It got away from me again

Sorry - I am a really bad blogger these days.  So here are things since August's 1st birthday :)

Well - #1 is that Kelsey got engaged!  So, last weekend, Amelia and I flew down to Austin to go dress shopping with her.  Amelia LOVED the airplane and the turbulence (no thank you)!  Now, every time we get in the car she asks if we're going to the airport to go see Honey and Doc and Kelsey again.  Guess we'll have to go again soon.

#2 - August is a full-on WALKER now!  When Amelia and I got back from Austin, he was walking all over the place.  He'd been taking steps for about a month - but now it's official.

#3 - Easter - it was a rainy, rainy day (with NO power for a couple of hours that morning)!  Thank goodness Starbucks was open :)  Amelia really liked hunting eggs and August just liked filling up baskets and dumping them out again.

#4 - I officially moved my office from the dining room up to the real office!  We have our dining room back, and I have a place where everything is within reach.  Business is still booming (yay!)  I made my 300th sale just yesterday.  Crazy! 

#5 - Lunch and Art Festival with Daddy downtown.  On Friday, I took the kids down to Andy's office for the first time since we've moved here.  Then we walked a few blocks down to the Art Festival that was going on and had lunch.  Wish we could have stayed longer to enjoy it, but it was SOOOO incredibly windy - we couldn't keep the kids out for too long.  Maybe next year.

#6 - Amelia is British.  She can do a spot-on British accent.  And it came out of no where.  I was taking her around Andy's office, and she started calling me "mummy."  It's from one of her new shows, but it is pretty funny.  And she's good at it!

#7 - Swim Lessons - Amelia is starting swim lessons on Monday.  She's very excited about it, BUT she does not want her hair to get wet.  Good luck with that. 

I'll keep you posted on the swim lessons :)  Maybe everyone should wish ME luck!  haha.

 August in his new car from Janie :)

 Amelia at her school Easter Party!

 August and Daddy on Easter morning.

Dueling egg spinning light things :) 

A Little Pocketbaby News

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Attack of the Spots

We finally had August's 1st birthday party this last weekend (the 19th) and it was a beautiful day - no snow!  But, the fun really began on Tuesday morning when August woke up with some weird spots all over him.  I took him to the doctor - but she didn't really know what was going on.  Well, Wednesday morning, his entire body looked like this:

...and it kept getting worse.  He wasn't bothered by it - and he didn't have any fever - just this crazy rash!  After trying the meds the doctor gave us, I went for a 2nd opinion.  Turns out, he's most likely allergic to penicillin.  I am too - but I don't get a rash like that!  Anyway - he had been on penicillin the week before for an ear infection.  Go figure.

In other news:  Here are a few pictures of the party weekend :)

New Experience

I took August to get his hair cut yesterday.  He hated it.  But he looks cute, so all of the screams were worth it.  Sorry for causing a scene, SuperCuts. 

Snow Day

We definitely got snow!  We ventured out and had some fun - but just about froze solid!  Unfortunately, this snow wouldn't stick together, so no snowman.  Not even a snowball - strange.

One Year Old

It's true.  He turned 1 on the 26th.  I, obviously, have not posted as many pictures or updates as I did for Amelia.  I wonder if this is how Kelsey feels - second child syndrome - haha!!!  So, here are some milestones at the 1 year mark.
* He is trying to walk, but only with help.  He hasn't taken a step on his own, yet.
* He can climb up onto the lower couch to sit with us
* Will say a few words, but nothing really on command or on purpose (except maybe "ba ba" when he's thirsty
* He gets mad when we take things away from him.  It's actually pretty funny
* He gets to sit facing forward in the car now, and he seems to really like it
* He's wearing size 18-24 month clothes - yikes!
* He loves playing with Amelia.  They wrestle - all the time.
* Doesn't really like his binky - except at night and naptime

We're having his party this weekend, so we'll have the cake pictures coming soon.

New Year's Resolution

Yes, I know it's Jan. 28th - but my New Year's Resolution is to pay more attention to my blog.

Here is an update since my last "real" post - which was Halloween 2010!

November - This is the month, not only of Thanksgiving, but also Amelia's BIRTHDAY!  I posted a link to some pictures in the last post, but didn't go into details.  Her birthday was small - but super fun!  We started the day by meeting some of our new OK friends at the Bounce House place.  The girls ran around and played and had a great time!  Then, we moved on to the Cupcake place.  It was so cute.  We were the only ones in there and the girls made a HUGE mess with their cupcakes - but who cares!  After that we headed home and just played the rest of the day.  It was freezing (Oklahoma is a different kind of cold). 

For Thanksgiving, we went to Andy's parents' house.  It was a very nice time, but for some reason I don't have any pictures.  Hmmmmm.

December - This is Andy's birthday month and Christmas of course!  We had a nice day for Andy's birthday that ended with a night out!  The girl across the street watched the kids (they were already asleep of course) and Andy and I went to our neighborhood Progressive Dinner Party.  It was so much fun!  It's nice to actually have neighbors that are fun and that want to talk (can't say the same about our TX neighborhood)!

Christmas was really fun!  Amelia was very aware of Santa this year - so it made it very special.  We went to look at the Christmas lights one night (kind of like the Zilker park lights for you Austin people - but not on the same scale).  Amelia LOVED it.  For Christmas - we traveled to Dallas and spent 4 days there doing pretty much everything!  Here are some pics!

January - So far, so good.  My business, Pocketbaby, has really taken off and I am super busy!  I play with the kids all day and work at night.  It's fun and feels really good that people all over the country (and even Ireland) are loving my work!  Yay!

August turned 1 on the 26th.  We had a fun day out doing some shopping and playing with one of his little friends all day.  We are having his party next week - so there will be pictures to come!

I really hope I can keep up with the blogging.  I like having something to look back on.

I know - I'm really behind

I have been super busy - I have barely even looked at this blog :(  Sorry.  Here's a link to some recent pictures that include Amelia's 3rd birthday! 



http://picasaweb.google.com/Lindsey.Strittmatter/NewPictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCJa35bn7tITrGQ#

I'll do a better job next time!

School!

Amelia starts school on Tuesday!!!!  We have been on the waiting list since we moved, and they finally called.  Actually, I wasn't expecting them to call until January (if at all), but someone moved and we got in.

She is in a Tuesday/Thursday program that goes from 9:10-2:30 and she is very excited.  We met her teachers last week and Amelia even joined in on snack time like she'd been going there the whole time :)

Looking forward to her first day - I'm just hoping she doesn't throw a fit when I actually leave this time!  If she does - at least I know it won't last forever.

But It's Not Halloween...

Alright - so far Oklahoma has been great.  But, this Halloween, it failed us. 

Saturday morning we left the house for an all day trip.  We didn't have a care in the world.  We got back home at 8:00 (already an hour past bedtime) and what did we see...Trick-or-Treaters EVERYWHERE!  What on earth?  It's the 30th...Halloween is tomorrow.  Apparently Oklahoma has the ability to change a holiday and NOT inform people about it. 

So Andy took August upstairs and put him to bed while I got Amelia dressed up in her Pinky Dinky Doo costume (at least it was simple), and Amelia and I headed out to hit a few houses!  Poor thing was exhausted, but she was having a great time.  We made it to about 5 houses - that was enough for her.  Thank goodness she's still little and believes everything we tell her :) 

But we still had fun on the REAL Halloween!  We carved pumpkins and still got dressed up so that August could join in on the fun! 

 This is us running out the door Saturday night!

 Batman!!!!!

 The dynamic duo!

 Pumpkins :)

 I'm actually in a picture...August wants to get Ruby.

 Happy Halloween!

 Hanging outside while we're carving the pumpkins :)  See my teeth!!!!!?????

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The Zoo: Part 3 (we love the OKC zoo)

Yes - we are a bit obsessed with the zoo at the moment.  But it is a GREAT zoo.  Not crowded, close by, you can actually SEE the animals, and it wears the kids out!  Gina and Gavin came to visit this weekend and we took the kids on Saturday  morning - we had a blast.

Peacocks are just walking around.  I only got a pic of this one - but Amelia had NO fear around them.  She almost caught one! haha

Amelia and Gavin walking together.  Amelia was actually pulling him along - getting him to walk where she wanted to go.  She's kind of bossy!

Neither one of them would look at the camera...but they loved the zebra and the giraffes (they are pretty cool)!

Earlier in the week we went to the park with our other friends :)  Amelia LOVED being able to go up on the big slide all by herself.  She is a little daredevil and I don't like it one bit.  We're learning to be more careful on the tall ladders - and she's a good listener!

Swinging with Haley

August and Hunter - they will be trouble in just a few months I'm sure!!!

Climbing the big ladder (she tried that circle one a few times - I decided it was a bad idea!)

Woo hoo!  Look - hands in the air!!!

She LOVED it!

We also spent some time with Amelia's friend Makenna.  They were nice enough to cook some dinner for us!  We had fun and Amelia survived her first BEE STING.  You know it hurts, but she was a trooper!  The next morning she didn't even mention it.  Yay!

...and here are the pictures

 The picture loader finally decided to work!  Here are the bounce house pictures!!!

What should I do first??  Mickey came along for the day :)

Bouncing with Haley!  They did this pretty much the whole time!

Loving the slide!

She tried climbing this - but decided inside was better!

She hid back behind this for quite some time :)  I think she knew it was almost time to go!

Fun-Filled Week

(Note:  I still can't upload pictures for some strange reason - so I'm posting this anyway - or it won't be relevant - and I'll post pictures when I can.  Sorry.)

We did SO much this past week!  We had a ton of activities and Aunt Kelsey came to visit.  It's just a shame that the fun came to such an abrupt stop.

MONDAY - August, who is 8 months old and now sporting 2 teeth, needed new pajamas (in size 18 months!!!!!) so we went to the mall here in Edmond for the first time.  It is a nice mall and they had a little children's play area, so after our shopping we stopped there for a bit.  Amelia had a blast and August was just itching to get down and play with the big kids.  After playing, we checked out the food court and sat for lunch in a table that was also an old convertible Cadillac (in honor of Route 66).  Then it was home for naps and then out the door again to grocery shop - not the most exciting thing but it made for a very full day.

TUESDAY - Rosemary Wells, the author of the Max and Ruby series, was doing a book signing and reading her new book at a local bookstore.  Our new friend Lauren and her kids Makenna and Connor invited us and we were so glad to do such a neat activity!  It's just too bad that the author wasn't very friendly and didn't actually read the book accurately - but Amelia was more interested in the other books in the store anyway.  After that, Lauren and her little ones came to our house and we played outside and had some lunch.  It was really fun!

WEDNESDAY - This time we went over to play at Lauren's house.  Amelia was having so much fun with Makenna.  They are so cute together - they hold hands and go from activity to activity.  August did not want to take a nap that morning, so I just went with it and he stayed awake until I put him in the car around 11:30 - he was out by the time we were at the end of their driveway.  Lucky for me he woke up when we got home and then still went down for his regular afternoon nap - woo hoo!

THURSDAY - We met up with two other new friends at a local coffee shop that has a cute little area set up for kids!  It's great!  We went with Jodi and her son Hunter (Haley was at school that day).  Jodi is great and her kids are the same age as mine!  We also met with Kelly and her kids Ashlyn and Blake.  They are just a bit younger than Amelia and August - but they still have a great time playing together and we just love Kelly too!!   Jodi, Kelly and I got some great adult time while the girls played next to us! 

FRIDAY - We met up with Jodi and both kids and Kelly and her kids at an indoor bounce house place!  It was SO much fun.  Amelia was able to run and jump and bounce all in a nice, non-crowded, closed-off room.  They even had a huge blow-up Mystery Machine - greatness!  Later, we spent the afternoon doing laundry and cleaning because Aunt Kelsey was coming!  The high school girl from across the street came to babysit (while both kids were already asleep) while I went to the airport to pick her up.

SATURDAY - We got up and played with Aunt Kelsey!!!  After August's nap, we went to Super Target for a couple of things namely a new ball for Amelia because Ruby had popped hers earlier this week :(  Then we stopped at a place called Old Chicago for lunch.  We had pizza, and Amelia ordered nuggets, but decided that she loved the pizza more (this is important in a minute).  That afternoon we took Amelia to get some ice cream (frozen yogurt) and then visited the Old Round Barn (a site on Route 66) for a quick second.  Then it was back home for leftover pizza from lunch for all of us.  When the kids were asleep, Kelsey and I watched The Blind Side (which I had never seen).  Then...and here's the fun part...after I fed August his 10 o'clock bottle, I went to check on Amelia.  She was COVERED in pizza!  I knew it smelled weird up there, but I never imagined that the poor things had gotten sick.  We didn't hear her make a peep!  She must have just felt so bad that she vomited (several times) and just laid her head back down.  She went into the bathtub right away and then slept with me the rest of the night.  Thank goodness Kelsey was there (Andy was out of town) because she was able to help me clean up the mess...she says she'll never eat pizza again.  Turns out she probably picked something up at the Bounce place because poor Jodi and both of her kids got sick too :(  August, Kelsey and I are OK so far - knock on wood!!!

SUNDAY - Amelia was still feeling yucky and running a slight fever.  So instead of going to the zoo as planned, we stayed in and took it easy.  Of course this is not how I had wanted Kelsey to have to spend her time here in OK, but we had fun, quality time with the babies and that is always worth it.

MONDAY (today) - Amelia is feeling MUCH better.  After nap time, we went for a walk, did some yard work and then played in the back yard until dinner time!  It was a nice day and we are loving this weather while it's here :)

(OK - so maybe THIS post should have been titled "The Longest Post Ever" not the last one - haha)

On Hold

I have a long post about our really fun week, but Blogger won't let me upload pictures.  I'll try again later tonight...bummer!

The Zoo: Part 2

First, I'm excited to report that August got his first tooth this week!!!  I will take pictures when you can actually see it :)

Andy was home this past weekend and Amelia wanted to take him to the zoo - so off we went!  We saw mostly the same 1/2 of the zoo from last week, but we did find a few animals that weren't out last time!  She was most excited about the zebras and the giraffes!  We're probably going to go again when Aunt Kelsey is in town this weekend - I'm hoping to hit the other side this time.  It is a great zoo and we want to take advantage of it while the weather is nice :) 

Giraffes!!!

August - chillin' out again :)

She made another map - but she let Daddy hold it most of the time this time.

Hopping like a kangaroo!!!!

Having a serious discussion about the bears.

Riding a rhino - I mean - doesn't everybody do this???