18 months

Amelia turned 18 months this past Wednesday! She is such a big girl. She is talking a lot and loves to copy what I say. I accidentally called her a psycho the other day and now she walks around saying "psycho, psycho, psycho." She loves to swim and play in the water, do puzzles, help clean up and do laundry. Today was her first day in nursery and she could have cared less that we were gone and didn't want to leave at the end. She did have a small battle wound on the top of her head, but it was really nice to hear a lesson in church. God bless those nursery leaders. Here are a few pictures of her in her new strawberry dress. I wish you could see her hair better, she has cute red bows in her pigtails. She loves to give hugs and kisses and every night after scriptures she sits down on the floor and folds her arms for family prayer. She then proceeds to sit on my lap and then switches to Ricky's lap, and on and on until the prayer is over. If you ask her where the baby is she points to her stomach. She is a nut most of the time and we love her so much!

Bye

One day last week, Amelia grabbed a hat, one shoe, a bag and headed for the door. She kept trying to open the door by squeezing her fingers between the door and frame and saying "Bye" over and over again. I'm not sure where her shirt was.

She's grabbing her belly in case you didn't notice how big it was.

We got this hat from Millie and it's a little tight, but Amelia insists on wearing it.

Needless to say, we did not go out until she was fully clothed and hat both shoes.

Splash Park

We found this new little splash park that's close to our house and Amelia loves it. We went early in the morning on a Monday and there was no one there at first. She was a little scared of some of the things, especially after she got a bucket of water dumped on her, but by the end she was running through everything. The water was so cold and it felt so good in the heat. We would live there if we had the car everyday.

Random pictures

Her hair is always a mess, but she's just so cute. I guess my hair is always a mess too. My cheeks aren't getting too fat yet.

Shelly?

Fun with a box.

She loves riding on dad's shoulders.

Zoom in on her face if you can, it's a classic.

Playing at the Park

Her eyes are definitely on the greener side, but she might just have weasel eyes yet.

She can slide pretty well on her own, but we still like to be there to catch her.

These stairs aren't very safe for her, she could fall right off the side! I did that once at Star Elementary.

Cheese!

We rarely get to the park these days because of the heat, but we were actually under 100 one day last week. We might just make it through the summer.