52:33 A Winter Wonderland

I Want to Remember 

A Winter Wonderland

I want to remember having you in a winter wonderland. This expression says it all. You really were in wonder about the snow. We haven't had much of it this winter and when we have it has been miserably cold. So this weekend was a rarity. There was snow, and it wasn't below zero! So we bundled you and and took you out finally! While Anniston buried her head into the snow, you just sat, expressionless and stared. You didn't cry. You didn't smile. You didn't try to even move. I'd like to think you were in "wonderment" about this winter wonderland. 

We will try again...next year. 

52:32 Eight Months Old

52:31 Your First New Years

I Want to Remember 

Your First New Years

I want to remember your first new years. We danced to music, dressed up, blew horns. And you. You just observed it all. You are "talking" a lot more now, meaning you squawk when you want our attention and army crawl to us when we aren't close enough. This year brought us so many big blessings, but adding you to our family was the biggest blessing of all. Cheers to 2015! 

52:30 Your First Christmas

I Want to Remember

Your First Christmas

I want to remember your first Christmas. You looked beautiful. You are at a stage where you just take in everything around you and you create this sense of peace amongst the chaos of the holidays. This Christmas, we feel so incredible blessed to have such a beautiful, healthy and happy family. 

God is Good. All the Time. 

All the Time. God is Good.

52:28 7 Months Old

52:26 Traveling with You

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Traveling with You

I want to remember going to Wisconsin. Gracie and Grandpa Badger just moved to a new house in Wisconsin, so we took a trip out to go visit them for the weekend. You were such a trooper on the trip! It was about 5 1/2 hours and you slept the majority of the time! Once you were there, you got lots of snuggles from Grandpa and Gracie! Grandpa dressed you up in Badger gear and sent a picture to Grandpa Husker. Needless to say, he wasn't too impressed. But we officially have great names for these Grandpas! Trips like this are so special to us Amelia. Thank you for making the journey so memorable! 

Going to South Dakota

I want to Remember going to South Dakota with you. We've been doing a lot of traveling lately due to the holidays! This weekend you got a lot of quality time with your cousin Sonny! You aren't ever around other babies, so you just watch him crawl around you in amazement.
Something you were also amazed by this weekend, was your first real encounter with Bella. Bella is the best dog with kids. She just lays while they pull tug and lay on her. You loved petting her this weekend and clearly, she loved it too! 

52:25 Sitting Up on Your Own

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Sitting Up on Your Own

I want to remember you sitting up on your own. You have been working on this skill for a few weeks now, rocking, swaying and toppling back. But this week was the first week that you weren't a weeble wobble! You sit up so well and then you smile so big. I can tell you are so proud of yourself. And we are so proud of you too baby girl. 

If your happy and you know it....

Millie faces are the best. She is so observant and literally watches everything we do and just takes in everything around her. So typically, her face is pretty serious. But now, to show that she is excited about something, she flaps her arms and beams this HUGE smile. It has got to be one of the cutest things ever! It's as if she just wants to fly over to us and share in the excitement! And if we don't pay attention to her right away, she flaps her arms and squawks real loud. 

Oh yes, our house is officially booming with talking toddlers and babbling babies!

52:24 6 Months Old

I want to Remember 

My Little Turkey 

52:23 You as Amelia Earhart

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 You as Amelia Earhart

I want to remember dressing you up as Amelia Earhart. Anniston wanted to be a pirate fairy (naturally) and I had a hard time thinking of how you could be a pirate. And then, it dawned on me. You are my Amelia and you could dress up as a pilot, Amelia Earhart! I used my finest procrastinating skills and sewed up your jacket and painted your plane together THEE day before and taped it up the day of. You were hilarious as we went around trick or treating. It was a cold night but we bundled blankets in your engine and you seemed....well...serious. As any great pilot is. You always have such a serious look about you. I swear you are the most chill baby ever and when you laugh at us, I swear you are just giggling at how ridiculous we all are. We know that you will soar to do big things in this world. And we cannot wait to watch you fly.  

 Trick or Treat? 

Okay, I am saying it now. I am hosting a Halloween Party next year. Before kids, Nickolas and I always used to throw bomb Halloween Parties. Then when we had Anniston, I kept saying it would be too much. But now, after two years of small trick or treating, mall walking and bundling up. I am over that. That is too much work with little ones. It's always too cold out and the mall has really long lines of tootsie rolls. Next year, we won't throw our typical Halloween party. But we will throw a kiddy Halloween Bash with witches walks, costume contests, and fun games. Our neighborhood is FULL of kids, so it's a perfect set up and I think it'll be so fun for the neighborhood! I am already creating ideas in my head! It will be spooktacular!

And if not, at least it will be warmer!

52:22 Spending Time with Family

I Want to Remember

Spending Time with Family

I want to Remember spending time with family. Living in a different town than family can be tough. Really tough. And what makes it even harder is when you live in a different town than your family AND having kids. Having nieces, nephews, and even sister-in-laws that are changing every month and we are not there to see their personality change, their hair get cut, how they really look with 4 teeth missing and how they look when they first start crawling. Having family live all over has always been hard on us, but I guess that is what makes those family get togethers so precious. This weekend we got a lot of Nick's family together for a "pre-thanksgiving" in Spencer, Iowa. We were LONG overdue! We had family from Tennessee, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin. It was awesome seeing everyone, but it went by too quickly. It always does. But here are a few pictures of our quick weekend. We stopped to visit Valerie and Grandma Harriet even got out of her "home" for a short bit to be with us. 

And we are all very thankful for little moments like that.