Lizzie’s 3rd Birthday

So my baby girl turned 3 yesterday….it’s hard to imagine that it was only 3 years ago that she was born.  Sometimes it’s seems like forever and sometimes like yesterday.  I guess I should be happy that time seems to be going by fast lately…all the sooner Joe will be back.  Lizzie is the one child of mine that seems to show how much she misses her daddy most.  She talkes about him at least once a day.  She doesn’t ask anymore when he is coming home or where he is.  She knows now that he is at work in Iraq and he won’t be home for a long time.  But she still talks about him, like reminding me he is ‘at work in Iraq’ whenever she see’s a plane, she always tells me that Daddy is on a plane going to work?  And between you and me I think Joe misses his baby girl a lot too.  They talk the most because he calls most times during the day when she is home.  The boys miss him, but don’t seem to mention him anymore.  He is scheduled to come home for a visit at the end of summer so we are really looking forward to that.  I’m sure after he is gone it will be hard again going through those first few weeks but well worth it to get to see Daddy.

For Lizzie’s birthday she got to pick what she wanted to do.  In the morning she had her cereal and then got to skype with Daddy.  He sang happy birthday to her.  (it almost made me cry)  Then she wanted to go to school to play with her friends.  We brought frosted cookies to share at snack time.  After we picked up Wyatt from school we came home and watched her favorite show and got to talk to Grandma Janie, Aunt Melanie and Aunt NaeNae.  Then she of course wanted to have McDonalds for dinner so we went to the one over in Levy with the nice playcenter and ate and played for an hour or so.  Came back home and had friends over for cake and icecream.  Bryson and Aniston came, along with the Climer boys and Charles.  Lizzie doesn’t have any girl friends really.  I feel bad I didnt’ do a better job organizing I would have like to have had more people.  We ate our cake and icecream and opened her gifts.  She got a cool new nemo sprinkler, some make up, dress up clothes, bookes and new outfits.  She loved it all and enjoyed being the birthday girl. 

I do have to mention that today she got into her cake and had frosting all over her and tried to use that it was ‘her birthday ‘ as an excuse.  It was cute, but no dice! 

Here are some pictures of the day.

Lizzie's Birthday morning

 

New 'big girl underwear'

 

lizzie and morgan

 

Ethan trying to figure out what all the fuss is about

 

Lizzie at school with her cookies

 

Lizzie with her cake

 

Lizzie

 

Getting ready to open gifts

 

Lizzie in her Fairy Princess outfit

 

showing off her wings