I tried giving Amelia a bath in the kitchen sink because I had seen other people doing this and thought it must be easier. Well Amelia thought it was great fun and splashed water across the entire kitchen, leaving me with a wet mess to clean up! Needless to say we'll be sticking to the bathtub from now on!

She knows she's cute!

Playing in church:)

Since it's been about four weeks since I've posted, this one may be a bit lengthy. Alot has been going on around the Wolsiefer house! I have just began my labor orientation at work, so if you see me in a panicked daze, don't worry-I hear it's completely normal! I'm actually really excited to be doing something new so please pray that nothing tragic happens:) Chris has been working alot, and of course fitting in a few hunting trips in between. However, this hunting season is over as of last weekend so I'm hopeful that my husband will be returned! It's nice to be back into our routine now that the holidays are over, and Amelia appreciates it even more. She has been such a good girl, our days are almost always as follows: wake up around 7:00, eat breakfast, play, nap, wake up smiling, eat lunch, play, nap, wake up, eat supper, play and go to bed. While it doesn't look very exciting there is so much that goes into these mondane activities!

Amelia's diet has expanded within the last few weeks to include table food, which has been very exciting for us! Since she was about 5 months old we have been trying to feed her baby food, but she never has liked it and therefore saw no need in eating it! It has become quite the ordeal getting her food ready only to have it on her bib, face, chair, everywhere except her mouth which she kept tightly closed. So we decided to try giving her soft foods to chew on and surprisingly she loves it! So far she likes chopped carrots, peas, mashed potatoes, mushed bananas, diced pears, and bits of crackers, rice cakes, and star puffs. The only things that she doesn't like are green beans and peaches so far. Soon I'm going to try to cook some chopped squash and sweet potatoes for her!We've also been offering her a sippy cup, but she has no interest in it whatsoever yet.

Amelia has also become more mobile within the last couple of weeks. She has been pushing herself backward for a while now, but these past two weeks she's been learning how to go forward. The process is hilarious because she gets on her hands and her tippy-toes (instead of knees) and lunges forward once, then repeats until reaching her goal, which is almost always Phoebe's ball! Occasionally she adds a high kick of the leg to the back for theatrical affect which results in laughter and fun for everyone! Unfortunately we don't have a video of it yet but I'll have one on hand next time for you to see. She's quickly learning that she can get whatever she wants just by showing a quick grin or that precious dimple-I know we're in for it!

With the weather so bad lately I'v been getting a little cabin fever so me and Amelia have been finding warm places that we can go. We've been to the library a couple of times and she loves to watch the other kids playing! I want to try to start taking her to storytime on Wednesdays -we'll see how that goes. Yesterday we went to Panera Bread and shared a bowl of broccoli cheese soup which she loved and then she sat and played while I finished eating. She was so funny and made friends with everyone around us, yelling and talking to them the whole time! However our day was slightly ruined when we left and a guy hit our car as we were pulling out of our parking spot! No one was hurt and the car can be fixed so all is well, but it really made me think about how easily Amelia could have been hurt! Thankfully she's fine and didn't even know what happened.