Other Updates

Amelia knows the word "no" now, whether she responds appropriately or not! She'll be crawling around the living room, and head towards the fireplace. I'll say "no" and she'll turn and look at me, and usually does not immediately go right back to what I was discouraging her from. But eventually, it will catch her attention again. :)

She likes to have her hair dried by the hairdryer. She thinks it's hilarious and gets all crazy when we use it.

Amelia still babbles a lot, but her primary words are mama and dada. We haven't heard "ducky" in quite a while. Lately the sound that she has been working on is the letter F. She'll pull in her lower lip and go "fffff". And then we'll do it at her and she will do it back to us.

In addition to waving hello/goodbye, she now will give high-fives.

Amelia is pulling up all the time now, but always on her own terms. If I try to prop her up on something, her legs turn to jelly. Or the other day, she kept pulling up on Chris's legs and looking up at him. It was so cute, so I ran for the camera. When I came back, she refused to do it, even assisted.

Her new Sitter is big on keeping the kids active. Since Amelia loves to go places, as long as it's not excessive, it seems like a good idea to us, too. They have play-dates with a friend's kids (she babysits too), go to the play area at the mall, and go to the library story time (I live close, so I've asked to get a heads-up on this in the future). And now that it's getting warm again, they will be going to the zoo. Our Sitter's father works there, and he'll take them behind-the-scenes if they track him down.

Amelia is very social. She loves other kids of all ages. She always likes to be in the thick of things!