Goodbye

This will always remind me of the last night I spent with you guys...pity we didn't do anything big and snazy!
I'll miss you guys tons (yes...I'll even miss you Eman).
Thanks for staying up late with me tonight Kat, I know it was far past your bedtime. teeheehee.
I've had a fun stay with both of you. I'll miss the smiles and giggles, the prison breaks I'd watch with you, the crazy perverted conversations with Eman, talking baby stuff with Kat, having two shoulders to whine on.....
Chit chats, deep talks, singing and playing guitar, and all those things we'd do.
It was great knowing you guys (and you munchkin too).
GBY, may you have many children, have a good trip, and all that kind of stuff!
I love you guys..."I knew this all my life! (said in a foolish Kat voice)"

The Look of Innocence

I love this picture...so much innocence that doesn't exist. hahahah. NAH, shes good, generally...

And this pic is for Chucky...I doubt you remember, but one time you took a picture of my feet like this. hahah, you're totally deranged! Miss you crazy woman.

Amelia in Black & White

Summer is....

...a time to look cool...and I think my smushy pulls it off pretty well!

The Beginning of the Emptying...

The Italian girlys are gone, and thats just the beginning of the end....or should I say, the beginning of a new beginning.
I hope that you girls are happy back in your home country.
YAY! Be excited...change is always good!

Sleepy Times...

Amelia looks so tender when she sleeps! So opposite to her fun (very loud) hyper self. It's nice to see the other side of her...even though you can only really see it when she's sleeping...lol.

Amelia's Stubborness and some other randomness

Amelia is becoming increasinly stubborn, something I never really was, so it amazes me that someone so stubborn could have come out of me!
She has this thing with biting people, it's really quite painful now she has all those teeth. Anyhow, so sometimes she bites Joshua and I tell her to say sorry and give him a kiss, and she just outright says "NO!" The first time I heard that, I just kind of look at her stunned! My daughter said an outright no?! She knows why she shes saying no too. This is not good!
I kept asking her to say sorry, and every time she would looked at me and defiently say "NO!" Then I began getting very stern with her. "Amelia, say sorry to Joshua!". Still with defiance she said...."NO!"
Fuff, this was getting too much for me. Amelia, you're going to sit here until you say sorry to Joshua! So I sat her down on the bed, and pretty much left her there as she screamed and cried away!
Me: "Are you going to say sorry to Joshua now? If you say sorry you can get off the bed."
Amelia: Glares at me and continues to throw her fit
Me at a loss as to what to do: Look Amelia, see those marks on Joshua's arm? You gave him an ouchie. It's not nice. Say sorry please.
Amelia: "No sorry Joshua!"
Me: Ok, we're leaving you here.
So off I go with Joshua to get a snack for him, and I hear her crying away in my room, still throwing her fit. 2 minutes later I go in and ask her if she'll say sorry. She gets up, and very begrudingly says sorry to Joshua.
I turn around, pleased that I had stood it out, and glad Amelia had finally given in. I look back at her and shes looking at Joshua with a look of supierority and disdain, and she says "Sorry" again, but this time in a very "I'm am so much higher and mightier then thou, you should be thankful I graced you with my apolgy voice." Sheesh! Talk about pride!

Beach Fun With the Little One

We went to the beach last week for Family day. Well...my family (me and Amelia), Kat's family (her, Eman and Adrian), and Nina's family. (Nina, I guess I can adopt her as part of mine seen as me and Amelia were only two and Eman and Kat and Adrian were three....uhh...anyways)
So, we all went in metro, and we enjoyed ourselves quite muchly. Amazing how much stuff you have to take when you have a kid compared to when you're single. Theres the towels, a change of clothes for the lil one, food for the lil one, toys for the lil one, buggy, sunscreen lotion, water, a cup for the water and if possible, one of those umbrella thingys. GEEEZ.
Before Amelia all I needed was a bathing suit, a towel, a shirt (I use shorts for a bathing suit so I didn't need pants), and maybe a sandwhich thrown together at the last minute. Oh...and MAYBE some money to get icecream or some random thing at the mercadio.
Anyhow...here are pictures of Amelia on our excursion.