Whenever I ask Jordan to take her shoes off and put them by the back door she always puts them directly in front of the door.  It makes me smile every time.

Elmo-size

Jordan wanted Elmo to lay in the chair instead of Amélie but when I asked if they could share she gladly said "Ya."  And they shared the chair, side by side.

These pictures were taken after breakfast yesterday morning...all before 8:00 am

I loved the way she laid down in a stiff, straight line.  

sleeping like a baby

How sweet is she?

I get such a kick out of it when babies sleep with their arms up in the air!

burnt to a crisp

I make burgers every Thursday for dinner and each week Brandon asks if I toasted the buns the way restaurants do and every week I tell him that I did not.  This week he took Bogart on a walk while I was preparing dinner and I decided to surprise him by toasting the buns so I turned on the broiler and stuck the buttered buns in then went to cutting the tomatoes.  I'm sure you all know where this is headed.  One thing lead to the next and while I was in the other room changing a diaper I suddenly remembered about the buns.  When I opened the oven door a burst of smoke came out in my face and our house instantly became stuffy and stinky and cold.  Cold because we had to open the front door to air the house out.

  We'll see if I attempt to toast buns next week...

tutu

After Jordan woke up from her nap she was excited to put her tutu on...until I started taking pictures then she got embarrassed and covered her face.  Maybe she was embarrassed that it doesn't match her clothes?

sticker labels

Brandon got a couple new portfolio folders today and pulled the labels off the front and stuck them on Jordan's shirt.  Later, I was at the computer and kept hearing "Mommy.  Momma.  Mommy.  Mommy." over and over again (obviously, I wasn't paying much attention).  When I finally turned around I found this:

I cracked up then told her to leave them on so I could take a picture.  She was pleased to do so...look at that little grin behind the labels stuck to her face.

picture a day

I shouldn't even be telling you this because it is possible that I can't hold to it as I'd like but I'm setting a goal for myself of taking at least one picture a day of the girls or dog or simply anything happening in our home that day and putting it on the blog.  I'm freeing myself from having to write a whole post as long as I at least get a picture up.  We'll see how long this lasts!

I was giving the girls a bath this morning when I realized that this was the very first time they've taken one together.  I of course wanted to take a picture to note the "event" but I had forgotten it in the living room.  I wrapped Amélie in a towel, quickly retrieved the camera from the living room and headed back to the bathroom.  After I put Am back in the tub she started to cry.  I was afraid my chance of getting pictures had come and gone but she quickly settled down after realizing how relaxing and warm the water was.  Then I took SO MANY pictures that I'm having a really difficult time picking which ones to put on this here blog. So I've decided to overload and do all my favorites!

I laid the wash rag down to cover Amélie's parts and Jordan immediately went in for it having no idea the real reason for it being there.

This is the face I seem to get whenever I ask her to smile.  Goofy kid.

Does this one really need a caption?  I just love it!  I don't think the next three need captions either.

Mama's little helper

Nice and cozy after her bath while her big sis is in the background having a grand ol' time in the bath tub 

Oh and we can't forget Bogart!

Hello again!

I have been inspired to blog again after reading so many blogs lately, but then when I actually have some free time to blog I realize that I'd really rather READ blogs than WRITE one!  I decided the least I could do was throw some pictures on here for you all to see.

Amélie, the day she was born.  I have been so terrible about taking pictures of her!  With nursing, taking care of a two year old and a puppy I find myself never taking time to capture the moments on camera.  Shame on me!  Wait a second!  I never posted that we got a dog!  Shame on me again!

We got a Great Dane puppy the beginning of January.  This picture, I believe, was taken the night Amélie was born.  He was so little then!  He has probably over doubled in size just since this was taken over a month and a half ago!  People often ask me how the transition from one to two children is going but in all reality it has been a transition from one to THREE because the dog definitely requires a lot of time and attention (more than the baby!).  By the way, his name is Bogart.

Jordan and her cousin Ivan (four and a half months younger than her) at her two year birthday party!  Yep a lot has been going on in the Scherrer household:  got a puppy, had a baby, and celebrated Jordan's second birthday.  Things are finally seeming to slow down and fall into place.

Baby news!

Only posting pictures this time around because I just haven't found the time to write any stories but I have lots of people asking for pictures!  Enjoy!

Welcome Amélie Eliana!

Born Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 at 8:36 pm

Weighing in at 5 lb 8 oz

19 inches long