We are So BLESSED to call this beautiful 3 year old our daughter! My heart is melted at the start of everyday by her sweet little face as she faithfully greets me EARLY every morning with a great big smile and some crazy hair (we are convinced that she has little "rat" friends that make her hair their nest at night)! She always taps me on the shoulder and says, "Mommy, the suns up...it's a beautiful day!"(even though sometimes I wish my little sun/rooster alarm clock would snooze a little longer) Then in some sense my heart sometimes hurts to realize how fast she's growing and that she's only getting older.
Three is hard ya know! Realizing that she is no longer really seen as a toddler, and then for it to sink in that 3 is only a year away from from pre-K! Is it ok to say...I just don't like it! :) But in the same breathe I can truly say that every passing moment of watching her mature is only sweeter and funner than the one before! Oh how she makes me smile, because in her book everything is "wonderful" and "awesome"!
I am so thankful for the discipline she has brought to my life and how her little life is constantly pointing me to JESUS! She challenges me to make my time count in striving to obey Duet. 6! Realizing that 3 was the number I was saying just yesterday when she was 3 months...wow how time is fleeting!
We are so thankful to the Lord for giving her a tender heart for those who are hurt, sad, or sick. It blesses us every time we hear here tell them that she will pray for them, because Jesus will make it better! We are also thankful for her deep belly laughs that are simply medicine to the soul! Her dancing feet also keeps us smiling. She has become quite the professional twirler these days. We love how when she really gets into her dance routine, her eye close and she "gets in the zone!" She takes her dancing very serious! :)
This year we opted just to celebrate with our families. She asked my mom for a Strawberry Shortcake party and Michael's mom for a Dora party...to be honest I think she fared better this way and her mommy loved the stress-free planning!
We ended up having a little mini party a day before her b-day in the Bahamas, so Michael could get in on the celebration before he had to fly back to OK.
Her second party was in Nashville at her Nonni and Papa's with an extended Strawberry Shortcake theme. Uncle Clint and Aunt Sarah gave her a singing princes card. She thought that was the coolest thing and had the song memorized by the next morning!
The third party for the 3 year old girl was at her Granny and Ooo-Ooo's! We laid down to take a nap after church and woke up to a completely transformed kitchen all decked out in Dora!
I documented all of her many faces of surprise and excitement as she took it all in!
Some of the youngest party guest! Lily loved loving on her new baby cousins, Lexi & Brycen!
We love you Birthday Girl!
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