Little Cindy Who. She loves to eat cucumbers, sweet potatoes, frozen peas, raisins, homemade bread, and pretzels.
Amelia loves to steal hats! You might not be able to tell, but she's also in her favorite place in the world--Daddy's arms! She would rather be clinging to him like a monkey than be anywhere in the world!
Mia is super sweet. She isn't a fussy kid (unless she's hungry, tired, or has a stinky diaper) and is usually very, very happy. A friend at church told me 2 weeks ago that he heard her crying for the first time (it was because she saw Daddy but couldn't get him to come and hold her). We've never had such a happy kid, and we're so grateful for her attitude since she's already been through some pretty challenging stuff (i.e., body cast for 3 months). Amelia even likes strangers and will let them hold her if they have good jewelry on. She smiles at almost everyone and really makes people feel special!
Amelia's birthday started out pretty typically for our family--presents!
She loved her new bead thingy (until her bigger brother tried to steal it from her!)
She had to seriously consider the clothes she got. "Future Prima Ballerina"? Winner!
Our little bird got a little bird cake! It was very yummy.
And yes, she and Sheridan did have to share a family party! The Birds and Blasers joined us for the celebration.
If you're wondering how she felt about cake...I can't believe she ate the whole thing! She got right down to business (even though she'd had at least 2 pieces of homemade pizza!) and devoured the cake.Other random facts about Amelia:
She adores her siblings. If she hears them, she wants to go play with them!
She has a few words: Dada, Mama, and kitty cat (kee-ca). She loves to babble in a mix of Chinese and German (at least, I think those are the mixed-up languages she's speaking. Maybe I should verify that...).
Amelia can sign quite a few other words: food/eat, finished, more, bath...she was using the signs a lot a few months ago but is giving us the hand silent treatment these days.
Daddy is her FAVORITE. She would rather be clinging to him like a little monkey than doing just about anything.
Amelia is crawling and cruising around but not walking yet. The other day she stood for a few seconds, which was cause for great cheering. She is pretty fast and generally leaves a trail of chaos behind her...you can follow her from the cleaned out pantry (all over the floor now, thanks) to the cleaned out tupperware (again, all over the floor) to the cleaned out bookshelf (and now...you guessed it! books are all over the floor). Keeping up with her is great exercise!
We are so grateful that our little sweet Amelia is part of this family! If all babies were as nice as she is, I think I'd have a dozen more...
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