Happy Birthday to My Baby!

Sophia officially turned 3 in this past week. Where does the time go??

On her actual birthday I took her to my eye appointment... exciting, I know. She actually went to the optometrist last week, which is when I made my appointment. She loved it and was excited to go again. During my turn she was really good and got a sticker, but she burst into tears when we got outside because she didn't get a turn. Not a good way to start her birthday. However, once she settled down, we went to her MyGym class and had lots of fun. Then we met Tara for lunch and then we stopped to do a little shopping at Trader Joes. She was thrilled to carry around her big container of organic lollipops and even more thrilled to have one when we got home. Every time we have bought them she eats the yellow ones first (and she prefers her yellow vitamins, too) so I asked her about which ones she would eat after the yellow were all gone. "Yellow, then pink, then red." What about the orange ones? Hmmm. "Yellow, then orange, then pink, then red." After nap, we had dinner and then she blew out candles in a cupcake. That made her so happy! I can't wait to see her do it again at her birthday party in another week.

Now that she is three, she is no longer allowed to jump on my bed. I've never really liked her doing this, but somehow it got started. About a week ago I was smart enough to prep her and say that turning 3 meant that she was too big to jump on our bed anymore. So far, so good.

Though I've been eyeing the chart, I finally "officially" measured her height and weight. She is just under 38 inches, which is nearly two inches taller than she was six months ago! She weighed 34.6 pounds at the end of the day. She is such a giant. I look forward to seeing where she is on the charts at her well-child exam.

For about a week now she has been showing interest in rhyming words. She will correctly say, "Cat, hat. That rhymes!" but will also throw out there, "Fish, cat. That rhymes! Right mommy?" If I laugh and don't respond, because I'm avoiding giving the five minute lesson on rhyming words again, she'll now hound me. "Is that a yes or a no, Mama?" At least my three-year-old is interested in learning new things.

If you are lucky, you might get to see her "super-duper" which is whatever trick she is attempting. Within the past two weeks she learned to catch a ball. Her solo trick is throwing something into the air and then catching it. She's pretty good at it now and is very impressed with herself.

Another trick that she has learned is to stall before going to bed by sitting on the potty. Not sure how to put the kabosh on that one, aside from avoiding rewarding the behavior with my attention. If anyone has tips, I'm all ears. :)

Anyways, there are a bunch of pictures from last week being held captive in my digital camera, so I'll try and get those up on the Picasa site soon.

Happy Birthday to my little baby! She is becoming such a big girl, I can't even believe it.