Amelia's First few days

Amelia has been a fun little girl to have at home. At this stage with Stanley, both Steve and I were exhausted and Steve was starting to walk the streets at night to get him to quiet down at night. Amelia has been amazingly good in comparison. She gives us one long stretch, but is quiet between the feedings. I think we are all feeling much better than at her 1 week birthday than when Stanley was one week old.

 Yesterday we even ventured out for her first non-doctor apt outing to the Cal Academy of Science. Amelia and I basically sat the entire time, but Stanley, Steve, Papa Doug, and Lolo walked around and saw lots of beautiful things.

 Here are a few photos of Amelia at other times.

So little in such a big crib

This is not a great photo, but it shows off her red hair

Amelia's trip home

Since we had a few photos of Stanley on the blog heading home from the hospital, I wanted to add one of Amelia's first trip home. There was no crying, which I hope is a good omen for the future.

Lolo and Papa Doug

Lolo and Papa Doug came at just the right time. They arrived 3 hours before Amelia was born. Unfortunately, now Stanley feels as though Steve and I are going to leave every time they come over. Stanley will not leave the house unless Steve or I are with them.

Here are some photos. Lolo doesn't appear to be in many of these, because she has spent lots of time cleaning, doing laundry and playing with Stanley while I'm asleep. Papa Doug's main job is to keep Amelia up after her feedings. She has a great projectile vomit if she is put on her back within 20 minutes of eating.

Papa Doug made Stanley a much improved ramp.

It is a BIG hit!

Day 4 Amelia

She has amassed quite he laundry piles after being home only 2 days. 

A few more photos to enjoy 

And one from the hospital. This includes the toys that Stanley chose to give her as a welcome to our world present. These were some if Stanley's toys. 

Welcome Amelia!

Amelia Ann Kelly was born Thursday July 31st at 5:56pm at CPMC hospital. She weighed in at 7lbs 8 oz and was 19" long. She was a few days past her July 28th due date, but decided to make a quick entrance into the world, 11 minutes after walking through the door of the hospital. It was a thrilling drive to the hospital, to say the least.

Stanley, Steve, and I are thrilled to welcome her into our family. She is a healthy little girl and we are all enjoying having her home with us.

Haircuts

Stanley loves to get his haircut. Apparently this is a bit strange for kids.  We ventured into a new place the other day. They were definitely setup to handle kids. The place had Legos and little erasers in the shape of a cell phone. Stanley has been playing with his "fancy phone" since he got it last week. 

Here he is getting his hair cut. 

Lowes and our car ramp

Having difficulty thinking of things to keep Stanley occupied while also not requiring a lot of active participation on my side (being 38 weeks pregnant) I took Stanley to Lowes. It is the only store in SF that I know of that has the special grocery carts with steering wheels for kids. My intent was to have him 'drive' the cart and find the fork lifts they have in those type if stores. It was very successful, but I did feel like we should buy something after 25 min in the store. So, we got a $1 piece of 6ft wood to use as a car ramp. With a little ducktape at home and some paper as tunnels, we made a very successful car ramp. We are waiting for Papa Doug to arrive and fix it a bit, but so far it is still surviving.