Life With The Shirleys: she's three

Sunday, March 10, 2013

she's three

Today my peanut turned 3. It's weird to think of where we are right now in our lives. For years, D and I were just the married couple and then for several years we were the married couple trying to get pregnant. When you spend 5 years trying to conceive, your mind just focuses on baby mode. And then you start to have kids and you really are in baby mode, and then you have another kid and baby mode starts all over again. D and I have spent about 10 years focusing on and living in baby mode. And now we are done. I mean really done. There is nothing baby about a 5 year old and a 3 year old. Today was a huge milestone into being in full-blown big kid mode.

Aunt Nat, Uncle Tom, Trey and Luke left last night after The Mayor and Love Bug were in bed and MeMe and Big Daddy left around 10 this morning. Me and the kids hung out while D was out training (his next race is in 3 weeks!)...I had every intention of taking the kids to church, but with Daylight Savings Time happening last night, we majorly overslept. Once D got home, we spent a couple of hours playing in the castle bounce house and being outside. The weather was amazing and I am so happy we enjoyed the beauty of the day since rain is supposed to be here tomorrow. Ugh.

After a couple of hours of playing, we went out to dinner to celebrate Love Bug's birthday. She chose hotdogs for dinner...so we loaded up and went to Five Guys Burger & Fries for dinner. She got her hotdog, The Mayor had a grilled cheese and D and I had burgers. Such a low-key easy dinner for our sweet girl...I know we will not always fare so easy on her choice for birthday dinner. After dinner, we hit the new frozen yogurt place behind our house. It was a great way to celebrate the day of our girl.

Miss Love Bug is sweet and sassy and everything I knew our princess loving, curly-haired, blue-eyed girl would be. I mean, we really didn't stand a chance when you look at her gene pool. She loves passionately, is already emotional and speaks her mind. Her strong will is without a doubt going to cause some friction in this household over the next several years but I hope she never loses it. It will take her far and help her hold strong to her convictions and beliefs. Right now, our girl shows strong skills as being a leader and I like that. I still look at her and just can't believe she is mine. She has completed this family in the most perfect way and we could not be more blessed to call her our daughter. We love you so much Miss Love Bug.