta;"><br />
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their health and give their <span class="contentInner">babies the best possible start in life. Women who sign up for the service by texting BABY (or BEBE for Spanish) to 511411 will receive free SMS text messages each week, timed to their due date or baby’s date of birth.</span> </div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287262328889835891noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199747808934220845.post-43858237428180322102010-05-10T12:01:00.000-04:002010-05-10T12:01:45.103-04:00It Was Her Birthday and She'll Laugh if She Wants To*<div style="text-align: center;">Check out Amelie's One Year Photoshoot from the fabulous <a href="http://blog.twoleafphoto.com/?p=636">Two Leaf team</a>! They captured the essence of Amelie perfectly. Here are some photos from Amelie's First Birthday Party~</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: magenta;">The Birthday Girl~</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukpLzBabkqipfw5lJceXM5O-kkjMeSATh-U2gEEwgHxYwJ-egVW5Y8tW462809hyphenhyphenNW7p8JMHUCCoQxreEAK1IOvMKld_wqfp1Knc0kF-CZpaGgl9j-GQSddTd-HKD_uLqCgqS0ZIgjeI/s1600/birthdaygirl.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgukpLzBabkqipfw5lJceXM5O-kkjMeSATh-U2gEEwgHxYwJ-egVW5Y8tW462809hyphenhyphenNW7p8JMHUCCoQxreEAK1IOvMKld_wqfp1Knc0kF-CZpaGgl9j-GQSddTd-HKD_uLqCgqS0ZIgjeI/s320/birthdaygirl.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: magenta;">She is destined to be a Scholar!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qqR2NqCmq3o6GjC8HN_psw9qsonkclzq-rJlQTBOfukJeEBhXTj6ZAG72-g8MeMbtAXo_mnpUbvOnKcieFvA3TDSL-p0vp0YilHfVdd4n7rG_sTdg6HpldPhCQQOoiB3TzVrnoq_uKA/s1600/Ami_Pencil.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2qqR2NqCmq3o6GjC8HN_psw9qsonkclzq-rJlQTBOfukJeEBhXTj6ZAG72-g8MeMbtAXo_mnpUbvOnKcieFvA3TDSL-p0vp0YilHfVdd4n7rG_sTdg6HpldPhCQQOoiB3TzVrnoq_uKA/s320/Ami_Pencil.jpg" /></a></div><br />
<div style="color: magenta; text-align: center;"><b>Excited to Study forever like her Aunt?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwR9gwTzTg64kD-AM5y6d61u3UsJ6S9UUF28TYum9aJX46Wh2L2spBfy3TGgOkb3myyTWzWyL2abcO3tKzxv9217iwAxPpnd37Dw2U3uDh_IUeNc13ZdI-seFxuCsnR7zgcnejFsS5Lk/s1600/Ami_pencil_vintage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwR9gwTzTg64kD-AM5y6d61u3UsJ6S9UUF28TYum9aJX46Wh2L2spBfy3TGgOkb3myyTWzWyL2abcO3tKzxv9217iwAxPpnd37Dw2U3uDh_IUeNc13ZdI-seFxuCsnR7zgcnejFsS5Lk/s320/Ami_pencil_vintage.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: magenta;">Or maybe destined to be in the LPGA!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSsshGDZ3vp57cmWbCaeTCMNY0UDcdgXXvYi_Ff1b8mjIeu9QidhGj2zMKfKvJ7TslEFmmHmd9M7DqdA3QNA2967MvgP74fRIvEOeJer_uFbH4vriC7HfeuIxK3lwTBk3qRFPG4Fzorc/s1600/Ami_golfball.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzSsshGDZ3vp57cmWbCaeTCMNY0UDcdgXXvYi_Ff1b8mjIeu9QidhGj2zMKfKvJ7TslEFmmHmd9M7DqdA3QNA2967MvgP74fRIvEOeJer_uFbH4vriC7HfeuIxK3lwTBk3qRFPG4Fzorc/s320/Ami_golfball.jpg" /></a></div><div style="color: magenta; text-align: center;"><b><br />
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Anyways, so I made a video for Amelie's first birthday party and people have been asking me to post it so here it is finally. <br />
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Watching her grow up the first year was so much fun that I'm recharged and ready to start documenting her 2nd year of life now!<br />
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Enjoy~Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287262328889835891noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199747808934220845.post-83156249454851878182010-03-30T20:52:00.001-04:002010-03-30T20:53:06.782-04:00HAPPY 1ST!Exactly one year ago from midday today, God gave us our beautiful daughter, Amelie. This year has been one of the most challenging, rewarding, exhausting, humbling, blessed, remarkable, mystifying, intriguing, heartfelt, maturing, exhausting (wait, did i say that already? well it deserves another mention), unpredictable, tender, demanding, delightful time of my life.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: purple;">HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY TO OUR BABYGIRL~ </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: purple;">WE <span style="color: red;">LOVE</span> YOU SO MUCH!</b></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Random thing I wanted to share is how much Amelie loves these Mum-Mum Rice Rusks. A friend gave one to her and she basically inhaled it. Amazon is offering 2 day free shipping on baby food and for $14 you get 6 boxes for a total of 144 rusks!</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287262328889835891noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199747808934220845.post-47233396264282317012010-03-10T23:27:00.000-05:002010-03-10T23:27:05.926-05:00Amelie and the Funky Bunch*So Amelie is already almost 11 and a half months! Man alive, where did that time go?! My friends always ask me what I do with Amelie during the week. When I'm not running around after her at home and working my part-time job while she naps, we try to go out and meet her friends so she can practice being around other lil' people like herself. I just cannot get enough of watching the little tikes interact with each other. Put one cute little person with another cute little person and you just melt and ooze onto the floor because they are so funny and so darn adorable. So without further adieu, say hello to Amelie's funky bunch crew.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;">This is a classic shot of big sis Amelie at 5 months old welcoming her new friend, Cana into the world. They're going to go on missions trips together and share the Gospel. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgCb7sTqoqaNmbSwU7OZtOSQu8U-FLmCGKP7Y9nAXNrCPE5YiH1yjef6FAnpE3AvgTHsDD8Bfw3ckPJBdLfpAC2I8V4pTqG4Zv9y8KgVi9wTz4wWzDZjgOvsoabZA1uvBd8iG1LynMIo/s1600-h/lilSisCana.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtgCb7sTqoqaNmbSwU7OZtOSQu8U-FLmCGKP7Y9nAXNrCPE5YiH1yjef6FAnpE3AvgTHsDD8Bfw3ckPJBdLfpAC2I8V4pTqG4Zv9y8KgVi9wTz4wWzDZjgOvsoabZA1uvBd8iG1LynMIo/s320/lilSisCana.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is at 6 months old on their first playdate probably wondering a lot of different things...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWT6bzPFYHipPl-fZx2Q1jnR8a96TXWlGZqhNS3owCv7lczOQqwVf4WMNzZYZkH7PltB1e00SKtW6WUa397QEZLrE_hRrFJ1XS8MMZxmFfGZnu7YiH-Ghc-aW15MXcV8dyRGMWzHHZsAU/s1600-h/Ami_month6_eve.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWT6bzPFYHipPl-fZx2Q1jnR8a96TXWlGZqhNS3owCv7lczOQqwVf4WMNzZYZkH7PltB1e00SKtW6WUa397QEZLrE_hRrFJ1XS8MMZxmFfGZnu7YiH-Ghc-aW15MXcV8dyRGMWzHHZsAU/s320/Ami_month6_eve.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is her friend Lexi. They will probably play doubles tennis together like me and her mom did.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLwwnn1HtZAEyCAte4RaxwhSL2fAyQXuX3FDXLGpUg5ayWUpWqDON_ZR6eFpKRj1Zm2a0deD68sZ-P7SP9-xShSktl5O82F3hOjD2b73fLUkej7EyS45sFGtIhxDfXRp-OwL7yUWxkWQ/s1600-h/Ami_month7_lexi.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPLwwnn1HtZAEyCAte4RaxwhSL2fAyQXuX3FDXLGpUg5ayWUpWqDON_ZR6eFpKRj1Zm2a0deD68sZ-P7SP9-xShSktl5O82F3hOjD2b73fLUkej7EyS45sFGtIhxDfXRp-OwL7yUWxkWQ/s320/Ami_month7_lexi.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the first time Nora came over and hung out when they were 7 months old. They're only 5 days apart and they're going to play sports together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOfvpbYSofdfN7VPLizb2t9uB3V1KL9dIlnLIhC8fHwhzrk7IPfpcmHy13FjTnnb5ORfGW5ubCYI-CYQBdJT9MlPI9M6Na6xU5jEJ-OHiVpHsQJI1kgJV03hMZ5TIazqydZJfZeC7hG8/s1600-h/Ami_month7_nora.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilOfvpbYSofdfN7VPLizb2t9uB3V1KL9dIlnLIhC8fHwhzrk7IPfpcmHy13FjTnnb5ORfGW5ubCYI-CYQBdJT9MlPI9M6Na6xU5jEJ-OHiVpHsQJI1kgJV03hMZ5TIazqydZJfZeC7hG8/s320/Ami_month7_nora.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is big bro Lincoln who is expecting a baby sister soon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjDx5IXNRt7A2LkXNzzFDcopJ6yFv_m0LVjdkHSL-xUh-0ZSFw4FZq3u1qFnV6E7FyuzAIOo6LiKVpmO3NGLXPuWgmYKPE4p_8oJRIzFx5ItPg_FREZpo7RgwZfaqDa1XR1Jr-9ZPva4/s1600-h/bigbroLincoln.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjDx5IXNRt7A2LkXNzzFDcopJ6yFv_m0LVjdkHSL-xUh-0ZSFw4FZq3u1qFnV6E7FyuzAIOo6LiKVpmO3NGLXPuWgmYKPE4p_8oJRIzFx5ItPg_FREZpo7RgwZfaqDa1XR1Jr-9ZPva4/s320/bigbroLincoln.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is Daniel who is a couple months younger than Amelie and the only baby lad at church among 3 other baby chicks. What a lucky lad!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD15wqbr3lQuarMsnxQuJ8Kp7yhUAaGUovXgsVCaqFSjFaZzjPy944n2AOB8tzyWnh_KK4NnYRWiu92JHGL1_ak4DLjnqk3sbcIYd8ja6O5VnPslKaagwvt-vSHK1WRnprAPn2FLGBy0Y/s1600-h/Daniel.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD15wqbr3lQuarMsnxQuJ8Kp7yhUAaGUovXgsVCaqFSjFaZzjPy944n2AOB8tzyWnh_KK4NnYRWiu92JHGL1_ak4DLjnqk3sbcIYd8ja6O5VnPslKaagwvt-vSHK1WRnprAPn2FLGBy0Y/s320/Daniel.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is her church bud, Soleil, a fashionista.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWD1I4cr1K_n7EX6Ky2zcMzw_PiSsS1Gbv_NLCzF8-rNFhyphenhyphen1c16birRTCbqLhGDKoqhyphenhyphen1f2TCrjOz1hnnmONbjeciyulyYqmAD7UFa4Ot9rYc0zQvJ_q2LaYq1KT9B_FqwZO5dE5esxw/s1600-h/Soleil.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYWD1I4cr1K_n7EX6Ky2zcMzw_PiSsS1Gbv_NLCzF8-rNFhyphenhyphen1c16birRTCbqLhGDKoqhyphenhyphen1f2TCrjOz1hnnmONbjeciyulyYqmAD7UFa4Ot9rYc0zQvJ_q2LaYq1KT9B_FqwZO5dE5esxw/s320/Soleil.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is our absolute best attempt to get a group photo during this playdate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NVbqKGz5t6Jy5bJZ1PMAywW6bfCc31mAOri5gwhHhgO-mcOFdwV57_DLqHm2x_JXBhbJzcLuFBOZoxOXhNLxWN8yULwKbwQn5vTg2pA_PC769eC2tZuwLyPBk9EL5cs_KA4GU67CiBU/s1600-h/Ami_month10_funkybunch.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NVbqKGz5t6Jy5bJZ1PMAywW6bfCc31mAOri5gwhHhgO-mcOFdwV57_DLqHm2x_JXBhbJzcLuFBOZoxOXhNLxWN8yULwKbwQn5vTg2pA_PC769eC2tZuwLyPBk9EL5cs_KA4GU67CiBU/s400/Ami_month10_funkybunch.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is Amelie trying to get her big bro friend, Maxx's, attention who loves the movie 'Up'.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kERJir-VsVFUUZbuVTZIx3ghnE48o4yKM7aombVSCD4LR-mPgVxAMLtXFTY0QFg8qPuITz-OEfjl1TN_M8XgQaHrbhyphenhyphen-6WhskHAGlzIR8VJTN4_TSQmmBZzCY_3ps-YUr8P4aStQ6n0/s1600-h/bigbroMaxx.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5kERJir-VsVFUUZbuVTZIx3ghnE48o4yKM7aombVSCD4LR-mPgVxAMLtXFTY0QFg8qPuITz-OEfjl1TN_M8XgQaHrbhyphenhyphen-6WhskHAGlzIR8VJTN4_TSQmmBZzCY_3ps-YUr8P4aStQ6n0/s320/bigbroMaxx.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Amelie got to welcome his new sister, Ellie, into the world. She loves to smile.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKroWaqyZo1j7blMD4M-zGxAig0SAFyYwsuSRiLGDu3ZZ7CBdXUU7U-wIl5QiYB8no8IsJTNDc-yBjmjCVUZHQMyQXASaSrF9NPbJWGbqzi-vTUw0_9Bujxo7fEdEXQBrJ4OjbLIpscIs/s1600-h/Ellie.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKroWaqyZo1j7blMD4M-zGxAig0SAFyYwsuSRiLGDu3ZZ7CBdXUU7U-wIl5QiYB8no8IsJTNDc-yBjmjCVUZHQMyQXASaSrF9NPbJWGbqzi-vTUw0_9Bujxo7fEdEXQBrJ4OjbLIpscIs/s320/Ellie.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is Aunt Soo and another new friend, Elias, who Amelie got to welcome into the world. They will make beautiful music together when they get older. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmIUtjjQjSy3nyNeBKrK6kbxbgzenlrTnLZCxO6rjNx9dwMdNnqqV71hEavQPW-0KFp4flokP9WcAn4Gz4LzzeyjzTJGoCCdiDTkVqIxigmczlh6qWypC-X0-Wn7wy9MXHPrRJ-ncXoY/s1600-h/Ami_month12_sooElias.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRmIUtjjQjSy3nyNeBKrK6kbxbgzenlrTnLZCxO6rjNx9dwMdNnqqV71hEavQPW-0KFp4flokP9WcAn4Gz4LzzeyjzTJGoCCdiDTkVqIxigmczlh6qWypC-X0-Wn7wy9MXHPrRJ-ncXoY/s320/Ami_month12_sooElias.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fresh from a recent playdate and looking much older now are buds, Nora and Cana. Nora can already wobble walk.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtyF5vjgYiKvYSdfvBgdHl0Xa8NpfZlEmqOhG776RTYI7AtHSrgSfCd8Xq2j-xw8X1hInNLOH4Y4hrTJ7d7bbfH6wQTjzLWuBQFukgo6MgyuzqwzBDTfC5F6b0c4KgrJAarnIABQ-RG4/s1600-h/NoraandCana.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLtyF5vjgYiKvYSdfvBgdHl0Xa8NpfZlEmqOhG776RTYI7AtHSrgSfCd8Xq2j-xw8X1hInNLOH4Y4hrTJ7d7bbfH6wQTjzLWuBQFukgo6MgyuzqwzBDTfC5F6b0c4KgrJAarnIABQ-RG4/s400/NoraandCana.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To get this rare photo of them together, it took lots of strange sounds, snacks and one heckuva strong grip* </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRFCeLfbKaN7igFVfX36eg2qhZ-_N7JyZG7ZpyCMgQlOpxZyprID8H2F8TTDMohH0yGIPMNQwK1bbTc9BD54skWHmh9egQN9T9Qt1Apo3tmcxeN_A-B-WxzaPYq4bKiWGfR10k8nn_JU/s1600-h/Ami_month12_meandnoraami.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRFCeLfbKaN7igFVfX36eg2qhZ-_N7JyZG7ZpyCMgQlOpxZyprID8H2F8TTDMohH0yGIPMNQwK1bbTc9BD54skWHmh9egQN9T9Qt1Apo3tmcxeN_A-B-WxzaPYq4bKiWGfR10k8nn_JU/s320/Ami_month12_meandnoraami.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I leave you with some cute little videos of all of them "playing" together. Notice how they all just kinda do their own thing. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object height="405" width="500"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uQgzMvAtUtU&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uQgzMvAtUtU&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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Man, the strange things we do to get our kids to laugh...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287262328889835891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199747808934220845.post-85399673704526646292010-03-01T15:03:00.014-05:002010-03-01T15:48:23.292-05:00Amelie the Bookworm*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnlYgcPjjkpOpZ1FIe6Ur36eM-YmY1jyzZgn4RcD-k9lBVEIwO0t8o82g06n53vaihbJmanzbzxsuPai31-YW9COEjTL5f13i13Vh-_Zglgzb6Xb_KVqTQqgpe3KXS_ShBxxgNxDaMVI/s1600-h/ami_bookworm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixnlYgcPjjkpOpZ1FIe6Ur36eM-YmY1jyzZgn4RcD-k9lBVEIwO0t8o82g06n53vaihbJmanzbzxsuPai31-YW9COEjTL5f13i13Vh-_Zglgzb6Xb_KVqTQqgpe3KXS_ShBxxgNxDaMVI/s320/ami_bookworm.JPG" /></a></div><br />
Amelie has taken up a new hobby lately...books! She most definitely gets that from me because I was the kid always staying up late at night to read books under her blanket with a flashlight after lights out and getting the most stars on the wall for all the books I read. Whenever I go to the bookstore, I can't leave without buying at least one book for her but with so many books out there it's so hard to know what she'll like! Recommendations are very welcome!<br />
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Here are a couple of Amelie's favorite books we'd recommend:<br />
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Since birth, Amelie has always shown interest in this book and even at the age of 10.5 months, she sits still when I read this to her! I think it's the bright colors and the story is almost lyrical. A very colorful read~<br />
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I just recently bought her this book and she goes blah blah over it! She points to everything asking what it is and tries to imitate what I say.<br />
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As much as she loves to take all the cards out, she loves to see the shapes and colors on these concept cards. I think these are great flash cards to get babies to know their shapes and colors.<br />
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This book with it's lyrical whimsy is great fun for me to read to Amelie. We both get a kick out of this book.<br />
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If you want something with bright lights and music, I recommend this. I bought this for Amelie this past weekend and she is LOVING it! It combines rhythm and rhyme with seven classic nursery favorites. She claps to it, sings to it and it keeps her occupied for a good while which is key for us mothers ^-*<br />
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These Sesame Street Board books are awesome to bring in the diaper bag when you go out. They keep Amelie entertained in the car, at the mall, at church, anywhere! They're really sturdy, easily wiped down, colorful and adorable. There are a series of these books and if you go to the Target $1 section in the front of the store, you can score them for a buck a piece!<br />
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Here is Amelie reading her 'first 100 Words' book and spending the good latter part of it making an animal noise that she recently had breakthrough with.<br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">There's something magical about sleeping babies. </span><span style="font-size: large;">Here is Amelie the little eskimo passed out in the car. It looks like she has lip gloss on but that's just Aquaphor to help her chapped lips.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXdUUuR1_5SeHASzzYtFcLZB6_G8VReq-ua_mMe4DGiF8izF-4BCLDoiI0kCgt0SYSxU59Z0tDlvPN9T8hzYVOY25Z6hqjmWbbSBky9MsS9iNucBCwqIuuO15ViF_qPWJzF8juedGi2Q/s1600-h/amelie_month11_sleepingeskimo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXdUUuR1_5SeHASzzYtFcLZB6_G8VReq-ua_mMe4DGiF8izF-4BCLDoiI0kCgt0SYSxU59Z0tDlvPN9T8hzYVOY25Z6hqjmWbbSBky9MsS9iNucBCwqIuuO15ViF_qPWJzF8juedGi2Q/s320/amelie_month11_sleepingeskimo.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Amelie found her way to the other side of the crib and conked out with her dolls. Doesn't she look like one of them? And of course she has Bow-Wow close by, her favorite puppy.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcV-pF-2i8n5Io7MSpzNAuMIo_7WL9xrMsk5nEj_kn5cAtkENoSsz3yJN01qvqdRaKLK1vt3VOUJGDndX42lzoCm1uPhwBkEIZO9xw8qpr0oFoRa2DJpNxeJVCraK2uFODhXkrBI1pB8/s1600-h/Amelie_month11_sleepingdolls.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwcV-pF-2i8n5Io7MSpzNAuMIo_7WL9xrMsk5nEj_kn5cAtkENoSsz3yJN01qvqdRaKLK1vt3VOUJGDndX42lzoCm1uPhwBkEIZO9xw8qpr0oFoRa2DJpNxeJVCraK2uFODhXkrBI1pB8/s400/Amelie_month11_sleepingdolls.JPG" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I came into the room to find Amelie decided to use her teddy as a nice comfortable pillow. There's Bow-Wow in hand.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUaiSTQNXequF7WOpiHjacHswJpN-mmqZufZ3SW4h1WTnR3f7JphgzDK5S7TljeCT_RghzlG7Fiteot9KqBJvsB5YSfX78BArE1fSrs-hWnz-H48KXXhrzE6dLmeB8K9KkVrNcbUnz_g/s1600-h/amelie_teddypillow.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQUaiSTQNXequF7WOpiHjacHswJpN-mmqZufZ3SW4h1WTnR3f7JphgzDK5S7TljeCT_RghzlG7Fiteot9KqBJvsB5YSfX78BArE1fSrs-hWnz-H48KXXhrzE6dLmeB8K9KkVrNcbUnz_g/s400/amelie_teddypillow.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287262328889835891noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199747808934220845.post-16537147144457420632010-02-13T16:33:00.003-05:002010-02-13T16:37:54.020-05:00Happy Music = Happy Feet*<span style="font-size: small;">Amelie loooooooves music. Praise God for that because I prayed very specifically for that. She loves to bop her feet, her hands and anything she can to the beat of a song. My husband and I were fortunate to be able to play a lot of instruments and be in a children's choir (together) when we were young but alas, aside from having some deep soul and rhythmn, we are musically challenged. Our hope lies in Amelie but we wouldn't mind her being a pro golfer either ^-^ We'll see what item she scoops up at her 1st Birthday coming up (too) soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Here's her happy feet skee bopping away to some music i was playing for her while she was having breakfast. She's pretty on beat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This is a short clip that I happened to catch of Amelie watching one of her favorite videos that our friend let us borrow called <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Baby-Signing-Time-1-DVD/dp/B000HKCSYO?ie=UTF8&tag=thefabdesofam-20&link_code=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969" target="_blank">Baby Signing Time</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thefabdesofam-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=B000HKCSYO" style="border: medium none ! important; margin: 0px ! important; padding: 0px ! important;" width="1" />. I've been trying to teach her some sign language because I think it makes it so much easier for them to comunicate with us while they can't talk just yet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here are some clips of our Twinkle Toes in action... </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">She's been DJing like a madwoman on her Leap Frog Learn & Groove Musical Table which helps her develop her leg muscles as well as give me some needed rest from chasing her. Here are some clips of her bringing the house down and also showing off her signature Twinkle-Toed move.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is a nice closeup of her signature move. I tried to get her to do the moonwalk but she insisted on wanting to show it off on a later post.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Since birth, we haven't cut Amelie's hair once except when her grandfather, with the best of intentions, tried to cut the crazy hair around her ears and not tell us but how could we not notice the oddity. With that said, her womb hair is <u><b>extremely</b></u> strong. I kid you not. While the little darling was getting her first true haircut by yours truly, one of her hairs, stabbed my thumb. It was so strong that it splintered my finger at least 2 centimeters deep! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Anyways, Amelie was starting to look like a sheepdog without the help of a barrette or pigtails in hair so I decided I had to take action. She deserves to see the beauty of the world that our God created clearly, especially being a spankin' brand new person.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I present to you, Amelie's mature new do! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByk-CFSNLEpoitwDEw1DEglDSpcUnYS1k5-_Mjrk2qhf5-3cLKx8CtWvTHp-DXSjgGZ1-tBmESNHNF-YqRCj65QYdvw8K2M_mKwRs0AfJbx1AUNBWMdgmWZEk36jpOuSoXpnbgOGlzuU/s1600-h/Picture+7.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjByk-CFSNLEpoitwDEw1DEglDSpcUnYS1k5-_Mjrk2qhf5-3cLKx8CtWvTHp-DXSjgGZ1-tBmESNHNF-YqRCj65QYdvw8K2M_mKwRs0AfJbx1AUNBWMdgmWZEk36jpOuSoXpnbgOGlzuU/s640/Picture+7.png" width="483" /></a></div><br />
<div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Doesn't she look like <a href="http://www.angrylittlegirls.com/">Angry Little Asian Girl</a> or the little asian version of <a href="http://ameliepoulain.ifrance.com/pages/en/index.html">Amelie Poulain</a>? </span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I can picture Amelie being like this when she gets older</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbN1o9RDspxsBdlhYVrvk8kgtdbkd_5avDwOcTpO0lPIC6ax-RcA6B8fZtbznlUpq9NN4RwMYZVVRO8BmLDBlI8W-BvMD9bBYI3js4RPokL78FhL9uv0esDZHSmzJkVb2q5rQ_HlpHpnY/s1600-h/Picture+11.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbN1o9RDspxsBdlhYVrvk8kgtdbkd_5avDwOcTpO0lPIC6ax-RcA6B8fZtbznlUpq9NN4RwMYZVVRO8BmLDBlI8W-BvMD9bBYI3js4RPokL78FhL9uv0esDZHSmzJkVb2q5rQ_HlpHpnY/s320/Picture+11.png" /></a></div><br />
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Who doesn't think itty bitty widdy baby shoes aren't cute?! We all can't resist buying a pair of the cutest booties or mary janes for our friend's/relative's babygirl. Amelie received many pairs of the cutest shoes ever but alas, she didn't get to wear many of them much because of her cankles. Do all newborns have cankles or just the really chubby ones? Her feet would either not go in or the shoes would fall off because they'd slide down the cankles.<br />
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Here is a little glimpse of Amelie just a while ago showing what she would rather do with the shoes. <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">We've created a monster. A very cute one. Amelie is now a professional crawler and is surveying every corner, crevice and lint in the house whenever she has the chance to. As you probably already know from the last photo that I left you with, she is also on mission to pull herself up to a standing position on anything and everything in sight. It's no wonder since the name <a href="http://www.thinkbabynames.com/meaning/0/Amelie">Amelie</a> means "industrious, striving, eager". Be careful what you name your children!</span><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/9031984">Amelie in the Crib Stand*</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2987155">Shirlpearl</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Another recent milestone Amelie has reached and is experimenting with are her vocal chords, especially growling and one pitch singing. Ever since she was a baby, she would coo while we sang her to sleep. The growling, I have no idea where it's spawned from aside from the fact that as a newborn infant, she used to sound like a barnyard full of animals. Not kidding here. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is Amelie's version of singing.</span><br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/9022552">Amelie The One Pitch Singer*</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user2987155">Shirlpearl</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04287262328889835891noreply@blogger.com2