Sweet Kicks, Amelia!

Sidewalk Chalk Art

In case you are not a follower of Nicole & Jess's Blog BabyFoodScoops,  we wanted to share some photos of Amelia at Appleton's "Chalk About Town" festival. Click here to read more about the festival, but here are a few photos to share!

Word to the wise: Don't wear black pants when playing with sidewalk chalk

Amelia, the Italian Sidewalk Artist

"Nuff."

At twenty months old, Miss Amelia is enjoying her many summer bike rides with her dad, reading stories to her "babies" & beloved stuffed monkey, and doing "joga" (yoga) from a book she has fallen in love with from the library. She has also been working on her counting and letter recognition (she can count to ten, sometimes higher.. and we guess that she can recognize about half of her letters) and absolutely loves puzzles. She talks (ALL. THE. TIME.) and still sleeps well at night, though her daytime nap has dwindled to a 20-minute rest. Her mom wishes this were a little longer lately, as she is getting more tired as the weeks pass in her pregnancy!

As Amelia's weeks of being an only child are well into the single digits, she has been pulling out all of the stops to ensure that her presence is known. She wants to snuggle with her mom at ALL times, and has even been waking up at 5am daily to come into bed with mom&dad for a few hours of extra cuddling time. This morning, she crawled over to her sleeping mom and laid her cheek down right on top of mom's face and went back to sleep.

If you ask her if mom&dad's baby is a boy or girl, the answer is always "no."

Her latest favorite thing has been cantaloupe. After watching dad cut one a few weeks ago, Amelia started to eat pieces by the handful. As juice from the melon went everywhere and her mouth was overflowing with fruit, she attempted to put another piece in. Mom said, "Amelia. Just one or two pieces at a time. That's enough."

Hearing her loud and clear, she repeated: "Nuff."

She finished what was in her mouth and on her tray, and then said, "More nuff please." :)

The nickname (?) stuck and she loves to pick out a "Nuff" at the grocery store and enjoy it for breakfast or in a smoothie whenever she has the chance! 

Shopping with Grandma Judes and Auntie Heidi is my Favorite!

One fun impromptu shopping trip to the outlet mall with Grandma Judy and Auntie Heidi 

= loads of laughs, some stylin new clothes, watching airplanes at EAA, 

and these excellent black shades that I picked out all by myself!

Oh, and I met some new friends at Old Navy:

I can't wait for the next Girls Shopping Day! 

Staying Cool

It has been an immensely hot couple of weeks in Wisconsin, sometimes it has even been too hot to play with the water table and little pool on our darkly stained deck! Amelia was itching to get outside one afternoon, so we took advantage of the evening swim hours at the Neenah Pool. Always a fan of the water, she loved every minute and could hardly wait to take her shoes off before heading straight for the water! Thank goodness for daddies who love to splash in the pool!

Niggemann Family Wedding

We have quite a few photos and stories to share from the month of July - we'll try to break them up into digestible portions :)

We spent a weekend in late July with Nicole's parents in Marshfield to celebrate the wedding of Nicole's cousin Jace to his wonderfully sweet bride, Lacey. They are precious together as a couple and we wish them all the happiness in the world!

This was Amelia's first wedding (since she had started walking, anyway) and she had so much fun playing with her Aunties, Uncle Bill, Grandma, Grandpa, and many second cousins. The wedding was peppered with so many personal touches, Amelia's favorite was the Kid Zone (genius idea!!)

And she had lots of snuggles for her Aunties and Uncle Bill!

 

Maybe next time we go to a wedding, Miss Amelia can stay awake for the first dance! 

Belated June Update

Wow, it's been over a month since our last post. We apologize. Please forgive us.

As you can see, we've been working hard on straighening out our smile, now I guess next we need to work on keeping our eyes open!

::Amelia and Mom::                                                                     ::Amelia at friend Levi's birthday party::

Amelia, Mom, and Baby#2 have all been growing. In fact, Amelia finally surpassed the milestone 20 pound mark at her 18 month doctor's appointment last week, putting her back into the 3rd percentile for weight. No one seems remotely concerned as she is a busy busy girl who loves to run around while yelling "Go! Go! Go!!" She has many words and signs and makes us all laugh at least a hundred times every day.

 The 4 Generations of Olsons Photo: Judy (Issac's mom), Amelia, Issac, Eleanor (Issac's grandmother)

Issac and myself have been busy celebrating nuptials with many great couples this summer (and will celebrate another tomorrow, actually!). While Amelia looks forward to her second-ever wedding dance party in late July, while Mom&Dad were celebrating the aforementioned weddings, Amelia spent a few exciting days with her Grandma Mary, Grandpa Bill & Auntie Lisa.