Three Year photos & update

My baby is three and I have posted these pics to my facebook page but they are just too good not to post here also.



Dear Sweet Potato:

You are three! Daddy and I are so proud of you and all that you are able to do! You have certainly beaten all of the odds and taken on all of lifes challenges that you have had to experience.

You love to sing songs and play with your babies. You love your puzzles and reading books - your favorite right now is "The Three Little Rigs" (yes Rigs, not Pigs - with the mean wrecking ball who will crash and bash and smash!) You love picking books out at the library and will sit on the couch and look at them over and over.

You love going to gymnastics and dance class and you crack us up with all of your little antics. Who knew that a three year old would say "...but I thought I was gonna do insert whatever you think you wanted to do here" or "I want to go somefin else I want to go." You love to dress up and always remind us how beautiful you are and that you are the princess.

While I don't love when you're sick, I love that you will snuggle with me and hang out when you don't feel well. You love, love, love your daddy and can't wait for him to get home every day, being sure to ask him "How was your day, daddy?"

You still nap (although sometimes you just rest for a while) and you're a pretty good little sleeper - once you actually go to sleep which sometimes is an hour or longer after we put you to bed. Mommy can't seem to put the baby monitor away yet but at least I can hear what you are doing when you really should be sleeping! Thankfully you still stay in your bed until we come into your room to get you up from nap or when you wake up in the morning and you usually say "I have a good nap - even after sleeping at night, or "I sleep well mommy."

You don't have time for the potty most of the time. You can go on it just fine, you just don't want to be bothered so we are working on that one. We have decided that this is it for the pull-ups, when we run out, we're done, no more pull-ups during the day. I think we'll be sticking with them at night for a while but maybe you'll get the hang of that faster once your dry during the day.

You don't like water in your face which has made for some interesting bath and pool times. You love to play tea party with your tea set and water - pouring from one thing to another is one of your favorite games. The world tends to revolve around you - I sometimes wonder what this will do to you later - but you are very well behaved and almost always Please and Thank You and May I. You love to wear dresses and get dirty. You do a pretty good job of taking care of your Bailey dog and your beta fish Dude (with lots of help).

Eggs are still so yucky and you're a pretty picky little eater - peanut butter and jelly, macaroni & cheese, hot dogs, chicken fingers, the usual kid foods are your favorites but you love your fruit and oatmeal too, and you love to drink your milk. Thankfully you are growing just fine (at 27 and 1/2 pounds - 20th percentile for weight, and 34 7/8 inches - 5th percentile for height), according to the number of pounds and inches you should grow from one year to the next.

You understand that my name is Stephanie (even though you know you are suppose to call me mommy). You know your colors and you can count to 15 without forgetting any numbers. You can sing the days of the week and you know your shapes and many of your letters. You love to "write" things when we tell you what letters to write (usually a line or a squiggle for whatever we tell you). You love me to paint your toes but don't always like me to do your hair. You know that your birthday is July 14th and you know your street, your city and your state. You recognize lots of places when we are driving and sometimes say "my home, my home" when we get near our house.

The best thing about you, my little Brenna, is how much you love your mommy and daddy and the rest of our family. You can't wait to see everyone and tell them everything.

You are very curious about everything and I hope you stay that way. Happy Birthday little girl...mommy and daddy love you very much!