Wednesday, August 10, 2011

My sweet, sweet baby girl turned three years old today! Happy birthday Mckenzie Grace! We love you so much! You have changed so much in the past year. You talk a lot more and it is very clear (at least to Mom and Dad anyway). You are becoming more social and look forward to playing with your friends. You started pre-school and I think that helped you grow quite a bit. You are so sweet. You always tell us how much you love us and give us kisses and hugs all the time and you love to cuddle. Your favorite color right now is pink. It has been since you could tell us what color you liked. For the longest time when we would ask you what color something was, you would answer "pink" whether it was pink or not. But now you know your colors and you can count to 10, sometimes 15 and you can sing your alphabet too, although you skip the letter "N" every time :) Pasta is still your favorite food and you only eat the icing off of birthday cake. You love your bear and snuggle with her every night :) You love blowing bubbles and riding your bike and playing with cars. We are so lucky to have you in our lives. You are a true blessing!!!

We went to the purple park today. It has been awhile since we have been there and I know how much the girls love going there. They were both so excited when I told them where we were going, but a little disappointed we weren't meeting any friends there. Mckenzie still loves to swing, but she took a greater interest in the slides and playing with Abby today. Abby just wanted me to be the monster and chase them around :) When Scott got home from work, we let Mckenzie open presents and then headed to Chik fil A for dinner. We did birthday cake when we got home. Mckenzie was so excited to get to have cake again. I was excited to get another chance at better photos. They didn't turn out like I wanted either, but they were better than the ones on Sunday. We played outside for a bit before bath time. Dakota was pretending to be a lab tonight. She chased after a couple of birds and caught a baby bird. The poor little guy didn't stand a chance:( Of course, we told the girls the bird was just fine and I distracted the girls while Scott took care of it. Bedtime was a little challenging tonight for Mckenzie. She had to leave her pacifier for the Paci Fairy and she was pretty upset. I ended up laying with her for a couple of hours until she fell asleep. It breaks my heart to see her so sad, but she is too old to have a pacifier anymore. I hope it doesn't take too long for her to adjust.