Monday, May 29, 2006

May Long & Papa's Birthday



For May Long Weekend the family went camping at Big Knife Provincal Park by Forestburg. Amélia enjoyed the tenting, she spent a lot of time in her playpen with a floral sunhat on. A trip to the "Diplomate Interpretive Mine Site" was a nice break from the boring campsite. Mommy got too much sun, but Papa and Amélia were fine. After camping the wee family headed over to grandma Sweeney's farm for a couple days of visiting with greatgrandma & greatgrandpa Carder.
Last Friday was Papa's birthday. Mommy made a supper & dessert, then Papa opened his presents from Amélia and Mommy. On Saturday Mealie's auntie Liane came for supper with Grandpa Auger. Everyone went to dinner at the Norseman and then had butterscotch triffle for dessert back at the apartement. Because the greatgrandparents were heading home on Monday the family went to the farm for Sunday afternoon. It was nice visiting with everyone before they left.
Amélia is really motoring around the house now! Follows Mommy and Papa EVERYWHERE. She's even started to crawl on her hands and FEET instead of knees... now she looks like a little monkey. Looks like that first tooth is trying once again to pop out. She's been very cranky lately, has started drooling again and even seems to have a divit where her tooth will be comming through. Poor creature is really having a hard time with this teething thing. Amélia has become accustomed to 2 meals a day, in the morning she enjoys cereal then banana for dessert (cut small for finger food) and in the evening she will down whole bowls of veggie puree (with or without meat). She really enjoys trying to feed herself little green peas & loves her Cheerios. She's nursing quite often but likely is due to the pain of teethig and not hunger.
Hopefully that tooth will pop through soon & the blog can be updated with something more interesting than the weekly routine!

Monday, May 15, 2006

New Family Member :)


Amélia has a new family member... she's cute, she's sweet, she's cuddly and has a great personality... and she's not housebroke yet. As a generous donation to Mealie's parents' insanity, Papa's uncle and aunt gave the family a Jack Russell Terrier pup. She's 5 weeks old and absolutely adorable. They are extremely intelligent creatures and she's already learnt that puppy pee pads are to be used in place of anywhere else in the house. Amélia enjoys the puppy unless the puppy approaches her first. If Mealie's the one who makes the first move tho, then the puppy is fun.
The family is going camping for the long weekend. It should be fun. Big Knife Provincial Park is a beautiful spot, Papa decided that's the place to spend the weekend. The family will be heading out on Wednesday hoping to catch the ideal spot.
Amélia's Greatgrandparents are comming down this week, the trip from Kelowna will take all day on Thursday, but everyone is excited about the visit. Boy will they be surprised when they see how big Miss Amélia has gotten.
Lunch time for the herd...