Amelia's Baptism

On Sunday of Thanksgiving, we baptized Amelia. It was a beautiful California November day for such a wonderful occassion, and bruch for 30 at our house. The baptism was in the middle of her nap, but she fell asleep on the car ride down and got enough of a nap to be a gem of a little lady throughout the whole event.

At brunch at our house, Miles was in heaven with his cousins, all his grandparents, and most of his friends at the house. The kids went nuts in the playroom, all played great together and had a ton of fun. The food was wonderful and actually the right amount. I am famous for feeding about 100% more people than usually attend the party, but the only real leftovers were some cookies and other things I shouldn't have eaten over the next 4 days...

Amelia being baptized on the big screen

Amelia and her godparents, Sean & Christine Charmichael

Thanksgiving recap

Daddo and Beebles flew in from Connecticut for another wonderful Thanksgiving. They started their visit with us on Wednesday and we had the chance for a quiet lunch before we picked up the kids. It only took Miles about 5 minutes before he got comfortable with them and demanded a book read-a-thon. Thursday was a wonderful day with cooking, napping and eating. Little Miss Solid Food went nuts on the turkey and stuffing - I still have the weakness for the sinful mashed potatoes.



(of note... I actually really hate not being on top of posting. I know there were tons of stories and things worth sharing, but Thanksgiving was 2 exhausting weeks ago, and I can't seem to remember any.)



All that said, the best part of the holiday was the visit from the grandparents. I love having my kids to get to know my parents. When I was born, I only had 2 grandparents (of 4), and my kids are lucky enough to not only have all 4, but also 2 great-grandparents!

Little Miss Upright...

Amelia likes to stand all the time. Her life is a mix of crawling from one thing to the next and standing up on it. She isn't ready to walk yet and is getting increasingly more profficient at crawling, but I think it will happen soon. She has started to practice standing without holding on to anything, but still lunges with her upperbody first when trying to move forward.... which means she face plants.

Bed head

Amelia's hair is out of control in the morning. I probably should start thinking about her first hair cut, but I am not going to. :) I love putting her hair up in pig tails and barretts - too stinkin' cute!

It's hard to take pictures of kids

...but it makes it all worth the trouble when you do...

True Love

There is a little lady I know who has her daddy wrapped around her little finger. Any guesses who?

Weeks, and weeks, and weeks - OH MY!

Holy cow, its been weeks. Things have been a little crazy around here with Thanksgiving, Amelia's baptism, and early December holiday/shopping and needle pointing activities! (Yes, I am trying to do a stocking for Amelia like the one I did for Miles... neither of which have actually made it into stocking format.)

To get back on track, I actually went back into the old photo files and not only found some ones from the last 3 weeks, but also a bit longer. The next couple of posts (which are out of order when you read it in blog format) are my attempt to catch up. I hope you enjoy!