Three Years already?

It sometimes feels like yesterday Paiglee was a baby, when I look back at pictures of her baby cuteness I feel time flew much too fast. I remember right after having her I told Daryl "I don't want to think about doing this again until she is three" I really thought then these three years were so far away, and here it is. I wish some days she would stop growing and just remain, then she throws a fit or has a bad days then I think man it couldn't get over fast enough. But one thing I have learned and try so hard to practice is to not wish away my life or my child's life. The last three years have been major growing and learning experiences for me. I am for sure not even the same person. I look at Paiglee and sometimes find it hard to remember her as a baby. It really blows me away that as I get older along with a kid time doesn't slow down it seems to speed up.

Paiglee is an amazing little girl she cracks me up she makes me so mad and frustrated all in the same day and I still love her to pieces when I walk in her room at the end of the day to kiss her cheek goodnight I can't help but say to myself each night "where has the time gone, I wish it would slow down" and then I pinch her cheek because she is so cute. I know that at one point in my life I am really going to be wishing for these days back and wishing I took them in a little more. It makes me sad to think she isn't my baby that she is three and very much growing up. I think that is the hardest for parents. But enough...

We do this schedule where odd Birthdays are nothing big and evens we have parties. But I still want to make the day a special one for her. We didn't go hog wild with gifts and we didn't do much out of the ordinary. She woke up a little grumpy and was kind of grumpy all day on and off. I made her a foam crown with jewels on it for her to wear during the day and she loved it. I put up a banner up that said Happy Birthday for her when she woke up to see. It was a normal day for the most part other than wearing her crown. We tried to remind her often that it was her birthday and that she was now three years old cause before today she knew she was two and would tell you if you asked. So all day we told her she was three, I think she has it down. During her nap I made her cupcakes and they turned out great. I wrapped her presents and then when Daryl got of work we headed to Quiznos one of Paiglee's favorite places to eat. She was really excited to go when we told her. We also invited just a few of her playmates over to have cupcakes and ice-cream along with parents. She saw one of her presents on the counter wrapped and wanted it and asked "is mine?" and I said yep but you don't get it until later, she got so excited. Daryl and I could hardly wait for her to open her presents because we knew she was going to love them. We sang Happy Birthday to her which she liked and then she blew out the candles with a little prompting, but she did great. When I first lit the candles to take a picture of them lit, she blew them out right away before we sang. She had two cupcakes but just the frosting. Then she opened her gifts and it was fun to see her reaction. Daryl and I gave her a doctor kit; she has really been into playing doctor with us and wanting to listen to our heart with a pretend scope. So we knew she wanted it, plus when I took her to pick a gift from her Grandma and Grandpa Michael with her money she wanted the kit. We also got her a stick horse because she pretends to ride horses around the house, she liked that but the major hit was the doc kit. We also gave her stickers cause she can never have enough; this girl loves stickers so I got her a kit of 1,000. And her friend Bryson gave her a baby pony with a bottle that cries she liked it, and Casen and Lily gave her water guns that she has yet to notice since she won't leave the doc kit alone. I fought her to get in the tub for a bath without the kit and it was horrible. So it was a great little birthday for her and she loved that the day was about her, and I think she could sense it and that it was different. She called her crown the "bbbdaaaa hat". Oh and before her birthday she got the ABC magnet thing from my mom (Grandma Koch) which I previously mentioned in a different post. But she also got a card with money in it from Grandma and Grandpa Michael and I took her to the store to pick whatever she wanted. And I said I would make up the difference. She saw many things she liked even though she wanted some big things she saw these cars of Mater and Sally and the other car and she wanted them I even asked her if she wanted a race car track nope just these cars. They were each just a few dollars so she was able to get three of her choosing and she loves those cars. If she has them do not take them from her or even think about it or look like you want to or she might freak on you. She did great by choosing wisely with her toy and spending just what she had. I was surprised she didn't want to put it in her John Deere piggy bank, she loves putting her money in that thing.

So the day was great for her minus the fits. She really is a huge blessing in our life and we love her dearly. She is so much fun and so funny she brings so much fun and laughter into our home. I love how she is so much like me; I love that I can see she looks up to me. She is a very strong willed girl and that will only help her as she faces trials in her life, I know it. I love that she says "fine, whatever" just like me. I love when she looks at me and gets in my face and tells me something and points in some random direction and has a dead serious face on as if she told me the most important thing. And I have no clue what she said and I can't help but laugh and then she starts to get a smirk. I love that she jabbers and that I still can't get all of her sentences and thought processes as much as I wish I could. I love how she is always on a mission to do something. I love that she is total tomboy but has the girly side that I can have fun with, because I too was a total tomboy. I love when she gives me hugs she gives the best little hugs that are so big. I love that she will grab my face and turn it to kiss me on the cheek and then turn it to kiss the other then tilt it down to kiss my forehead. I love that she loves to play pretend and uses her imagination so much, it is fun. I love when she says the words Heavenly Father, so stinkin cute. I love that she loves to go to church right now and is eager to learn about Jesus and Heavenly Father. I love that she is who she is. She has a very present spirit in her and I love it. She is a huge blessing, and I love that I was given her to take care of and be her mother. Paiglee we love you and want the absolute best for you.