amelia is 1 year old!

happy, happy birthday to my baby girl! amelia is most excited that she has taken her final monthly pictures! this year with amelia has flown by for us. it seems like just yesterday that we were snuggling with our floppy-headed newborn who slept all day! and now she is this bright-eyed one year old who thrills on being flipped upside down over and over again. here's a little recap of amelia's monthly pictures...


these days, amelia is having a ball at waving at anyone in sight. she will sometimes say "hey!" along with her twisty, experimental wave. she also loves to say "bye, bye", "dada", "mama", "nite nite" (mommy's favorite!), and "nana" (which is how she tells me she's hungry). she started trilling her tongue last week, and now she does it in an attempt to imitate "eat". it's pretty funny to hear her do it, especially considering that brian has been trying to learn how to trill his tongue for years (and this slp wife has had no success in teaching him!). amelia is really nowhere near walking yet. she's content crawling from place to place, looking for forbidden toys to reach for (ie, horses with hair, ethan's cars). she has tried to stand unassisted a few times, but she's not trying to cruise around our furniture yet. it'll happen... she's obviously very busy working on talking right now, so she'll get around to working on walking soon enough. she's still as happy as can be most of the time, though she has hit that point where she gets fussy the moment she sees me after being away from me for a little while. that can drive a woman crazy, but hey, at least i know she knows her momma! here's my birthday girl just waiting for the party to get started!


check out these rolls before she's had any sweets! (in amelia's defense... she was turned to the side, which accentuated her sweet lil' love handles!)


if you've been around amelia for more than 10 minutes, you have more than likely seen "the scrunch". i've decided that she just can't smile any bigger, so the smile has to go up! :) the scrunch doesn't really make for the most photogenic of pictures, but it does always make me laugh!


"well, we've got to get ready for my party now! see you soon with lots of pictures from the celebration! bye bye!"