Running Machine

I never believed women who said they lost all the baby weight just by chasing their child. I still don't believe that celebrities lose it that way. But yet again Amelia has proved me wrong. She's constantly moving and running around that I really did lose the baby weight just by chasing her around. Thankfully(?) she still falls enough that she can't get too far away.

This weekend we did a family photo shoot with Angelina Photography, and again I can't recommend Steph enough.  We did one with her last year, but Amelia wasn't too mobile then. This time we spent over an hour running along the Alexandria waterfront and up and down every flight of stairs Amelia could find. We got a sneak peek at some of the photos, and Amelia is such a ham. The only issue is that it was so hard to get her to stand still that I'm not sure any of the photos of the three of us came out. I had considered bringing Teddy (I get a little insane sometimes) and I was so glad I didn't.

In completely unrelated news, it looks like we are all going to be home for the entire month of November. Looking back I think the last time that happened was November of 2007. While I've enjoyed my travels this year, and Matt didn't mind the travel with his old job and there's not much with the new one, there is just a point when you want to be able to put the suitcase in the closet and leave it there for awhile. But it's not going to last long. I already have travel scheduled for December, January, February and March. We're hoping the time at home will allow us to finish getting settled. We're almost there, just a couple of furniture purchases and then unpacking and we're basically there. There are some things that we're going to do later, but we've done/are doing enough this fall that we need a break. I'm hoping we're finally settled in by Christmas. But the lack of certain types of storage has lead to some amusing storage solutions. My uncle gave us two very large plants (one is actually a tree), and I've hidden the boxes holding the wine we don't have storage for under the leaves of the smaller plant.

That's it for right now. I always need a little extra coffee on Monday mornings because I'm worn out from the weekend. The time change didn't seem to affect Amelia at all. She still woke up early (5 am) both mornings and went to bed about 7 both night. Thankfully during the weekend she will still take two naps. I think that's the only thing that keeps Matt and I sane.