Girl's Day Out

Last Friday, Amelia & I went shopping with my mom. We hit up Mid Rivers Mall, and had lunch at Max & Erma's. Amelia was a hoot! Her favorite part - ice cream after lunch with SPRINKLES!

"Talking" on Grandma's phone. She says, "Hello. What's up?"

Cheese with Mommy

Serious coloring face

Santa Photos - behind the scenes

My mom captured some behind the scenes action of Amelia's 1st trip to see Santa. I think it makes the final picture even better to see what we went through to get it. :)

No, no, no!!! No Santa!

Um, you don't expect me to sit with that old guy, do you?

Help, please?!?

Or last attempt to get her to sit on Santa's lap...admitting defeat. :)

Amelia & Santa

We didn't take Amelia to see Santa her 1st Christmas because she was 3 months old and, since she was born pre-term, we weren't really supposed to take her out around a lot of people because of risk of disease.

We didn't take Amelia to see Santa last year because she didn't want to get anywhere near him when we were at the mall. Sure, we could have forced her and had one of those awesome "child-screaming-on-Santa's-lap" pictures, but we figured we had PLENTY of time to torture our baby.

We really weren't sure it was going to happen this year. Amelia definitely knows what Christmas is [presents, fa-la-la-la-la, baby Jesus...], she'll tell you what she wants for Christmas, but she wants NOTHING to do with that old guy named Santa. Alex & I agreed that we wouldn't push it. Honestly, if she's not into seeing Santa, what's the big deal? Every time we went to the mall we'd swing by Santa-land and talk to him, check him out. Santa was always nice. Amelia never cried, she just didn't want to get too close. Then she started talking about getting her picture with Santa...without being provoked. We'd just say, "Ok. We can do that some day."

Last Friday, we were going shopping at the mall with my mom. I didn't bring up Santa, but purposely chose a holiday-ish outfit, just in case. Once again, Amelia told my dad that she was going to have her picture with Santa. Ok.

We did some shopping and then made our way down to where Santa was. We stood back, checking it out, and then the lady asked if we wanted our picture with Santa. There was no on in line so I thought it was now or never! Boy, Amelia did NOT want to get out of her stroller! She would not get close to Santa at all! She didn't cry, but she just wanted to get far away from him. Sitting on Santa's lap was NOT going to happen. The really awesome Santa suggested that I crouch down next to him and put Amelia on my knee so that we could get a picture. So that's what we did. And the picture isn't really all that bad. She managed to tell Santa what she wanted for Christmas, and that she loved him. All in all, not a bad time.

24 Weeks

I'm 24 weeks pregnant today! That's 6 months. CRAZY! I know that I forgot to post last week, but trust me when I say nothing interesting went on. Also, there won't be any belly shots (or other pictures) until we make room on our cameras. That's right - both of our cameras have so many pictures still on them that we can't take any new ones. Project for this weekend: back up pics on laptop so I feel comfortable erasing the pics on our cameras. :)

Today I had an appointment with Dr. K. Everything is going great. Baby's heartbeat sounded healthy and strong, and was in the 150's as it's been the whole time. I have one more 4-week appointment and then I start going every 2 weeks! YIKES! This is all going so fast. I also have to do my Gestational Diabetes test sometime in the next few weeks. I'm not particularly looking forward to it - the sugar drink is NAS-TY! Look for an exciting post about that coming soon. ;)

All in all, we're just going with the flow while time is quickly ticking away. Before we know it, it will be 2011 and then we'll be welcoming another bundle of joy into the world!

Pregnancy Highlights:

How Far Along: 24 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby #2 is the size of a papaya!

Maternity Clothes: I'm pretty much moving exclusively into maternity clothes. Some of my tops from before I lost weight still "fit" but they are getting short because of my belly.

Gender: Not finding out!

Movement: This baby is a mover! I don't think the movement is as frequent as Amelia was (she was moving pretty much non-stop), so maybe this baby will be more mellow. :)

Sleep: Meh, who needs sleep?

What I miss: Sleeping on my tummy, not waddling when I walk, being able to walk without a shooting pain in my butt.

Cravings: They come and go. Lately I've been craving salsa.

Symptoms: Normal pregnancy stuff.

22 Weeks!

I forgot my 22 week post. And this pic is actually from Thanksgiving [21w3d]. Oh well. Can you believe how BIG my belly is??? HUGE! Honestly, I think this dress makes me look bigger than I am. At least I don't look chubby - this is ALL BABY! :)




Pregnancy Highlights:


How Far Along: 22 Weeks

Size of baby: Baby #2 is the size of a papaya!

Maternity Clothes: Pants are maternity, but I can still wear some non-maternity shirts and sweaters...for now. Non-maternity tops are starting to get a little short on the belly, so I might be retiring those soon.

Gender: Not finding out!

Movement: All the time! I love feeling the baby move.

Sleep: Pretty good...for now.

What I miss: Sleeping on my tummy, not waddling when I walk, being able to walk without a shooting pain in my butt.

Cravings: Food. Lots of it.

Symptoms: Normal pregnancy stuff.

Alex's Birthday & Randoms

Shame on me, I forgot to post about Alex's birthday!



Alex turned the big 3-5 on November 16th. We had a pretty low key day. We had steaks on the grill, asparagus, and I made him a cake [Amelia was supposed to help, but wasn't interested]. It was pretty yummy. Amelia helped Daddy blow out the candles on his cake.



Enjoy some pictures from the day, and some other random pics!

She dressed herself in the Tinkerbell costume

Putting on crayon "lipstick"


Wearing her heels & an apron

Snuggling up in her Snow White costume

Alex's birthday cake

Blowing out the candles

Our fashion model - sweater dress & Michael Kors boots :)

Watching "Santa Buddies" with Daddy

Thanksgiving 2010

Boy, do we have a lot to be thankful for this year!

We are thankful for our friends and family, for our health and jobs, and we are thankful for the little baby that is on its way.

This year we spent Thanksgiving in Michigan with Alex's family. It wasn't a long visit, but we were extremely happy that we were able to make the trip. Amelia LOVED getting spoiled by Babcia & Dzia Dzia! She was a little shy around Wujek Mikolaj, but I think it's because she thinks he's so cute! :) Alex's family had a few friends and family over to celebrate Thanksgiving, and the meal was DELICIOUS (as is EVERY meal Alex's mom cooks)!!! We had a good time.

As usual - PICTURES!