Amelia on Amelia Island and other adventures

Amelia went the furthest from her home that she has ever been in her brief life when she traveled with us to Waycross, GA and then on to Amelia Island in northern Florida. Amelia arrived for her first visit to Big Momma and Big Daddy Gillis’ house in Waycross on October 12th. Oh yeah, for those of you outside of the southern states “Big Momma and Big Daddy” is common term for grandparents. So it isn’t just used in movies with Martin Lawrence. Amelia was in Waycross to attempt to upstage the wedding of family friend Erin Conner - not really. Of course Amelia couldn't really upstage a bride and groom, but she was one of the main attractions at the reception as pictures can prove. On Sunday Amelia visited the Golf Club for more introductions to the Waycross scene during lunch there.

After time in Waycross, Amelia left Georgia for the first time when she crossed into Florida. Soon Amelia was on her namesake island, Amelia Island. While on the island she stayed at the family beach house. There near the waters edge, she experienced the sound of the ocean and sunrise feedings. Trips into the island town of Fernandina Beach were times to sleep while being wheeled around town or carried into shops. After a week at the beach and more introductions to new friends and family in Waycross she came back to her crib in Atlanta.

See the flickr link for more of the story and photos of the events.

Amelia meets her Mimi

Amelia met her grandmother Witte back on October 4th. I think we have settled on my mother being Mimi to Amelia. My grandmother on my mother’s side was known as Mimi to me. This was a good time for the introduction as Amelia has become more expressive. She smiles, raises her eyebrows and at times makes small sounds of happiness. On my mother’s first meeting Amelia was all smiles.

During my mother’ stay; Amelia made her first trip to church. She experienced the Life Teen mass a good thirteen years before her true time to participate with the cathedral teens. She made it through mass with a little rocking.

Please see the pictures of Amelia’s Mimi’s visit on the flickr.com website. The link is on the right sidebar of this page.