Highlights from Week 15

Here is the highlight reel from week 15...Amelia can now reach, grab, hold her head steady and screech with delight. Enjoy seeing a snap shot of her development!

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Belated Blog...

Last week I mourned the end of my maternity leave and returned to work. I have been sick about leaving Amelia for over a month and the day arrived, ending my fantasy of being a stay-at-home mom. It has taken a real mind shift to move from being so focused on Amelia and her needs to my students. Learning to have adult conversations that do not involve feeding or diaper changes has also required a mental shift. I am adjusting and have accepted that this is the way life is. Luckily I have an understanding with my administrators so that I leave early each day to get home to feed. It is amazing how much more efficient I have become, whereas in the past I would often stay until 5:00pm and still not feel be prepared. I often wonder what I was doing with my time!

Last weekend celebrate me surviving my first week as a working mom, we took Amelia to the zoo. We enjoyed the park like atmosphere and were entertained by the animals, especially the monkeys.

Making friends at the zoo while we waited out the rain...Amelia is very verbal and loves to chatter to new faces. It was so cute the way she cooed and squealed to this little girl, who was very unsure of what to make of this little bouley baby.

Entering the primate center at the zoo

Australia Part 1

Here are a few photos from our holiday trip to Australia. We stayed around Sydney, visiting Manly beach, the Blue Mountains and another beach town, Wollongong. We had a great time enjoying the outdoors with Amelia. She was a great little traveler!

Amelia's first plane ride - a red eye from Jakarta to Sydney Snuggling with Daddy

Manly Beach
Family shot at the Sydney Opera HouseBundled up with Daddy at Manly Beach on a windy day...
don't you love that there are bikinis in the background and we were freezing! Coming from Jakarta, it was chilly.Camping for ChristmasOur merry little family on Christmas morning after a wonderful sleep...
Amelia took to camping and had no problems sleeping in the tent. Instead of reindeer, we were visited by kangaroos on Christmas morning. It was perfect! There were four kangaroos. This is a shot of a female with a joey in her pouch.

Peace, Joy and LOVE!