Happy 7th Birthday Amita!!

I can hardly believe my baby princess isn't really a baby anymore.  She is growing up so fast.  She is starting to turn into a little lady.  She likes to hang out with her big brothers more and more.  She is a super big helper with Reagan and Miles whenever I need an extra hand. 

For her birthday, we did a simple party with just our little family here.  I let her pick what kind of cake she wanted and she chose to make rice crispies.  I didn't have any number 7 candle, so I improvised and used a 4+3.  We all sang, enjoyed the "cake" and then watched her open presents.  She got a CTR ring, a paint set, a skylander, a hello kitty shirt, and a princess set.

In the evening, Isaiah took the 4 oldest to the skating rink to have some more birthday fun. I stayed home with the two non-skaters, but it sounded like they had a wonderful time.

Ring Princess

Isaiah's brother, Helaman, got married and Amita was the ring bearer or ring princess, as we called her. She was very brave about it till she realized she was walking along down the aisle and then she got a little scared. It was really cute to watch her play her part.

Her she is with Helaman and his bride, Royceanne.

All of Isaiah's brothers and sisters were able to make it out for the wedding, so here is a picture of them with their mom, Mary.

Amita @ 3

Amita is my little princess tomboy. She is a ray of sunshine is always makes me smile even when I want to be mad at her. She is very stubborn though, and if she doesn't want to do something it is like pulling teeth to get her to do it.

Her favorite show is Tom & Jerry.

She loves to wear my stocking hat and even sleeps in it.

She likes to be my helper and her favorite job is to do dishes.

She sleeps on the floor next to my bed.

She is an awesome big sister to Melody. She loves to hold her hands and walk her around the house.

She still isn't potty trained.

She is learning how to hold a pencil correctly, so when she is coloring every time she switches colors she has me come help her hold her crayon right.

Her favorite food is raw tuna. When Isaiah is making sushi she will sit on the counter and eat slices of the tuna as he cuts it.

She is very shy, but once she warms up to you she is your best friend.

Amita's 3rd Birthday

My little princess turned three. We had a lot of fun for Amita's birthday. We got up early and drove to Springfield. The kids love to eat at IHOP, so that is where we went for breakfast. Amita got to have the staff come out and sing happy birthday to her, and they gave her an ice cream sundae. She was really nice and shared it with everyone. It was a funny sight to watch four kids huddled around this little bowl eating ice cream.
After breakfast, we went to the discovery center. It was a blast. Here is a picture of Amita's hair standing on end.

Once we got home, I hurried up and made strawberry shortcake, and we had her official party. When Isaiah first light her candle, Amita blow it out with in seconds. So he light it again and told her she had to wait till after we sang to her. Well, once we were done she wouldn't blow the candle out, so finally Benjamin and Carter did.

Amita got a lot of fun presents. She got a blanket, play-do, a dog you color, and a v-tec dog.

Double Trouble

These pictures were taken a few months ago, but I think they are so cute I had to post them. Now that Melody has moved out of baby clothes into the toddler size I got her and Amita matching shirts. I think they look so cute.Amita and Melody like to get into trouble together. Actually, Amita likes to try and tell Melody what she can and can't do, which makes Melody very angry and she usually ends up screaming. One of their favorite activities is to empty all the cupboards in my kitchen on to the floor. Luckily, I learned when Benjamin was a baby to put all breakables in the upper cabinets.


This is usually how it looks a few time during the day.

My Big Girl

I am so excited because Amita is fully potty trained. It is so wonderful to only have one in diapers again. I tried to train her back in the spring because everyone said girls would be easy and train sooner. Well, that wasn't the case, so after six weeks we gave up. I decided to try it again one weekend and within a few days she had figured it completely out. Now she really is my big girl.

Amita

This post is just a little peek at Amita at two years old.

She has taken on the roll of big sister in full force. When I am nursing Melody, she climbs up next to me and holds the baby's hand. If Melody starts crying Amita will run over to her and start giving her hugs. Her absolute favorite thing to do with Melody is push her around in her toy stroller.

Amita communicates very well, just not in english. She is finally starting to say a few words. She has learned cup, but it comes out "pup." She also does nana for banana.

She loves animals. Her favorite show is Diego, and she plays with any toy animal she can find. But if you take her to see a really animal, she panics and starts screaming and crying. She as finally gotten use to our new dog Buster and actually likes him, but any other dog still causes her to freak out.

She helps me do dishes every morning, and she will follow the boys around helping them get their jobs done. She likes to be involved in everything and gets so mad when she is left out. She still loves to be cuddled a lot. At times she such a little princess, but at others she is a total tomboy.

Amita's Birthday

Friday was Amita's 2nd birthday. We had a fun day to celebrate her special day. Jeannie taught her to say two and show it with her fingers that morning. When ever anyone came she would do it for them. I let her help me make chocolate cupcakes for her party. She decided to decorate them with bright yellow frosting and sprinkles. Here she is with her reward for being such a good chef.

When Isaiah was done working, we had a small party for her. Jeannie, Michael, Rachael, come and also our friends Amie and Chayilah came. When it was time to blow out the candles, she couldn't figure out what to do, so Benjamin & Carter helped her out.

Here is Jeannie tell Amita ya after we finally got the candles blown out.

While everyone ate cake, Isaiah let the kids roast marshmallows over our fire.


This is Chayilah burning her marshmallows.

Last Amita got to open her presents. She got plenty of help from her older brothers who were just as excited to see what was inside them.

The favorite present of the kids was a baby doll that cries until you feed it.

My Caterpillar

A friend of ours gave us a big bag full of costumes. My kids have been having a blast playing with them especially Amita. She found this caterpillar costume and will hardly take it off. When she wakes up, the first thing she does is go and find it so I can put if on her. She wears it all day. I call her my little caterpillar girl, which she things is so funny.