Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl who made me a mom, 3 years ago this morning.
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl whose hair binders & socks I find in my purse and in my pockets…leaving little traces of her precious self everywhere she goes.
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl whose love and affection for her cousins knows no bounds.
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl who makes her way to my bed in the middle of every night to “snuggle and cuddle”
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl whose grouchy morning attitute reminds me: the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl whose vocabulary and sentence structure sometimes has me wondering if I’m talking to a 40 year old.
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl who can find unexplainable joy in playgrounds, bath time, animal crackers, Daniel Tiger™, and everything else 3ish.
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl who holds and cares for her baby dolls as if they were real…talking to them, feeding them, rocking them…
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl who upon receiving her first package of big girl panties decided to wear all 8 pairs to bed.
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl whose love for Jesus and the church inspires me to strengthen & renew my faith every single day.
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl who refuses to nap ~ proclaiming from her doorway: “I am the one that want’s to get awake!”
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl who at times doesn’t want to wash her hands and sometimes needs to wash them 87 times.
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl who questions from the backseat why I turn right on red, when red means stop.
Happy 3rd Birthday to the girl who holds up both pointer fingers side by side when asked how old she is.
Happy Birthday to the girl who is part of every favorite memory I have. She is the little person who inspires me to work my hardest, be healthy, and find so much joy in every day. 3 years ago, holding her 5 pound body wrapped in a hospital blanket, I had no idea I could love her more than I did at that moment…but that must be one of those unexplainable parenting “things”…Your heart just grows and grows and grows. 3 years down, and a lifetime of adventure ahead.
Happy 3rd Birthday, my darling daughter.
