Too big for my britches!

Look closely at this picture. Don't get distracted by her AWESOME smile. Do you see how her the legs of her outfit are on? This was an outfit she had at daycare as a change of clothes. Yesterday she needed it but little did Mommy, or the daycare provider, know that this outfit is TOO small. Miss Cathy did the best she could. I laughed SO hard when I picked her up. I left her that way till Shaun got home because I had to let him see it in person.

New Clothes!

We got our new installment of clothes for Amelia from our awesome Craigslist contact. For $125 we got ALL of Amelia's needs for next summer!

Introducing Rice Cereal

Amelia has been chopping at the bit to try real food. We put her in her highchair when we eat dinner and she stares at us with drool streaming down her chin. I decided that being a week away from her 6 month mark it was time to give the little lady what she wanted. It was time for rice cereal.

Sunday afternoon we plopped her in her highchair, mixed up some cereal, threw a bib on her and with two spoons (one for her and one for me!), we set out to try something new.

Amelia tests out her spoon. It was a decoy to try and keep her hands off my spoon.

I go in for the first bite - she wasn't sure what to think.

She decided she liked it and started leaning in for more.

She must have really liked it because she kept trying to help me feed her.

The happy camper.

Sunday was the only successful day of rice cereal. On Monday she took one bite and then would not open her mouth again. Tuesday she let me give her a little here and there but she made these faces that totally let me know she thought it was completely disgusting. Oh well! Tonight (Wednesday) we're trying oatmeal. We'll try rice cereal again next week.

Just call me J. Lo...

HA! Just kidding! But, I did play wedding planner this weekend to a fabulous wedding at Topnotch. It was SO much fun to be back in the groove of the wedding world. Here are some pics of the setup. Beautiful, right?

Had to Share

Last night Amelia snuggled in with Shaun to watch part of the Women's

Semi-Final of the US Open. They looked too cute together.

She's Growing Like a Weed!

Holy smokes, she's growing like weed! The first picture was taken about May 15th and this one was taken today, September 10th. It's crazy the difference 4 months makes!

Amelia meets Claire!

NOTE: This is a TERRIBLE picture but for now it will have to do. Shaun took it with my cell phone and for whatever reason, it just came out bad. I'll get a better copy from Erin. But I do love the way Claire's little chin is resting on her hand!

On Friday we took Amelia to meet Claire. I was dying to see my dear friend and give her little peanut a snuggle. We showed up with food in hand (mmm, chicken parm from Papa Frank's) and had a wonderful visit. Erin looks fabulous and both she and Andrew already seem to have the whole parenting thing perfected.

Amelia is a MOOSE compared to Claire. Yes, there is a 5 month difference between them but holy do those additional 8lbs on Amelia feel like many more! It is already so hard to remember Amelia being that tiny. I almost tossed Claire across the room when I picked her up after holding Amelia!

Oh and I do have to say that Amelia was pretty intrigued by this little tiny person in her presence. She's used to being surrounded by bigger kids so she seemed in awe of someone smaller than her. Shaun did take a picture of Amelia "petting" Claire but it was SO dark you'd have no idea what you were looking at. Total bummer because it was too precious!