Monday, August 17, 2009

1 Month Birthday Party

Amelia is already 1 month old! After a week or so of colder weather (even rain! I know, crazy!), it got warmer at the end of last week, and the weekend was quite nice! Last weekend, on August 15th, for Amelia's first month birthday, we had a picnic on the beach at Golden Gardens, near our house.

We got delicious Cuban sandwiches at Paseo. This is the place whose sandwiches' Melissa was craving at the end of October, which really made Luc suspect that something was going on...

Amelia slept through most of it, but of course had to wake up for the sunset.


We went back at home and had a piece of her birthday cake - a yummy carrot cake we made earlier (double portion for Melissa!)

Grandma Lucille returns to Quebec

We enjoyed our visit with Lucille, although it wasn't the usual visit we have with her. She mostly helped us keep our head above water in the early weeks of life with Amelia. It was a very special bonding time for grandma and her newest granddaughter.


Lucille discovered the magic of the bouncy ball in calming our action-oriented little girl.


Amelia loved meeting grandma Lucille and will miss her singing. She cried when Lucille left...


Sunday, August 9, 2009

Amelia exploring Seattle

While we're far from being able to say that we've found a 'routine', life with Amelia is certainly following a certain rhythm. She is really the cutest baby ever.

We're all a little more comfortable with each other. Our walks are (generally) getting a longer, we're interacting a little more with our friends and neighbors (Amelia was very warmly welcomed by all at the block party on our street last Tuesday, for Seattle's Night Out), and we've started exploring the city with her a little bit!

Here we are at Pike's Place Market:


We went to the market today (Sunday) with Lucille (Luc's mom). Lucille is staying with us until Thursday morning. It's been great to have her around during these first weeks!

It turned out to be a beautiful day!


We have also been to visit the Troll in Fremont! Maybe it's because infants are not able to focus at distances larger than 18", but she wasn't scared at all!!!


And, of course, we've been doing a lot of relaxing at home.
Isn't her little hand adorable? She certainly seems to like to stretch it over her head...