Amelia rolls over!

Last night was quite the event when Amelia was having tummy time and she rolled over. She is 16 weeks, 3 days old. It was very exciting to see, but I couldn't get her to repeat it for the camera. And Chris missed it too. Sorry, Honey! I'll have to try to get her to do it again so we can post a video clip. Great job, Amelia!




I'm home with the girls today. Amelia is taking her morning nap, and Mira is busy putting all her stuffed animals in a row. She calls it circle time when they are in a circle on the floor. I think it's something she does at daycare. I am going to take Mira to get her hair cut later today. It's so long that it snarls too easily. So I think a couple of inches taken off with help quite a bit!




Michelle

New look, new post!

Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. Our camera broke, so I've been unable to post. I'm itching to get back into it!

All is well at the Cook household. The girls are growing so fast. Mira is growing in that "3 years old going on 13." She's as sassy as ever. She really reminds me of when I was a kid. I wasn't very easy, was I, Mom and Dad? So I have to laugh when Mira gives me and and Chris sass. It's a taste of my own medicine, I guess. But Mira is also the biggest joy to us. She's so bright and inquisitive. She loves to read and sing to the radio. Carrie Underwood and The Wreckers are her favorites right now and she always asks us what the name of the song on the radio is and who sings it. Then she remembers it for next time!

Amelia has just grown a ton. She's gotten nice and chubby, smiles all the time, and is generally a pleasant baby. Her exersaucer is becoming a friend, and she just found her toes yesterday! Objects in her hand are starting to go into her mouth. She's a happy one, that Amelia. She wakes up in the morning in a good mood and coos in her crib until we go fetch her.

We went to the state fair this past week. It rained most of the time . . . we wouldn't recommend that with kids, or even alone. State fair and rain = no fun. The cheese curds and pronto pup made up for it a little, as did Sweet Martha's cookies! And we got our annual tradition of photographs in the arcade in that photo booth. I love seeing our family grow each year.

Hope you are all well and enjoying this glorious week!
Love,
Michelle

August weekend

Here are a couple updated pictures of our girls. They are so fun to have around. Amelia is really an easy baby. She's 14 weeks old, sleeps about 7-8 hours at night and, best of all, has an actual bedtime! I love knowing that at 9:00, we can feed her a bottle and put her to bed for the night. It's a nice step up from those 11:30 pm bedtimes she had as a baby.

Mira is really good with Amelia. She asks to hold her more often now and likes how interactive she is. I think she's seeing the value of a baby sister . . . someone to play with when she's a little bigger.

We had some neighbors and their kids over for dinner tonight. Mira and her friend Kelly were playing doctor all night long! It's not what you think: Kelly took a real liking to Mira's Fisher Price doctor kit and kept having Mira be the patient. They were so cute playing together.

Hope you are all having a good August and staying cool!
Michelle

Buffalo Bill Days 2007

We just got back from a nice weekend at Mom and Dad's house. It was Lanesboro's weekend celebration: Buffalo Bill Days. We had a really nice time, even though it rained all day Saturday. We still made it to the park to let Mira see the petting zoo. We even snuck in a game of BINGO. Then Cousin Bekki and I went downtown to do a little shopping. At least we both thought ahead to bring our umbrellas or we would have been soaked! Aunt Bonnie visited on Saturday and was able to see Amelia for only the second time. It was great to visit with her. There was lots of food . . . a MUST at any family celebration. Justin and Mandy, and Jeff, Sara, Abby, and Nicholas all stayed over, as well as Sara's sister, husband and her two kids, and Mandy's parents, and a couple assorted friends of Justin's. So the house and yard were filled to the gills with people, sleeping bags, tents, and a camper. Justin burned the wheel off Dad's fire pit, but we considered the weekend a success with no arrests. Good job, everyone! All in all, it was a great weekend! Below are photos. Check out the stash of candy Abby and Mira got from the parade!