Playing in the backyard

Get out, Mom!

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Daredevil!

You know how you see your kid doing something so cute and naughty, you just have to take a picture? Here you go...Amelia loves standing on things she is supposed to sit on.

Latest news from the Hendersons

I think most everybody that reads our blog already knows this, but we are moving soon!

I accepted a job offer back in San Antonio, and I'll actually be working in the same building at Brooks AFB as I did when I was on active duty. I'll also be doing some traveling, and we're hoping that Austin and Amelia will be able to come along with me on some of the trips.

We will actually be moving on Thanksgiving day, and we expect to arrive in San Antonio the next day, Friday. We don't have our new address yet, but I will get it out as soon as it's finalized.

We're really excited about the move...a lot of our friends are still in San Antonio, and we are craving big-city life again. We're already talking about the places we'll go, and the restaurants we'll eat at.

At the playground

I took Amelia to a school playground this afternoon that's pretty close by. Even though she's too young for the equipment there, I thought she'd have fun just running around. Actually, she spent our whole time there eating the rocks that were under the equipment, and then screamed when we left because apparently eating rocks is a lot of fun.

Amelia and Daddy

Amelia loves her Daddy, and nobody in the world (even me) can make her laugh like he does. If I'm hanging out with her, and she suddenly starts smiling and laughing, I know her dad has just walked in the room. If she hears his voice somewhere in the house, she gets up and tries to find him. I took these (rare) pictures of Amelia and Austin today while they were playing around.

Just playing around

Some short videos

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Here are 2 videos I took tonight. Amelia learned how to shake her head "No" the other day, and we laugh every time she does it. Amelia learned to say "Bye" and wave her hand a few weeks ago, but this is the first time I've got it on video.

had to do something with this hair

That didn't last long!

Amelia's bangs are getting long again, but still not thick enough to keep a barrette in, so I had to do something...

Going for a walk

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I took this video last week while I was home for lunch. The fence is our neighbors'...Amelia was trying to see if their doberman was outside. In case you're wondering what the metal pole thing on the left of the sidewalk is...it's a rail for the skateboard kids to hurt themselves on.

Messy girl

Not exactly sure how she got it on her forehead, but Amelia loves the pasta I make with pasta shells, marinara sauce, italian sausage, and mozzarella cheese, almost as much as she loves feeding (painting) herself.

What are you looking at?

What's got Amelia's undivided attention?

The Backyardigans!!!!

Amelia loves the Backyardigans, and watched it every day. It's a cartoon on Noggin about 5 animal kids who live in the same neighborhood and have adventures in their shared backyard. Unfortunately, it also has these annoyingly catchy songs that drive themselves into your head so you are singing them for days.

The Little Pink One

Foofa's on the left

If Amelia were a cartoon character she'd be the Tasmanian Devil. No, wait, she'd be Foofa from Yo Gabba Gabba (like the theme song goes..."The Little Pink One." I love, love, love Yo Gabba Gabba...it's probably the weirdest kids show, but it's hilarious, and entertaining for Amelia and me.

And yes, even though we live in New Mexico, it is cold enough for a jacket and hat at night. Amelia's Alabama grandparents sent a gift card for her birthday, and we used it to buy this super cute jacket.

Fall is here!

We had our first day of fall weather today...it was about 62'F this afternoon, so I actually had to put a sweater on Amelia. Nothing too exciting to report...all 3 of us are sick with the flu/cold, but I took Amelia in the backyard today to get some fresh air, and she looked so cute in her sweater that I took a few pictures of her.

Baby Mozart?

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She's probably a little too young for piano lessons, but she really likes banging away on her piano.

Probably not exactly "camera ready!"

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I tried to get a cute video of Amelia, but all she was interested in was crawling on my lap and eating the camera.

Can you hear me now?

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Ever since Grandma Sally sent Amelia a cell phone for her birthday, she has loved "talking" on the phone, and she will pretend to talk to anything!

Official One-Year-Old Pictures

I took these pictures today of Amelia, trying to get some of her smiling, but she was definitely more interested in the pumpkins!

New Word!

Amelia has mastered "Hi!" and the other night while we were practicing saying it with her, she burst out with a new word: "Bye!" And she learned how to say it twice, so she can say "Bye Bye." She even makes a cute face before saying it, with a huge frown just to get the "B" sound out, just like in the picture above.

Amelia and her birthday cake

We had a small birthday celebration for Amelia over the weekend, just the 3 of us. I took about 80 pictures, but I knew I couldn't possibly include all of them, but there were so many cute ones to pick from, so I made a slide show of my favorites.