Allie Cameron Is 4!

It is so hard to believe that my baby girl is 4-years-old! In true Allie-fashion she had not one, but 3 Birthday parties. With all of the commotion over Sam, I wanted Allie to have her special day on her actual birthday. So we got a cake and had Mimi over for dinner and birthday cake. We also decided to give her her gift from us. It was actually her and her daddy's birthday gift. She has had so much playing her X-Box. Her favorite game is a rafting game. She will literally jump up and down for hours.

Cake on her Birthday 3-19-12

Allie had her birthday party a week later on the 24th because I knew that Sam would probably come pretty close to her birthday. I planned to have her party at a local inflatable playhouse because it would be low-key and there wouldn't be a lot of preparation required. I knew that I would be sleep-deprived and stressed with a newborn so low-key was right up my alley. Normally, I start planning Allie's party right after Christmas and feel the need to do bigger and better than the last, but I had to take a break from that this year. It turned out that Allie had probably more fun at this party than she has had at all of the others combined.

I had my friend Sandra make Allie's cake. It was delicious and too cute. She incorporated all of "Allie's Girls." That was the one and only stipulation that she had was that all of "her girls" be on her cake.

Here are some pictures from her party at Party Central:

This is Allie at her party at preschool. We brought cupcakes for snack and once again celebrated our sweet girl.

Some things about Allie at this age:

She loves, loves, loves all things Strawberry Shortcake. She asks 1st thing in the morning and 1st thing when she gets home from school to watch "Strawberry Shortcake on the Hub." She also loves My Little Pony and playing on DisneyJR and the Hub on the computer. Her latest craze, however, is Alvin and the Chipmunks!

She loves to sing and dance. She still watches her Cedarmont Kids moves and will sing at the top of her lungs. It is not uncommon to be in the middle of the grocery store and Allie will bust out in song and dance. It melts my heart to hear her sing songs about Jesus in the car.

She has almost completed her first year in AWANA Cubbies. She has learned sooooo much about the Bible. She definitely still has a strong will, but she has a huge heart that I pray she will fill to the brim with the truths of God's word. Lately, any time she hears us talk about someone being sick or not feeling well, she will say that we need to pray for them. One day, Mimi said that she didn't feel good, and Allie stopped what she was doing, bowed her head, and prayed for her right then and there. Thank you God for AWANA and the blessing it has been to my sweet Allie-girl!

Allie has aways said funny things and said regular things in a funny way. My favorites right now are brep-test (breakfast) and to-mar-no (tomorrow). She also always says "Next week, when I was your age..." Or "Next week when I was a baby." We are going to have to work on our verb-tenses.
Allie Cameron, You are one of the best things that has ever happened to us! I pray that God will use your sweet spirit and awesome personality to further His kingdom. I love you to the moon and back!