Smiley kids and life to date

Amelie will be 6 months old on the 14th. At the Dr this week she weighed 15lb 8oz and is almost 23 inches long. She has grown in length over the past few months and it has thinned her out. She is scooting around like crazy. It feels like it will be only days before she is crawling around. I am NOT ready for that! When she laughs it would absolutely melt your heart and soul to mush. She is SUCH a happy girl. No room to wait around either, she sees her brother and wants to be on the go to catch him.

Everyone always comments on her hair. She has SO much beautiful hair. Every morning I have to comb it out with conditioner since it is so fine and get tangled very quickly. I won't cut it again so we have to pin it back to keep it out of her eyes.

These are some of my favorite photos of Amelie from the past 4 months starting at the top at 2 months up until Christmas. Lots of faces…loads of personality!

 Before I get to Jack, I have to update you on other "3rd child" the Mini. She has given us a run for our money (oh no, just taken all of our money). :) After a 6 month overhaul we are almost done and need a few more parts in place before (fingers and toes crossed and lots of prayers) she'll be running. Most can't believe we are doing it ourselves. We have spent MANY late nights in the garage working on it together. What a project.

As you can see the engine is back in, woohoo.

This is a regular morning scene. Jack is learning to eat at his "big boy" table. (Can't believe I am saying that so soon, he is not even 2). And Amelie is eating lots of homemade solid foods in the high chair.

Two new things that Jack loves to do is check his mailbox and drink "Caa key" (coffee). By checking his mailbox I mean put the letters into the top and then open up the mailbox to make sure they actually went inside. But when he opens it it plays these sweet little songs and he will hum along and bob up and down. Jack also likes to drink his own version of coffee which is hot chocolate with marshmallows. So fun to have him ask for his caa key every morning and drink it with delight.

In all reality the past few weeks has been really tough. We had a week off between Christmas and New Years and ended up working on the mini a ton. Going back to work has been a big challenge for obvious reasons. However, now I am in a new role responsible for staffing a brand new digital department and it is the most challenged and most exciting thing I have done to date in staffing. If it weren't so game changing I would probably not be as motivated to work as I have been. After just 3 weeks part time, I was working full time. So I decided to go back officially full time with the hope that in January I would start back part time again. So far…no such luck.

Thankfully Evelyn, our nanny is amazing! She is at the house during the week and brings tons of fun things to teach and explore with Jack. I think of her as his teacher because I can tell when she comes over in the morning he knows he will not get "tt" TV but instead will get to sing songs, play with tons of games and do art projects. I am so blessed to have her!!

As for 2011 and what's in store. I trust God has a great plan for us and I am leaving the destination to Him while trying to just Enjoy the Ride!