Amelia's Baptism

We had Amelia baptized this Wed, since Fabricio's brothers Chino and Fausto are visiting. As expected, Amelia didn't make a peep, didn't care when the pastor held her or poured the batismal water on her head. Camila on the other hand didn't make it past the opening prayer. We were prepared, and had a Grandpa get her a snack. As you can see from the picture below, she's still eating her Cheerios. :)

Just a snapshot of our lives. Camila always trying to escape/on the go/shouting, Amelia calm and relaxed, watching her sister.

Camila also wore this gown for her baptism, although we had her baptized at 2 1/2 months (and Amelia was is 7 1/2 months.)

Teeth and potty training

I forgot to add last night - Amelia has her first tooth (got it May 18) and her 2nd one is popping through just today. She's rolling over great to her left, and just started rolling over to her right this morning. The right is her weaker side, so this is a big deal. She's also sitting up on her own for 1+ minutes, and her PT is really happy with her progress. Some times she still regresses, but overall she's doing great. Camila is now fully potty trained (except for overnight.) It was so much easier than I thought. For some reason she just "got" it. We experimented with the potty chair a few times, and then on May 1 I went hard core and asked her often during the day if she needed the potty. A sticker and chocolate chip were enough motivation for her. She was down to 1 accident per day within 10 days, and by June 1 she was out of diapers. At least that was one battle I didn't have to fight with her, since we're constantly fighting temper tantrums, etc. :)

Couple more pics

Amelia loves chewing on anything and everything she gets her hands on. Here she is with her "A" for Amelia (courtesy of Camila.)

Camila was umm..."organizing". One afternoon I was feeding Amelia, and Camila tells me "Let's start organizing". I thought this was a great idea, but couldn't figure out what she was doing until 1/2 the toys in the living room were behind the couch. At that point I thought it was hilarious and let her continue with organizing. Not so hilarious is that she didn't want to clean it up that night, so it was still there for her to clean up the next morning. Luckily for her, she did. :)

Just some random pictures of the girls. You can't tell from the pictures below, but I've been having a really difficult time with Camila lately. She pushes her limits and my limits as far and as often as she can. She laughs when I put her into time out. She screams at the top of her lungs when we're on playdates, in public, wherever. Just this past week I've had to give her first time out at Target, and one at Amelia's PT appt. I am trying to be as consistent as I can so she knows what the limits are and what will happen when she misbehaves and doesn't listen, but boy, is she a challenging girl! Amelia on the other hand couldn't be a more easy-going girl. She sleeps a ton over the night hours (7:15 pm-8:30am, sometimes later, getting up once to eat around 6:30.) She then needs to take a nap by 10:30, and sleeps for 2 hours. Her afternoon nap is a bit more erratic. She loves her puffs, and Camila loves feeding them to her. I've started making Amelia's food, but we'll see if this is a short-lived interest. Fortunately, Camila adores Amelia, and vice versa. Even when Camila is in her worst mood, I only have to mention something about Amelia and she stops crying to ask me to repeat it. She loves playing with her, feeding her puffs, watching me change her diaper, giving her hugs and kisses. Amelia will strain her head as far as she can to see Camila every chance she can. They "talk" to each other at dinner (Amelia cooing at Camila and Camila laughing at her). It's been so much fun to watch them interact (and reminds me that as challenging as Camila is, she's still a good girl at heart.)