Florida - Part 3

This morning we went to Mote Aquarium. It was so neat! It was mostly indoors with some parts outside. We saw so many creatures - it was a hit! Amelia really liked looking at the fish, the sea turtles and the manatees.

Waiting to go into the aquarium

FISH!

Babcia, Amelia & Mama

Babcia, Amelia & Dada

A giant squid - it was super ugly.

We attempted the whole put-your-head-in-the-hole pic, but Amelia couldn't have been LESS interested in putting her hed in the hole. So, this is what I got.

She WAS interested in splashing in the touchable aquarium, though.

Lily pads

Shark tank

Stingrays

Cute little seahorses. They also had itty bitty seahorses that were just born on 4/6/10. They looked like sea monkeys (Ok, a little bigger than that).

Sea turtle

Another sea turtle

They had a net to show how hard it is for sea turtles to get out. Amelia had a blast playing in it and didn't want to come out.

Amelia liked watching the manatees.

Manatee swimming towards us.

Seriously, coming straight at us.

But then he turned.

Dolphins.

St. Armands Circle - a cool old car (I mainly put this on for my dad!)

Downtown Sarasota

A sculpture of the couple kissing from the famous victory picture.

Playing with sidewalk chalk.

She liked playing in the rocks.

Amelia the artist.

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.