Photos Galore!

Or at least what I have in my phone. Amelia has taken to crawling or cruising over to wherever the camera or camcorder is and trying to rub her hands on the lens. This is proving difficult to take pictures of her, which is why she's strapped into something in most of these photos.

Here we are on the plane back from Florida. Amelia figured out how to undo the airplane seat belt, so we had 20 minutes of fun undoing it and then buckling again. And trying to avoid the boy looking like he was getting over the plague.

Here she is in the new carseat, while seated in our living room. Since she's so long she grew out of her other one but she could have stayed in it for another 10 pounds. I can't imagine carrying around the old one with a 29 pound baby.

Occasionally she will smile and wave as asked. I believe it took 15 tries to get this photo to send to Matt while he was on travel. She's also holding the teapot that sings with a British accent. I really think it should play "God Save The Queen" and I'm a little disappointed every time it doesn't.

In messier news, Amelia is starting to work on feeding herself. This was her first lunch with mini raviolis that she fed entirely to herself. We kept Teddy in her crate so there wouldn't be a temptation to feed the dog instead.

She's very pleased with how well she did. Also, she would like some puffs to round out the meal. Apparently puffs made from kale are like crack to this child.

In other news, she's becoming more and more verbal. In the past week she's repeated bath, puppy, up, and has a word for her monkey lovey. She also talks non-stop. I'll take it over fully learning to walk right now. She still needs one hand on something, but we're getting close. She's done one or two steps, but those were more like lunges at either Matt or Teddy. Unfortunately when she was lunging for Teddy she didn't realize it and walked away mid-lunge and Amelia end up face first on the floor.

Amelia has also developed a love of looking at pictures. It can be on the wall (she can point out Mommy and Daddy in the pictures) or in books. She will spend at least the first 10 minutes every time she goes into her crib "reading" to the various items in there. She often wakes up with a book imprinted on her face. We're raising a little nerd. Just like her parents.