crawling and teeth

okay, so i know it's been a little while, but we've been busy. last weekend we headed to nh to visit some friends of the family. we had a great weekend, and it was nice for amelia to meet all this extended "family."
so, amelia has been getting around for some time now. rolling, scooting, doing the inchworm, however she could get from point a to point b. well, the other day she actually crawled like crawling is supposed to look like!! not that crawling is going to be around long, because she's already pulling herself up on chairs and other pieces of furniture, or by holding onto her cousin rylie's hair and trying to pull herself up. rylie was not a fan of that way at all!!
also, we can now see the white in her gums, so any day now teeth are going to pop! i think my poor little girl is going to get a few all at one shot! she no longer likes having her gums rubbed, so i can no longer feel exactly how close they are to popping out. okay, well, i must get going...satuday work!!! i'll post pictures soon!!!

finally better

thank goodness amelia is finally feeling like herself again. she had her 9 month appt. on tuesday, and is 16.14lbs and 27 inches long! she gained 2 pounds since her 6 month appt. and grew 2 1/4 inches. dr. tam said she still had some fluid in her ears from her ear infection, so he is going to see her again on feb. 2nd. after that, her next "well" visit will be for her 1 year check up! i cannot believe that she is already 9 months old!! hasn't quite mastered the crawling thing, but she gets around just fine with what she is doing. she's starting to pull herself up, so we've finally had to start putting up the side of the crib. she really, really wants to stand by herself, but she's not quite there....but she tries :)
she's still not sleeping through the night, and we just don't know what else to try. thank goodness that when she does get up, it's not for very long and she usually goes right back to sleep. right now she loves animal crackers and whatever other kinds of crackers and "cookies" her cousin rylie feeds her during the day at the greenhouse. she's working on getting used to using a sippy cup for water and juice. she much rather play with it and chew on the spout, but we're working on it. i guess that's all for now, i'm tired and i'm going to bed :)

merry christmas and happy new year!

well, christmas and new year's have come and gone and let me just say that it was sooooooo much different this year than last!! amelia had an ear infection, which we found out a few days after christmas, so for most of our christmas festivities she was either miserable or sleeping :) had a few days of christmas so far with our families. have 2 more to go. we had a wonderful new year's eve at the fream house with amy, john, cora, matt, katie, will, zb, and chris. the adults all made it until midnight and so did will (well, he woke up at midnight). we played wii, which is so much fun if you've never done it. john is the 2008-2009 wii olympics champ!! hopefully he's made his trophy by now!! it was just a nice relaxing night full of lots of fun with some great friends! zb is the queen of taboo, and the girls team rocked!! i hope everyone has a wonderful 2009!