Amie turned 4!

We didn't celebrate a birth"day" this weekend - it turned into a birth"weekend".

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The fun started on Saturday! In the morning - we let her have her main Birthday gift - we did find the Harley edition of the Ford F-150 electric truck!

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This was as we brought her out - she saw it "hiding" behind her playset!

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First we have to check out how we look! Just kidding - in the mirrors are pictures of motorcycles (as if they are driving behind the truck) - she named the three riders as "Daddy, Amie & Mommy" -- Yeah right!!!

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Of course - Tiger had to check it out as well!!

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She climbed in and away she went!!!!

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And is this a future forcast for her driving skills as a teenager?? Hope not!

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Once Amie took a spin around the yard - Kylee got a chance to test her driving skills!

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She's so long legged - she had a hard time sitting comfortably!!

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Kylee got Amie her first soccer ball & she loved it!!

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Kylee has a little passenger!

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Time for a break!

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Then our new friends arrived! Heather, Mark and little JD!! They drove all the way from the Dekalb area! JD is the little guy that has the same genetic syndrome as Amie!! He's about 20 months old!

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He wasn't real sure about this wild little girl!! (He got used to her later!)

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JD did a little better with Kylee giving him a ride!

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We all went out to lunch - then Aunt Janet & Kylee had to take off. Amie took a nap, JD resisted taking one (he had slept coming down - so I guess he thought that was enough)!

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After nap - they enjoyed each other & got to know each other more!
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Amie really loved being the "big" kid! Poor JD - I thought he was going to get whiplash the way she was starting and stopping! But he seemed to enjoy it much better now that he knew her better!

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After dinner - we went to their hotel & took a quick dip in the pool! Amie was estatic! She did so much better with holding her head up & not choking! She asked to be dipped under water once, but swallowed some water - so that was the end of that!

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The only other thing was we kept having to tell her she couldn't run - she fell once and got a burn looking mark on the side of her leg from sliding sideways! But I guess it could have been whole lot worse!!!

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Sunday we got gussied up & had her 4 year old pictures taken - I'll get those on here in a few week when they come in! She did soooo good this year! They got some really cute poses!

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We then drove to the Quad Cities to a place called Bounce Town! It was soo cool! It's all these blow up play things for the kids to run around and have a ball! The kids all had so much fun!
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Here's JD!
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And here's Carly - she turns three in two days!! Happy Birthday Carly!
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There's Amie!

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What a gorgeous smile Gracie!!

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Here comes Darrien!

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And Reese is nothing but a blur!!

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The place was sooo crowded!! But we had a good time!

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After hours of playing (can't you tell by the hair & sweat!) It was time for presents and cake!
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We could only get Amie to eat ONE bite of pizza - the rest of the time she was tooo busy playing!

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Of course - she had to get a leather jacket to go with her Harley truck!

. Kylee was such the helper - reading her cards & helping her with her presents!
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Amie's cake was AMAZING! It was done at a local grocery store - Grandma Miller is the one that found it & of course Amie wanted it! "Amie have castle cake" -- "Amie see castle". Every time we drove by the grocery store for the past week or so - "Amie castle cake"!!

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Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!!!

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"And Many More!!!"
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We're all Pooped!!! When we got home tonight - Amie ate (I kid you not) - FIVE helpings of spaghetti!! I guess she was making up for not eating lunchy & burning so much energy!!!

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