Lilah's 3rd Birthday!!!

Lilah turned three this past Wednesday! We had a fun family party on Wednesday night after Jonas got home from work. I asked her all day what she would like to eat special for her birthday dinner, and all she gave me was broccoli. I tried to make fun suggestions, but she just wanted broccoli. I'm not a big fan of broccoli, but the broccoli mac and cheese was a winner. Lilah thought so too. She loved opening her presents and received a lot of really neat gifts (we had Mimi/Papa and Nana/Papa presents too).

Princess Rapunzel drawing on her new easel


Dancing with Daddy!

We had her birthday party with her friends yesterday. It was fun, and Lilah really enjoyed it.

We have Lilah's well-check next week, so I'll have numbers and stats then for weight and height.

Lilah is a sweet girl. She is very independent. She loves her sister most times of most days, but does not like the attention Emma receives. (Sometimes, while it's hard to believe, this causes her to make poor decisions in behavior - we're working on it). She is learning to write her name, and gets better every day. She can get 60% of the letters without help as of this morning. She tries to read things now too, which is pretty neat ("What's that name?" for 'what does that say?') She's still asking why a good bit, but is now asking how. My favorite recently, asking a lady at our moms meeting how she got her new baby. That's a conversation for a later day! She learned to pedal a trike while Papa was here, something we had never tried before. Thanks, Papa! She can make it to the mailbox and back pretty quickly now, which is nearly half a mile. She is still crazy about turtles, and will play with her stuffed animals (and strawberry) for hours.

What a treat she has been for us to watch learn and grow over the past three years! We love you, Lilah Mae!