Here are some pictures of Amelia in her little Easter dress. She wasn't in a smiling mood, but she somewhat cooperated (minus the taking off her shoes part).

Apparently Amelia has a fashion opinion and wants to express it. We were getting ready to head out for a walk and I was trying to put her shoes on. She kept whining and running over to the stairs. Mom figured out that she wanted her rubber boots. As soon as mom grabbed them off the stairs Amelia got very excited and immediately sat down to put them on. She apparently didn't like the shoes I picked out and wanted to wear these. What a mess (the pebbles hair was courtesy of mom).

Amelia was super dirty after playing at the park the other day and I didn't feel like giving her an official bath so I filled up the pool. It was very small and very sad (I had to duct tape the valves shut). I guess that's what you get when you shop the super sales at BRU. She enjoyed it all the same and splashed around for about an hour.

We had another decent sized snow (a couple of inches) this March and we took Millie Moo out to enjoy the white stuff. She was more interested in climbing stairs than playing in the snow though. Maybe next year she'll want to build a snowman.

Here are a few random pics that I snapped of Amelia this past March and some of April. The weather here has been super nice (70s and 80s) so we've been able to enjoy the outdoors. Thank goodness for our zoo membership. We've spent lots of time there and it's become our own personal playground. Amelia really enjoys the park now so that's fun too. She even says "Wee" when she swings and likes to go down the slide face first. She now has a few words and phrases that she uses to express her ever growing opinion. Her repertoire includes: Mommy, Dada, ball, Elmo, all done, more, waffle, cheese, pizza, baby, eyes, nose, and whatever else you try to get her to repeat. It's pretty funny, but now I have to watch what I say around her. Guess I'll need to clean up my potty mouth. In addition to her actual words she has her own made up language. I'm sure (or at least hope) that all 1 year olds are like this... otherwise I might need to take her into a specialist. She will babble for hours. Some days literally all day. I have no clue what she's saying, but she's very serious about it. I wonder if this is what I sound like to her some days on the phone arranging all of the club travel. She's been going to Mother's Morning Out for a few months now and is really enjoying it. When I drop her off she runs to play with her favorite toys and never looks back. Guess I'm not as important as I thought. She's also enjoying her swimming lessons. In the last few weeks she's really starting to take off. She will now sit on the side of the pool and dive in face first and swim (more or less) underwater to Zach. It's pretty cute. I'll hopefully be able to snap some pictures of swim class next weekend to post.

We took a big road trip to Chicago/Indianapolis in March. My juniors team played in a tournament in Indianapolis and we thought that it was a good time to stop by Chicago for a quick visit to meet Little Miss Eleanor. We only snapped a couple of pictures but here is one of Amelia, Eleanor, and me. Eleanor is the cutest thing ever. She smiles at everyone and is super sweet. Amelia didn't really like all of the attention that Eleanor received, but overall she played nice. Zach and I got to keep Eleanor for a few hours by ourselves and got a little taste of what it was like to have two babies. Let's just say Eleanor was an angel, but I would have sold Amelia to the gypsies. We can't wait to see Eleanor again (and Nicole and Kris too of course).

At first her hair was brown, then it was red, then it fell out, and now it's straight in the front and curly in the back. I'm not sure what to do with her hot mess of a hair, but I'm having visions of a very, very frustrating few years of junior high. Hopefully she won't expect me to have a clue how to "fix" it.

Here are some pics from one of our trips to the zoo. Amelia loves the pigs and there are a few shots of her trying to get a better peek at them.

Here are a few pics of Amelia enjoying our neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt and getting her Easter Basket.

Amelia was running around the house the other day, brushing her hair of course, and I captured a picture of her that reminded me so much of Zach. So here's a side by side of father and daughter making the same face. This is one of Amelia's favorite faces to make for the camera as well.