Happy 3rd Birthday, Samantha Grace!

Time to blow out the candles!

Maybe it would be easier if we turned them toward her.

Cookie cake is delicious! It's always Brian's 1st choice as well.

3!

Sisters playing together nicely - doesn't happen to much in our house unfortunately :)

Mommy and Avery.

Sweet Avery girl.

Reading her new Cars book.

New clothes!

Birthdays are fun!

Yay! More presents!!

Ladybug pancake.

Trouble!

Samantha turned 3 on August 28th. She is such a big girl now! I can't imagine life without her. She has been such a blessing and I look forward to spending every day with her (well okay, not so much when she has her terrible 2/3 tantrums, but what kid doesn't have those days :)) She is so smart, kind and beautiful and I just love her so much. Happy 3rd birthday, big girl. Mommy and Daddy love you so much!

On her birthday, we woke up and had ladybug and butterfly shaped pancakes. Then Mimi and Pops came over and we headed to lunch at her choice of restaurant. Her favorites are Waffle House, IHop, Cracker Barrel, (can you tell she loves breakfast), Izzo's, Olive Garden and a Greek restaurant by my parent's house (they make pita pizzas for kids and she loves that). Anyway, she chose Izzo's (I had a picture of her with her face painted there like Minnie Mouse and I entered her in an Izzo's fan contest and she won, so we got a nice gift card!) so we had lunch and then came home to sing and have cookie cake. Aunt Mal and Uncle Chris joined us. Brian's birthday was on the 24th and he was out of town for work, so this was also a celebration for him. What a fun day. Happy Birthday, Samantha Grace and Daddy!