a few odd & ends

so here are pics of addy's bedroom (cleaned! they even made her bed & arranged her stuffed animals)

addy in her new superwoman outfit...as my mom mentioned, she never remembers superwoman (okay, wonder woman) having such a belly, though. gotta love it. she wore this outside to play on thursday.

amelia just 3 days ago. adorable. she was allowing us to put her down for about 3 minutes that day...she is a snuggle bum.

amelia before a bath last weekend. again, adorable. she looks so much like addy.

now getting the bath...she seems to enjoy them most of the time, so we've made it a nightly routine. bath. scream when getting clothes on. calm millie down. give bottle. burp endlessly. put in crib, hopefully awake. (which reminds me: so millie has reflux & our ped told us to keep her mostly vertical for up to 20-30 minutes after her feedings. so how in the heckle are we supposed to do that AND put her in the crib awake, teaching her how to soothe herself to sleep? man oh man, this stuff gets tricky).

anyway, this is also her "i have a question" look. she's just so cute. i can just imagine her thinking: "excuse me, mama, exactly why do you use that soap? i would really like to have the lavender soap that addy has. it just smells better than that newborn soap. & could this water be a bit more warm..." on & on the thoughts go...

here is a picture of my dad & amelia (about 3 days old). he's really had a terrible month. he's been in severe pain with diverticulitis for about 3 weeks now & has now been admitted into the cleveland clinic for 5 days. long story short, the small town hospital that he originally went to really screwed him over & didn't catch everything & if he wasn't lucky enough, he could have died. that may sound dire & it is. i really wish i could go see him, but we can't make that 3 hour drive right now to cleveland & it's a big bummer. the good thing is that he is FINALLY in good hands with a surgeon & hospital who know what is what & say they won't let him leave until he is pain free, which will be amazing. they also told him he will have to have surgery on his colon in 2 months, another bummer. please keep him in your prayers. he needs some healing. he's really probably the best dad out there, wes aside, & an even better grandpa (he goes by 'pop pop' or 'bob-bob' if you are chloe or zoe). love you, dad!