Daddy Time

This past week, Amelia has been a little sick from a tummy bug. She has been so great about it, though. She gets sick, then seconds later wanting to play and "crawl" across the floor laughing and talking. It all catches up with her eventually, and when it does, Dad is there for cuddles. Preston has stayed home with her this entire week so that I could make up some time at work. It has been long for him, but I think that he has enjoyed it (except for the constant diaper changes). It's sad to see a pitiful baby not feeling well enough to play, but they do like to cuddle more. Preston has gotten some good daddy time in.

Robert's Welcome Home Party

This past weekend, we celebrated Robert's return home. He has been away for the past 8 months studying in Mexico as part of his MBA program at USC. We missed him (but were pretty jelouse). There was a great turn out, despite the rain. Several folks, including Preston, brought their instruments and graced us with some good 'ol pickin'. We had a blast. It's good to have us all back together again.

The Army Crawl

She learned this last night! That's two milestones in 24 hours...Yikes!

Playin' A Little Tune

The Pull-Up

It's official, we have an 8 month old who knows how to pull up on things! And it happened for the first time tonight in the bathtub of all places. I watched her reach over the edge of the bathtub and muscle her way unto her feet. I'm sure that I will soon regret allowing her to have such free exploration in the tub. Once she figured this all out, she wanted nothing to do with her bath toys. Oh boy...here we go!

Staff picnic

Amelia with my director, Tonja, and one of her twin girls

This past weekend, we went to a staff picnic. It included all of the pediatric units, PEDS, PASU, and PICU. There was a pretty good turn out...we were expecting much less. It was a good time though.

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The Mesh Sucky Thing

This teether has been such a life saver!!! I have been putting frozen cantalope in it...much easier to clean afterwards than banana. I can hear her sucking on that thing from across the room. In the top picture, you can see her tooth coming in. The second one is close behind.

Isn't She Lovely

"I'm so cute, it's CRAZY!"

"Scooter Poop"

This is her new trick, and she is so very proud of it. Come diaper changing time, she immediately flips over to her belly and grabs everything in sight. Really, everything (even the old diaper). Gross!! Well, she is very happy about this new trick, but it makes it very difficult to change her.

And, finally, Amelia is cutting her first tooth (teeth, actually). Her two bottom teeth are coming in simultaneously...Ouch! I can tell that she is in lots of pain, and it is hard to know what to do. She also is not yet crawling, but she is working on it. Getting around in the walker is what she does best. She runs across the room with her arms flying in the air and her knees wobbling all over the place. She chases Sipsey around, while Sipsey just does her best to avoid her all together. She clips our ankles and runs into our toes. Who needs to crawl when you can scoot around in a walker? We call her "Scooter Poop".