Getting Ready for Baby

Well in one weekend we managed to go from 10% to 90% ready for baby. Hilary threw me a very lovely baby shower. It was nice to have my friends and family come celebrate this new baby. I got plenty of diapers and other nice gifts also. We also painted the baby's room, washed all the linens and clothes, sanitized the toys, and even chose a new pediatrician. This baby is lucky that nesting has set in or she might be a naked child with nowhere to sleep.


The food at the shower. Amelia and Olivia had to line up for cupcake dibs, you know.


This is all our 0-3 month clothing. I am going to sort through and get rid of some because I am pretty sure there isn't a child on the planet that needs 46 onsies. I don't know how we managed to accumulate so much but now all of you understand why I keep saying we don't need anything.

Hern Field

All of Lodie's hard work raising money has finally paid off. Harold now has a beautiful statue standing tall above Hern Field. It really is the perfect way to honor him. The weather at the dedication left a little something to be desired but we still had a nice time. It was very nice to see everyone and even bad weather didn't keep people away from coming to honor Big H.

Fun with Cousins

When we got back from Arizona, we spent the day in Denver with Eric and his family. Amelia has a great time playing with her cousins. We don't get to see them very often but Amelia was determined to make the most of the day. They had a water fight, played in the pool, and even got ice cream from the ice cream man (because Cecelia tricked me). It was a really fun day and Amelia was exhausted on the ride home.

T-Ball

We have started t-ball for the summer. Amelia is really loving it. She learned a lot last year and you can really tell a difference between this summer and last summer. It is fun to see her progressing.

Our Arizona Vacation

This was Amelia's first vacation, although her whole life is like a vacation. She was very excited about all the different modes of transportation we got to take, a bus, an airplane, a subway, and a the light rail. I think she liked the bus the best.


Waiting for our flight


On the airplane

One of Amelia's favorite parts of vacation was when Grandma Susie would read to her at bedtime. She really was a grandma's girl. She even told Grandma "You are my favorite person in the whole world."

Swimming was her absolute favorite part of vacation. She loved Aunt Darlene's pool in her backyard. She woke me up at about 5 a.m. the first morning and asked if she could go swimming. I managed to put her off until about 8. She really is a little fish. I don't have any pictures from the Wickenburg pool but she was swimming all over the place with no life jacket. She would even jump into the deep end and swim back the side all by herself.

If this look isn't the look of pure joy, I don't know what is.

Now here is a girl who knows how to relax.

Here is Scooter, the lifeguard. Amelia was making him nervous by jumping in. He watched her like a hawk. It was pretty funny.

The nice thing about Arizona is the sunshine sure makes it easy to get some beautiful pictures. It also helps when your photography subject is so beautiful already. This is the day we spent just hanging around Wickenburg. We went to the park, the Jail Tree, the Wishing Well and out for ice cream.

I love the look on her face.

Amelia's favorite part of any day, ice cream.

The Jail Tree

The Wishing Well

We also went to the Wickenburg Historical Musuem. Amelia now thinks that Grandma Susie works in all the musuems. She really loved the old-time kitchen they had. She would have played for hours if we had let her. As it was, she baked about 4500 loaves of bread and churned 2000 batches of butter. She also liked "making" the horseshoe. She had an imaginary horse named Honey that she was taking care of, Honey even rode in the elevator with us.

Making the horseshoe

Baking the bread

Amelia and I went to visit the Little Red Schoolhouse. Unfortunately it was closed but we got to take some pretty pictures by their flowers.

We ventured down to Phoenix for the Science Musuem. Amelia really enjoyed it. Her favorite part was, of course, the play house. She loved planting the vegetable garden.

Walking on the balance thingy.

After the musuem, we rode the light rail all the way through Phoenix. It was interesting to see all the different people and Amelia liked riding the "train." But first we stopped for a drink at Chase Field.

We had a great time in Arizona. We really loved seeing everyone that we don't get to see often. I hope we get to do it again soon. Although next time we are going in November when it is not 112 degrees!