Our big girl at 3 years old

 This lucky lady had two birthday parties this year.  Look at this amazing cake Grandpa Dave and Sue got her.  It was delicious too.  This birthday she got a lot of princess and Dora toys so she was in heaven.  Also Uncle Jay got her some great sand/beach toys which has caused a daily discussion about when are we going to go on vacation.  Almost every morning she asks to go to the beach or vacation.

 She is still an amazing eater.  She loves bagels or oatmeal for breakfast these days with fruit and sometimes yogurt.  She often eats 2 breakfasts before her morning snack.  Lunch she has become pretty boring and wants only peanut butter, tacos or quesadillas.  She will eat baby carrots and fruit at every meal.  Sometimes she will eat well at dinner but usually not.  Then right before bed we have to hear how hungry she is -typical bedtime stalling.

 We are so fortunate to have found such a great daycare.  Lori does a craft and learning activities every day.  Abby knows her basic colors, shapes, how to count to 10 and can recognize all the letters of the alphabet.  This month they will work on writing their names.  She can not write anything yet so I don't expect this will really happen but it's nice to know how dedicated Lori is to teaching them.

 Her best buddies right now are still her cousin Kayden, Eli, Keira from day care and Hunter from daycare.  We saw Hunter at Target one day and she was shouting hello to him across the store until we went up to greet them.

 Bedtime is a long drawn out process and now includes many friends.  She seems to have outgrown her night terrors.

 She continues to love books.  We go to the library once a week to get new books.  She is enjoying teaching Emerson all about reading and books - well as long as he doesn't touch the pages.

 Her other favorite activities are puzzles, riding her tricycle, playing at the playground, blowing bubbles, coloring, painting, play douh, playing with her Disney princess castle and playing with her dinosaurs.  This summer we will get back into story time at the library and she will have swim lessons.

 This is adorable girl is completely potty trained.  I still can't believe it and am often nervous when we go out. Luckily she is not afraid of any public toilets and is really good about telling us when she has to go.  The last two accidents she had were right by the toilet because she couldn't get her pants off.  We had a rocky start but she learned fast.

The most difficult things for me right now are that she gets sick a lot   She only got sick once in the first year of her live and since Emerson has been born she has had 4 serious illnesses.  Also, she is getting sassy trying to test her boundaries but her tantrums are usually pretty quick.  I really enjoy watching her grow and the amazing new things she says and does everyday.  She is 30.5# (45th%ile) and 37 3/4 inches tall (70th%ile) today.