My Birthday Weekend

Amelia wanted to be the first to tell me Happy Birthday so at 12:45 am on Friday she decided to wake up and cry. I rocked her back to sleep and went back to bed. A few hours later she wanted to tell me again and woke up to tell me. I think she has been teething this last week but I'm not sure. So I think that's really why she woke up.



My mom and dad came down Friday evening after work for my birthday and stayed for the weekend. Clint, my mom, Amelia and I went to Denny's for dinner Friday night. I got a free grand slam for dinner and shared some food with Amelia. She enjoyed eating the food with us and drinking water through a straw. The floor enjoyed eating the food she threw down too! Going to Denny's was the highlight of my birthday. Poor Clint got sick that evening with maybe a stomach flu or something.



On Saturday, Amelia started sounding and feeling like she was getting sick. She started getting congested and had a stuffy nose, along with a 101 degree temp. After Amelia had a good morning nap, my mom, Amelia, and I went to As You Wish Pottery to paint a plate. It was a yellow plate, says Cute As A Bug, and has a ladybug with Amelia's feet prints as the body of the ladybug. I will post a picture of the finished product when I pick it up on Tuesday.



Before we went to dinner, Clint gave me my birthday present. It was a gorgeous picture frame that he painted at As You Wish Pottery!! It is pink with black spots on the top and black on the bottom. The colors go with the outfit and picture of Amelia that he put in the frame when she was 6 1/2 months old. There are also three ladybugs; a big blue one representing Clint the daddy, a medium pink one representing me the mommy, and a smaller pink one representing Amelia the baby. There is a beautiful pink flower in the top corner and the words Happy Birthday with balloons in the bottom corner. I was quite surprised when I opened this gift up! Clint went to do this Thursday night and told me he was working late. I believed him because he does work late on occasion. He was very good at surprising me. I think this had to be one of the best birthday gifts I have ever gotten and was the highlight for Saturday.



Saturday evening, my dad, mom, Clint, Amelia and I went to Sweet Tomatoes for dinner. I had some coupons for free meals and they were going to expire so I figured we should use them. We enjoyed eating there because it was an all you can eat sort of buffet and the atmosphere is good for children, but the downside was that there wasn't really any meat. Again Amelia had fun eating all the different types of food, like Jello, cottage cheese, muffins, fruit, hard boiled eggs, veggies, ice cream, and strawberry lemonade. The floor looked like quite a disaster after we left!

My mom and I also scrapbooked Saturday evening after I put Amelia to bed. I have recently been working on scrapbooking all the pictures I have taken in the last 10 1/2 months. I am still on day 4! All of the pictures taken when she was first born and coming home are quite important and trying to figure out page layouts that are perfect takes a long time.

Amelia still wasn't feeling good Saturday night and woke up almost every hour it seemed like. I was in her room rocking her more than I was in my bed that night. Her poor little nose was all stuffed up with mucus/snot from laying down. When I rocked her in the rocking chair, she was laying more upright so the stuff could drain. When it would drain down her throat, it tickled her throat and made her cough. So she would be asleep in my arms, then cough, then cry because she woke up. I had to calm her back down again and she would fall back asleep but then a minute she would cough and cry all over again. I hate seeing my little baby girl not feeling well. I would rather me be sick and feel icky than her.

Sunday was pretty laid back. After church, my mom and I scrapbooked for a little bit while Amelia took a nap. We went to my in-laws for Sunday dinner. I got to eat off the special birthday plate. We had yummy pot roast, carrots, potatoes, salad, watermelon, and the best part....Cheesecake! I love cheesecake and Amelia seemed to love it too when I gave her tastes of mine. She wasn't much help at blowing out the candle. Instead she wanted to reach over and touch the flame.

Aside from Amelia not feeling very well, it was a pretty great birthday weekend. I had a few good days spending time with my family, ate some yummy food, and was wonderfully surprised yet again by Clint!

Making A Mess At Lunchtime

At lunchtime I give Amelia a variety of foods to eat. I try to give her things similar to what I am eating for lunch. Today I had a turkey sandwich so she had little bits of sliced turkey, some string cheese, and one of her favorites, avocado. I grew up in San Diego with an avocado tree and it produced enormous avocados. I have always loved avocados and guacamole and I am glad Amelia likes it too. So back to lunchtime; Amelia likes to squish the food inbetween her fingers so by the end of the meal the avocado was EVERYWHERE! She rubbed her nose so it got all over and up her nose. It took me quite a while to get all of it off. She got a bath afterwards and I found avocado smeared on the back of her head and in her ear. At least she enjoyed eating and playing with her lunch.

1st Time Swimming At The Pool

Yesterday was Amelia's first time to go swimming at our community pool. Last year we went swimming on the 4th of July but she was in my big stomach so I don't think she fully appreciated the pool. We bought Amelia a ladybug swimsuit back in January and were finally able to make use of it. She looked so adorable. We were even able to buy her a ladybug swim floatation device that she sits in so we didn't have to hold her the entire time. We went to the pool in the evening around 6:30-7:00pm. The weather was nice and warm. Amelia wasn't too sure about getting in the pool at first because it was kind of cold. She really loves bathtime at home so I wasn't too worried about her liking the water. I think she just likes the warmer bath water a bit more than a cool pool. The pool has a few waterfall sprinklers and Clint took her under them. She didn't like when the water hit her in the face a whole lot but she would open her mouth like she was trying to catch the droplets in her mouth. She also enjoyed sitting on the pool steps. When I was holding her and she was sitting on the steps, she would hit both hands into the pool and make big splashes. When Clint took her in the water on her stomach, she would sort of kick her legs and splash her hands in the water. I think Amelia enjoyed to water quite a bit considering it wasn't the warmest water. We will definitely go back when the water is warmer and go for a dip.

10 Months Old

Amelia is now 10 months old! This month went fast. Nothing too exciting is happening. She is still crawling all over the place and also cruises around the furniture but no walking yet.

After she was done with the teething in the beginning of April, I was able to retrain her to sleep through the night. When teething, I was only get a few hours of sleep at night and after she the two bottom teeth came through, I wanted a little more sleep. So now she goes to sleep around 8pm and will wake up to eat a little bit around 5 or 6am. I feed her for maybe 15 mintues and she is back asleep until 7:30 or 8am. I am glad that I was able to get her back on schedule so I can get sleep again. A happy, well rested mommy equals more fun for Amelia during the day!

Playing the Piano with Grandpa

Amelia and I went up to Cottonwood for a Mother-Daughter Tea Party at my mom's church. We drove up Friday May 8 in the morning and came home Saturday night. While there, Grandpa Dave helped Amelia play the piano. This was the piano that used to be at my grandmother's house in San Diego when I was a little girl. I remember playing the piano many years ago at their house and hope Amelia will also remember playing the piano at her grandparent's house in Cottonwood.