You would not approve of the title of this blog. Or maybe you would. It seems I am the only one who can get away with still calling you baby these days. You, my dear, are a force to be reckoned with. When I was pregnant with you and people would ask me if I wanted a boy or a girl, I would say, "I don't care, I want a CALM child." (Your brother maaayyyyy have been a bit wild. Or feral. Whatever you prefer.) Well...I didn't get that. Ha! But I wouldn't trade your spunky, take no prisoners, LOOK AT ME approach to life for anything. (Most days...)
You are seriously so much fun though, my sweet girl! You love to play babies and kitchen. You were soooo excited to put your babies in your new baby car seat and front carrier today! You ask me frequently if I want to play "two mommies" with you. In fact you ask me frequently to play with you period. You love to play pretend with anyone who will join you. Including your brother, which is great because most of the time he's happy to play along. It's so BEYOND cute to hear the two of you interact and play together. I bet you don't realize it, but I often stop what I'm doing just to listen to the two of you together. You are so blessed to have such a wonderful big brother! I know you won't always feel that way, but I hope you do mostly.
Your newest and most common form of play is putting pretty much anything you can find (even if it's not yours...ahem...) into a bag or purse and carrying it around with you. I have asked several girl moms if you need therapy for this habit, but apparently it's a normal girl behavior that you may never outgrow. Awesome!
You continue to impress with both your expressive and receptive language skills. You can write your name...mostly, that H presents a bit of trouble sometimes. You know all of your colors, most of your shapes when it suits you and quite a few of your letters. You are smart and you know it!
You will begin preschool officially in the fall. For you, it won't be a huge change since you spent a great deal of your time with the preschool classes last school year, but I am excited to see how you will grow when you are officially a part of a class. I know you will enjoy yourself and I am sure you will have no trouble making friends. It's what you do!
You still eat like a champ, although some days you just don't eat much at all. I know this is common at your age, so I try not to let it bother me. Your favorites are probably scrambled eggs, nuts/peanut butter, and of course grapes. You eat so many grapes right now it's ridiculous!
You still love to be read to and to look at books which I love of course! You love music and you love to sing and make up silly songs with your brother. You love to laugh and sometimes get a little silly trying to make your brother laugh, or laughing at him. I love that too.
You, Miss Lilah are one of our greatest blessings. We love you so, so very much and are grateful to get to stand in the shadows of your spotlight. We know you will continue to shine bright and for that we are so very proud of you.
Happy THIRD Birthday, baby girl!
Love,
Mommy
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| Photo courtesy of Cynthia Schoettker Photography |
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