Three!
My sweet girl is three years old today! Happy 3rd Birthday, E! My doodle, my hunny-bunny-kins, my doll baby.
I don’t even know where to begin… E is so many things all rolled up into one adorable, curly-haired, little package. She’s the apple of her daddy’s eye, too smart for her own good, incredibly sweet, a copy cat, independent and sassy, and very,very loved. I adore the little person that she is growing into. It has been an utter pleasure to be her mama.
Somehow E has turned into a total girly-girl. She loves frilly skirts and dresses, tights, the color pink, and anything sparkly. She loves to have her hair up in a pony or a barrette but hates having it combed. Her favorite TV shows are Dinosaur Train and Team Umizoomi. She would do almost anything for a piece of chocolate and has an affinity for stickers. Her favorite foods are: pizza, pasta, cheese, fruit, and yogurt. She;s also starting to kind of adore cupcakes!
E also loves to color, draw, paint, sing, and dance. She’s a creative little girl and just absorbs everything we teach her like a sponge! She’s doing very well with her colors, numbers, and letters. She is such a little mimic right now and has an incredible memory. She’ll often repeat thing we said or did days ago and is even quite good at linking concepts and ideas together (this all can sometimes combine to be just a little embarrassing at times – for example: the other day in the middle of dinner she announced, “I crapped my pants!” Thankfully, she hadn’t! Okay, okay, I wasn’t that embarrassed… I giggled for a minute straight.). She is always watching, so PB and I have really had to step up our game in monitoring what we say and do!
E often surprises me with her sweetness – laying her hand on my cheek as I’m slumped in a sweaty pile on the floor after a workout and telling me that I’m beautiful, hugging other children when they cry, comforting her brother without prompting, climbing into her daddy’s arms and telling him that she missed him while he was at work. It’s just too much to handle sometimes! She loves her family and friends and is constantly asking people, “Do you want to come to my house?” She’s just such a sweet little thing. But don’t worry, she has her moments where she gets in fights with her little friends over toys, doesn’t want to share, and gets quite angry with us, too. All part of being a toddler!
E continues to be a fantastic big sister. She loves her baby brother and has named all of her baby dolls after him. She wants him to lay in her crib with her every morning and asks to hold him nearly every day. I don’t think she has ever once acted jealous of T. She’s such a little helper where he is concerned and she dotes on him. We do sometimes have to remind her to be gentle with him or to maybe not stick her fingers in his mouth but really she’s just lovely as a big sister.
I am so proud of the amazing little person she is and I am incredibly grateful that three years ago this little girl came into our lives. They are made richer and more vibrant by her mere existence. She is so very loved. <3
