Faith's Birthday - Three Years Old!

Yesterday (June 16th) Faith had her 3rd birthday.
Every time my kids have a birthday, I feel a little shocked and sad. Last night when I tucked Faith in to bed, I begged her to just stay three years old forever. She has been so much fun these last three years. I don't want her to grow up!!



My sister hosted the family June birthday party a couple weeks ago and both my kids had so much fun! See that little orange/yellow bubble toy pictured below? Faith had so much fun playing with it until...



She got it stuck in her hair. TWICE. I tried not to laugh, but... wouldn't YOU?



I gotta give John props for a second. He not only picked up this ice cream cake from DQ (My FAVORITE) ...


He also single-handedly picked out Faith's birthday presents so I didn't have to leave and go all over town and do it. He's my hero.
Here's Faith opening up her card and money from Grandma and Grandpa R.


The ULTIMATE princess kit. Flat iron, blow dryer, lipstick, lipgloss, curlers brush.
(see what I mean? John's the bomb.)


And none of the above would be complete without princess shoes to go with it. Faith has been asking for princess shoes FOREVER (and every other girl item she sees on a TV commercial). She already has a couple pair of princess shoes, but she clacks around on the tile so much (very noisily, I might add) that some of them are broken. I worry about her shoe obsession. It could be dangerous in her teens.


Getting ready to blow out the candles...


And 'Thar she blows!'



Faith is such a fun girl to have around. I have big plans for she and I as she gets bigger and grows up into teenager/adulthood (but does she have to?) I really picture us having a lot of fun together. We already do. She's giggly and sweet. And so so smart.


A funny story that happened recently with Faith:

Faith loves to pretend she's talking on the phone. And she's really good at it. She's so believable in her dialogue, that I have to remember that there's no one on the other end.
The other day she was 'talking' to one of our babysitters, Savannah. Here's the convo:

"Oh, Hi Savannah. I was wondering if you could come and visit me today. Uh huh. Yeah. Oh, really? You can't come over? Why? *gasp*! Because you're allergic to me??!!!"

She. Is. Hilarious.


Dear Faith,
You are my FAVORITE curly-haired, dimpled little girl in the whole ENTIRE world. You've got so much spunk and personality. You have easily grasped on to concepts your entire life; even when you were a teeny baby. It's so fun to communicate with you because you just... 'get it'. You light up our home with your funny personality and your cute attitude and hip shimmy. You love your dad, that is a certainty. It's so much fun to see the two of you interact and see how you've got him wrapped around your little finger. You're a beauty inside and out and I can't wait to see the beautiful woman you're going to turn out to be. You are a special one and you've got so many gifts that will be so amazing to see develop. I love you, 'littles'!!

Love,
Mom ♥