Amy Jade Lewis

Photos
Videos
Milestones
Birth Stats
Dedication
Locations

Photos

Amy has a photo page (or just recent photos) which has some photos of her and people and things around her.

Videos

We made a DVD for Amy’s First Birthday and converted it to a smallish (6Meg) QuickTime movie, Amy’s First Year.

Milestones

27 Nov 2002 - Birth.
02 Dec 2002 - Left the hospital.
02 Dec 2002 - First dinner out with international guests.
08 Dec 2002 - First attendance to church (Mounties).
13 Dec 2002 - First smile & happy gurgles.
31 Dec 2002 - First wedding attendance.
24 Jan 2003 - Rolled over for the first time from stomach to back.
25 Jan 2003 - Made the music play on the play gym.
23 Feb 2003 - Dedicated at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
25 Feb 2003 - First television appearance (on Eye on Perth, Ch 31).
05 Mar 2003 - First time in her cot.
17 Mar 2003 - Rolled over for the first time from back to stomach.
25 Apr 2003 - First "solids" (aka rice serial).
05 May 2003 - First tooth.
06 May 2003 - Opened her first drawer.
09 May 2003 - Typed her first file.
10 May 2003 - Commando crawling.
11 May 2003 - First Mother's Day.
26 May 2003 - First taste of mud.
29 May 2003 - First big bath.
30 May 2003 - Sat up by herself.
31 May 2003 - Second tooth.
03 Jun 2003 - Pulled herself to standing.
07 Jun 2003 - First real vomit (we all got gastro one after another, thanks Amy!).
21 Jun 2003 - First bike ride.
27 Jun 2003 - First weekend away (down south with homegroup).
27 Jul 2003 - First drawn blood (very small cut in mouth from slip).
04 Aug 2003 - Turned on the bath tap.
09 Aug 2003 - Turns around to go backwards down edges/steps/beds.
21 Aug 2003 - Started waving.
02 Sep 2003 - Kicks a big (12") ball (very funny to watch).
03 Sep 2003 - First visit to the Emergency Department (mostly false alarm).
13 Sep 2003 - Fetches items (no guarantee what item you will get though!).
13 Sep 2003 - Played catch with a big (6") ball (she even caught a few!).
15 Sep 2003 - Started walking (3-4 steps).
17 Sep 2003 - Making valiant attempts to say "hello". "uh oh" is her favorite though.
26 Sep 2003 - First plane trip (to Sydney).
03 Oct 2003 - Returned from Sydney.
04 Oct 2003 - Definitely walking now (22 steps, 3m).
17 Oct 2003 - Stood up entirely unaided without using her hands.
01 Nov 2003 - Climbed on couch.
09 Nov 2003 - Fed herself with a spoon.
18 Nov 2003 - Points to things.
26 Nov 2003 - Blew out her first candle - just in time.
27 Nov 2003 - First Birthday.
27 Nov 2003 - Blew out her first birthday candle.
27 Dec 2003 - Frequently dancing to music.
22 Apr 2004 - First poo in the toilet.
24 Apr 2004 - First family holiday by plane (to Gold Coast).
25 Apr 2004 - First bath with a boy (Lachlan).
30 Apr 2004 - First time falling in to a fountain.
05 Jun 2004 - First time escaping from cot (yes, the side was up).
10 Jun 2004 - Favorite word "nothankyouyourwelcome".
25 Jul 2004 - Moved to big bed.
29 Aug 2004 - Stay in bedroom in morning until Mum/Dad comes for her.
21 Oct 2004 - Started pooing in the toilet.
21 Oct 2004 - Started saying "Why" in response to every statement.
23 Oct 2004 - Second Birthday party.
23 Oct 2004 - Can voluntarily close her eyes.
10 Nov 2004 - Seems to understand the concept of “two”.
10 Nov 2004 - Can count to six if you count the odd numbers.
05 Feb 2005 - First somersault by herself.
30 May 2005 - First replacement teddy bear (Pinky 2).
10 Jun 2005 - Climbed over child gate (so much for that barrier!)
-- Jun 2005 - Uses adverbs like “freezing cold” and “very happy”
-- Jun 2005 - Uses words like “fragile”.
-- Jun 2005 - Reads books from memory.
-- Jun 2005 - “My nose hurts” for “smells bad”.
17 Aug 2005 - First trip away without her parents (with grandparents to farm in Williams)
25 Aug 2005 - Drew faces (recognizably faces)
10 Sep 2005 - Up to about 25 piece Jigsaw puzzles
15 Sep 2005 - Uses “I” pronoun (Robert did this, and I did that)
17 Sep 2005 - Can play “I spy” with colours
-- Sep 2005 - Can count to ten with some reliability.
-- Sep 2005 - Starting to show initiative (eg, getting the vacuum cleaner).
-- Sep 2005 - Understands relationships such as answering “Who is Sam’s Mum?”.
23 Oct 2005 - No longer wears nappies at night.
22 Dec 2005 - Can read and write three letters (A, H and O) and write one word: “Ho”.
05 Mar 2006 - Rode 7km on her bike.
25 Jan 2007 - Captured a spider in a jar.
02 Jun 2007 - First time a boy asked for her phone number (at Soccer).
19 Sep 2007 - Skied down a mountain.
15 Nov 2007 - Bought first school uniform.
20 Nov 2007 - Lost her first baby tooth.
10 Jan 2008 - Swap 25m pool.

Birth Stats

Amy was born one week late, 33 minutes after midnight on Wednesday the 27th of November, 22 hours after Nikola said "I have a pain in my stomach", and weighed in at 7 pounds, 5 ounces. She also caused her Mum a whole lot of pain, and her father some anxiety on the way! But it all turned out well in the end (of the very beginning).

Stats:

Name: Amy Jade Lewis
Birth date: 27 Nov 2002 at 00:33
Weight: 3.32kg, 7 pounds 5 ounces
Height: 49cm (aka length)
Head circumference: 35cm (and remarkably round for having just been squashed)
Parents: Peter & Nikola Lewis
Grandparents: Neil & Liz Lewis and Ian & Sue Bailey
Godparents: Stephen & Tabitha Lewis

Dedication

Amy was dedicated at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (while "on the move" at Winthrop Baptist College) on Feb 23, 2003. All four grandparents and three great-grandparents were in attendance, and Graham & Merle Maybury presided.

Merle was coaxed up on to the stage with a promise she would not have to speak and then Graham asked her to pray anyway (none of us know what she said though, although several people commented that it was lovely to have her up there!).

Lunch was held at Ian & Sue Bailey's with about thirty people.

Locations

Hopefully this will be a complete list of Amy's location throughout her life.

Before birth: trip around Europe including Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, England, Scotland, and Spain.
27 Nov 2002 - Born and living in Perth.
27-29 Jun 2003 - Bussleton
10-14 Jul 2003 - Kalgoorlie
18-20 Jul 2003 - Albany
26-27 Jul 2003 - York
10-12 Aug 2003 - Mandurah
26 Sep-03 Oct 2003 - Sydney
24-30 Apr 2004 - Gold Coast
17-20 Jun 2004 - Busselton
30 Jul - 1 Aug 2004 - Busselton
13-15 Aug 2004 - Dunsborough
12-19 Feb 2005 - Bali
20-27 May 2005 - Singapore
15-16 Aug 2005 - Williams
16-18 Sep 2005 - York
1-5 Dec 2005 - Melbourne
21-28 Jan 2006 - Bunbury
14-24 Apr 2006 - Gold Coast
11-13 Jan 2007 - Bunbury
15-18 Jun 2007 - Busselton (Mandalay)
07-12 Jul 2007 - Melbourne (Nemo on Ice)
22-29 Sep 2007 - Mt Buller (Melbourne)
22-26 Jan 2008 - Busselton