3 Years Old!

I didn't get a chance to write about Lucy on her actual birthday yesterday.  We had a busy morning and then I had to go to my last day of orientation at work.

She had her three year old check up today and she weighed 29 lbs. and was 37" tall.  She tried the vision and hearing test and didn't really do well, but I know it was because she didn't have the attention span or the understanding to follow the rules, and not because she can't see or hear.  :)

We had her birthday party for all our family and friends at Monkey Joe's on Sunday, the 24th.  I think everyone had a great time playing on the inflatables and it was fun to watch her be at the center of attention and blow out her candles (even if she did cover her ears while we were singing Happy Birthday).

We celebrated her actual birthday here yesterday by singing Happy Birthday to her over breakfast and letting her blow out a candle.  We went out to lunch at Chick-Fil-A, and since Wesley was home all day in between his old and new job, he got to come with us.

She got her first haircut on Friday, March 22.  I took her to a children's salon here in town, and they were great and she did great, but I really wanted them to cut more hair off in the back, so when I came home I just grabbed the scissors and cut more off myself.  LOL.  So if it looks a little choppy, that's why.  But I think she looks super cute with her new shorter hair.

She is such fun to be around.  Even when she exasperates me (which happens!) I wouldn't change anything about her or her personality.  I can see all the things about her that seem frustrating now will be the same things that I am proud of her for if they are cultivated with God's love and direction.

She has been very picky about food lately.  She will eat a ton of one thing this week, and so you serve it to her again the next week thinking she loves it, and she will say she doesn't like it and doesn't want to eat it.  One night, all she wants to eat is veggies, and the next night she doesn't want to eat her veggies.  I'm just rolling with the punches.

Boy, can this girl talk!  We talk all day long.  She has such a grasp on language and even though it's possible that I am the only one that can understand the volume of what she's saying, I think she is pretty well developed in that area.

She loves to watch Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood and now Sid the Science Kid on PBS.  No more Elmo.  Which is unfortunate because we bought a lot of Elmo's World DVD's for Christmas.  haha.  This is the one area where I am always having to set limits.  I think she would watch Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood on her iPod for hours if I let her, which I don't.  I think it's been hard because we haven't been able to get outside as much when it's been so cold and windy here.  I'll be glad when the weather is better and we can get back to playing outside, which solves lots of problems! :)

I am really enjoying this stage of her life, and I look forward to a fun year with her watching her grow and learn even more.  We pray every night before she goes to bed, and I always pray that Jesus will sing over her with His love, and I continue to pray that one day she will answer the call to come to Jesus in His timing.

Lucy, I love you, and I am blessed to be your mom!