How is Layla three whole years already? We're not ready to say we have a three year old... it seems too grown up. But here she is and she's amazing. She is growing into the funniest, feistiest, and darlingest (not a word but sooo describes her) little girl. Her little personality is coming out and it's hilarious some of the things she says. Kevin and I just look at each other and wonder "where did that come from?" She makes the funniest facial expressions and she loves to laugh.
Layla picked the theme for her upcoming birthday party - UNDER THE SEA. She helped stuff the candy and prizes in the fish pinata that she picked out. The kids will go fishing over the sea scape scene decorated fence for a prize of sorts. We've made sandcastle play-doh and the children will each get to create and decorate with sea shells, their own sandcastle to take home. Layla wanted to serve gummy fish, gummy sharks, and gummy octopus treats along with gold-fish crackers and blue punch. She can hardly wait and is just ecstatic about her party. She tells every stranger in the grocery store about it and she recites perfectly "my birthday is July 6th."
She's the best big sister there is and she adores her "brother bears," as we like to call them. We still call her by the nick name Buca Bird (don't know where that even came from but it has stuck) She starts Joy School this fall and she can't wait to wear a back pack (a pack pack is her name for it). We've settled into our new home and she absolutely loves having her own big girl room and a big girl bed. She has a wonderful imagination and loves to dress up and pretend to be a mom. She always says to her brothers, "I'll be the mom and you be the babies... do you need a drink of juice or do you want me to sing you a song?"
She's fire and ice and sometimes her stubborn temper gets the best of her but she seems to enjoy understanding the boundaries and knowing the rules. She likes to please and loves to hear us tell her how proud we are of her when she makes good choices.
She is amazing and we can't believe she's such a big girl. She's still our baby girl and we still love to snuggle her in bed and baby her every once in awhile.
She knows her story now by heart. The one we tell her at night about how an angel helped her find us and how she helped her angel find her Heavenly Father again. She says, "and Katie Angel snuggled me and fed me a bottle like you feed baby Owen?" And we tell her how loved she is by people all over the world. She smiles and her spirit lights up as if to say, "wow, I'm so lucky."
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| She's little ripper on the bike these days. |
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| And as you can tell by her smile... she LOVES when dad takes her on bike rides in the trailer. |
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| Breakfast on the deck with dad has become a new tradition at the new house and she insists on eating toast with honey EVERY single morning. |
