Summer Lovin'

These last two weeks we've been really enjoying summertime! We've gone swimming several times now and Amelia is really starting to like it! Our reluctant little fish is much less reluctant now and much more excited when we go! We recently went to Burdette (a public pool with a great kiddie pool area). Amelia loved chasing a ball around the water and jumping off the edge. She doesn't like the water fountains at all yet though, but she'll probably like them eventually too, chasing her cousins around!

Here's Amelia chasing the ball in the pool with a little help from Grandma!

Amelia also got to play in the sand for the first time at the lake behind our house this week! Chris went fishing and Mommy and Amelia stayed in the sand. Amelia played with her shovel in the sand for probably close to 30 minutes, and then we let her put her feet in the water. She loved playing in the water and didn't want to get out, but we went for a wagon ride around the neighborhood and she was happy with that;)
If you know Chris at all, you know that he is a dancer-one trait that Amelia definitely inherited! This girl LOVES to dance! Anytime she hears music (on the radio, in a store, a phone ringtone...) her eyes get really wide and her head starts bobbing, saying "Look at me-I'm dancing!" It tickles me every time!

Amelia got some new giraffe maraccas and was feeling the groove;)

Such a happy girl!

And finally, the last new thing around our house are LOTS of KISSES! Amelia started blowing kisses months ago, but she has just recently started giving big, open-mouth, slobber kisses (the BEST kind)!! She is so happy to have learned this and loves to spread the joy of her new display of affection! And of course we are more than willing to accept!