Yep, it's official. Our baby girl has now grown big. Here she is sleeping on the night before she wakes up older. Amelia Grace Kelley enters a whole new world on May 18, 2010. And, she's ready for it...with pigtails and her "ballallet" shoes. She loves "all thinks pink" but her favorite pink is what she calls "that very light, most beautiful pink!" She loves items that are soft and cuddly, like the pink dotty blankie Aunt Amber made or the pink, blue and yellow blanket from Nana (Gran's mom in KY) at the bottom of the picture, and Dolly, a gift from Grandmama when Thomas was born. You'll see Dolly's legs curled up at her belly. Sparkles, the furry pink poodle handed down from cousin Allison, is probably in the bed somewhere, too.
She loves going to the 3's class at preschool two mornings a week, to Sunday School and to Children's Church. She prays beautiful, heartfelt, and practical prayers for others. Tonight, she ended her prayer with "Amen...And Mom, it is now time for you to leave my room, please." You'll often hear her saying things like, "Dad, when you make my plate for breakfast, please remember to put all the things I like on it." Sometimes, there's even things like, "Thomas, you should not do ______. Go to time out right now." We remind her that she needs to eat food to grow, to put away her dolls, to put a bow in her big hair, and NOT to pick up John and carry him around the house. She loves pumping her legs and swinging by herself, doing anything to help with John, aggravating and/or playing with Thomas, making up her own (off-key) songs, and riding in strollers (while we have to wear or carry little brothers!) Often she will ask the most interesting questions, and we're not sure if she's really wondering that or if she just likes to hear herself talk.
She's really good at hitting baseballs on the tee, kicking soccer balls in the yard, riding her balance bike, and yelling. She's so good at yelling that Uncle Caleb recently dubbed her "Amelia Megaphone." She wakes up early (6:30) and waits patiently to announce, "Good Morgan (morning) brothers!" as she climbs into their cribs to give a hug and a kiss. When there is the slightest hint of rain, she will quickly don her raincoat and boots, then grab her fairy umbrella. Of course, if she can't find it, she will tear the house apart looking. This is in total contrast to Thomas, who could only find one rainboot, so he stretched out on the floor, grabbed the zipper on his raincoat, sucked his thumb and kept asking ME to find the other boot. Another strength of Amelia is her amazing ability to sniff our a grandparent from over a mile away. The shrieking and dancing let you know she has detected one.
Here she is explaining (for the third time that night) a new game she learned on the big playground at preschool... Duck, Duck, Goose!
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