My 5th Birthday! What a day...and another milestone has finally emerged. I am starting to sign!!!!

Sunday, July 13th was my 5th birthday. My how time flies when your an angel having fun day in and day out.

We had a wee party with my favorite people. Daddy, Tori, Niki, Savannah, Halle, Jordyn, Mikayla, Aunt Nicki and Abigail, Papa and Grandma and of course me! :-) Such lovely gifts and love were shared by all.

I will post the link to my montage/video so you too can share my day, but the best is yet to be told. I am now signing "more" and "bath." Can you believe it? Poor Grandma was beginning to think the Signing Time CD's were not catching my attention so I figured I had better let her know that I don't just dance and boogy to the music but actually do pay some attention to what Rachel, Leah and Alex are doing too! :-) I thought grandma was going to cry last night when I signed "bath" to her. Geesh! I had to sign it three times before she realized I was telling her I wanted to take my tubby!!! I think she was in shock or something like that. The look on her face was priceless.

Oh, and wait till Miss Rita at school finds out my latest little trick. It is NOT making a hit with Daddy and those who take care of me but I thought I was doing something pretty darn grown-up. After all the practice in PT I can now open the front door and walk out on my own down the stoop. Yep! And I can also open the door and walk right back into the house on my own. Can you figure out why Daddy, Grandma and Halle my caregiver don't seem near as thrilled about this milestone as I am? I guess they think I am getting too big for my pants now. Hee-hee!

My birthday presents are really cool. Lots of clothes, a Radial Flyer Horse and a swimming pool just to name a few. And just to let you all know, those pink hightop sneakers grandma got me. She was right! I cannot take them off like I use to. They actually stay on my feet till daddy or someone else helps me take them off. So...no more coming off the school bus barefooted or out of the car with daddy shoes and socks still lying in the car seat. Guess I will have to find another form of amusement when I am in a vehicle. LOL

I have one more week of Summer Classes and my the fun we have had. Field trips and art class have been awesome. I have made some of the neatest projects for daddy. We are working on my socialization with peers and I tend to sit off on my own and play as a rule. It appears I need to play more with others rather than on my own. Grown-ups! Can't live with them....can't live without them. They are always wanting to teach me something new! Geesh!

Well, off for now. Its another lovely day in Ohio and you know angels. We don't want to miss out on anything!!! Especially the sunshine and a chance to play in my new pool. By the way...Grandma wants you to pay attention to the end of my birthday video. Apparently I was a wee bit saddened by my daddy holding Savannah while I was sitting in my swing after the party. No one knew it till grandma downloaded the camera but now they do. My face told it all.

Oh yeah, I almost forgot! I wanted to send special love and thanks to all my angel families who took a moment out of their busy day to email Birthday Wishes to me. Grandma is putting every single one in my scrapbook so that one day I can look back on this birthday and read each and every one of them! Thank you all..... xoxo


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