The Williamses' Wonderful World: Amelia's Baptism and 1st Birthday

Amelia had a big celebration for her 1st birthday. My brother and his family, my sister, my cousin's family, close family friends, and Chris' parents all came for the party which was at my mom's house. She did very well for her big day. Surprisingly though, she didn't care too much about her birthday cupcake. I was expecting a full fledged dig in on Amelia's part. But all she did was kind of put the tips of her fingers in it. She didn't even eat any of it. That's alright though, everyone else enjoyed her cake enough for her. She got so many good toys, but I think my parents were the winners. They gave her a set of shape sorting blocks that AD played with the most. She loved to put the blocks in their bucket, then shake the bucket to empty it out, then she'd put the blocks back in the bucket, and repeat the whole process over again. Before the presents were opened, she walked all over the place chasing after Lucy and Merlin and getting into all kinds of trouble.

She was also baptized on Sunday. She actually did very well, but not as good as the little boy who was baptized after her. Our pastor said that she did really good. She hardly made any noise. But the follow up act didn't make any noise at all. While we were waiting to have her baptized, she kept trying to give Chris her paci. Everyone who saw it said how cute she was sharing her paci with her Daddy.

In other news, she's been walking since about 10 months. She took her first steps on June 3, and she really took off on June 30. She also has 8 teeth (4 on the top and 4 on the bottom). She is also working on getting out 4 molars. Two have been coming in for about 2 weeks, and we just noticed the two on top coming in today. So it hasn't really been fun at our house for a little while. These are also the first teeth that have really caused her any problems. She's been a little more finicky with eating, but we're hoping it goes away when she finally gets those teeth out.

I've also got some video of her walking and all sorts of recent pics. Hope you enjoy.