My First Camping Trip (Phin's second) - I Love the Outdoors

What an exciting weekend we had a few weeks ago. On Saturday afternoon, we all filed into the family sedan and head out for the 1/2 hour drive through Beltway traffic and sprawl to my first camping trip. While I wasn't sure what camping entailed, Phin reassured me that sleeping in a tent and playing in the woods would be fun. Dad said he was nervious how I would do; but, I reassured him through my actions that I love being outside - just like Mom and Dad.


So having been camping, I'm still not completely positive what it entails. All I remember, since I slept through 90% of the outing (at least that is what Mom said), is that we drove, parked, set some stuff up, went on a train ride, listened to Phin talk in his sleep (about trains, horses from the carosel, and dig trucks - not really a surprise), heard a car alarm go off, woke up, ate breakfast outside, put stuff away, went on another train ride, and then went home. Generally, this sounds like a normal day at our house (although we play with trains instead of ride on them).

Well, whatever camping entails I do love being outside and hope we can go camping again. Although next time, I hope Dad stops making silly jokes about me having to dishes.

Here's the link to the entire camping album.

Love,
Amelia

All smiles for camping (when I'm awake)

Phin, setting up the entire tent by himself (or so he said)

Playing in the tent Sunday morning - I love morning stories

Family photo

Apple Picking & Hand Holding

A week or two ago (I lose track of time so easily), Mom and Dad took Amelia and I apple picking.  While it was Amelia's first time, I am an old pro at picking fruits out of trees.  To add some spice and relive last year's excitement, I invited my friend Max and his parents to join us.  Every time I hang with Max we have a great time.  But, nearly all strangers thinks we're twins.  I know, it gets difficult to tell us apart when you get two blond 'Big Guys' near each other, but sheesh.  When we're together, every woman (women are the worst at this) goes "Oh how cute you two are," and then they follow it with a variation of "are you brothers," "are you twins," "which one's older," "which one of you guys (e.g., dad or brian) are the father?"  Sometimes I tire of this silliness and run away.  So, for those that struggle with telling blond 'Big Guys' apart, here's your guide to telling us apart:

I have a black City-Mini Stroller.  Max has a red City-Mini Stroller.

I have lots of curly hair.  Max has curly hair only on the back of his head.

I was born in September. Max was born in August.

I love trucks.  Max loves turtles

I go to pre-school 2 days a week.  Max goes to a different pre-school 5 days a week.

I live with Mom and Dad.  Max lives with Brian and Melanie.

Oh, I'm 1 inch taller and have a baby sister.

Sheesh, hopefully this will clear things up.

Anyway, we went apple picking.  Here I am driving the tractor.

Holding hands.

Playing in the wagon.

Feeding a cow - he licked me like a puppy.



While not shown in these pictures, we actually did go apple picking!  Dad even hoisted Max's dad on his shoulders to get the really high up apples.  Crazy dad.  

Peace out,

Phin

Amelia's 1-Month Photo Shoot

Well, here they are; the highly anticipated, extremely darling, cute-enough-to-make-you-coo 1-month photos of me, the lovely Amelia.  Who can believe I'm over one month old (thanks to Dad's delay in posting, I'm now almost 6-weeks old - two weeks to post photos, sheesh).

I thought I would start this blog off with a delightful close up of my face.  This shot came about as I waited for my personal assistant/chef (aka Mom) to bring in my outfit change.  All of a sudden, the camera shutters just started snapping, and there I was without makeup or a shirt.  Luckily, this series turned out well.

Once dressed in a custom-made, one-of-a-kind outfit (thanks mom), it was off to my green rocking chair for the bulk of the shoot - which, it turns out, was the same place as Phin's one-month shoot. Shooting so many photos in one spot allows you to see the many faces I like to make.  It was going so smoothly and we were ahead of schedule, so I kindly asked Phin to join me on the chair for some duet shots

After a lot of shots in the chair, it was time to move to the second location - my crib.  While I normally split my nap times between the crib and my bouncy seat, I always enjoy the horizontal time in my fenced-in enclosure.  In the crib, there are blocks to knock over, a mobile to look at, and a plethora (there really are a lot) of stuffed animals to snuggle.  I think there are enough animals in my crib that I could spend a hole day hugging them and not even visit all of them.  I love hugging and cuddling, so that could be quite a delightful day.

It was a wonderful first month full of visitors, friends, and hugs.  I am excited to see what next month brings; but in the meantime, check out the rest of my photo shoot here.

Love,
Amelia