"I'm feeling much better now."

I just wanted to let all of you know that Amelia is feeling 100% better today than she was on Monday. She still has a runny nose and a lot of conjestion that bothers her, but I'm sure that has nothing to do with her strep throat. In fact, if one thing bothers her more than her runny nose it's continually getting it wiped by mommy or daddy. But, in general, Amelia's back to her ususal self: eating pretty well, playing and having fun.

Speaking of fun, Amelia and I had a fun experience at the shopping mall yesterday. She has been dying to go out and explore, but the 95 and humid weather isn't much fun for mommy to play in, so I thought she'd enjoy a trip to the mall. And, of course, no trip to the mall would be complete without visiting the pet store. Boy, did Amelia love the pet store! She was so happy watching the puppies play at the store she laughed with glee. She also got to see bunnies and birds. She really liked the love birds, but then we found a large cockatoo at the back of the store outside its cage. The cockatoo, we were told, was a friendly bird, so we went over for a better look.

When Amelia saw the cockatoo, she bid it a friendly "Hello" to which the cockatoo replied, "Hello." This was followed by a couple more back and forth "hello"s that struck me as really funny. This was one of those times I felt really bad about not having a camera.

Bottom line is: Amelia is doing much better.

Lisa

P.S. I hope to have the web page updated very soon.