The Birthday Girl

Today at 4:02pm my sweet, sweet Sophie Ann turned 3 years old! I can't believe that she is 3!!!! She is so big and so grown up and now she is such a good big sister. All she wants to do is love on and give Jonah kisses. My sweet little love seems to have grown up overnight, she is coming into her own with her own little quirks, sayings, and personality shining through. Each day she amazes us with something new that she says or does, our sweet little love.

This morning we started the birthday off with a bang, she got dressed in her Princess Aurora (aka Sleeping Beauty) costume complete with wand, and her light up "I'm 3 years old today" button and made our way downstairs where she found a Sophie-sized Princess castle balloon tied to her chair, she was so stoked! Then we moved onto the playroom where Daddy had stashed all her presents and then she was really excited, I think initially she was more excited about the balloons all over the floor, but once she started ripping into the presents she was equally as excited about those too! She is really into cars and farms and imaginative play these days so we got her a Little People Farm and Garage with a few extra Little People and cars....she played all morning.

For her birthday breakfast she chose french toast and then she had a birthday doughnut, she thought it was great that we stuck candles in it, she didn't stop smiling all morning. Later in the afternoon, we headed outside to enjoy the fresh air. Since it was a beautiful 69 degrees here in the Carolinas we even brought Jonah out with us, Neal brought the baby swing outside and Jonah happily swung back and forth for over two hours while we had birthday lunch, birthday cake and Sophie and Neal played in the leaves! She had no idea that she was getting a birthday cake today, let alone the cake that we surprised her with, a little mini Cinderella. The look on her face when she saw the cake was priceless.

It has been a wonderful day sharing lots of love, smiles and laughter with my family. God was smiling down on us and blessed us/Jonah with the gift of lots of sleep today so that I could devote much of time to my first little angel and sharing in the celebration of her birth.

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl, we love you so much!

A self portrait with Daddy

Eagerly awaiting the surprise Mommy and Daddy claim to have.

She played in the leaves for over an hour shouting 'It's My Birthday' at the top of her lungs, it was great!