My big girl

The other day, when I was on my (almost) daily call to Kirsta, she was laughing at me because I still call Amelia "The Baby." I suppose I call her that because she's my only one. So she is still the youngest in the house. Someday when I have 3, the youngest will be The Baby. :) Anyway~ she's definitely not a baby these days. She's perfecting her early onset of the terrible two's. Fun times. She has also gone from 0-60 on the talking front, and is always walking around saying, "hi, hi, hi" or "bye, bye, bye." She also says "up" CONSTANTLY, and just the other day I figured out it not only means "up", it also means "help" which makes more sense when she's trying to put on her shoes or something, lol. Here are some pictures (because I'm on my computer today) :)

In her new jean jumper made by Grandma Melody


Look how tall she is!


She now rides her turtle like a buckin' bronco! It's hilarious.


Pretty smiles


Reading books

I love shopping! Who's shocked?!

It's my favorite time of year.. Clearance shopping time! :) I know that Old Navy will often run their clearance on an additional 50% off the already low prices, so I've been patiently waiting. Our Old Navy is conveniently located right next to Bed Bath and Beyond so I can just pop my head in there every once in a while and see what they've got going on. Well, today was my day! I even got to go shopping alone, which was a double bonus! While we already have lots and LOTS of clothes for Amelia because she gets all of Kalena's adorable hand-me-downs, I just can't pass up $2 pants, sweaters, and especially shoes! A couple days ago, while I was sitting at home, patiently waiting, I took out the box of winter clothes for Amelia NEXT winter and inventoried everything so I would make sure not to buy something she already had or didn't need. How organized am I?! :) Anyway- now we are even more definitely set for next winter, and after that I can feel VERY happy about passing everything to Caroline!

New Year

YOU GUUUUUUUUUUUUYS! This is not a great start to a new year! If blogging were my New Years resolution, I would have totally failed. It's a good thing I don't make resolutions at all, actually, because I feel like they are just a set-up for failure. Actually, about 20 minutes ago I tried to make a list in my notes of things I wanted to accomplish or get better at in 2011. So, I made my list:

Things to do/ goals for 2011:







And there it sat. Empty. I'm just not ready to write things like, "Be more patient with Amelia," because I feel like I am patient with her most of the time, and asking for an 18 month old to not try your patience is like asking pigs to fly, so we'll just take it one day at a time. Then there are smaller things like, "Do my hair and makeup every day and not wear 'stay-at-home-mom' clothes" which would be super fantastic to do, but some things are just unrealistic. :)

I will tell you my ONE goal for 2011: Get pregnant.

Let me tell you a couple other reasons 2011 has started off on the wrong foot. Right after we got home from Junction, we both came down with colds. So we rang in the New Year sneezing up a storm. Also, the iPod I bought Jonathan for Christmas won't hold any music. Awesome. THEN, I lost my freaking wallet. By now, everyone has heard the whole obnoxious story, but I'm still waiting for all my new bank cards to come in the mail so I can get on with my life.

Lastly, let me explain to you people why I don't blog. I don't use our computer. Plain and simple. The only reason you're getting this blog right now is because I learned I can, infact, write blogs from my phone, not just read and comment on other peoples. Unfortunately, no pictures of Miss Amelia will be included, because I'm not too sure if I can upload photos from my phone to my blog. Once I figure that out though, you will surely hear more from me.

Christmas tree adventures

Much to my dismay, we didn't get a Christmas tree the day after Thanksgiving.. Or for that matter, the day after Halloween. :) jk. Anyway~ we were going to get ours on Thursday night, but we were feeling lazy so Jonathan said, "let's just get it on Sunday." And lucky we waited, because on Friday Melody called and said she works with a lady who lives in San Isabel forest (about 30 min outside Pueblo) that has an overabundance of trees that she needed to get rid of. So today, Jonathan, Amelia and I, and Melody and Tom bundled up and loaded up in the car for a short trip to the forest. We had a great time, got a tree for free, and made better memories doing it than going to Home Depot. Yay.

Amelia yawning from the beginning, turned into a few tantrums later, and a snooze on the way home.

Grandma and Amelia

Can you spot Jonathan in the midst of all those trees??

Melody having a wonderful day.. until she fell down the hill a little bit :(

Checking out a hole in the frozen creek. The water running underneath was so beautiful.

"Brrrrrr."

Our beautiful tree!

Funny how the tree looked so big in the forest, but pretty tiny in our living room. :)


There's just nothing quite like cutting down your own Christmas tree! What a wonderful day! Happy holidays everyone!

All bundled up for... Winter??

Yesterday Jonathan got ambitious and decided to put up the Christmas lights on our house. Let me just say that I LOVE having a motivated, handy husband. Anyway~ He put some up in the morning, then came inside and ate lunch and hung out for a little while, then went back out to hang some more. Amelia kept going over to the front door, wanting to watch him so I figured there would be no harm in letting her go outside to help. So, we went in her room and got all bundled in a coat and hat, gloves and boots. She pretty much looked like the kid from A Christmas Story. Hilarious. After she was all geared up to go, we opened the front door to realize it was almost 60 degrees out! What kind of winter is this?! Don't get me wrong, I hate the cold and I'm glad it's not cold, but I know what's going to happen is that it'll be nice until the week I'm trying to travel to Grand Junction. Then there will be a blizzard and all the roads will be closed. Anyway~ She looked cute:

Thanksgiving

In our neck of the woods, Thanksgiving was relaxing and wonderful. We were not part of the traveling crowd, as we stayed in town and spent the day at Tom and Melody's house. It was low-key, fun, and stress-free. I had big plans of going shopping on black Friday, not for anything in particular, just to get out and be part of the crowd. I ended up spending my day in bed with a stomach bug, while Melody took the baby for me. Thanks again, Melody, for everything!!

Amelia's checking out her outfit


Of course she wouldn't look up for the picture


Sharing cool-whip with Dad


Then Dad got "creamed" by uncle Jeff


Oh my gosh, she looked up!


We're having a stern talking-to about looking good in pictures...


...And this was the best we got.


Happy Thanksgiving, and on to Christmas! YAY

Stuck

Let me begin by saying that I hate baby proofing. I find it very annoying whenever I want to get into a cupboard or drawer that I have to push down on that stupid locky-thingy (very technical) to get into it. Therefore, we have done the most minimal amount of baby proofing around our house. Don't worry, we have all the chemicals and other harmful things safely locked away, but pretty much everything else is fair game for Amelia to get into. We have been closing the door to the bathroom for quite some time now, finding that to be the easier option. Finally, the other day we decided it would be necessary to baby proof the bathroom because Amelia now knows how to open lids and squirt stuff in her mouth, like diaper rash cream and toothpaste, and enough is enough. Now that the bathroom is all squared away, we can leave the door open! YAY!

So, today I'm sitting on the couch in the living room and Amelia is wandering around the house as usual. I hear her messing with some stuff in the bathroom for a few minutes, then she lets out a few whimpers and then very clearly (for the first time) says, "stuck." I go to the bathroom to find this:



Great.