Brooklyn is 3!

Our little "Dee Dee" is 3! I can't believe how sweet this little girl is. She was so excited for her birthday to come and when it finally came she kept telling us that she "got bigger". We celebrated on her actual birthday (Sunday, 24th) with just our family. She woke up early and before church she opened her gifts from us. She is so fun to buy for now! Jaxon had bought her something one night when he was out with Jameson and he was so excited to give it to her. Here she is posing with her gifts. And here she is with the gift Jaxon picked out for her. It might be a little too old for her but Jaxon was sure excited to give it to her. After church (and naps) we had cake and ice cream and sang "Happy Birthday" to her. Monday night we had her extended family party. We had planned for this for the week and Brooklyn was pretty excited. Here is her invitation. (back)

I actually attempted a cake again (against my better judgement!), and I guess it turned out ok. She liked it and that's all that matters! She picked out the Barbie and everything.

The kids helped me throughout the week with making all of the decorations (or at least watched me make them) so they were pretty excited.

She had a fun few days and already acts so much older that I can't believe it! Brooklyn is very kind and shares SOOO good with her brothers (especially Gabe). She is very good at cleaning things and when it's time to clean up she is the BEST at picking up toys. She still loves her "yellow" which doesn't resemble anything near a blanket but I will be sad when she doesn't need it anymore. She fights sleep more than anyone I know (except her Dad!) and is almost always the last one to bed and the first one awake. She is so smart and is good at many things including puzzles which she could play for hours. I can almost always find her packing around a purse stuffed with little dolls, toys, blankets and trinkets. She loves Dora, Tinkerbell, Princesses, Grandmas, Grandpas, dollys, her yellow and anything with sugar in it! (wonder where she got that from?) It is so nice to have another girl in the house and she loves to remind the boys about things that "only the girls" are doing. She loves to get dressed up and be girly but can definitely hold her own with the boys as well.

She is so sweet and we love our Brooky so much!