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She's 3!!!

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The older I get the faster time flies. This past year of life with Lila flew by almost too quickly. I love my little girl so much! Some days I get bogged down by the daily grind, but I'd like to think that most of the time I'm enjoying the sweet moments with my little girl that will one day be memories

The birthday girl was sick with a cold today (and me too...we're on our 3rd colds since Oct...boo). It was a good thing it was Lila's birthday, because we had new toys to play with while we stayed home sick! Thanks to the grandparents for a new game, a princess tea set, and princess sticker books. Even with being sick, me and Lila had a nice play day together watching Beauty and the Beast while we played with her Belle and Ariel dolls, had a tea party, painted with new watercolors, played dollhouse, read fairy tales, napped, and eventually ate some yummy birthday cake. Oh yeah, we also did some dress up with Lila in her new Cinderella dress and me as her fairy godmother (she made me wear her fairy wings and use a dowel for a wand).

Maybe it's because I know there's a baby boy in my belly, but I've been especially cherishing all the fun, girly things that Lila enjoys right now. That might explain why I so quickly whipped up that princess dress and I'm finally letting my girl become immersed in all the Disney princess stuff. I guess I figure this could be the only little girl I ever have, and I should enjoy it to the fullest!

Lila truly is a wonderful little girl and I'm so glad she's part of our family. She's as bright as ever, and she's surprising me every day with how many words she can read...I'm predicting that before her next birthday she'll be full-on reading. As for the potty training I reported on a couple of weeks ago, we've made big progress. Lila hasn't worn a diaper in 8 days!! I think this means I will never buy another diaper for our little girl--YAY!!! Last Monday she woke up and asked to wear panties, and we haven't looked back since. There was a couple accidents, but I'm happy to say that she's #1 trained and has no problem staying dry all night. This is huge for us. I was really thinking she wouldn't be potty trained before her b-day, but she really made great progress last week! We're still working on #2, but I'm just happy to be moving on from our diaper days!

I love you, Lila!!






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Meghan said…
I can't believe she's three either! She's so cute. Her hair looks so long all of a sudden. Glad she had a fun birthday :)
November 25, 2011 at 10:49 PM
Bassetts said…
Girls just wanna have fun, right? I love the girlie stuff too
December 20, 2011 at 8:44 AM
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