Florida - Part 2

More fun from Florida!

Amelia is such a little fish. She loves swimming in the pool, and LOVES playing in the waves at the beach.

She also really liked chasing the seagulls and mingling. I'm not kidding, every boy she saw in the ocean she walked over to, trying to make friends.

Swimming with Babcia - she mastered bubble-blowing in the water

Playing in the waves with Dziadek

My toes in the sand (I need a pedicure)

ALEX!

ME!

AMELIA!

Having a little snack

Playing in a little "pool"

She loved playing in there.

She didn't want to leave...I don't blame her!

Florida - Part 1

Happy Easter, everyone!

Greetings from Florida. We left St. Louis on Thursday and made it to Sarasota Friday (early) evening. We've been having so much fun! Of course, we're taking TONS of pictures, so look for multiple posts.

Here's the 1st installment. :)

Watching cartoons on the DVD in the car - a LIFE SAVER!

Guess who got into her Happy Meal without waiting for Mama.

In Florida with Wujek Mikolaj

At the pool with Dziadek and Babcia

Our family, Easter morning after church

At the beach - I'm actually trying to keep her from running INTO the ocean.

Amelia ran off and was trying to pick up some boys!

Amelia 2010 - our mark in the sand!

With Daddy in the ocean

18 Month Check-up

Boy, does Amelia HATE the doctor's office! And that's putting it mildly. Her doctor assured us that it was totally normal.



Besides the normal poking & prodding, Amelia got the last of her immunizations until she's kindergarten age. So yay for that! She was a trooper (as usual) with getting her shots. The sucker after definitely helped.



Amelia is the size of your average 27-month old! She's tall. 34.5 inches tall, to be exact. I actually think she's 35 inches. They're still measuring her laying down, and I just don't think that's accurate, especially since Amelia is trying to sit up the whole time. Regardless, she's a tall girl...taking after her Daddy! She weighs 25.4 pounds.



I snapped a few pics of her hanging out in the office before the doctor came in. Check out our big (cute) girl!



Drinking some juice, holding the sanitizing wipes

Just Being Amelia!

Playing with Mama's new shoes

Modeling sunglasses @ Kohl's

Big fish in Cabela's aquarium

Testing her new carseat for Daddy's car - she thought it was her "watching TV chair"

Hugging her new baby

Sleepy-head, waking up from a rare nap



In a good mood & recharged from her nap

Videos

Just a few videos to make you smile...

The Backyardigans crack her up


Handling a difficult phone call


Almost everything is Boinga, it's a Martian's favorite word.

I can explain...

It's not my fault, really.

Amelia & I gave Alex a really super cool D-SLR camera for his birthday/our anniversary/Father's Day/Christmas. It takes amazing pics and it's been a great investment. The problem is two-fold: 1)now we rarely take pictures with our point & shoot camera, and 2)I have to depend on Alex to upload the pictures from the D-SLR so that I can put them on the blog. I've been asking him to upload the darn pics forever and it still hasn't been done. *sigh* MEN! I guess I have to figure out how to do it myself.

Let's see...highlights since the last update. I had a birthday, we've had a few visits with Babcia (and Ciocia Basia even came along one time!), Alex passed the insurance exam, started "selling" insurance but stopped when another document review project came along. Somewhere along the way, Amelia has turned into this little kid. She is energetic, happy, hilarious, and quite the little actress! She says so many things, and can really understand what we're saying and communicate with us. Some of her words are deviations of the real words, but we understand her. Amelia LOVES music and loves to dance! She's still into Kai Lan, The Backyardigans and Dora, but goes CRAZY for Mickey Mouse and Yo Gabba Gabba. Her favorite activities are coloring, climbing on everything, and playing outside. Amelia has almost all her teeth (yay!!!), but is still working on those darn 2-year molars! She is drooling non-stop. I really can't wait until the bib won't be a permanent part of her wardrobe.

ANYWAY...I remembered to take at least a few pics lately so that I can put them on the blog. Hopefully these will hold everyone over until the hubs comes through for me! :)

1st Happy Meal...not a fan. Mostly in love with the "up-up" (ketchup).

Coloring, watching Wow Wow Wubzy (AKA the most annoying cartoon EVER)


Smiling

Ha ha ha! Mom, you're crazy. This show is HILARIOUS!

Playing with 500 of her most favoritest toys.

Laughing at something.

(Crappy pic of me) Checking out her newest obsession - watching shows on You Tube on the iTouch

Rub-a-dub-dub, Amelia in the tub!

Cuddle time with Daddy

Valentine's gift from Mamaw & Pampaw - kissing Minnie & Mickey dolls

Playing with Babcia's slippers

"Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese"

Babcia, Mamaw, Aunt Marilyn, Pampaw, Ciocia Basia

Missing Daddy while he's at work.

1st Haircut

I love my daughter more than life itself, but she was starting to look a little...shaggy. Hair in her eyes, a slight mullet in the back, it was the perfect storm of hairstyles. It wouldn't have been so bad if Amelia would let me put her hair in pigtails, or even put a stinking barrette in to keep her hair out of her face. No, my child likes the unkempt look.

So, with a heavy heart, I decided it was time for her 1st haircut. It was a no-brainer that we needed a professional - I am NO hairstylist! We found a place that only does children's hair, The Hairy Elephant, made an appointment, and headed out.

Let me just say that neither Alex nor I had much faith in our child today. We can't get her to sit still for ANYTHING, so we thought there was NO WAY she would sit for a hair cut! And we definitely expected tears. From me and from Amelia. We were completely wrong.

Amelia was so good! The salon was super cute...the "chairs" are cars and trains. Amelia had a blast driving her little yellow car. Each station has tvs, and Amelia's already was playing Dora - it was perfect! She sat still-ish the whole time, and even let her stylist blow dry her hair AND put in a little Pebble-esque ponytail. AND she had fun playing with the boys and the toys in the waiting area. She even SHARED! She didn't learn that from me! :)

It was a big day! Enjoy the pics:

BEFORE:

IN HER CAR, WATCHING DORA:

HEY, SHE'S CUTTING MY HAIR!

DE-MULLET-ING:

TA DA! BIG GIRL!

We got a nifty certificate with her picture and locks of her hair.