Yippee! Kaia is three!

Our little gremlin turned 3 years old yesterday, and we celebrated Friday night with her birthday buddy, Lathen, who was born four days before Kaia. We had dinner with some of their nursery friends at Lathen's house. The party was fun and simple, and we avoided any meltdowns until we arrived home afterwards.

We are really hoping that 3 is better than 2 was for Kaia: her health, her behavior, her sleep, her happiness (our sanity). When she is cute and happy (yes, let's focus on that), she is SO stinkin' cute and happy. She LOVES all things Elsa and Anna from Frozen and there is nothing cuter than her rocking out to all the songs. She belts out the words, and twirls and twists around the living room. The other super cute thing about her right now is her praying. She always says, "We bless that we will not have any nightmares," even if it's our morning prayer or a prayer on our food. She also still blesses that Daddy will feel better, even though he hasn't been sick for a few weeks. She plays SO well on her own, but really loves to play with her sister. She lights up when I tell her Zoey doesn't have school and gets to stay at home to play. Similarly, she REALLY wants to BE just like her sister: 5 years old, long hair, in Kindergarten, etc. al. She simply idolizes her big sis. Lastly, she can be super helpful and cute when she wants to be, and we feel like we're in a phase with our little family where we can go out and do more activities without stressing over naps and diaper changes and the like. Oh, and she LOVES her owl hat Aunt Lolly made. And by loves, I mean she wears it pretty much everywhere, including to bed. Good thing it is so super cute on her!

Happy birthday, littlest one. We love you to the moon and back.