oh, the last few months

oh, boy! i haven't updated since labor day. okay, so in october the dance group had their annual campout, and this year we tied in the halloween party. we were the wolter family farmers. the first week of november, karl and i went to disney world for a week for our 5th wedding anniversary. amelia also had a vacation, she spen half the week with omi and opa and the second half of the week with granny, pap, tante aby and cousin b. she didn't seem to mind too much that we were gone! the last weekend in november, karl and i were aboard royal caribbeans new oasis of the seas for a 2 night preview sailing that i won at work!! yay, being a travel agent paid off big!! it is the biggest ship in the world and it was amazing!! so much to do onboard the ship, not sure why anyone would actually get off :) then, the first friday of december, we had the annual dance group christmas party. amelia really wanted nothing to do with santa this year, but she is enjoying the present he got her. tonight we have karl's masonic lodge christmas party, where amelia is sure to entertain. if i don't update again before christmas, i hope everyone has a very merry christmas and a safe and happy new year!!

zerna

okay, so zern is officially zerna according to the vet. so, now we have 1 male cat and 2 females. explains why snowflake is sooooo pissed!!!

zern

so karl and i went to zern's flea/farmer's market on saturday...just to look around. well, we are both suckers for poor, pathetic, sad looking kittens, so here is the newest member of our family, zern. well, we had to name him after where we got him. the boy at the store tried to tell us that he is 8 weeks old, but there is no way, unless he is an absolute runt!! karl and i are thinking probably closer to 5 weeks. he'll have to go to the vet's this week, so maybe they have a better guess. megoo and snowflake are pissed and all they do is hiss at him. thank goodness they don't really try to attack him!! actually, megoo may be pissed and try to act all tough, but if zern makes any sort of motion to go near megoo, he runs away :) amelia loves him!! she wants to love on him all the time, if she could actually catch him!! he's learned real quick to run away from the baby, so she doesn't sit on him or pull his tail :) we are turning into the crazy cat people!!! this is it for a while, 3 is enough!!!

fourth of july

so i know i'm almost a month late in posting these picss, but at least i'm posting them :) we had a great 4th of july! much, much, much different than last year. last year, john and karl just held cora and amelia all day, this year there was no stopping them!! once again we traveled to the davis house in wyomissing for the annual 4th of july party. aunt katie had set up a water table and ball pit for the kids to play in. i think will like the water table the most!! the three of them just looked so darn cute playing in the water together. at one point, it was girls versus will!! after the davis party, we had to go to granny and pap's and got to go in the big pool. amelia is not really a fan of the pool. if she can't stand, she doesn't like it. hopefully we'll get to go to the beach next summer, so she can experience the ocean! i hope everyone had a wonderful month of july and i'll try to post more frequently, i promise :)

r.i.p.

michael jackson is dead. this makes me kinda sad. i grew up listening to mj, and have even downloaded some of my favorite mj songs onto my ipod, and would break them out every once in a while. he's probably finally at peace. i guess i'll be listening to a little "thriller" tomorrow on my way to work, or perhaps "billie jean"

farrah fawcett also died today. not really my era, but sad none the less.

r.i.p.

helping daddy

playing with my bucket!

"are you sure i can't help?"

mmmm, dirt!

yea, i'm cute!

amelia and karl planted our flowers last weekend. she is such a good little helper and a daddy's girl. she loves to play in the dirt and play with mud, sticks and stones. i guess that's what happens when for most of the day she is at a greenhouse! they did such a good job with planting! the outside of our house looks beautiful!!

easter, first birthday and hair!!

so, amelia celebrated her first easter this year. what an exciting day that was. we got up, went to uhromi's house for breakfast (waffles!!), and did the easter egg hunt. dada helped amelia fine her presents and gather some easter eggs!! after that, we went to omi's house to get her easter basket, then off to granny's house to get more easter presents. after such an exhausting day, the three of us came home and took a nap.

amelia turned one year old on april 16th! we had a big party for her on 4/19 at the house. tante marlis (karl's aunt) made the turtle cake for us, for her under the sea/turtle themed party! she loves cake and cupcakes, as dada gave her one the morning of her actual birthday :)

do you like the funky hair? mama wanted to make amelia her little rockstar, so this is the look we created! mama loves it!! not sure how amelia feels about it, but i think she looks great!

now that she is a year old, we're just watching in amazement as she starts to become more of a toddler than our little baby. walking, saying more actual words, becoming more independent, and just becoming such a big girl. who knows what this next year holds, but it's bound to be full of "firsts."