One Month

 Happy ONE MONTH birthday, Amelia! I can hardly believe it has been one month since you came into our lives. We are beyond grateful for you and love you to the moon and back!

Your One month old stats

~ You weigh a little over 8 pound according to our scale

~You are a breast milk baby... you LOVE to eat

~You took to your paci right away at the hospital and get MAD when you loose it

~You do take a bottle of breast milk at least once a day (mommy wanted you to learn to use a bottle)

~You wear newborn clothes but your arms and legs are a big long for them

~You are in newborn diapers but have sported your cloth diapers a few times while we are home

~You have just exploded one diaper so far (while on my lap) but you are a spit up girl. You alway spit up on daddy when he burps you! haha

~You take naps in your crib but at night you are in your pack-n-play in our room.

~You are a GREAT sleeper. You nap 3 times a day for about 2 hours. At night you fall asleep between 9- 9:30 and wake up between 2 am-3am. Then back to sleep till about 7am. Last night you slept from 9:30 to 4am!!! I think you will be sleeping through the night soon! 

~You HATED your  baths at first but in the last week you decided they weren't that bad. You now get mad when I take you out!

~ You rolled over from your belly to your back a few times

~You can smile and coo but haven't really smiled at anyone yet... although I think you smiled at me but I think that is wishful thinking! :)

~You have met your Grandpa Tim, Gigi and Aunt Jen when you were born and they LOVE you to pieces. Also your Grandma Linda came when you were 2 weeks old and she adores and loves you bunches too.

~ You have witnessed your first "blizzard" when you were 2-3 weeks old

~Have made trips to all our favorite stores and been to Mommy's Salon twice. We are going to Daddy's work tomorrow.

~You are by far the BEST thing that has happened to your Daddy and I. We can not kiss on you enough! I am sure you have already had a BILLION kisses from us. 

I have my friend Cari to thank for the block idea! I thought it was so cute and had to do it for Amelia's monthly pictures! So yes.. Amelia will have her sticker/ tutu pictures and her block pictures every month!

 I know I am her mommy.. but geezzz.... could she be any CUTER!! I think she is the sweetest thing on earth!

Happy Valentines Day

Happy Heart Day to all of our Family and Friends! Mommy and Daddy say I am the best little Valentine EVER! I had a great First Valentine's Day.  Mom and I ran around town today (I slept the whole time). I even had a sleeper that said "First Valentine's Day" but Mommy didn't get a picture because I was in wearing it for 2 minutes before I puked all over it and Daddy.

XOXO,

Amelia 

P.S. Mom said she would do my monthly post on the 17th.... even though I was 4 weeks old today. But I slept a bunch and mom wake me to get into my 1 month outfit.

Mommy and Amelia Time

This weekend we (Amelia and I ) got out of the house.... finally!! After being stuck in the house it was nice to get out and see something beside out the front door! Friday night we headed to Sam's Club to pick up a few things. I did find some awesome buys on 3 cute summer outfits for the baby girl. They were under $6.00 a piece! I couldn't believe it! Yesterday, we headed out to Target. The last time I was at Target I was a week away from giving birth to Amelia! This must  be a record... I am there at least every other week I bet! Needless to day I was ready to browse the store! We had a few things to get but I really just wanted to walk around the store. It was crazy busy in there so we didn't spend that much time there.
Of course Little A and I are getting plenty of snuggle time still. These next pictures are some of my favorites.Notice Birdie curled up next to us.... this NEVER happens. Divot is the pup that is always next to Amelia.

This morning was pretty quite.We picked up the house a bit. I gave Amelia a bath and got her dressed for the day. Amelia usually SCREAMS when she is in the bath but today was nothing but happiness. I don't know was different but she liked her bath today! Amelia was so alert today and I decided I was going to read her some books. It was the first time I read to her... it was so neat to see her look at the books. I held them close to her little face so she could maybe see the pictures!

Amelia really enjoyed the lullaby book. I sang lullabies all the time while I was pregnant. So I think she liked it! She seems really happy when she is sang to. Good thing she loves the sound of my voice.... only my child would think I have a good singing voice! LOL I am sure one day she will really tell me what she thinks!

 Tomorrow is not only Valentines Day but Little A will be a month old (tear). Time is going by to fast.  I will be posting her first month stats so be sure to check back.

My Heart is Full

I am sure like many first time parents are amazed on how much love they have towards their baby. I knew I would LOVE Amelia ... but holy smokes! I don't even have words to express my love for her. The first time I saw that little heartbeat when I was 7 weeks pregnant... It was love. It didn't matter if she was a boy or girl have some sort of disorder or birth defect....we made that tiny baby.. a true gift from God. That little heartbeat melted my heart. I was so amazed and proud of her. I couldn't wait to meet her. After months and months of disappointed of  trying to get pregnant and then the miscarriage.. I just hoped and prayed that our baby was healthy. But I knew we would get through anything God threw at us. Thankfully God gave us the most precious, healthy,and beautiful baby.
Having Amelia is the best thing that has  happened in my life. (Sorry Deric... our wedding is a close second. But you would agree with me!)  I couldn't even imagine my life getting any better. I have a WONDERFUL husband who I thank God for everyday. I have fallen even more in love with Deric if that is even possible. And now we have this amazing little girl to show the world our love. Like my husband said in this post.

 "Little Amelia is going to be totally ameliorating the crap out of my life."

Deric couldn't have been more right. We fell madly in love with this girl the moment we laid eyes on her! I can't believe she has been here for almost a month... time is going by so fast. I just wish I could make time stand still. Although I can't wait to see what type of girl she will turn into. I pray mostly that she has a heart for Christ. Will she be as loving and caring as I think she will? Who will she turn out to be most like me or Deric? I hope she has a sense of humor just like her daddy. Will she knows how much we love her... it will be my daily task to show and tell her.

~Amelia wanted to show her love today by sporting her "I love my Grandpa" shirt! She looked so cute in it  that was until she pooped all up the back of it! LOL  I have a few "valentine's" outfits for her... I have had her in one every day this week. It is her first Holiday so we had to be prepared!

haha that face is priceless!

We are still snowed in but I am ok with that. At least Deric got to spend yesterday and this morning home. Once we shovel out the rest of the 24 inches of snow in driveway we could get out an enjoy the 60 degree weather that is coming next week! Crazy Weather!

Winter Wonderland

We woke up to this beautiful scenery... we have about 14 to 16 inches so far. The weather man says we will get more. Police do not want anyone out on the roads because tow trucks will not be able to come rescue you! The police are having to use other vehicles beside their cars because the cars are not safe for the roads. Arkansas does not have the proper equipment anyhow to deal with a few inches of snow and we will have a few feet when it is all said and done.  Guess I should have bought those snow boots for Deric when I was at Wal-Mart the other day!

I am pretty sure we have about a 3 foot drift in the back yard. I have never seen so much snow at once! If I was a small child I would be outside all day no matter how cold it was. I LOVED the snow as a child. My mom would have to yell at me to come inside. I could so make an awesome snow fort today! Shoot, I am sure I would be out there now but I don't have snow pants. I do have a pair of hot pink snow boots. So we will be spending our day inside just admiring the snow from the windows.

We took this picture last night... I noticed that I have hardly any pictures of Little A and I!

Thanks Babe!

I have yet another reason to be thankful for my wonderful husband. He designed my blogs new look! Now I could sit down and do it... but I don't have the patience! He is so much better at lining every thing up to make it just perfect.He can also do the header and make all my buttons which I would go CRAZY doing!  I just tell him what I want it to look like! This design is by far my favorite. Not only does it have our sweet girl on the header it has my most favorite shades of PINK!!  So THANK YOU very much sweetie.... you rock! Not only did he work on my blog Saturday he shoveled our way out of the house! Look at all this snow!

We have still been in the house this weekend... due to laziness, snow, and COLD! Although I did run out to Wal-Mart yesterday. Yes, I FINALLY got out of the house. Deric stayed with Amelia so she wasn't out in the cold. I was so happy to be out of the house even for just an hour. But let me tell you Wal-Mart was a mad house. I have never seen it so busy... and the parking lot was a HUGE mess. People were parked all weird because no one plowed the parking lot. I circled the parking lot for about 5 minutes before I found a spot pretty far down and in a good 6 inches of snow... nice.
My plan for shopping was to get in and out as quick as I could.... right *sigh*.  It seemed like everyone who saw a friendly face stopped to get caught up... right in the middle of isle! UGH.... now I like to stop and say hi to friends but really stopping in the middle of a narrow isle to have a 1\2 hour chat is not acceptable when there is a MILLION people shopping. I was at there for longer than I wanted and once I got to the checkout I was already missing little A. I even showed the checkout lady a picture of little A! I bought Amelia a few shirts and she asked if they were for my baby. I could have lit up the whole store with the smile and tingle I got when she said Amelia was very cute. :)  I was proud I didn't call Deric to see how she was.... of course I thought of it a few times. He is a great daddy... I have totally trust in him. I should have bought him snow boots... he shoveled in his leather loafers!

Needless to say I was glad to get out of the house... I was stir crazy! It was the first time in almost 3 weeks that I drove. It was only the 2nd time beside leaving the hospital that I was out of the house! As I sat behind the wheel I thought to myself.... first drive for me being a mommy.... BE CAREFUL.  It will be weird to drive with Amelia is the back for the first time. I am sure I will go like 10 miles per hour! I need one of those signs.."Baby on Board". I don't know if anyone when they see those signs are more cautious but I know I am. I would like to think people are.

And because I can't write a post without posting new pictures of Amelia ... I would be getting a call from my sister.

"Auntie Jen... does my face tell you how I feel about the huge flower you made me on my head??? But my mommy makes me wear it and tells me I am super cute." ~Amelia

HAPPY BIRTHDAY GiGi

We all want to wish my mom... aka GiGi a very Happy Birthday. I wish we could have been home with you. I know you think your birthday is just another day...but it isn't. I should have baked a cake in honor of your birthday but I think I ate enough cookies today to make up for it! :) Sorry you spent your day alone but I hope you know we thought of you all day! Amelia wishes she was snuggled up with you again!

Our little Amelia is getting big fast! It seems unreal she will be 3 weeks old on Monday! Time is really going by fast. I am loving spending time stuck in the house with her. I say stuck in the house because Arkansas has been hit with a snow storm. We have about 7 or more inches of snow and drifts about a foot deep. We of course got ice before the snow fall. So it makes driving conditions horrible. Arkansas also doesn't have any plows and just throws sand on the roads. Deric has been driving back and forth to work but there is no way I will get out on the roads with Little A.

Although we did go today for Amelia's Well Baby Check. It was suppose to be this past Tuesday but I called and canceled because of the weather. Amelia's check up went great. She is growing really well. She weighed 7.8 pounds and was 19.5 inches long. So she has gained a whole pound and grew one inch since she was born. Amelia did so well at the doctors considering she  HATES to be naked and forced to be just in a diaper for the whole appointment. She didn't cry at all until they looked down her throat.... she gagged a bit .

After we got home I changed Amelia into warm pjs and I decided I was going to break out the sewing machine. I have been wanting to make Amelia an outfit. It was perfect weather  to stay inside and sew...and the worn out baby girl helped. Amelia slept enough for me to get her whole outfit done.

I LOVE the way it turned out and can't wait to see her wear it. I know it may be another  month or so before she fits into it. She could wear the top as a dress now but because there is a ton of snow and freezing she won't be sporting any dresses just yet. All of her tights are way to big for her too.

On another note that I need to record Amelia rolled over from her belly to her back on Wednesday night (Feb 2). We couldn't believe it! Deric had her on her belly for awhile and all of the sudden rolled over. We made her do it a couple of times! This is such a big milestone! Here are the videos of her rolling over.