So the best intentions are, well...intentions. I thought that this year would be different now that my Master's studies are finished, but the blog continues to be quiet. Just a video here and photo there. So many events have passed and I have written countless posts in my head, but they haven't actually made it to this space! What can I say? Life is busy!
So, to catch up on what we have been up to, we will start with the first and most important: Amelia's birthday was on October 5th. Since I know several of you have been waiting for photos. We kept Amelia's celebration small and simple. We had her baby group over for an afternoon play date. Lots of yummy snacks, a cowboy cake (no connection to actual cowboys, just a name given by Jim's dad and friend) and a stuffed animal pit made for a fun time.
Photos are taking forever to upload so for now I will just post an album:
https://picasaweb.google.com/lizhaske/AmeliaSFirstBirthday
Friday, November 18, 2011
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Watch Amelia Grow
52 weeks of growth captured! This was Jim's idea and I am so glad we did it. It is so incredible to see the growth from week to week.
If you have better suggestions for a song, please post them in the comments section below...
Friday, September 30, 2011
Happy Oktoberfest!
Amelia discovered the delights of a cold block of ice and a little polka music during Oktoberfest 2011. Cheers!
Saturday, September 3, 2011
We had five blissful days last week in Bali as the rest of Indonesia celebrated Idul Fitri, the closing of Ramadan. We checked out a new area, Sanur, and will definitely go back. We had such a lovely time swimming, eating and strolling about. Jim even got in a dive! We have plans to go back in December and will hopefully meet up with our friends from DCS, the Longs.
Amelia is so friendly and loves to interact with new faces. She makes a silly giggle to catch someones attention and then goes through her routine of tricks. It is really funny to watch. By the end of our time at Hotel Sanur Beach, the wait staff knew her name and several other guests had to greet her daily. It is funny to witness just how much people love babies.
We seem to be in a continuous hunch these days as Amelia cruises around with her quickly fading goose step. She is now moving much faster and instead of high kicks is developing quite a quick pace. She wants to climb up everything - including tall shelves and the base of our table. She is over crawling up the stairs and would much rather hold your hands and walk up them. She has even shocked us with a few moments of free standing, but we think walking is a little ways off. We'll see as she is always full of surprises!
Birthday season is officially open as we celebrated with the first of the Bintaro Baby Boom: Zia. She is a month and a day older than Amelia so now we have to shift our focus to think about how we are going to ring in this year. I have plans to put together all the weekly photos and post a slide show. We have never missed a week, but unfortunately our memory card had an error and three photos are unviewable. (We also lost photos from our crab feast on our new porch with Richmond friends.) We decided that we are just going to reenact the photos we missed so that the series is complete. It has been a fun project, but we both agree that 52 is where we stop:)
Mirror Smooches
Amelia is such a funny little girl. She had such a great time amusing herself in our hotel room in Bali that she decided to give herself a kiss!
Getting ready for Halloween
Halloween may be a month away, but that doesn't stop us from playing dress up with her costume bits. Watch out, she might just put a spell on you!
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