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My baby girl is 3 years old!!!! Where on earth did the time go???
So
let’s see, recently she was weighed and measured and that was about 28
lbs and 33.5 inches. Still on the shorter side but growing on her
little curve that she’s got going. I will find out the official stats
on Thursday when both her and Drew go for their check ups.
She is
such a smarty pants. Of course she knows all of her colors (and has for
some time now), she knows a lot of the letters of the alphabet, she
understands her IF & THEN concept which has helped us tremendously
(IF you do this, THEN mommy will give you this). LOL. She had the worst
of her terrible 2’s when she was around 2 1/2. Not to say she doesn’t
have her moments, and isn’t a typical 3 yr old girl- but she does
listen better now than before. She knows so much I don’t even know
where to begin, but I know she’s on track or even ahead of where she
needs to be because of evaluations she’s had.
She is very artistic,
as proven before with her wall-art murals. She draws circles, faces,
crosses, balloons, the letter M, and attempts hearts and triangles. She
loves music, dancing, and doing little gymnastics that she learned at
"the little gym" class she attends. Arts & crafts are more and more
fun to do with her now that she is older.
She loves to dress up- she
is definitely a girly-girl. Likes to wear dresses, loves jewelry, loves
shoes, and pocket books etc. A real accessory girl! She still loves her
dolls and plays pretend a lot. Sometimes she doesn’t have to pretend
and uses her real-life doll to play with- ie: her brother, whom she
loves very much!
Mary Elizabeth is very social, adores other
children, likes teenagers and young adults. Older adults too- but it
takes her a few minutes to warm up- if you give her attention and play
with her- she’s your best friend! Lately she has become a "Daddy’s
girl". Though she definitely shows love to everyone she’s been batting
her pretty brown eyes at him and clinging to him a bit more.
She is
a funny little girl and a bit bossy too, she’ll be found telling people
to stop talking, giving them a "shhh" or even told her own mommy to
"Leave her alone" at times. She’s a real pip! Mary Elizabeth is also
very loving and sensitive- she will notice when people are sad or hurt,
and has a real soft side to go over and help them or give them a hug. I
find her migrating towards those in wheelchairs and giving them a big
smile and delighting them with her charm.
She is now NEARLY fully
potty trained. Does very very well with going potty. But going #2 on
the potty is still a struggle and I find that she often hurries up to
do it in her overnight diaper before we put her undies on! But I know
she’ll get there very soon. She has to anyway, she is going to
PRE-SCHOOL in September!
My tough, smart little cookie means the world to me, and I just can’t believe that she’s growing up so fast….

PS- the Lakeland Revival was more than awesome and we are definitely
glad we went. My husband wrote up a synopsis of the events and his
feelings – if you feel like reading it- here is a link: http://babyraia.com/LakelandStory.doc