Look who's three!

This little girl is getting big quickly. On the 5th, we celebrated Trinity's 3rd birthday. This year, we are embracing the small, family party for birthdays. We had a blast celebrating her life. On the morning of her birthday, while big sister was at local school, Trinity got to stay in her pajamas and lick the icing off the spoon. BEFORE lunch. I mean, get crazy. You only turn 3 once. We had a fun morning playing together.

All day, Trinity put on her shy face when we sang to her. Usually she also buried her head in a pillow out of embarrassment, but here she faced the music.

Big sister kept a countdown going for Trinity pre-birthday so she could stay up-to-date.

This girl takes her cake seriously. Very seriously.

Afterwards, we went outside and played with bubbles. Can you tell she got some princess-bling for her birthday?

You make me smile, baby girl.

At three years old, Trinity:

• loves to laugh and to make us laugh
• has some crazy good dance moves complete with a new break-dance routine she just invented
• loves to ride her peanut car crazy fast down the hill
• will climb up behind you while you're sitting down and try to wrestle you to the floor by putting her arms around your neck
• plays the ornery little sister role very well
• begins every prayer with, "Dear God, you're so big, thank you for our friends..."
• knows all her alphabet letters
• recently was in childcare for a week where her teachers told us Trinity was a good friend and played the role of "little mama" to the other kids
• brings our family so much joy

Happy birthday, baby girl. We love you and praise the Lord for your life.