Amelia's first baby sitter.

Because Michael left for a conference in Las Vegas this morning, I needed a baby sitter to watch Amelia for the couple of hours I would be in class this afternoon. Luckily, Mike was available. "Uncle Mike," Amelia and I have been out to lunches, dinners and trips to the park together before, so he seemed like the perfect person to watch her. In fact, Mike is the first person outside of our immediate families to ever baby sit Amelia. I have to tell you, I wasn't worried in the least.

Amelia didn't seem concerned about being left alone with Mike, either. While Mike fed Amelia lunch and she watched Barney on DVD I attempted to get her attention and let her know I was leaving. Her attitude was pretty blase. Her biggest concern seemed to be that my big head was between her and Barney.

When I got home, everything was fine. The living room was even still pretty well organized. I guess Mike doesn't put up with as much monkey business as I do. He also doesn't change diapers, which resulted in his having to tolerate a very stinking baby for an hour and a half.

I took Mike out to dinner at Texas Roadhouse to thank him for watching the baby. Amelia had a great time at dinner. She seemed very energetic and I thought that might mean that she was extra tired. After her bath, stories and milk I picked Amelia up so that we could say, "good night" to her room. Normally, this part of the routine consists of me bidding everything good night while Amelia fusses and says, "Down! down!" Tonight, when I picked her up, she looked at the kneeling baby on the cross her grandma gave her and waved, saying, "Bye, baby." It was very sweet. She also said goodnight to Winnie the Pooh ("Mee Mew") and the moon.

Amelia's a wonderful girl. We're lucky to have her.
Lisa