We are in trouble....

*We were visiting family in Kansas a couple of weeks ago. Amelia has been digging for gold in her nose so much lately--we struggle with it and trying to keep her fingers outta there! Well, it was a typical day where we had to keep reminding her to stop mining, and that evening, I caught her with her hand in my Mom's new cup of ice water. She was trying to fetch a piece of ice.
Me: Amelia, get your hand out of grandma's water! That's rude to stick your
hand in other people's drinks!! Mom, you'll need to get new water, she
had her hand in it.
Amelia: Uh, Mom, the boogers are on THIS hand (holding up the hand that was
not in Mom's cup!)

I never even said anything about boogers on her hand or in mom's water!! Clearly she thought this through.... clearly, we're in trouble if she's this smart already....

*Amelia having a conversation with my mom:
Amelia: My daddy is 21 years old.
My Mom: No, he's 31 years old.

After arguing back and forth with mom for a bit:
Amelia: I'm going to ask my mom....

She comes back to my mother:
Amelia: Well. I guess I was wrong then.

Say what?

The other day, Amelia told me, "I want to 'eclect' leaves like on Wow-wubzy." It took me a bit to realize she meant "collect." I told her we'd get a tub for her to put stuff she finds outside in, so she can have a collection of leaves.

Pierson is (already?!?!?) 9 months!!!

We had Pierson's 9-month check up last week. The boy is 18lbs 1oz, 26.5inches. Still in the 2nd %ile for length, 25th for his weight, and of course, his head is still his biggest feature at around the 50th %ile!

He's always on the move, and playing hard! He's got 2 bottom teeth, and I'm pretty sure he's working on the top two as we speak.

He says "Dada" and "Mama", albeit very rarely. He's definitely not the Chatty Cathy that Amelia was at this age. He claps for fun and dances when music is on. He's totally on table foods and eats almost everything we do. He had pureed foods for about 4 weeks, and was ready to move on. He prefers to feed himself, and will often turn away if you try to feed him.

He's growin' so fast!!

2 ways I know that Amelia is our kid

So as most of you know Beth and I both talk in our sleep sometimes. So about a week ago I went to wake up Amelia to get ready to go. First attempt went like this:

Me: Amelia it's time to wake up...
Amelia: (sits up quickly and looks all around) Where did all the popscicles go?

She them immediatly laid back down and fell back to sleep.

Second Attempt (after I left her room and stopped laughing) went like this:

Me: Amelia! It's time to get up!
Amelia: (this time without moving) Just one more cookie Daddy! Please!!!

I was cracking up hardcore at this point! What a great way to start the day!

-L

Compliments from Kids

Compliments from kids crack me up and Amelia is no exception, that's for sure! Last night she went into the bathroom to go poop. When she was done she called me in to help her wipe and when I was done wiping her she said, with a smile:

"Dad, you are the best bottom-wiper EVER!"

Cracked me up!

-L

P is 6 months!

Pierson had his 6-month check up on July 13th. He's still not the tallest guy in town at 25 inches (2nd percentile--up from 1st percentile at his 4 month check!), but he makes up for it in the weight category at 16lb 13oz (35th percentile). Dr. Amy was also pretty impressed that he makes a "da-da-da" sound! He's definitely more mobile than he ever has been. We no longer find him in the same spot we left him, that's for sure! He's a rock-solid sitter, has been since 5 months.

Pierson at 6 months:



Pierson crawls at 10 days shy of 7 months!! We actually caught on video his first time crawling!! He's been doing a modified army crawl for several weeks, but this is his first time moving forward on his hands and knees.

Too long...

I found this one that I started in July of 2011, so I thought I'd post it because its too funny to not share!! 

Ameliaism:

~Amelia with Uncle Jason: Jason came to visit a couple of weeks ago, and he noticed some teeth marks in a foam puzzle piece of Amelia's.
Jason: Amelia, did you chew on this?
Amelia: No, that was Pierson.
Jason: Well, Pierson doesn't have teeth.
Amelia: I might have done it.....