Bubble gum

"someone" got bubble gum stuck in her hair yesterday. We were going to try peanut butter like we did last time (no- we didn't learn our lesson!) and I just didn't feel like hassling with it so we grabbed the scissors and outside we went! I would say we cut 4 inches off. Of course Miranda loves it and wants it shorter.

amelia 2.5

i would eat her up every day for dinner if i could. or lunch or breakfast or any snack for that matter. she is purely deliciousness. i wish i could put into words, the way i feel when i hear her voice. we all do. she melts everyone she meets.

she is a lover.

her favorite thing to do, hands down.. is to give hugs, and to cuddle.

she has the best crooked smile and little dimple that i kiss 100 times a day.

she LOVES music and loves to dance.

she is a mommys girl and is mildly obsessed with me.

she crawls up on my lap at random times every day, all day and looks into my eyes and says i love you mommy.

and when i start crying because i just love her to pieces she says.. "mommy, do i make you so sad"?

and when i continue to cry and i tell her i'm crying because i love her she says, in that voice that will melt you.. .. "i love to make you so happy!"

sigh...

if todd, or grammy is near.. she crawls on their lap to do the same.

when you ask her to do something she almost always says "sure i can".

every day, more than once a day she will say... "i love you natey". or.. "you're my bess frien natey" or my favorite.. "natey nates, i love that you are my brover!"

she sings and makes up songs all day long.

she will tell todd he is "the best daddy ever"

she will tell you her buddy is "jacky wacks"

but she is lately buddy/buddy with miranda and they play school, dolls, make-overs, house and anything else girly.

she loves dora and pinkalicious

she is FINALLY starting to watch movies and loves hanging with jack and miranda when they are watching tv.

she loves to read and will memorize a book after we have read it to her only one time

her favorite word of the week is "actually"

to be funny, she adds the word "candy" to everything. yes mommy candy. can i watch tv, candy? where are you going daddy candy?

if you talk nicely to her, you can pretty much get whatever you want.

she finally has given up her paci's and if her mommy wasn't such a sucker, i would have had her given them up months ago because it was the easiest thing i've done in a very long time.

she cries every time i leave for work and begs me to stay home

she loves everyone "to the moon and back"

her favorite number is "540" and if you ask her how much she loves you, how long shes been awake, how long the show was, how long she played with nate, or anything else.... the answer is "five forty days"

at night when she goes to bed, wrapping her arms around my neck begging me to lay with her for 540 minutes.

she loves to be outside and always asks if she can "play bikes."

she likes to sing.. "lou lou, skip to my lou, - lou lou, skip to my lou, ha dee dee dee dee darlin'"

like the other kids, she loves when i sing to her and asks for random songs all throughout the day, usually putting her own spin on them with the word "booty" or "candy" thrown in.

christmas cookies

growing up, making cookies around christmas time was a huge deal. i always looked forward to having christmas music on, getting all of the ingredients out, and for mom, nana and i making cookies together. we have made them almost every year since i have had kids but at their house. this year we made them at my house. we had such a nice time and really look forward to doing it next year again.

cookies part 2!

santa on the fire truck

santa comes around on the firetruck every year the week or so before christmas. the kids look forward to it and wait outside for him as soon as they hear the sirens. this year santa blew past our house pretty quick. i told the kids to jump in the car and we went to the beginning of the neighborhood where friends of ours lived. we hung outside their house with them until santa came and he ended up stopping and the kids got to sit with him for a bit. they were in awe!

santa

the kids loved seeing santa as usual. we always luck out and never have to wait in a long line to see him. last year miranda was talking his ear off. this year amelia wouldn't stop. she hugged him, talked some more, hugged him again, asked him to bring her brover and sister stuff, talked some more and gave him on last hug. santa was awesome.