happy birthday penny!

today my baby turns three! i can't believe it.


*one week old.

*8 months.

*18 months.

*2 1/2 years.

here's what penny's up to:

- she LOVES princesses. bascially any girl in a dress is a princess. when i get ready for church on sundays, she sees me in a dress and goes "ooooh! princess mommy!" it totally kills me.
- also obsessed with tinkerbell. she's constantly requesting to "watch teen-kuh-bell" and she can't do it without making me set up her little collapsible disney fairy house so she can sit in it while she watches the movie. the girl knows what she likes.
- still really loving. she'll randomly come up and say "kisses mommy!" and pucker up her lips. i love it.
- sometimes she'll come up to me with this little smile on her face and go "tickle! tickle!" while she pokes her little fingers in my ribs and just thinks it's the funniest thing ever when i wriggle around when she does it.
- she also thinks anyone falling down, or getting hurt is suuuuper funny. (i swear she's just like her dad, aka #1 fan of american's funniest home videos.) when she sees it in a cartoon or if i drop something on accident, she just belly laughs and says "again!"
- starting to go some days without a nap (nooooo!) but i may or may not put her down for a late afternoon nap whether she wants one or not...because sometimes mom needs a nap.
- she's walking a lot better, but if it's not a flat surface (i.e. grass) it's definitely harder for her and she is more apprehensive to walk. but she's improving all the time and it's exciting to see her "catch up".
- she's talking sooo much more, i love it. she's constantly saying new words and sentences and singing new songs that i didn't know she knew, and it's fun to communicate more with her. she's still a shy little bug and might not talk a lot with less familiar people, but me and my little buddy chat all day long.
- getting slightly bossy. she loves ordering me around (see tinkerbell reference above) and it's always "sit down!" "stop it!" "don't do that!" but i never do anything she says unless i make her say please first because i'm tough like that.
- still so funny and cute and makes me laugh every day.

i love this little butternut and i'm so happy she's in our lives. love you pen!

*birthday party pics to come!