Lizzie you are three!!

Lizzie baby happy birthday!  You are 3!!  Such an age.  You are 39 inches long and weigh 35 pounds. Lizzie had a fabulous birthday weekend.  First, we woke her up to look at the presents (see below).  I put together a plastic nursery for her and Paul got her a great sleeping bag and we also got her an Ernie puppet and some new shiny tennis shoes and some musical instruments.  I think it was the perfect amount of toys for a kiddo her age.  

Then, Moses and Paul got haircuts.  It was Moses' first haircut and he cried like the dickens.  Adorbs!!  Paul also made Lizzie 2 dinosaur cakes.  Then, we drove down to Thanksgiving Point and met her cousins at the Dinosaur Museum.  It was lovely there.  It was a bit overwhelming but Moses sure liked crawling around the T-Rex bones and Lizzie really enjoyed the way Paul took his time explaining everything to her.  I got her a really special birthday dress at Kid 2 Kid.  It's all in white with pink trim and has smocking everywhere.  She looked heavenly.

Then, we went back to Dave and Tiffany's home and had pizza and cake and Lizzie loved jumping on the trampoline with her cousins in her squeaky shoes.  So cute!  Then we rushed to Paul's mom's home and put Moses to bed and then rushed off to a jazz game.  We sat at the very very last top row and Lizzie enjoyed it more than I thought she would and Paul and I were bored as can be.  We eventually made it home and Lizzie went right to bed.  What a lovely day she had, I think.

The next morning, we drove home in time for church where I taught a lesson.  Then, we came home, took a quick nap and then Lizzie's other cousins Jemmy and Jeidy and Carlos and their kids all came over and we had another cake and Carlos made us the most incredible food on our grill.  Fresh carne asada and chorizo and grilled zucchini and green onions.  Wowee!  I was pretty darn happy.  Lizzie had a ball playing with her boy cousins and we ended the evening with a nice big fire.  At the end of the night, I let Lizzie go out and visit her dad and chat with him as the fire died down and I smiled everytime I glanced out there at them.  I bet that will be a wonderful and special memory of theirs for years.  Chatting by the fire, I mean. 

Anyway, our sweet little one is 3.  So proud of her and her loving spirit.  I love you so much Lizzie!!