Happy 4th birthday! I can't believe another year has gone by. You are growing up so quickly! You're no longer my little baby, but my little girl.
You are quite the talker now, so much so, that you rarely take a breath! You ask so many questions that Daddy and I can't keep up with you. You're very social and love your friends at daycare. Your teacher said that you like to direct the other kids in class and that you pretend that you are the teacher. One of the funniest things that you did this year was sing your version of the BINGO song. This is your version: "There was a farmer had a dog, and Bingo was his nameo, E I N G O, E I N G O, E I N G O, and nemos nemos nemos (you were watching "Finding Nemo" a lot at the time). :-)
Your favorite foods right now are cheeseburgers, french fries, chicken nuggets, ketchup, pears, ice cream, cupcakes, chocolate, and pretty much anything else with sugar. You experiment with your food sometimes - dipping your PB&J into your applesauce and putting yogurt on your chicken nuggets. The only vegetables that you will eat (without coaxing) are carrots. You always try to negotiate the amount of bites that you take at dinner. In order to get dessert, we require you to eat some of everything that is on your plate. This is where your negotiating skills come into play. You will tell us that you will take 2 bites of this and 3 bites of that in order to get dessert.
Your favorite toys are your stuffed Chihuahua and your Rainbow Dash baby. You are starting to show an interest in dolls, specifically paper dolls and Barbie (which makes Mommy very happy!) You still love to watch TV and your favorite shows are Sofia the First, Doc McStuffins, Little Einsteins, and Team Umizoomi. You also love to watch movies including Cinderella, Tinker Bell, Tangled, Toy Story (all of them), and pretty much anything else made by Disney. We took you to your first movie this year, and although you enjoyed the experience, it was too loud for your sensitive ears. Next time we're taking earplugs!
Your biggest accomplishment this year was potty training. You did so well and you've been trained for quite some time now. Accidents still happen every now and then, but that is to be expected. We're so proud of you!
The biggest event to happen this year was the birth of your baby sister. You were very excited to be a big sister and even more excited that the baby was a girl. Throughout my pregnancy, we read books about what it would be like to be a big sister and what to expect once the baby arrives. You loved to talk about all of the things that you would do as a big sister and you'd ask when she was coming out. When Maylin finally arrived, you were so excited and couldn't wait to meet her. Since she's been with us (8 weeks now), you have been the most awesome big sister. I can't express how proud I am of you, Pumpkin. You've been so sweet to Maylin, you sing to her to try and get her quiet down, you give her the pacifier when she's fussy, and you LOVE to touch her and give her hugs and kisses. She is very lucky to have you as a big sister and I know you both will continue to love each other as the years go by.
This last year was amazing and we are looking forward to all of your new accomplishments in the coming year. We are so lucky to call you our daughter. You truly make us very happy and proud. We love you, Pumpkin!
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