Waddle Waddle!

So Amelia figured it out. Put on a costume, say "trick or treat", get some candy! She LOVED it!! She had three separate occasions this past week to wear her costume that Melissa bought her and so it was well worth it. The first event was the annual Halloween parade at Eastwood Elementary for my niece Ashley. It's still so strange to go there because that is where I went as a little kid. We did the math...between me going there and now going for all of my nieces and nephews, I've attended 20 Halloween parades! Wow. We also went to Savannah and Sydney's parade, but it was outside and first thing in the morning, so it was a little too cold for her costume. But she loved watching all the kids go by even though it took her a minute to figure out what was going on! Amelia's Kindermusik also put on a big parade and party and she was in heaven. We stopped by Mark's work on Halloween and he even pulled the Judge out of the courtroom to come see her little waddle. It was hilarious. Then of course, our tradition of having sloppy joes and a big party with my family that Ally has graciously continued since my Grandparents passed away - it used to be at their house. Amelia went around with her little cousins and had a ball. It was so fun to see the excitement on her cute little face! Forget the candy, I wanted to eat her up all night!!

20 Months

20 months? She might as well be a five year old. She is a chatterbox all day long and I've lost count how many words she says. This past week it has been, "gorgeous, cute, baby do it" and many more. My fave is "baby do it." She says it so emphatically about everything she does. She just might be as stubborn as her Mommy, and if that's the case, we are all in for it. To celebrate her big 20 month birthday, we took her on her first train ride! She's been all about trains lately thanks to this cute little show we found called Juno Jr. She watches it over and over and I find myself singing it out loud when she's not even around. Anyway, she absolutely LOVED the train and every time it would stop she would look at me and say, "more?" It was awesome. My nieces were out of school for UEA so they came along and we met Ally for lunch downtown. Syd had a rough time saying goodbye to Ally when it was time for her to go back to work, so she snuggled up to Mark. Amelia must have thought that is what kids do on a train, so she started doing the same to me. I loved it! Such a fun day!




This past month I also forgot to blog about her first trip this year to Wheeler Farm. She went last year but obviously didn't remember. She ran around that place like a crazy person! She couldn't figure out why chickens and roosters were just roaming around and would chase them until they chased her back. So fun. We went with some of her little neighbor friends and it was just so cute to see their little faces. She had a ball.



And how could it be a proper blog post without a bazillion pictures. These are just a few of my faves over the past month.

Trucks!

Today we took Amelia to an event up at Rice Eccles stadium called "Touch a Truck." It was hosted by the Junior League and it was a big fundraiser for their organization. Pretty cool. Amelia loves looking for trucks while we are out driving around so we thought she would get a kick out of seeing them up close. She had a blast!! Every time she got behind the wheel of one she would say, "keys, music, drive?" She's hilarious. There were a bunch of big semi-trucks too but she didn't really seem interested in those. She liked the buses, fire engines, and tractors the best. They even had a bouncy house which was impossible to get her out of. I was that desperate parent who went diving in after their kid to drag them out. I looked ridiculous. Good thing I didn't know anyone there!

Family Time

Sundays are my favorite. We took a drive up Lambs Canyon to try and see some fall leaves and they weren't super great, but we managed to snap a few pics anyway. I love my daughter - her face just gets me every time I look at her!

After our drive we met up with my family for an impromptu Sunday dinner at Melissa's. Amelia LOVES being with her cousins and just had a blast running around. Savannah was super excited to show off her new cast, which I gladly signed right where she could see it everyday! I even got to take a quick ride on Jason's new motorcycle. So fun. And it's obvious that Amelia loves my brother. Geesh she puts on a show for him! Man, I just love my family!

Happiness

This picture is my definition of happiness.