I'm So Excited to Clap

After several months of waving and a month of saying "hi," "bye," "Baeee," (baby) and "Daeee" (daddy), I learned to clap correctly. 

Clapping is tough.  You have to remember to open both hands.  You have to remember to not hold any toys or food.  You have to remember to not eat your hands.  And you have to correctly bang your hands together, while not hitting other parts of your body.  There is a lot to remember - I think that is why it has taken me a few weeks to become proficient.  That, and I wanted to save something new to show my Nana and Grandma while in StL.

For those that don't know, Phin and I are in the StL for our own Summer Camp with Nana and Papa.  Dad tells me that Summer Camp is for doing all of the things I can't do the rest of the year, like "going to the zoo, swimming, riding trains, playing all day..."  I tried to tell Dad that I do those things all day, everyday.  Unfortunately I only know four words, so it did not come out as planned. 

Anyway, click the link/photo below to check out my clapping!

Lots of Love,

Amelia

Four Minutes of Silliness!

Sometimes, Mom says I'm a silly girl.  It's fun to be silly.  Yesterday, I was having so much fun making noises, playing with my arms, and just being a crazy fun little lady.  Check out the two videos below by clicking on the images or links.

In the first video you can see me practicing my raspberries (yes, those sounds are coming from my mouth).

In this second video, I really get into it... shaking my arms, wiggling, scooting, and more tooty raspberries!

Lots of Love & Silliness,
Amelia

Mighty Fine at Nine!

Yeah, I'm nine months old.  What a great month this last one was!  I've come a long way since 8 months - I hardly look like the same little lady.  I've been doing more talking, more sitting, more lunging, and even a little bit of scooting on my tummy.  Just a little bit though, I don't like scooting too much.  I prefer sitting.  When I sit, I can see so much further.  When I sit, both of my hands are free to interact.  When I sit, I'm almost as tall as Phin's knees - Phin has lovely knees.  Plus, when I sit my friend Oliver comes to sit next to me.  Don't worry Grandpa, he's usually wearing a shirt.

As much as I love sitting, my new fave is waving and trying to shout "hi."  I love waving.  I wave hello to Mommy and Daddy when I see them in the morning.  I wave good-bye when Daddy goes to work.  I wave hello at the store at strangers.  I wave to the entire family when we eat meals.  I wave goodnight when I go to bed.  And I wave to Phin whenever I see him (which is a lot).  Oh waving, you are so much fun - way more fun than scooting on my tummy.

Enough about waving... I know you came here to see my 9-month photos, so follow this link.  In the meantime, check out a few of my favs here.  For this photo shoot, we went and took some shots by some pretty gates around Old Town Alexandria.  Shout out to Cousin Patsy for my pretty purply dress.  Phin did a similar tour two years ago (towards the bottom of the album).

Lots of Love,
Amelia

9 Months - Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Yesterday (Tuesday) was my 9 month birthday and I wanted to celebrate with a win! While I do not know what a win is, Dad kept telling me that we wanted a win. Evidently, we got a win - but I was already asleep. It was late - the game ended at almost 10pm - I've never been up that late in my life.


To celebrate my 9 month birthday, we all went out to my first baseball game. It was the Cardinals versus the Nationals – go Cards. I am glad we were rooting for the Cardinals, because I don’t know what a National could possibly be – but I know about birds. Tweet, tweet.

The game was a lot of fun. There were a ton of people – too many to count. There were crazy guys in President costumes (Dad says they are mascots). People were yelling about buying beer and peanuts. There was a red car parked in the entrance to the stadium (Phin’s favorite thing, seriously), and playground equipment (Phin’s second favorite thing), and popcorn (my favorite thing and Phin’s 3rd favorite), and clapping, and lots of activity. Oh, and our friend Jeff was there too.

Mom said that my photo shoot pictures will be posted soon. But, in the meantime, enjoy these pictures from the baseball game.

Lots of Love,
Amelia

A Ride Through the Countryside - Our First Joint Blog

This is our first jointly written blog – we could not decide who would best tell the story, so we decided to share the storytelling. We gender colored our parts to make it easier to follow. 


Last weekend, Amelia decided she was old enough to ride in the red Little Tikes car.
Phin was about 8 months when he got to drive the car for a monthly photo shoot; I decided I was old enough and would like a turn. Well, it didn’t go so well.
I did not want to share the car. It has been one of my phavorite toys since I was old enough to ride in it (propped up with a pillow).
He kept saying, “No Amelia, No.”
On Mom’s urging I agreed to share (there may have been tears) – after 2 minutes though, Amelia let me back in.

Fast forward (whatever that means) to Wednesday afternoon… We were playing downstairs with the trains…
I was playing trains, Amelia was watching. Then we played puppets, I was sharing. Sharing a while will make some smile. I like to smile, so I asked Amelia if she wanted a ride. I told her I would drive.I was so excited when he I asked that I blew raspberries. Phin fetched the little person insert.  Since my legs are too short to touch the ground – the insert keeps me from falling out.
I pushed her around. I apologized when we crashed. And I parked her a few times. Mom took a lot of video, but click the image below to go to our movie site and watch the minute clip.

Peace Out and Lots of Love,
P & A