haute couture

thanks to my fabulous friend sarah e. (who sent me THE most wonderful care package ever) maeve is wearing her first piece of designer gear! she commissioned her sister rachel, whose art you can see here (http://www.mnartists.org/artistHome.do?rid=127934) to make some wicked cute onesies--thanks so much!!

we went to the mall today for the first time with our buddies--it was nice and not too horrible thanks to my newborn's nocturnal preferences. we weren't successful at finding what we needed but we did have a very nice time! btw--driving a double stroller is like trying to get used to driving a limo when you've been driving a ford pinto..just sayin'!

pick a title: the Lord works in mysterious ways; i take back what i said about becoming a hermit; can someone please pry the baby out of my ribcage?

so, i tried to continue my hermit-like streak but ran into some complications today! amelie slept in like a precious angel and we made a trip to walmart to pick up some odds and ends--including this cow flashlight which she loves! we then spent about an hour with steven--let me just say, i LOVE being close by his school!!! amelie spent a lot of time playing the drums and with the various "toys" available in daddy's room.

upon coming home we spied two little boys playing outside with their mama and so amelie wanted to sit outside and watch them play. they eventually came over to introduce themselves to us and it turns out they were people i've been dying to meet--i just didn't know it was them! the mom's name is alejandra and she's from guatamala and is living here with her 9 mo. and 2 y. old son and her husband works at a hospital in philly. my pastor's wife had told me about her months ago while we were planning our move to heights and i've never been able to meet her in person until the Lord brought us together today! she is a sweetheart and i'm hoping this baby comes along soon so we can start walking together--as she loves to walk and i need to!

i'm so excited to get to know her and her family better! God is good, i'm glad i failed at being a hermit today or i might not have gotten to meet her so soon =-)

another week down...

so--no baby news yet! steve has predicted maeve will appear this weekend--so we will see whether or not that comes to fruition...
amelie and i had a lovely day--we picked up a cute gift for our new friend leah and met daddy for lunch. she took a great nap (and so did i) and then i got to spend some time shopping and eating with my friend amy! it's always lovely to be able to shop and eat with a little bit of peace and no toddler punching me in the face with her fork... ha! i bought amelie a special gift "from" maeve that i am excited about giving her! not too much else is new--a peaceful weekend is planned. just for fun, here is a list of amelie's new favorites:
1. amelie loves curious george! she will sit and watch the full length movie every day if i let her!
2. amelie also is really good at copying dance routines so she loves to dance along with hi 5--her favorite songs are action hero, T* E* A* M* and something about being under the sea--she does a mean seagull impression.
3. her new favorite-which she saw a preview for on the george movie is barbie island princess. i'm not really into barbie but she loves the singing, dancing and animals. whenever barbie isn't on the screen she is always asking, "where'd barbie go?" she also has memorized the words to a lot of the songs--it's scary, maybe she watches just a touch too much tv =-)
4. this isn't a movie but she loves her late night park dates with daddy--they play for hours on the church's swingset, get a treat (ice cream or swedish fish) and just generally have fun bonding.