Amelia's Day at the River

In an effort to get Amelia used to traveling around in the car and so she could get some sunshine, we traveled into the northern suburbs of Atlanta to walk along the Chattahoochee River this afternoon. The City of Roswell, GA has a great park along the river that suited us just fine. We wheeled Amelia in her stroller down paved trails along this long stretch of the Chattahoochee that is deep and rather placid compared to other areas of Atlanta’s main river. Crew teams for the local colleges practice in this area. There is a small paddlewheel boat that navigates this area and today it was full of kids for some sort of private party. Amelia didn’t really notice all this beauty and activity around her she was lulled to sleep by wheels of her stroller rolling on the pavement.

Be sure to see the flickr.com site link on the top right side of this page for more more pictures.I will say though, I have run of space on flickr for this month so in October I will add more.

Amelia now home after hospital stay

Amelia is now at home after having surgery early Sunday to correct the condition of Pyloric Stenosis. Following the surgery she had a three day stay at Children’s Health Care of Atlanta. Pyloric stenosis is a narrowing of the pylorus, the lower part of the stomach through which food and other stomach contents pass to enter the small intestine. When an infant has pyloric stenosis, the muscles in the pylorus have become enlarged to the point where food is prevented from emptying out of the stomach.

I had the same condition when I was an infant. She came through the twenty minute surgery well. We had to spend time in the hospital make sure she could take food in successfully after surgery. Hopefully we can return to normal, whatever normal is.

Bath Time

To give Amelia some idea that bedtime is coming we have bath time. This happens at 8:30 PM each night. As seen here Amelia has just come out of the water and is warm and dry as she is wrapped in towels. From here it is upstairs to feeding time which ends with sleep - we hope.

Amelia Meets Her Cousins

The next generation held their first meeting when Amelia and Adeline came together. Of course they had some help in meeting. Anna’ second cousin Nena brought Adeline over for them both to meet Amelia for the first time.