Easter

It was a nice Easter at the Chavez house. Amelia really enjoyed the egg hunts and coloring the eggs. She had an egg hunt at school, which I missed because of training for work. We colored eggs at home, the Easter Bunny came and then we finished the day with brunch at Grandma Kitty's. Amelia was especially happy to see Rammy. Rammy was mostly happy to see Roscoe and Roscoe was mostly happy to go home probably.


Releasing balloons at the school egg hunt


"Where are those eggs?"


After they collected eggs, they got to trade them for candy. Amelia said her favorite part was the candy.

Coloring the eggs

Still coloring

The Easter Bunny spread

All the eggs

Egg hunt at Grandma's

The Newest Addition

Yesterday was the ultrasound for the newest baby. We were hoping to find out if Amelia is going to have a baby brother or sister but such was not the case. I figured with all the ultrasounds we had with Amelia never showing us whether she was a boy or girls (27 total), that the odds would be with us to get a cooperative baby this time. We were able to see the heart, stomach, legs and feet really good but that is about it. The baby was moving so much we couldn't even get a good profile shot. The legs were tucks up so tight, not only were we not able to see the sex, the tech couldn't even see the kidneys or bladder or any other organs that they need to see. So I am hoping because of this they will order another ultrasound. If not I guess we will just have another surprise, which is fine too. As long as we get a healthy baby, that is all that matters. The really neat thing was they gave us all our pictures on a disc and even 2 videos. Here are the links for the videos, although they are harder to see because they are not labeled but it is neat to be able to see the baby move. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS1TqBlsz_s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mgogg2lUp74

Amelia's Dream

This morning on the way to school, Amelia told me about her dream. This is the first dream she has ever told me about so I was very interested to hear the details. This is how she told it.

"Mom, last night I had a dream that we went to the hospital to get the baby an examination. It was a baby sister. Grandpa Ike was the pediatrician and the nurse reminded me of Grandma Kitty. But it wasn't Grandma Kitty, but she had Grandma Kitty's hair. It was really Rammy. That is all I remember."

I just thought that dream was too funny not to share. I think it is funny the nurse was a dog with a wig on.

Singing at Church

On Sunday, Amelia's actual birthday, we filled her room up with balloons in the middle of the night so she would have good surprise in the morning. She was very excited about that. She is now convinced there is a birthday fairy that brings balloon while you are sleeping. Then we went to First Presbyterian to listen to her sing with the preschool. It was so cute. Here is the link for YouTube, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mb2OYVEJ0C0. I will figure out more about YouTube and put the rest of my videos up later but at least there is one. After church, we went to Guiseppe's for lunch with Grandma Kitty and Grandpa Ike. They gave Amelia a great purple sparkly cape. Then we played with Rammy in the park for a few minutes. I think Amelia's favorite part of the day was playing with Rammy.


"Rise and shine and give God the glory, glory."


Still giving the glory


"You can't keep Jesus love in a box."

Playing with Rammy

Amelia was the only one Rammy wouldn't jump on. I don't know who liked chasing better, Rammy or Amelia.

My Baby is 4!

I guess that means she is not a baby anymore but I truly have a hard time thinking of her as anything but my baby. The past 4 years have gone by so fast I cannot even believe it. They have definetly been the best 4 years of my life and it just keeps getting better.

Amelia at 4 is quite a character. She is VERY independent. She likes things done her way or no way at all (I am pretty sure she gets that from Philip). She is very stubborn (she gets that from Philip too) and very kind. She loves to be active and try new things. She is the first one to volunteer to play a game or sport or go somewhere she has never been. She has no fear, which is kind of scary considering how independent she is. She loves school and the color purple. She loves her pets and would probably have 100 more if I would let her. There are so many wonderful things about my little Amelia that it is hard to fit into just one paragraph. In summary, she is the greatest kid I have ever known and I must have done something good in my life to be blessed with her.

Now on to her party. She picked a jungle theme so I found the cutest cupcakes in my cupcake book but then had to find a zebra one online because that was Amelia's specific request. I made everything for the party, the party favor cups, the pin-the-tail-on-the-giraffe game, and the bean-bag monkey toss. I am lucky to have a job where I can do these things there and get paid at the same time. I think the party was a hit. We had a good lunch of Chick-fil-A nuggets, red hot applesauce, and Grandma Susie's pasta salad. We played some fun games then opened presents and we finished the day with a pinata. The kids all had a great time and Amelia loved having all her cousins and friends at her house at the same time. Although she did get nervous when they were making a mess in her room. All in all it was a great day and I am proud to have a 4-year-old daughter now.


All 40 jungle cupcakes


The lion


The elephant

The zebra

The monkey

Before the party, but you can see my artistic skills on the giraffe and monkey.

Eying the candles

Big blow, I think it took her 4 or 5 tries

Opening the presents, I don't know how I fit that many people in my house.

And finally, the pinata

Rollerskating

On Saturday, Philip and I took Amelia rollerskating. Well, Philip took her rollerskating and I took pictures from the sidelines. I figured it wouldn't be wise to have an uncordinated pregnant lady on wheels. Amelia really liked it. She only lasted about 45 minutes but she did really well for her first time. She even did the Hokey Pokey and the Chicken Dance. I have video of that and someday I will put all my videos on YouTube so it is easy for you to see them. Right now I haven't the time nor the inclination though. So rollerskating was a hit, Amelia asked to go back again. Amelia has the great quality of never being afraid to try something new and I really admire that in her.


Just starting out


A little more confident


On her own

Valentine's Day

On Thursday, Amelia had her Valentine's Day party at school. All the kids exchanged Valentines and then got to decorate their own cupcake. Amelia didn't eat the cupcake, of course, but she did make short work of the frosting and sprinkles. Then on Friday our friends invited us over to decorate Valentine's Day cookies. My friend Kathryn really is a super-mom. When we invited themfor Christmas cookie decorating, they were cookies from a tube, she made from scratch sugar cookies on Friday morning. It is all I can do to haul my behind out of bed early enough to make it to our playdays. That was a lot of fun too and again, Amelia made short work of the frosting and sprinkles. So far Amelia really likes Valentine's Day. She tells me that Valentine's Day is all about sharing with people you love but I suspect she is really in it for the candy.


Cupcake decorating


Frosting eating



Candy eating

Cookie decorating